[macvoiceover] Re: Connecting a Braille Note mPower to a Macbook
- From: covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:47:26 -0400
Actually, I had to get tech support to give me the URL to download the
drivers -- so if you have an adaptor, and it should be ftdi based --
then get the drivers and you should get a serial connection.
John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Which USB-to_serial adapter are you using? I imagine it comes with
> drivers for the Mac. Humanware technical support seemed to think my
> BrailleNote mPower DBC would work with the Mac. In fact, it turned out
> that the reason we couldn't use bluetooth was that there weren't drivers
> for this particular version of the Braille Note and bluetooth. Hopefully
> we'll have better luck with the adapter.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 11:27:44PM -0400, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > You generally need drivers for the usb/serial adaptors -- at least I
> > did, but once installed they worked fine.
> >
> > John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Actually it's a deaf-blind communicator (DBC), which is based on the
> > > mPower. We have not been able to get it to work with bluetooth, even
> > > with the help of Humanware technical support. We tried it with two
> > > USB-to-serial adapters, but the Mac didn't even recognize them. Is
> > > there an adapter that does work with the Mac and the Braille Note?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > >
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