Great explanation as always Alex!
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: peter greco <[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:31:10 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] term "dimmed" when Apex and I-device
are paired?
Not at all. I assume you are using the messages app? If so, the
"send"
button gets dimmed once a message sends. More specifically, it
dims
once the message field is blank, since there is then nothing to
send,
so the send button would not do anything. As odd as it sounds, I
take
the dimming of the send button to mean a successful sending of my
message since, otherwise, the field would not go blank.
On 2/20/12, peter greco <[email protected]> wrote:
Alex interesting and thanks, however, sometimes I get this
message after sending a message?
Does this mean the message hasn't been sent?
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: peter greco <[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:11:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] term "dimmed" when Apex and I-device
are paired?
If you are moving around the iPhone and hear "dimmed", or see
the
letters "dmd" on the braille display after the name of a
control,
this
means that the control is not available. For instance, if you
open a
new tab in Sfari, the "back" button will be dimmed, because
there
is
no previous webpage to go back to, so iOS will make the back
button
unavailable.
On 2/20/12, peter greco <[email protected]> wrote:
I have successfully paired Apex with an I-phone. Occasionally
I
get the message and the word "dimmed" is in it?
What does this mean?
Peter
---- Original Message ------
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Pairing an Apex with iDevices using
WIFI orBluetooth
Date sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:50:42 -0500
Network settings are not bluetooth settings. Try this:
1. Go to settings, general, bluetooth.
2. Find your apex in the list of devices and double tap it.
3. Double tap the "forget this device" button, then confirm
your
action in the popup that appears.
Also, go to the bluetooth menu on the apex and make sure the
iPod
is
not paired or active. If it is, remove pairing.
On 2/20/12, John Ramm <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Alex and list
I'm desperately trying to pair my Braillenote Apex to my IPod
touch,
it's the 32 cell version running KS9.2. The IPod is
up-to-date.
I've listened to your podcast, but unfortunately I'd
previously
tried
to pair my Apex in the normal bluetooth way rather than
through
the
braille settings as I now know I'm supposed to. So now when I
put the
Apex in terminal mode and go to braille under the voiceOver
settings
there are no devices and the search box is dimmed. It's
almost
as
though the IPod has a record of my Apex as unsupported and is
just
ignoring it even though it's ready to pair. I've tried
reseting
my
IPod's network settings, but although the IPod managed to lose
my
wi-fi settings my Apex is still being ignored. How can i tell
the
IPod to forget about my Apex and try again?
Talk soon
John
At 20:06 19/02/2012, Alex Hall wrote:
Glad it worked. If you search google for "ios braille
commands",
you
can find the official list of braille commands. If any use a
keystroke
that the bn already uses, such as space-e, space-h, or space-o,
hit
enter with 4 5 6 before pressing the keystroke. This will tell
keysoft
to ignore the keystroke you are about to enter. For example,
to
scroll
right a page, the command is space-o. The apex will enter the
options
menu if you hit this, though. You must first hit that
enter-4-5-6
command, then space-o, to have the keystroke passed through.
Hope this
made sense.
Also, here are the thumbkey commands specific to the apex. I
will use
thumb1 through thumb4, just as iOS's keyboard help will.
Thumb1
is on
the left, and thumb4 is on the right.
thumb1-thumb2: backspace
thumb3-thumb4: enter
thumb2-thum3: home
thumb1-thumb4: toggle screen curtain
On 2/19/12, Keith Christian <[email protected]
wrote:
Okay, leaving the Apex in terminal mode was the problem...
I
got it
paired and it is now working. Now to learn those commands!
Thanks to you and the rest of the list for your informative
suggestions.
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Hall [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 9:47 AM
To: Chris Nusbaum
Cc: Keith Christian; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Pairing an Apex with iDevices using
WIFI or
Bluetooth
If, after listening to the podcasts, you still can't get it,
let
us
know. I
think they will help, though; I go through the entire process,
explaining
what is going on and what potential problems you might have.
Wifi cannot be used at all to connect the two devices, for any
purpose.
The
only exception is if your iPhone or 3g iPad has tethering
enabled; in
that
case, the apex will see the iTouch as a router when you scan
for
wifi
networks.
On 2/19/12, Chris Nusbaum <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Keith,
I would take a listen to the podcast series on using a
BrailleNote
with iOS devices created by Alex Hall; these podcasts will
show
you
how to do it. You can find these podcasts on
www.braillenoteusers.info/media. I do know this about pairing
the Apex
with iOS devices: if you want to use the Apex as a Braille
terminal
for the iOS device, meaning that everything that shows up on
the
iDevice's screen will show up on the Apex's Braille display
and
that
you can control the iPod/iPhone/iPad with the BrailleNote's
keyboard,
you will need to pair it using bluetooth. The podcasts I
mentioned
above will show you the procedure for doing this. Hope this
helps!
Chris
On 2/19/12, Keith Christian <[email protected]
wrote:
Hi,
I am interested in connecting an Apex with an iPad and an
iPhone. Can
anyone outline the appropriate procedure for doing this? I
see
the
iPad
on
the Apex and the Apex on the iPad. They both show up under
WIFI
and
bluetooth.
What are the advantages or disadvantages for using WIFI vs.
bluetooth
when pairing them?
I appreciate your thoughts and advice.
Keith
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