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ALVA 640 Comfort
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b. Or, locate the ALVA folder on the ALVA 640 Comfort removable drive
and run the “Setup.exe”.
3. Select “Install screen reader drivers”
4. The setup program will guide you through the installation.
5. The setup program will automatically search your system for installations of
JAWS, Window-Eyes and Dolphin screen readers and will install all
necessary drivers, manuals and the ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® pairing utility.
3.3. Bluetooth® connection
To create the Bluetooth® connection with your ALVA, the device will need to be
paired with the PC using the ALVA Bluetooth Utility included with the ALVA screen
reader drivers.
Important:
Please use the ALVA Bluetooth Utility to establish the Bluetooth connection. Do not
use the standard Windows Bluetooth pairing control panel applet. The ALVA
Bluetooth Utility will register the ALVA with the screenreader.
Pairing the ALVA 640 Comfort using the ALVA BC6 Bluetooth®Utility
1. Launch the ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® Utility located on your desktop or by
going to Start, All Programs, ALVA BC6, ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® Utility;
2. Press the Search button.
3. Select the “ALVA BC640 CF” from the list by checking the checkbox;
4. Click on “OK” if you did not changed the default PIN code “0000”.
Otherwise, please enter your PIN code and click on “OK”.
Connecting the Bluetooth ALVA 640 Comfort Braille keyboard:
1. In the ALVA Bluetooth® Utility, select the ALVA BC640 CF you just paired
from the list and right click or press shift-F10;
2. Select “Connect keyboard” from the context menu.
3. A new window will open. In this window, select your ALVA (Other device)
and right click or press shift-F10;
4. In the context menu, select “Properties”;
5. On the “Services” tab, check the checkbox to enable the keyboard service.
Note: This step can be skipped when using JAWS or Dolphin Supernova. JAWS and
Supernova support direct Braille input and do not require the Braille keyboard driver
to be installed.
Unpairing the ALVA 640 Comfort
1. In the ALVA Bluetooth® Utility, select the ALVA BC640 CF from the list and
right click or press shift-F10;