... It is possible that one of the dip switches which should be located along the back panel of the product has been changed. these control many aspects of the communication parameters such as stop bits, data rate etc. At 08:25 10/9/03, you wrote: >I bought an Accent SA about a year ago or so back when several came on >the market. Up til recently all was fine but suddenly and without >warning, I lost all communication with it. It says "Accent ready" >when you turn the thing on but I can't get any serial communication to >work with it. I tried it with two different cables and from two >different machines so I'm quite sure it is the Accent. Is there any >chance the Accent SA gets some how confused and can be reset some how >or do I now have a boat anchor? > >I did check the dip switches on the back and are set correctly for >9600,n,8,1 parameters. > >Any ideas out there? Thanks for the help if you can. > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup