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Bluetooth interface either built in or using a USB Bluetooth dongle. We recommend
Windows 7, VISTA, XP from Service Pack 2 for Bluetooth as this automatically detects and
installs Bluetooth hardware.
How to find out which virtual serial port is provided by a Bluetooth or USB interface:
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Open Control Panel (Start/settings/Control Panel)
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Select “System” from the list
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In the Window now opening, select the tab “Hardware”
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On this tab, click on “device manager”
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In the device managers tree view, open the branch “Ports (Com and LPT)”
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Search for something similar to “standard serial over Bluetooth port (Com 13)”.
There may be more of these. Note down the number after the COM.
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This number is the number of the virtual com port, the device is connected to. The
screen reader wants to know this port.
On Bluetooth you will see two ports, one outgoing and one incoming. The outgoing port is
the one we want to connect to.
Some screen readers do not support higher numbers of Com Ports. In that case you may
want to change the port number. Do this by selecting the “Port (Com and LPT)” branch in
device manager like we did above and right click on the Port you want to change (Shift F10
will do the same). The context menu opens and you can click on “Properties”. Then click on
the tab “Port settings” and click on the “advanced” button. In the Window now opening
there is a List Box “Com Port Number” where you can choose a free port number. Numbers
not available will be marked.
6.2.1 COBRA
The latest COBRA version directly supports SuperVario2. There is no COBRA driver required.
COBRAs Braille server automatically detects a SuperVario2 connected to the PC via USB,
Bluetooth or USB-HID (from COBRA 9.1). (plug&play).
After connecting SuperVario2 we recommend restart of PC.
A list of COBRA Hotkeys for SuperVario2 is provided in chapter 7.1
6.2.1 VIRGO 4
The latest Version of Virgo provides for direct operation of SuperVario.
Open the Virgo menu, select Braille/Braille display (or Braille options/Braille display) and
then select ‘SuperVario’ . From the dropdown list headed “Connection:” select the serial
port in current usage (Bluetooth and USB will be addressed as virtual serial port)
Find the latest Information about VIRGO at:
www.virgo4.de
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