Hello Roger On 28 Dec 2011, at 22:24, Roger Firman wrote:
• Is your computer picking up other items if you plug them in in a similar way? I ask only that I had an issue a few months ago where my PC wasn't responding to devices being plugged in and a change had to be made somewhere in the operating system to ensure this happened again. Yes, absolutely. Everything else we plug in works fine; with the exception of our Keyspan US19H serial to USB adapter. But in that instance I think it does indeed find a serial port. It is entirely possible also that we have the wrong cable for it. We're trying to use a strait through cable. But it won't play and we have no other way of testing the adapter. We possess no other serial devices. • The other point I was wondering about is, and I am assuming you have been, that the conversion is from parallel to USB rather than a cable which converts the other way; just a thought only. Yes. The instructions say that it's parallel to USB, so that you can plug your old printers into a PC which doesn't come equipped with a parallel port. • Is your cable going direct from the braille embosser to the USB port Yes, absolutely. • i.e. one end plugging into the embosser, the other to the relevant USB port, rather than there being an extension, as it were to an already-existing cable? No extensions or other adapters in line. As I said, the device is listed as a USB Printer controller; but it isn't being allocated a parallel port. Thank you for your input; I'd be grateful for any other constructive suggestions that you or anybody else may have. Lynne ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
