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

  • From: "Jeff Bohrman" <jeffjaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:23:51 -0500

Well, Anna, I am using older Braille displays such as Power Braille, etc and
none of them use USB ports.  So was I supposed to do something in Jaws.ini
says something about USB?  I am really using the COM ports.

Jeff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anna K Byrne" <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: JFW 4, XP, Braille displays, and Ports


> 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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