As one of the author of Louis let me say that the information you have here is correct and that Louis will work just fine with a Romeo 50. No need to worry about parallel cables and adapters just use a serial cable with a null modem adapter or a null modem cable. Se the Romeo to communicate via serial and you should be set to go.
Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkear...@gmail.com On Apr 4, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Ryan Dour wrote: > > 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 decade out of date at this point, and refer to Macs with older built- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
