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with Bluetooth using a so-called Bluetooth USB Dongle which installs automatically on
Windows 7, VISTA, XP Service Pack 2 and above when plugged in.
When two Bluetooth devices are connected for the first time, they have to be "paired".
This is for security reasons. The devices exchange a PIN code. Later, the devices will
recognize each other automatically, if allowed by the user.
In the Bluetooth environment of a PC you will find Brailliant as:
Brailliant
The Bluetooth Name can be modified by the user in the Internal menu of the unit.
The Bluetooth PIN that has to be sent to the Brailliant is 1111.
The Bluetooth device class is Display.
2.2 Connecting to a PC or Notebook
Brailliant can be used as a Braille display with popular PC screen readers such as JAWS,
Window-Eyes, etc. The PC or Notebook must provide either USB or a wireless Bluetooth
interface (built-in or by using a USB Bluetooth dongle). We recommend Windows 7,
VISTA, and XP Service Pack 2 for 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 (COM and LPT)"
6.
Search for something similar to "standard serial over Bluetooth port (COM 13)".
There may be more of these. Take note of the number after the COM.
7.
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 use to connect.
When connected using Bluetooth, the serial port used by your device may also be found
in the Properties of your connected device in the Bluetooth Manager.
Some screen readers do not support higher values 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 as described above, and right-click on the Port you want to change
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