Hi Patti I know this comment of yours goes back a ways, but I was hoping you could still be of assistance. The links to the products have expired. Would you be able to identify the serial adapter you used? I think I had better go looking on Amazon for just such a cable.
On Monday, 26 May 2014 at 6:49:23 am UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > Hi Brandon: > > I have a Stentura 8000 and I already had this realtime cable: > > http://www.stenograph.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=0&prodid=30549 > > I tried a generic serial adapater, but it did not work. Then I purchased > this exact adapter to connect to my laptop and it worked. I found it on > Amazon.com for less. > http://www.stenograph.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProdID=38134&ID=0. > > I can't guarantee it, but according to their website it should work with > your 8000LX machine. > > Good luck, > > Patti Behan > > On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 5:21:01 AM UTC-4, Brandon Wu wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone have experience using Plover with a Stentura 8000LX? I >> recently bought one decently cheap on eBay with a missing serial port - >> after soldering in a new one, I directly (no inbetween cable) plugged in a >> 3$ prolific2302-based usb-serial adapter. After setting Plover to Stentura, >> COM4, 9600 baud (tried 1200), 8/1/N no flow control, it just spins on >> "initializing" and then says "disconnected." Tried on both Ubuntu Saucy and >> Win8. >> >> I'm reasonably certain that my repair job was fine, but is there some: >> 1) special way to activate realtime mode on the 8000LX (I didn't receive >> the manual, and the "modem" setup options don't seem to be what I want) >> 2) special cable required in between USB serial adapter and Stentura >> (null modem cable?) >> (this came up in a previous thread I found in search, when >> someone could only make their 400SRT work by connecting the 40$ Stenograph >> official serial cable in between) >> >> Thanks, >> Brandon >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Plover" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ploversteno/58afa1f4-d966-4000-966c-bf5fdefd0229n%40googlegroups.com.
