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6 Installation and Interface Ports
6.1 Interface Ports
Depending on the operating system, you can connect SuperVario via various interfaces to
your PC or mobile device.
SuperVario2 communicates via its built in wireless Bluetooth interface with PCs or
Notebooks that run Windows 7, VISTA, XP Service Pack 2 or above and COBRA, VIRGO,
Blindows, JAWS or other screen readers. You can also use USB for connection to Notebook
or PC you can supply power and charge the batteries via USB. SuperVario2 can also be
used as HID (Human Interface Device) via USB. In this mode, no device drivers need to be
installed by the user as it will be recognised by the operating system automatically. The
operating system and screenreader must support HID.
SuperVario2 communicates via its built in wireless Bluetooth interface with mobile devices.
It can also be used as a Braille display for PDAs running Windows CE and the screen readers
Mobile Speak Pocket or Pocket HAL (under development).
6.1.1 USB Port
Operating system:
- Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
The widely-used USB port, now present on every PC and Notebook, has almost completely
superseded the serial port. The main advantages of USB are its plug-and-play facility and
its speed. USB devices may be plugged into, and unplugged from active devices without
fear of damage. A live screen reader may not necessarily continue to drive a Braille display,
however, without being restarted.
Plug the rectangular USB Connector into your PC. Plug the small Mini USB Plug at the other
end of the USB cable into SuperVario2s USB port. This is the small rectangular socket on
the left side.
Please install the SuperVario2 device drivers which are certified by Microsoft first, before
you connect the Braille display to your PC. You find the drivers on the installation CD in the
root folder (setup.exe). (If you use COBRA, the will be installed with COBRA installation).
When you then connect SuperVario2 for the first time, it will be recognised automatically.
This driver can be used to drive the SuperVario2 directly. It also provides a virtual COM port
for older screen reader drivers.
When SuperVario has been connected to the USB port and the driver installed from the CD
supplied, the Braille display can be contacted as though connected to a serial port; the
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