Hi, I suggest you try this same setup on another computer and see if you get any joy. Offhand I'd say it's a hardware issue, and moving your display, port adapter and window-eyes to another computer for testing will tell us for sure.
My guess is that it will fail the same way on another computer, meaning you have a failing or misconfigured usb serial adapter, or a failing part in your powerbraille. Hopefully it's not the powerbraille. Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-03-05, at 1:15 AM, David wrote: > I have WE7.2Refresh installed, under Windows XP Pro, with all updates. > Attached is a PowerBraille 81cells Braille display. It is running on an > USB-serial converter, since my laptop does have no serial, nor any parallel > port itself. The problem here to be described, happens in Outlook Express, > Word XP, and even in Notepad. And YES, I have tried turning on absolutely all > scripts in WE, to no avail. > > If I open a document, be it in any of the software tested, and mentioned > above, I can read the whole document with no problem. I can scroll my display > up and down, to my heart's full desire. The lines change perfectly, and I > experience no problem. > > Now, if I want to edit a text, or even if I am starting out on a blank > document, writing from scratch, the problem starts. The first few lines, my > Braille display keeps up fine enough. OK, I am a driven writer, having been > using typewriters and computers since the mid 70s. But my display keeps up, > with my pace well enough. > > After some lines, and particularly in the case I have to go back and edit > some of my writings, the display slows down. Firstly it is just getting a bit > slow. But as I keep on typing, it slows down to a speed, that would make even > the slowest ant, the hero of the Olympic games. I actually am not joking at > all. It would maybe move one or two characters a second. Imagine then, when > you have written a whole paragraph, and put your hands on the display, and > you literally can sit there and feel how the display gets updated every > character, as the seconds on your watch moves on. Alt-tabbing away from the > screen, and back again, does have no effect. Funny thing is, that Eloquence > keeps up with the actual spot on which I am. So, if I want to have him sit > and chatter in my ears while writing, I will have no delay in my editing and > writing of the document. But my Braille display is of little help in such > cases. > > I have tried I have tried reloading WE, no help. I tried turning off the > display, then turning it back on, and it did seem to solve the problem in a > few cases, but not always. > > Yesterday, I even experienced the case, in an edit box on a web page. > > Again, it never happens when just reading the screen, only when typing or > editing text. > > Anyone would happen to have a clue, as to what is going on? Is there a > setting I need to adjust, somewhere in Windows itself, or even in Win-Eyes? > Really hope for a solution here, as this thing is driving all my gray hairs > out. :) > > Thanks for any input! If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
