Thanks, Maurice.
What about the danger of frying something...battery, data, card, PK,
anything upon starting up the PK? And is the removal of cards at any reset
recommended?
Thanks again!
Alice
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice Sloane" <[email protected]>
To: "alice dampman" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:53 PM
Subject: RE: Leaving Cards in the PK
Hi Alice,
I don't consider that it is necessary to remove cards from the PK when
the unit is switched off.
Years back, with the BrailleNote Classic, some of the Compact Flash
cards seemed to draw quite a bit of current when the machine was off and
this could lend to excessive battery drain so we recommended that cards
be removed, but later CF cards don't seem to have this issue.
In the final analysis, the proof of the pudding is always in the eating,
so if you leave a CF card in and it doesn't reduce the battery capacity
when the unit is switched off, just keep doing it. If you have a card
that does make things go "pear shaped", don't leave it plugged.
Maurice
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-----Original Message-----
From: alice dampman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 10:39 a.m.
To: Maurice Sloane; Rhonda Stogner; Alex Hall;
[email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31
Hi, Maurice,
While you're on the subject of cards, can you answer my question
about
removing them from the PK? In case you missed that message, here it is
again:
Do you all remove your cf cards from your PK every time you turn the
unit off? If so, why? Is it to save the battery, or to save the data on
the
card from being fried, or to save the PK from being fried, what?
I know it is adviseable to remove cards from the PK before resets,
but
every time you switch on and off? I mean, if it is better to do that
I'll do
it, but it is rather a nuisance, especially because the PK case offers
no
storage for the little cf cards.
Thanks.
Alice
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice Sloane" <[email protected]>
To: "Rhonda Stogner" <[email protected]>; "Alex Hall"
<[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31
Rhonda,
If you use the Ambicom 54G card with the PK it is likely to lock the
unit. This is something we have found in our testing and is the reason
that we don't recommend this card for use with the PK. HumanWare still
has stocks of the earlier Ambicom 1100 card and these work well with the
PK.
Maurice
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HumanWare NZ
Phone: +64 3 384 4555
Direct Dial +64 3 940 2223
Mobile: +64 21 528 374
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.humanware.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rhonda
Stogner
Sent: Thursday, 2 April 2009 3:23 p.m.
To: Alex Hall; [email protected];
[email protected]
Subject: re: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31
I can tell you that the downloading of books also depends on the
wireless card you use. My husband still uses the Ambicom 1100.
The G 54 seems to take longer.
Since I mentioned the card, I have a question. According to
Humanware Customer Services, the Ambicom is used for the classic
and Pk. They say you cannot use it in the mPower. I'm wondering
where this information comes from, since my husband uses the
Ambicom card for his mPower.
The answer to question two is that you don't want to delete the
folder. If you're downloading in a Daisy format, it's best to
name the folder after the book name. Don't delete any of the
files until you have read the book.
Blessings,
Rhonda Stogner
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: "shannon" <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:13:58 -0400
Subject: re: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31
I cannot answer your second question as I use brf, not daisy.
The site take very long, though, but that is Bookshare's fault;
no other site has slowed down since b31 came out, just that one.
I am glad we can access the site, but it is still frustrating to
wait at least 30 seconds for each page to load or re-load after
you download a book.
Have a great day,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "shannon" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:59:14 -0400
Subject: [Braillenote] re: keysoft 7.5 build 31
Hi, I have a couple questions concerning the latest built using
the braillenote 32. When downloading books from bookshare, it
seems to take a very long time, does anyone else have that
problem and if so is there anything we can do about it? Also, I
download a book then wanted to delete said book and all its
files. I was asked if I wanted to remove the folder and all its
contents, and I answered yes. Not only did it remove the folder
with the book in it, it totally removed the my books folder, so
it removed the main folder and all its sub folders. Is this
happening to anyone else, and if so what do we do about it?
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