Nope, doesn't work. -----Original Message----- From: Blake [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 4:34 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again
Easy fix. Pop the hard drive in the bn, then do a simple reset with no keys held down, and it will appear in the list of drives. Cheers, Blake. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected]> To: "'Sharon S'" <[email protected]>; "'alice dampman'" <[email protected]>; "'Joseph Lee'" <[email protected]>; "'Alex Hall'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:22 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again > Maybe I should just give up. I have a Simple Tech 160 gb external > hard drive. I reformatted it to fat32. I have both USB conectors in > the USB hub. My bn recognizes other things in the hub, but not the hard drive. > One > last time, any idea what's happening, or rather not happening? Would > hw tech support help with something like this? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharon S [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:49 PM > To: alice dampman; Joseph Lee; 'Alex Hall'; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again > > Hi, you can't use any external USB drives on the PK because it doesn't > have a USB port for these things. However if you want to backup your > flash drive you can do this to a CF card. I do this with both my PK > and MPower and I'm not sure what size the card is but I can backup > both flash drives to this one card. I just put them in differant > foulders and name them PK backup and MPower backup. > > Hope this helps, >>From Shaz. > BN QT MPower and PK user > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alice dampman" <[email protected]> > To: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]>; "'Alex Hall'" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again > > > Hi, > If you use an external hard drice, can you back up all the things > on the flash disk, like the address book and it's contents so that if > disaster strikes, you can put all that data on another BN? > Will this work with a PK? Is there enough power? I assume you need > some kind of converter because there is no USB port on the PK? > Thanks. > Alice > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> > To: "'Alex Hall'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:54 PM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again > > >> Hi Alex, >> Actually, from my research, when USB devices are first connected to a >> host (such as BrailleNote), it will start out with 100 milliamps. >> When the host says to switch to higher power, then it will switch to >> maximum power output >> - 500 milliamps. A USB hub, regardless of number ports, is supposed >> to provide a total of 500 milliamps. For instance, a four-port UsB >> hub can use 100 milliamps to power itself, plus 4X100 milliamps for >> devices connected to it. >> I think in theory, USB hubs with devices attached will work with >> BrailleNote. Most come with UsB plus an aC adapter for power. >> Cheers, >> Joseph P.S. if it is not FAT, try using a drive format software to >> convert it back to fAT32. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex >> Hall >> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:32 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: re: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again >> >> Not a hub, but an external drive? Sure! Mine is a 320gb Seagate that >> works perfectly. If you have a hub it should work. Both ports can >> put out 500 milliamps between them, but, as I understand it, one port >> could put out 500 and the other can be inactive, or one can give 200 >> and the other 300, and so on (I assume this from the wording of the >> manual). Therefore, the one working port on your machine should give >> you the power required, and all you need is the hub to give you both >> ports (data and power). Hope that makes sense! >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected] >>>To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] Date sent: >>>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:19:59 -0700 >>>Subject: [Braillenote] External Hard Drive Again >> >>>Some of you may remember that I got an external hard drive for >> Christmas and >>>was trying to hook it up to my Mpower 7.5. At the time, I gave >> up because >>>the bn could not provide enough power, one of my USB's being >> broke. I now >>>have a USB hub. The drive is 160 gb and it is not fat format. >> Has any one >>>had any luck with an external hard drive and a usb hub with the >> bn? >> >> >> >>>___ >>>Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>>If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the >>>list as well. >> >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[email protected] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the >> list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.90/2199 - Release Date: >> 06/24/09 >> 12:49:00 >> >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the >> list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.90/2200 - Release Date: > 06/24/09 12:49:00 > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the > list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the > list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. 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