Basic Braille Plus
Installation
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Note: if the connection was interrupted because you have turned off or put to sleep mode
the Basic Braille Plus and/or the Android device, please turn on/wake up the Basic Braille
Plus first.
2.4 Connecting the USB Cable
To connect your Basic Braille Plus to a PC or laptop computer via USB interface, you will
need the included USB cable. The USB cable has a small magnetic USB plug on one end.
The other end features a bigger flat plug. If you want to use a different USB cable, please
make sure that it is not longer than 3 meters (118 inch).
Please connect the magnetic USB plug to the USB port on the right side of your Basic
Braille Plus. The plug is pulled by the magnet into the correct position. It does not matter
how the magnetic plug is placed around. The flat plug is then plugged into the PC's USB
port.
If the Basic Braille Plus is to be used as a medical device, the PC must conform to all
Medical Device Standards, or else it must have a ground connection or be connected to an
isolating transformer. Even if you are not using the Basic Braille Plus as a medical device,
we recommend connecting it only to a grounded PC. Otherwise you might feel the voltage
on the housing, which is harmless and permitted for non-medical devices but unpleasant.
When the PC is turned on, the Basic Braille Plus will automatically be recognized by USB-
enabled operating systems. If recognized by the PC, the USB connection becomes
primary.
The power for the Basic Braille Plus is supplied via the USB interface.
You can turn on the Basic Braille Plus by a short press on [FRU] and turn it off by pressing
[FRU] for 5 seconds.
Note: If using the Basic Braille Plus with Windows 8, 8.1 or 10, a screen reader must be
active. If there is no screen reader running, Windows will disconnect the Basic Braille Plus
when pressing any Braille key. In order to use the Basic Braille Plus again, you must
switch it off and on.
2.5 Using USB and Bluetooth at the same time
You can use an USB and Bluetooth connection at the same time. If you have connected
the Basic Braille Plus for example via USB to your PC or laptop, you can hook on parallel
a smart phone or a second PC via Bluetooth.
To switch between these two connections, press both center function keys [FLC] and
[FRC] together for 1 second. Please note, that the Bluetooth setting in Config Mode must
be “ON” or “AUTO”.
If you choose “AUTO”, the Bluetooth channel will be active for 15 minutes after switching
on the Basic Braille Plus. If no connection will be established in this time, the Bluetooth
interface will be deactivated in order to save battery live.
After switching the interface channel, the Basic Braille Plus shows the following messages:
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Disconnected:
no connection, switching not possible
