On 12 Jul 2005, at 21:09, Conor Daly wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:04:39PM +0100 or so it is rumoured
> hereabouts,
> Darragh thought:
>>>> The Suse installer searches
>> for a display connected to the serial port. The Pacmate display
>> however is
>> connected via USB.
>> So would it work to connect the braille display via a USB to serial
> adapter? I suspect the adapter would need to be 'intelligent' for
> this...
USB to serial adapters work in the other direction - they provide
access to RS-232 devices for boxes without RS-232 ports. They can do
this because a USB port can easily handle the data rates and protocols
(with appropriate converters) involved with RS-232. However, the
converse does not apply.
Niall
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