Saaaaaaaaaalute! -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:53 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: RE: Jaws dropping my braille display
I don't use power management either. But if I leave the computer for a while, the Focus 40 Blue goes to sleep, and unless I unload/reload JAWS or unplug/plug the USB connector, the display doesn't work. Oddly, the older Focus, not blue, doesn't have this problem. Let's hear it for upgrades! At 06:52 AM 4/21/2014, you wrote: >Ann, when you say remains idle, do you mean going into one of the power >management modes? I found that powering down under Windows 7 had some >annoying side effects, forcing me to reboot, so I turned off power >management. In this case, It's really not easy being green. Come to >think of it, we don't use it at work either; We freeze our screens for >security, but that's it. > >Ted > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimber >Gardner >Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 5:04 AM >To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >Subject: Re: Jaws dropping my braille display > >Thanks for confirming this, Ann. Though it isn't a good sign that FS >recommends a course of action that doesn't work, at least I know now >that the behavior isn't particular to my display. Incidentally, >pressing a key on the display doesn't work for me either. > >I think I will email FS tech support just to have it documented. >Can't hurt, right? > >On 4/18/14, Ann Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Indeed, I have. With my Focus Forty Blue (connected with USB), If > > the computer is idle for a long time, the Focus loses itself. Re > > loading JAWS or unplugging/plugging the display restores focus. FS > > tech support said just to push one of the buttons on the display and > > that would wake it up. It doesn't. > > > > > > > > At 11:10 AM 4/18/2014, you wrote: > >>Hi All, > >> > >>Recently I've noticed some strange behavior with Jaws 15 and my > >>Focus > >>80 braille display. From time to time, Jaws seems to lose track of > >>the Focus display causing it to go blank as it does when the > >>computer is shut down. The only way to wake it up again, so to > >>speak, is to quit Jaws then reload. > >> > >>I should also mention this is a USB display and not the Bluetooth > >>model. The machine is windows 7 64 byt. > >> > >>Has anyone seen this behavior? > >> > >>Thanks > >>Kimber > >> > >>-- > >>Kimberly > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Jfw mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jfw mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > >-- >Kimberly > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
