Make sure your text is really ready for Brailling before you issue
the command on your computer that tells the Blazer to start
Brailling. Also, you must make sure the Blazer is ready to
receive data.
Preparing the Blazer to Receive a File
When you first turn on the Blazer and set Top of Form, it's
ready to receive a file. So when you do issue the command that
tells the Blazer to begin Brailling, it should start right away. If it
doesn't start Brailling, it may be "off line.” In other words, it may
not be ready to receive data.
Find the "on line" key on the right side of the top of the Blazer.
It's the rearmost key of the set of three we've mentioned before.
When you press this key, the Blazer says either, "on line" or "off
line.” When the Blazer is "on line", it's ready to receive data.
But when it's "off line", it can't receive any data at all. Press the
"on line" key to make the Blazer be able to receive data again.
The "on line" key is also useful if you want to stop the Blazer
from Brailling the file you just sent to it - for example, if you
realize it's the wrong file or that you didn't run the Braille
translator on the file yet.
Brailling a Different File
Suppose you decide not to finish Brailling the file you sent to
the Blazer because it's the wrong file or because you forgot to
run it through the Braille translator before you sent it to the
Blazer.
The first thing to do is to take the Blazer "off line" by pressing
the "on line" key once. The Blazer should stop Brailling
immediately. In addition, you may have to issue some type of
Cancel command from within your word processor to stop
transmitting data from your computer to the Blazer, but even
that may not be enough.
The Blazer holds several pages worth of information in its
memory buffer at one time. So if it still has part of the file in its
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