Re: JFW 4, XP, Braille displays, and Ports

  • From: Anna K Byrne <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:09:47 -0600

Are you saying that instead of the USB connection you installed it to a 
serial port?  The whole wonderfulness of USB is supposed to be that you 
don't need to use com ports.

At 03:32 PM 1/11/2004, you wrote:
>Well, the original file had COM1 and all worked fine and dandy until I
>installed the new printer via USB.  I had to change it to COM4 after first
>trying COM2.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeff
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anna K Byrne" <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 1:58 PM
>Subject: Re: JFW 4, XP, Braille displays, and Ports
>
>
> > Which ports does the JFW.ini file say you are using for what?  With my
>Dell
> > what we thought was Com1 responds to com2; and com2 acts like com1.  that
> > took some figuring out.
> >
> > At 10:47 AM 1/11/2004, you wrote:
> > >Hello:
> > >I have a very difficult problem that my computer technician and others
> > >can't seem to figure all that out.  Most of the issues are related to the
> > >usage of Jaws and the ports I have on my Desktop.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I have a Dell 1.2 GHZ computer with three serial ports and a number of
>USB
> > >ports.  Up to about three weeks ago, I had been using various Braille
> > >Display units (PB 80, PB 40, and BL M40) on COM1 without any problem.  I
> > >have Windows XP Home edition operating system and use JFW 5 PRO.  Now all
> > >of the Braille Display units will not work on COM1 and COM2 but will work
> > >on COM4.  I think the problem started when I installed a new printer with
> > >an USB cable.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >We contacted Dell who assisted us through performance test and they said
> > >the COM1 was communicating fine and dandy.  They could not help us
>further
> > >because we added the two serial ports on our own.  FS said to use COM4
>and
> > >that was it.  The tech was here yesterday to try to figure out why COM1
> > >and COM2 do not work and still no solution.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >While the tech was here, I simply pulled out an USB cable with no device
> > >on it.  Presto, the Braille display went blank!  The tech had to power
>off
> > >and on my system to get the COM4 to communicate with the display.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >And even more so weird was that we tried to install USB hub into the USB
> > >port in the back of the computer.  Windows XP would not recognize it so
>we
> > >had to move the plug into the USB port in front of the CPU.  I want to
> > >point out that we also did the performance test for all USB ports and
>they
> > >were communicating fine and dandy as well.  Jaws is damn strict when it
> > >comes to using USB ports always getting confused if we change things
> > >around on USB ports.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Why in the heck would the new printer cause all that havoc.  We even
> > >uninstalled the printer driver but this did not help.  Why aren't COM1
>and
> > >COM2 working with Braille displays????
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Thank you!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Jeffrey Bohrman
> > >
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