Hello, First, if you've got the Keyspan USB device, you really just need a 9 pin serial cable and most importantly, a null-modem adaptor. The adaptor can be purchased at a Radio Shack along with the serial cable. Don't worry, it is super cheap. If you want cheaper, find a local computer junk retailer, they for sure have serial cables. Be careful about the null-modem adaptor though, they are usually not labeled well.
On your Romeo 50, consult the manual to choose the correct menu. You want the PC menu, ignore their Mac instructions. They are about a decade out of date at this point, and refer to Macs with older built- in serial and Mac OS 9 or earlier. The PC menu works fine, you'll want to use the default communication settings. Now, use your favorite program to generate your braille file. I like Louis, but at the end of generating, don't send the file to the embosser direct. You have that option, but you'll end up with braille that shoots out about two pages of blank paper at the end. Instead, send the file over to the embosser yourself. Open the Terminal and type the following: cat ~/Documents/yourdoc.brl > /dev/cu.Ke (press tab to finish device selection) I don't know the device name exactly, thus why I told you to do /dev/ cu.K (capitol K I believe). Your device will fill out, press return. Your embosser should come to life right away. If not, I had a real nasty time configuring one of these, but I finally did get it to work. The crazy part is that I helped a friend who's son is blind, and she embosses many things for school that he needs. It took us weeks to figure it out, and in the end, the correct USB to serial device and espacially the null-modem adaptor made the difference. You really do need the null-modem adaptor, you honestly can't get away with anything else. I find it lame that the USB device is incapable of reassigning and crossing its own internal pins on the fly, but that's what makes the market for adaptors I guess. If all else fails, Skype is pretty cool, maybe I could help you out. I'd connect you with the one other person I know who has a Romeo 50, but since I set it up for her, she wouldn't be much help. Good luck, Ryan On Apr 4, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > All, > > Two questions, > > Where can I get the Duxbury for the Mac that Duxbury Systems > advertizes? I need version 10.6 not 10.7 as is posted on there site. > Also I require to know how to use the Romeo 50 with Louis on the > Parallel interface. My current set up is Kespan USB to Serial Adapter > and then a male to male Serial cable and then a serial to Parallel > adapter and then a Paarallel to embosser/printer cable. I appologize > but my school won't pay for anything else. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
