Lenny, Yep, about as "universal" as "universal design" Tom
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:24:33PM -0500, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Tom, great report. When I first stumbled upon the site it sounded like > something that the blind community could benefit. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Fowle" <fo...@ski.org> > To: "blindHandyMan" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:24 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Omega UV1000 parital report: > > > Some folks revently asked about the Omega engineering > UV1000, (Universal voice) module. > > We bought one and I can give a partial report. > > Unfortunagely the didn't include the special programming cable > so i can't yet report on there software that lets you change spoken > scalings and units. > > this is essentially a programmable talking volt/current/temperature > meter for $239/00 > > It can operate from 2 AA cells, lithium AA's included or an external power > supply, also included. The box is about 1 by 3 by 5 inches and > has the speaker rite where it belongs, on the back! > On the front are 3 holes for test leads, common, current and voltage, and a > connector for the thermocouple with 2 flat pins. > > the top edge contains 2 switches, on/off and continuous/command talk. > and 3 jacks, power, earphone, and RS232 for the cable they left out. > > As shipped the unit measures 0-10 volts D.C. and 4-20Ma current, a common > range used in industrial instrumentation as well as reading the included > thermocouple. > > When you set up there software you can program different input ranges to > produce your desired output readings and appropriate units. > > for example if you had it hooked to a pressure guage which measured 0-100PSI > and produced 0-5 volts output, you could program it to read 100 pounds when > the voltage > reading was 5 volts. > > I'll report more on the software when I get the calbe. > > Unfortunately this device is anything but universal, > it has no means of reading digital data, even if there were a > standard for transmitting such data which there really isn't > > them's the fundamentals, I'd stick to our old favorite chinese talking meter > from MPJA for $43.00, if you really need temperature measurements you can > get > temperature probes for similar meters. > > On the subject of instrumentation standards, I think our best bet is that > more > and more devices are being "network enabled" so that at least minimal tcp/ip > and ppp standards are used and probably many such devices use web type > interfaces > making it at least somewhat likely that they might just be accessible. > > So don't buy an Omega UV1000 unless you really need one, > and again, don't buy from Omega and tell them you're blind, > they're paranoid. > > > Tom Fowle > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4697 (20091217) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
