Basic Braille Plus
Start-Up
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Start-Up
3.1 Turning the Power On
Please make sure that the Basic Braille Plus is connected to your PC with a USB interface
cable, and the PC is on. If necessary, turn on the Basic Braille Plus by pressing [FRU]
shortly. The Braille display shows the following welcome message:
’HT Basic Braille Plus xx V y.y BT ON’
or
’HT Basic Braille Plus xx V y.y BT OFF’
or
’HT Basic Braille Plus xx V y.y BT AUTO’
If the option
„Battery charge disable“
in Config mode is enabled, you will see this
message approx. 2 seconds before the welcome message.
xx stands for the length of the braille display (e.g., 32 or 40) and y.y stands for the version
number of the firmware of your Basic Braille Plus (e.g., 4.0).
Please notice that there is a number sign in front of the version number.
As soon as the screen reader sends information to the Basic Braille Plus, the welcome
message disappears, and the new data will be displayed.
3.2 Energy Saving Features
If no key is pressed or the display does not change on the Basic Braille Plus for 30
minutes, the device will switch into sleep mode. In sleep mode, the Braille modules are
turned off and some of the electronic modules are also deactivated. As soon as any key is
pressed or receiving any information from the screen reader, the Basic Braille Plus is
immediately fully operational again. You will recognize this because the tactile pins of the
Braille modules will be pushed back up.
After 8 hours in sleep mode the Basic Braille Plus turns itself completely off. You can turn
it on again by a short press on [FRU]. Read chapter 3.4 Configuration Mode to learn how
to switch off the energy saving feature.
3.3 Operation as a Braille Display
In order to operate the Basic Braille Plus as a Braille display under any Windows operating
system, you need a screen reader program to control the display, which is not included
with the Basic Braille Plus.
Please make sure that your Basic Braille Plus is properly connected and switched on
before starting up the screen reader program, because otherwise the screen reader will
not be able to detect it. As a rule, the screen reader will display the currently selected
position within the active window on the Braille display. For example, if you are moving
through a menu, the selected menu item is displayed. In word processing programs such
