Here are the steps to make the Mobile Speak Smartphone work with the BN MPower or PK. Please reference the previous email I sent for further information.
Using the BrailleNote with Mobile Speak SmartPhone Follow these steps if you have a BrailleNote mPower or BrailleNote PK. Bluetooth should be a built-in feature, and not made available through Bluetooth CompactFlash cards or USB-Bluetooth dongles and Serial-Bluetooth adapters. list of 22 items 1. Make the SmartPhone discoverable to other Bluetooth devices by going to Start > Settings > Connections > Bluetooth and changing the Bluetooth status not only to "On" but more importantly to "Discoverable" so that the BrailleNote can find it. 2. Still in the Bluetooth dialog, press the right softkey to open the Menu. Arrow to "Com ports" and hit Enter. 3. In the next window, press the right softkey to open the Menu. Arrow to "New incoming port" and hit Enter. 4. Select a COM port number higher than 5. You can leave the checkbox for creating secured connections checked. 5. Press the left softkey to close the dialog and save your settings. Keep activating the left softkey for "Done" to close all windows and return to the Today Screen. 6. On the BrailleNote, go to the Connectivity menu by pressing 'o' in the Main Menu to open Options menu, and then press 'c'. 7. Press 'b' in the Connectivity menu to open the Bluetooth menu. If the first option says "Bluetooth on? Yes", then press Space+Dot4 or Down arrow to move to the Device Search prompt. If the first option says, "Bluetooth on? No", press 'y' to enable Bluetooth. The BrailleNote will show "Starting Bluetooth, please wait". If Bluetooth is successfully enabled, the BrailleNote will show the prompt "Search for devices?". 8. In the device Search prompt, press 'y' to begin the search and the BrailleNote will display this message: "Searching for Bluetooth devices, please wait". If the BrailleNote finds any Bluetooth devices, it will show "list of Bluetooth devices" and to see them, use Space+dot4 or Down arrow. Select your SmartPhone in the list and hit Enter. 9. The BrailleNote will then show the supported services of the Bluetooth-enabled device with the prompt: "List of services for ", where is the device name that you have selected in the previous step. In this list, Navigate to "ActiveSync service", and press Enter. 10. You will be asked if you want to pair with this device, with the prompt: "Pair with and activate ActiveSync?". Press 'y'. 11. BrailleNote will then ask for the "Authentication code?", and you can type any number here, then press Enter. If you are using a BrailleNote BT mPower or BrailleNote PK, please check the numbers you've typed with speech before pressing Enter, as numbers in Grade 1 / Grade 2 or computer Braille are entered differently. 12. After pressing Enter on the BrailleNote, the "add devices" window will open on your SmartPhone, with the message: "BrailleNote would like to connect with your SmartPhone using Bluetooth, would you like to add it to your device list?". Press the left softkey for "Yes". A dialog opens where you should enter the same passkey you typed on the BrailleNote in the previous step, and then press the left softkey for "Next". If the BrailleNote is successfully connected with your SmartPhone device, a message informing you so will be displayed on the screen and read by MSS. Select OK by pressing the left softkey. 13. A new window opens where you can type in the display name of the connected device, or accept the default name. Press the left softkey for "Next". The "Services" window then opens, but it does not have any items, so just close it by pressing the left softkey for "Done". 14. When you have completed all the previous steps successfully, BrailleNote will say "Paired with ActiveSYnc active" and it will also show a cursor in front of ActiveSync service. One can close the dialog now by either repeatedly pressing the Exit command (Space+e or Escape key) or using the Main Menu command (Space+dots123456 or Menu key). 15. On the BrailleNote, select "terminal for screen reader" from the Main Menu by pressing 't'. The BrailleNote will show the current setting for the Braille terminal port (serial or Bluetooth). If "Serial" is selected, press 'b' to select Bluetooth and hit Enter. 16. On your SmartPhone, open the Control Panel either by pressing Enter on "Mobile Speak SmartPhone" in the Start menu, or using the command Win+RightSoft or Win+C. 17. Navigate to "Device Manager" and hit Enter. 18. Press the right softkey to open the Options, and press Enter on "Add new device". 19. Select your Braille device from the list that opens. Then press the right softkey for "Next". 20. The radio button saying that the external device is already paired would be selected automatically. Just press the right softkey for "Next". 21. A list of paired devices is shown. Arrow to the device name of the BrailleNote you paired with your SmartPhone, and hit the right softkey for "next". 22. You are returned to the main window of the Device Manager. You can now enable Braille by selecting "Connect" in the Options opened with the right softkey, or just press Win+Long1 or Win+B anywhere. list end If successfully started, Mobile Speak SmartPhone should say "MSS Braille Ready", and this message will also appear on your BrailleNote's display. You can now use the BrailleNote to control your SmartPhone device with Braille output. To turn off Braille support, press Win+Long1 or Win+B again. Alternatively, you can select "disconnect" from the Options menu of the Device Manager. Sharonda Phoenix, Arizona -- Come, read and take a journey with me at www.WorldOfShariG.blogspot.com ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
