seems like we're having problems with gwmicro products/braille displays. ----- Original Message ----- From: "erik burggraaf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:37 AM Subject: The continuing saga of braille sense and the mac
Hi friends, I just had another stab at this getting the braille sense plus to function as a braille display on the mac. I've gotten it to function as a braille display on another computer using window-eyes and jaws. Plus, I have the new macbook to be getting on with, so I thought it would be worth another try. Before, the mac would simply freeze up after about a minute of having the braille sense plugged into it, which pretty well rendered it useless for my other opperating systems running on fusion, and really killed any joy there might be to be had with this set up. Now we have progress. Today when I plugged it in, it simply didn't work. So we've gone from active hostility to passive nonconformance, which seems like a step in the right direction. Here's what I did. Turn off the macbook. Turn on terminal mode and select usb as my interface. Plug the cable in at both ends. Turn on the macbook. When the macbook boots up, no braille display is detected, but the system does not freeze. Just to see what would happen, I turned off terminal mode and turned on flash disk mode. Boy, it didn't like that. The mac popped up an error that it couldn't read the disk, and the braille sense froze completely. Now, that's a totally seperate problem and one that conserns me not in the slightest right now. I basicly wanted to test the connection between the braille sense and the computer. I'm using a brand new macbook pro 2.4 ghz machine with all of the software up-to-date. The Braille sense is supported as a braille display, and it shouldn't matter that I'm using a plus not a classic, unless some one who has done this before can assure me definitely that it does. In fact, I'd really like to talk to any one who has tried this. I want to set it up for a client, and I just don't see any reason why it shouldn't work. My braille connect works just fine. Best, erik burggraaf Certified Technician Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department: 888-828-2445 Support and Training: 888-255-5194 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website coming soon
