Dear Harry & List: It is clues such as it works with onscreen keyboard but not from the Orbit which help software authors/revisers, track down the source of the error.
Friend of mine would phone me occasionally to say the paper feeder on her Diablo 630 HPRO5 printer died. I would ask what death sounds it made. She would describe them. I would say sounds like motor turning, however, gears not meshing. She would phone distributor who ran the repair depot including my comment. Repairperson said her descriptions were usually spot on! He knew which parts too bring. One day she said printer was blowing circuit cards rapidly. She listed the cards, I said about all I thought they had in common was power. She mentioned my comment to the repairperson who pulled out his voltmeter, which registered 24 bolts coning from a 12-volt supply! He said I was correct, her regulator chip had died. The bugler blew Taps for the chip, which died in action, replaced it with new regulator, and was the last she saw of her repairperson in months. Machinery often gives audible & other clues as to what is wrong with it. We have to recognize the symptoms & advise the fixer of them. If a sheet feeder makes sounds like paper jammed in gears, it probably is jammed paper causing it to missfeed. Brian K. Lingard VE3YI, Ab2JI, B.. A., C. T. M. From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: January 31, 2019 3:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Braille input problem in Mail app Thanks, Brian! You are right: when the Orbit refuses to recognise the command for capitals or numbers, I can reach over to use the on-screen keyboard on my iPhone XS, which does suggest it is an Orbit firmware bug. I will get Orbit onto it! Regards Harry > On 31 Jan 2019, at 07:57, Brian K. Lingard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Harry & List: > > Check with Apple Disability Support (877) 204-3039. Also with the makers of > the Orbit. First thing to check is can you use the on-screen keyboard of your > phone or IPad to enter a capital letter. If you can, it is an Orbit problem. > Let the Orbit people know you tried the phone and it is working OK. > > Bad firmware is bothersome. > /Brian K. Lingard > > > Brian K. Lingard VE3YI, Ab2JI, B. A., C. T. M. > > From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: > January 29, 2019 1:06 PM > To: Abridged Recipients <[email protected]> > Subject: Braille input problem in Mail app > > I can no longer type capital letters nor numbers in the Mail app when > composing emails. I am running iOS 12.1.3 on iPhone XS and an Orbit Reader 20 > which I recently updated to firmware version 01.01.57. Capital letters and > numbers work fine in Notes, Pages, Contacts and Calendar but not in the Mail > app nor in the Safari search bar. Because I updated both iOS and the Orbit > firmware very recently, I have no idea where the fault lies. Does anyone have > such problems or solutions? > Thanks > Harry -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
