Re: [JAWS-Users] Trying to get a Power Braille 40 to work with a laptop with only USB ports

2010-12-09 Thread Dan Rossi
I used a PowerBraille on a computer with a serial to USB cable for years. It was a bit wonky getting it set up, but once set up, it worked flawlessly for years. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081 For answers to frequently

Re: [JAWS-Users] Trying to get a Power Braille 40 to work with a laptop with only USB ports

2010-12-09 Thread David Ferrin
Please explain further Mr. Dan, what you had to do. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one up too. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi d...@andrew.cmu.edu To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, December 09,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Trying to get a Power Braille 40 to work with a laptop with only USB ports

2010-12-09 Thread Dan Rossi
It was a long time ago, but I had to do a lot of googling to find a driver that would actually work on XP. The cable came with a driver that didn't seem to do crap on an XP box. Then, it installed it to a simulated com port with a number high enough, I think, that JAWS wouldn't recognize it

Re: [JAWS-Users] Trying to get a Power Braille 40 to work with a laptop with only USB ports

2010-12-09 Thread Mark Torgerson
hi I have been trying to get a braille embosser connected to my computer through an USB adapter and have never actually managed to get the system to work. So, I am all ears on how to cause the USB adapter to function in a way that allows the software to talk to the peripheral device. God

Re: [JAWS-Users] Trying to get a Power Braille 40 to work with a laptop with only USB ports

2010-12-09 Thread Dan Rossi
Depending on the age of your embosser, version of JAWS, and USB to serial device, you may have to play with some of the settings. You must check what com port your USB to Serial device installed as, and make sure that coincides with your embosser. Also check the baud rate, data bits, stop

[JAWS-Users] Trying to get a Power Braille 40 to work with a laptop with only USB ports

2010-12-08 Thread Victoria Vaughan
Hi folks, The subject line, pretty much says it all. Are any of you using a power Braille display with a laptop? If so, did you need to get some kind of a cord that would convert a serial/parallel unit work with a USB device? Thank you very much for any answers! Vicky For answers to frequently