All: It is possible to connect the Braillenote as a display via Bluetooth on a PC running XP and Vista; however we strongly recommend connecting via serial, using the serial cable provided by Humanware. Below is information on connecting via Bluetooth.
Bluetooth Braille Terminal FAQ Blue Tooth Connectivity and Braille terminal With Jaws. Please note that these steps were tested on a freshly rebuilt blue tooth configuration. All instances of blue tooth ports were removed, including adaptors and anything else that involved blue tooth from the device manager. Next the Dell Bluetooth software was removed from the add remove programs list. After restarting the PC, it forced the blue tooth receiver to be recognized by the windows drivers that were introduced in service pack 2 and not the Dell drivers that were causing it to malfunction. After all hardware was recognized I installed the Dell user interface from the blue tooth software that came with the adaptor, and a fresh blue tooth configuration was restored. Connecting to Active Sync 4.5 via Blue Tooth Active Sync Setup: The first step that is required when connecting to active sync in this way is to know the blue tooth com port. This information can be found in the device manager under ports (com and lpt). After the com port is known, active sync needs to be set to use that port when trying to establish a connection. Under the file menu, connection settings, check the check box that says, "Use one of the following connections" and choose the blue tooth com port from the combo box below. Click ok. Braille Note Setup >From the main menu, press space with O for options, C for connectivity and B for Bluetooth. Press Y to turn Bluetooth on, and press Y to search for devices. Find the PC's Bluetooth adaptor in the list of devices and press enter on it. Pair and activate the active sync service, once the PC is found. Use 0000 as the authentication code. When the Braille Note tries to connect, a balloon will pop up asking the user to enter the authentication code into the pc. Once this is done the Braille Note should say paired and active. >From the main menu, Press U for Utilities, M for Miscellaneous options and space to active sync connection. Press B for bluetooth and press enter. Exit out to the main menu, press U for utilities, and connect to active sync via blue tooth. It will automatically connect and the pc will show the Braille Note trying to make a partnership. Using the Braille Note as a bluetooth Braille Terminal Before using the braille note as a bluetooth braille terminal, no other applications can be using the bluetooth com port. To ensure that Active sync is not using this port: Open Microsoft Active Sync click the file menu and choose connection settings Uncheck the check box that says, "Use one of the following connections." Click ok Jaws Setup Open the Jaws window Click the options menu and choose braille Click the "Add Braille display," button Check the check box next to Braille Note from the list of braille displays, and click next Click next a second time Set the output port to be the com port that the PC's bluetooth adaptor is using, and click finish Tab to the active braille display combo box and make sure it is set on braille note. Click ok Braille Note Setup >From the main menu, press space with O for options, C for connectivity, and B for bluetooth. Press Y to turn bluetooth on, and press Y to search for devices. find the PC's bluetooth adaptor in the list of devices and press enter on it. Pair and activate the active sync service, once the PC is found. Use 0000 as the authentication code. When the BrailleNote tries to connect, a balloon will pop up asking the user to enter the authentication code into the pc. Once this is done the bn should say paired and active. Exit back to the main menu and press T for terminal. Press B to use the bluetooth port, and a beep will sound showing that the terminal service has been launched. Restart Jaws on the PC and the items that are shown on the desktop will now be shown on the Braille Note's braille display. ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
