What happened when you tried it? It works fine for me. I have no idea if you could flash the device that way, since I don't know what protocol the DT expects and if there's any acknowledgment, which, as I understand it, we'd never see on /dev/synth. Bill in Denver On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Igor Gueths wrote: > Actually, I already tried that. And it appears to not work. I'm starting > to think that I need to have an unreserved serial port for version > identification to work propperly. Has anyone been able to send the :ver > speak command directly to the express, even with Speakup running and > using the synth? > On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 08:00:15PM -0700, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 wrote: > > Folks: How 'bout using /dev/synth when Speakup is running to talk > > directly to the DT-Express. If you don't have it, do: > > mknod /dev/synth c 10 25 > > HTH. > > -- > > > > Bill in Denver > > > > On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Garrett Klein wrote: > > > > > > > > Methinks that it's because of Speakup hogging the com port, even if you kill > > > it with prtsc... > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at comcast.net> > > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:28 PM > > > Subject: Re: flashing dectalk > > > > > > > > > > Hmmm. This is very weird...I'm still not getting the firmware version. I > > > > tried echo "[:ver speak]" >/dev/ttyS0 and that gotme back to the prompt. > > > > I also did /dev/ttys0 and I got an input/output error. I wonder what > > > > echo is doing to the command? > > > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 03:07:27PM -0500, Whitley CTR Cecil H wrote: > > > > > Igor, > > > > > Try: > > > > > echo "[:ver speak]" >/dev/ttys0 > > > > > Linux may be trying to replace the [ or ]? Enclosing it in quotes may > > > help. > > > > > Yes, I pulled the command straight out of the manual and tested on my > > > system > > > > > (Win NT 4). > > > > > Sorry I couldn't provide more definative answers. > > > > > Cecil > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
