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Page 3: ...disassemble reverse engineer or make public in any way the software of this Product Copyright 2011 All rights reserved Technologies HumanWare Inc This manual is protected by copyright belonging to Technologies HumanWare Inc with all rights reserved According to copyright law the manual may not be copied in whole or in part without written consent from Technologies HumanWare Inc Every effort has be...

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Page 5: ...pment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interferen...

Page 6: ...Interface Ports 4 2 2 Connecting to a PC or Notebook 5 2 3 Pairing Brailliant with a mobile phone 6 3 MENU 6 3 1 Model 7 3 2 Battery Level 7 3 3 Channel toggle 7 3 4 Serial Number 7 3 5 Firmware 8 3 6 Auto Power Off toggle 8 3 7 USB Charge toggle 8 3 8 Sound toggle 8 3 9 Bluetooth Name 9 3 10 Bluetooth PIN 9 3 11 Protocol toggle 9 3 12 Braille Test activation 9 3 13 Restore Default Settings activa...

Page 7: ...lay but no Braille keyboard 1 2Unpacking the Brailliant The package contains the following items Brailliant unit USB cable Companion CD Documentation Carrying case BI 32 and BI 40 models only 1 3Physical Description Figure 1 Brailliant 40 Figure 2 Brailliant 80 Brailliant models include the following features Top surface Braille display The Braille display is located on the top surface near the fr...

Page 8: ...eading and navigating They can be operated using your thumbs without moving your fingers from the Braille display The thumb keys are named as follows UP LEFT RIGHT and DOWN Note that the B 80 model has 2 sets of thumb keys UP and DOWN are used to navigate by line LEFT and RIGHT are used to move left or right by display length Right Edge Power button The Power button is slightly recessed and is loc...

Page 9: ...B cable attached to your computer while the device is turned off will wake it up and Charging will be displayed It will switch off again when charged completely Please fully charge your Braille display before the first use Brailliant s battery management system includes a battery protection circuitry that prevents it from being damaged by total discharge If the battery is low Brailliant will warn ...

Page 10: ...nized automatically Once the Brailliant has been connected to the USB port and the driver installed from the CD supplied the Braille display will be connected as if it was connected to a serial port the driver is simulating a so called virtual serial port This has the advantage that Brailliant can be used with screen readers that can only support serial Braille displays Installing this driver mean...

Page 11: ... Bluetooth because they automatically detect and install Bluetooth hardware How to find out which virtual serial port is provided by a Bluetooth or USB interface in Windows 1 Open Control Panel Start Settings Control Panel 2 Select System from the list 3 In the Window now opening select the tab Hardware 4 On this tab click on Device manager 5 In the Device manager s tree view open the branch Ports...

Page 12: ...tional information http www humanware com 2 3Pairing Brailliant with a mobile phone The Brailliant can be paired with mobile phones as a Bluetooth Braille display The pairing has to be initialized from the phone just as you would to pair with any other keyboard or Bluetooth device For more information refer to your mobile phone screen reader user guide 3 Menu The Menu is activated when the unit is...

Page 13: ... a r e B r a i l l i a n t B 8 0 3 2Battery Level This option displays battery charge information B a t t e r y L e v e l 8 0 3 3Channel toggle This option allows you to select the communication channel used to communicate with your computer Options include Automatic USB and Bluetooth Channel auto 3 4Serial Number This option displays the device s serial number S e r i a l N u m b e r x x x x x x ...

Page 14: ... down You may select from the following settings Disabled 5 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour A u t o P o w e r O f f 1 5 m i n 3 7USB Charge toggle This option allows you to determine if USB charging is permitted You may want to set this option to OFF if you are connected to a laptop running low on battery power U S B C h a r g e o n 3 8Sound toggle This option allows you to set whether the de...

Page 15: ...ommunication protocol Settings include HumanWare and OpenBraille P r o t o c o l H u m a n W a r e 3 12Braille Test activation This option allows you to activate the Braille display test procedure The test will perform the following actions Line test 10 iterations of the following All cells activate only dots 1 and 4 All cells activate only dots 2 and 5 All cells activate only dots 3 and 6 All cel...

Page 16: ... or move to a different menu item 3 13Restore Default Settings activation This option allows you to restore the unit to default settings The default settings are as follows C h a n n e l A u t o P r o t o c o l H u m a n W a r e A u t o P o w e r O f f 1 5 m i n u t e s U S B C h a r g e o n S o u n d o n B l u e t o o t h N a m e B r a i l l i a n t B l u e t o o t h P I N 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 17: ... Recharges from PC through USB port Auto shut off Lithium ion polymer battery Compatible with any standard USB A C adapter Capacity 1000mAh Voltage rating 3 7V Connectivity USB 2 0 Bluetooth V2 1 EDR Class 2 Portability BI 32 26 x 8 7 x 1 8 cm 524 g 10 2 x 3 4 x 0 7 1 15 lbs BI 40 31 x 8 7 x 1 8 cm 650 g 12 2 x 3 4 x 0 7 1 43 lbs B 80 56 5 x 7 8 x 1 8 cm 1070 g 22 3 x 3 1 x 0 7 2 35 lbs Compatibil...

Page 18: ... Please retain your original If the unit has to be returned please use the original packaging This warranty applies to all cases where the damage is not a result of improper use mistreatment negligence or acts of God North America In addition to the warranty you can also purchase a Service Contract to prolong coverage for one year and also benefit from the cleaning service Please refer to our web ...

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