and the other one which is its twin also seems to have issues and they are both on the list.
----- 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]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:09 PM Subject: Re: The continuing saga of braille sense and the mac Yes, I seem to remember the syncbraille was giving some one trouble as well. Most upsetting. 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 On 29-Nov-08, at 8:41 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > 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 > > > > > > >
