I like corn checks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Schmude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 12:57 PM Subject: Re: test results: Doubletalk LT in Fusion
Yes the settings are correct. The only noteable difference is that the doubletalk requires hardware handshaking, also known as rts/cts. Trust me, I know my serial devices. On Nov 15, 2008, at 12:53, Tiffany D wrote: > Did you make sure that the settings were the same for each device? > This is what it says in my Braille Blazer manual, and they say it's > standard for most things. Old hat for some, but bare with me. > baud rate: 9600 > Parity: None > Data bits: 8 > Stop bits: 1 > Handshaking: Software > > Hope that helps, > Tiffanitsa > > On 15/11/2008, Jacob Schmude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi everyone >> About a week ago David Truong asked me to test my doubletalk lt with >> the keyspan serial adapter in fusion. Here is what I've found: >> I can confirm that output through the hardware synthesizer seems to >> be >> garbled and disjointed, though it is somewhat intelligible. I'm >> trying >> to track down what's going on, I suspect it could be an issue with >> handshaking and/or baud rates. Time to dig deep into Windows serial >> settings--ah, reminds me of the old dialup days. >> I don't have a dedicated Windows PC, if I did I would be able to >> determine if it's something going on with Fusion or with the serial >> adapter, or possibly the combination of the two. That being said, I >> don't intend to get a Windows PC just to test this, and don't feel >> any >> great need to install Windows via bootcamp. >> If anyone has a windows Pc, the Keyspan USA19HS adapter, and a >> hardware synthesizer could you please run a test by hooking up the hw >> synth to the serial adapter and let us know your results, and also >> what hardware synthesizer and screen reader used? I'm testing with a >> doubletalk lt using window-eyes 6.1, and I believe David has a >> Keynote >> SA, if I'm remembering correctly that is. If I'm right about the >> keynote SA, is it an older or a newer model? The older models ran at >> 38400bps while the later models run at 9600bps as the doubletalk >> does. >> I'm interested in tracking this down, as the combination of Linux and >> fusion with this serial adapter doesn't seem to cause any odd results >> at all--the synthesizer works fine in Linux. >> >> >> > > > -- > http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com > (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! > Educational, tasteful and fun!) >
