[blazie-support] Re: Bacon lettuce and tomato
- From: "Cathy McCombs" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "cathysuemcc@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: "blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:06:25 -0700
Great. I will. Thanks.
CathyM
On Jun 22, 2014, at 2:55 PM, "C. Pond" <cpond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A seller of good USB-ToSerial converter adapters and a whopping mess of other
> good stuff is Startech. Try Startech out for reliable converters.
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> Charles-
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> Thank you very much for responding so quickly. Lots of info to help me. I'll
> get to work on it.
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> CathyM
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> On Jun 22, 2014, at 2:34 PM, "C. Pond" <cpond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I'm not sure about the files .bns you mentioned. You can connect the BLTs to
>> a computer using a USB-to-Serial port. The DIN to 9-pin serial cable will
>> connect directly to a USB-TO-Serial adapter. Try to find an adapterch uses
>> the Prolifics chip set, or the FDTI chip set. Others are hit and miss.
>> These adapters come with drivers which you must install onto your computer.
>> The same process holds for the Macs as for the PCs.
>> As for the serial settings: serial port on the BLT40 must be turned on. The
>> other settings: stop bits, data bits, parity, handshaking must be the same
>> for both the Bacon lettuce and Tomato 40 ad the serial port which you have
>> established via the USB-To-Serial adapter. Mine are set at:
>> baud 38400
>> data bits 8
>> stop bits 1
>> parity none
>> handshakingxon/xoff
>> full duplex.
>> You can set these manually and save them as defaults.
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>> To communicate directly between the Bacon Lettuce & Tomato 40 and the
>> computer, you can use a screen-reader, whichever supports the BLt40s. If
>> memory serves me correctly, BRLTTYis for Linux; check on that.
>> You can transfer files between computer and BLT40s by using HyperTerminal.
>> It comes with Windows XP, but in Windows 7 you can snatch the two files from
>> a Windowx XP system or download from the internet, copy them to wherever it
>> is most convenient and that's that. I placed a shortcut to HyperTerminal on
>> my start menu. There are other freeware packges which do the same and more
>> than does HyperTerminal for Windows 7. Let me know if you need further
>> details in setting up HyperTerminal. I find installing HyperTermial before
>> I connect the USB-To-Serial converter and installing its drivers works
>> besst. Between Hyperterminal and the Serial-To-USB adapter, the computer
>> will decide for itself a serial port designation, and it is usually 3 or 4,
>> but can vary from 1 to 63 or 64. No worries, just let do its thing
>> regardless of the serial port number chosen.
>>
>> Charles
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>> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 1:32 PM
>> To: Blazie support
>> Subject: [blazie-support] Bacon lettuce and tomato
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>> So glad I found this list. I'm a sighted person who just got a BLT 40 and a
>> BLT m40. The only thing I've been used to is a Perkins brailler. My goal is
>> to connect either of the BLTs to an Acer Aspire One netbook as a
>> face-to-face communication device with a deafblind person. I'm still trying
>> to get a way to go from the BLT's mini din 8 pin port to the USB of the
>> netbook. Someone elsewhere suggested a serial to USB adapter so I ordered
>> one of those. I've downloaded brltty on the netbook. Now waiting to get the
>> adapter. I know there's settings on the BLT and netbook I need to tweak.
>> Seems I read conflicting info. Serial port on/off. I've seen both. Then
>> there's baud rate. Seen differing numbers. I'd love any help. Also I'd like
>> to connect the BLTs to a 2007 MacBook. How? What cable/port? Oh, and Compact
>> Flash utility. I can't seem to access it. The manual (I have 4 different
>> ones) says to find CF.bns file. I didn't find it. I'm sure I have more to
>> ask about but this may be sufficient for the next 6 months. Thanks everyone.
>>
>> CathyM
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>> CathyM
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