Just an added peace of info, if you do not have a serial port you can get a keyspan or Belcan high speed serial port that you hood up to your usb port and you can use that to connect to the braille note for a display. That is how I use my laptop.
-- Region V Technology Consultant -------------- Original message from "Matthew Horspool" : -------------- > yes this is possible. You first need to connect the BrailleNote to the > computer, preferably using the serial port. Then go to the Main Menu on > the BrailleNote, switch off, switch on again after waiting between 5 and > 10 seconds, and perform a reset (with no keys held down). This ensures > that ActiveSync is not using the serial port. Then, when the BrailleNote > is at the Main Menu, press T for Terminal For Screen Reader. Next you > need to turn ActiveSync right off on the PC. The way I do that is just > to close ActiveSync and perform a reboot. Next start JFW and tell it to > use the BrailleNote Braille Display on Com X (where X is the port number > E.G. Com 1, Com 2 etc), 9600 board, 8 databits and 1 stopbit. That > should already be set up, and if you can't see those options, don't > worry too much. > > You should now be using your BrailleNote as a Braille Terminal > Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tina > Sent: 01 September 2004 06:10 > To: Bnlist Pulsedata > Subject: [Braillenote] using the braille note as a display with jaws > > > Hi. Does jaws 4.51 support this and how would I set up the braille note > to be a display for jaws at home where I'm running 4.51. I'd like to > know how to set that up in case I needed to or just wanted to and is > there a way to take notes like go from display mode into a document then > back to display? I thought I read recently that this is possible and if > not, is that something that could be added at some point? > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
