From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF503EB11 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:08:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2I38im30295 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:08:44 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2I38iV04435 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:08:44 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2I38io04431 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:08:44 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2I38im30291 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:08:44 -0500 Received: from anubis.nyx.net (root@anubis.nyx.net [206.124.29.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2I36vr08833 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:06:57 -0500 Received: from nyx.nyx.net (nyx.nyx.net [206.124.29.1]) by anubis.nyx.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/fnord) with ESMTP id g2I38fPS008310 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 20:08:41 -0700 Received: (from btew@localhost) by nyx.nyx.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/esr) id UAA23119 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 20:08:45 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 20:08:45 -0700 (MST) From: Brian Tew Message-Id: <200203180308.UAA23119@nyx.nyx.net> X-Nyx-Envelope-Data: Date=Sun Mar 17 20:08:45 2002, Sender=btew, Recipient=blinux-list@redhat.com, Valsender=btew@localhost To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: versabraille II+ with linux X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I don't use any driver at all. The vb is just a dumb ascii terminal; it requires no special coding. Also, I am not interested in inputttting from the vb. I only use it to read output. I have a serial cable leading from the second port from the right on the back of the vb to com1 on the pc. By "right" I mean the end with the ac plug. >>From the main vb menu, choose p for parameters and s for serial. then set the following parameters: 2400 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, full duplex, ignore parity, dc in = yes, dc out = yes, dtr = hs, dsr = yes, cts = yes, rts = hs.These settings are by no means sacred. It's just the way i have it set right now. Also, from the main menu, chose p, c and v and make sure the versabraille emulate is on. If you want to copy files to the vb, you would turn this feature off. But for reading output, turn it on. In linux, make yourself root and edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Different linux versions may have this file elsewhere. Add the following lines at the bottom of the file stty /dev/ttyS0 Again, this is not a sacred arrangement, but it gives me output. The blinux list has shown me how I can get output much earlier in the process. I am gonna experiment with that when I feel bold. Good luck.