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6. The ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® settings application
This chapter describes the use of the ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® settings application.
This application can be found in the
Start Menu/ Programs/ Optelec/ ALVA_BC6
folder. When having paired the ALVA BC640 with Braille Audio Feature Pack with the
PC and having installed the screenreader drivers and Bluetooth® software, this
application enables configuration of the connection settings of the Braille keyboard
and mono and stereo Bluetooth® audio.
The ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® settings application enables configuration of the
automatic connection of the keyboard and audio when activating the screenreader. In
case the connection gets lost, the application automatically instructs the ALVA
BC640 driver to reconnect the keyboard and audio.
In order to enable this functionality, you will have to create the keyboard and audio
connections once, using “My Bluetooth® Places”. The first time the ALVA BC640
driver creates the audio and keyboard connection, the Windows Bluetooth® will
generate a sound and a popup window asking for permission to have the ALVA
BC640 automatically reconnect the audio and keyboard.
To make sure the audio and keyboard automatically reconnect when a connection is
lost or during a restart of Windows or the screenreader, please select the checkbox
to always allow the connection and click the OK button. Please follow this procedure
for the keyboard connection, mono connection and stereo connection. Should the
popup not appear at the Bluetooth® notification sound, click on the Bluetooth® icon
in the system tray next to the clock.
6.1. Configuring
Audio
There are two settings:
Automatically connect Bluetooth® Braille keyboard;
Manually connect Bluetooth® Braille keyboard.
If the first setting has been selected, the ALVA BC640 will automatically connect the
Braille keyboard when activating the screenreader. In case the connection gets lost,
the keyboard will attempt to reconnect automatically.
6.2. Using the Braille keyboard
The Bluetooth® audio settings are only available in Windows XP. The audio settings
are greyed out in Windows Vista. The security restrictions of Windows Vista prevent
the ALVA BC640 software from configuring the audio connections. It is therefore
recommended to use the stereo connection in Windows Vista, as the stereo
connection is more reliable and provides a better audio quality.
There are three settings:
Automatically connect mono Bluetooth® audio;
Automatically connect stereo Bluetooth® audio;
Manually connect Bluetooth® audio
