Pretorian J-Pad, Instructions Manual

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General Operating Guide
Modes 1 to 4 are configured for use with Voiceover mode. For further details on how to use J-Pad in
these modes, please refer to Section 2.
Mode 5 is configured for use with Switch Control mode. Please refer to Section 3 when using J-Pad in
this mode.
On-Screen Keyboard
Because J-Pad appears to the iPad as a keyboard, the iPad automatically turns off the on-screen pop-up
keyboard. It is highly likely that you will need the keyboard to be enabled so that its keys may be scanned.
J-Pad allows you to deploy the on-screen keyboard any time you are in a text box simply by pressing the
feature button [G] briefly . To turn it off again, press the feature button briefly once more.
Note that the iPad only allows the on-screen keyboard to be deployed when a text input box is selected.
It is automatically hidden when the text box is deselected but will pop up again automatically when
another is selected.
Connecting your J-Pad to a different iPad
If, when waking up your J-Pad , the
status LED [D] does not continue
to flash rapidly, this indicates
that it is already connected to
another iPad in the vicinity. In
this case you will need to ‘forget’
this connection before you can
reconnect with another iPad.
Go to the Bluetooth menu on the
iPad to which J-Pad is currently
connected (Settings Bluetooth)
and tap the blue tab adjacent to
the unit name, for example:
Pretorian-V56.1-ABC1
Then tap on ‘Forget this device’.
At this point the unit is no longer
connected to any iPad and will
appear as ‘discoverable’ on all
iPads in the vicinity. You can now
reconnect with a different iPad
simply by tapping on the unit
name in the Bluetooth menu.
Note that if an iPad to which the
unit is connected is removed
from the vicinity of the J-Pad ,
the connection will automatically
be lost and again the J-Pad will
become ‘discoverable’ to all other
iPads in the vicinity.
Automatic Sleep Mode
To conserve battery life, J-Pad automatically enters a low power sleep mode if it remains unused for one
hour. Moving the joystick in any direction instantly wakes the unit again. While asleep, the connection with
iPad is lost but is automatically re-established within a few seconds of wake-up.
If the unit remains unconnected to an iPad for a period of more than 5 minutes, it will also enter sleep mode
Note that the green and red buttons are disabled while in sleep mode to conserve power, so these will not
wake the unit.