Really! but my ppoblem is that the usb stuff comes from the phone itself and when I was at radio shack last week they put some kind of converter on serial end of the cable and we still got the message no carrier so, how do you connect this? The phone itself is usb and the phone sees the bn, but just won't talk back to it. and i can't seem to get any tech support. i can't get anyone from supply net just voice mail because they say they can get me connected, but I'm not sure how and it's just starting to feel like a hassle and i only have a couple weeks left before my warranty's up. my time to returo the cable or exchange it. Do you have a usb phone too?
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Londa Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:42:30 -0400 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Wireless cards and getting around lack of Usb port >You can use a usb to serial converter. They don't cost much, and they work >well. I have a laptop with no serial port and connect to the bn with the >converter fairly easily. Hope this helps. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Fenton >Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:22 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Braillenote] Wireless cards and getting around lack of Usb >port >Greetings, listers. My name is Chad Fenton, and I will be receiving a >32-cell BrailleNote QT within a couple weeks. I had a couple questions I >wished to pose to the list. >It is my understanding that, with the release of Keysoft 6.1, there will be >the ability to connect to the Internet wirelessly, provided a network has >been set up either in the home, at work, or via a wireless hotspot. >However, I believe that only certain wireless cards have been found to work >with the BrailleNote, unlike the (Pssst, Pac-Mate), which seems to be more >accomodating to a wider variety of cards. Believe me, it wasn't an easy >decision between the BrailleNote and Pac-mate, but in the end I thought it >was better to use a laptop for the full version of JAWS, Microsoft Office, >etc. rather than a stripped-down Pocket version in the Pac-mate. >At the present time, can anyone recommend a good wireless card that will be >compliant with the BrailleNote? Of course, if it adds 100mb of flash >storage as well, that's a nice addition. I did find a fairly good deal on a >Sandisk 1gb compact flash card for $108 American dollars off of eBay, so >perhaps extra storage isn't a necessity. I couldn't pass up this deal, as >it would have been twice that amount ordering directly from Sandisk, and >because my book collection is around 600mb, but I digress. >My other question deals with a USB port, or rather, the lack thereof on the >BrailleNote Bt and Qt models. Is there a way to get around this? I suppose >that even a USB hub requires a USB port to connect it to, but just wondered >if any geeks out there knew of a way to work around this issue. If, like >the Braillenote Pk, the Bt and Qt models had USB, bluetooth, and wireless >connectivity, then it could connect to almost anything. Of course, Keysoft >6.1 will offer wireless, with bluetooth possibly coming in the next release, >so that's a partial compensation. USB seems the only connectivity issue >that the Pk has and current models of the BrailleNote don't. >Any help with these two questions is appreciated. >Regards, >Chad >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
