Timed Play
Timed Play settings allow you to create a ‘reward’ for pressing a button, completing a task, or any
number of other outcomes. You have a choice of 10 or 30 seconds play time.
Because this setting uses the ‘Play/Pause’
command, it is important that the iPad is paused
(not playing) before you press the switch to give
timed play, otherwise the iPad will pause for a
timed period instead of playing.
If a switch programmed to Play/Pause is pressed
during a timed play, the timed play will be cut
short and the unit will be Paused.
Skip Forward and Skip Back commands have no
effect on the duration of a timed play.
If you wish to end a timed play early, you can
either use a switch already programmed to
Play/Pause or you can switch to QuickMedia
TM
and use switch 1.
Switch Control (iOS7 onward)
Using Home functions with Switch Control
iOS7 and later operating systems include the
Switch Control feature, allowing the user to
scan apps, menu items and the pop-up keyboard
without using the touch screen.
APPlicator
may
be used as the Bluetooth switch device to allow
you to scan and select items.
Before enabling Switch Control, first decide what
type of switch interface will be best for the user.
For example, this could be a single select switch
in combination with the Auto Scanning feature
within Switch Control, or it may comprise several
switches to allow manual scanning and select.
Almost any switch setting in Table 3 categorised
as ‘Keyboard’ may be used to effect any scanning/
selecting function. However, it is important
not to use
~
1 or
~
3, since iPad accepts the first
character only and both of these begin with
~
.
Media functions such as Play/Pause, Skip Fwd
etc cannot be used.
Once you have decided on a particular number of
switches, plug them into
APPlicator
and program
their respective settings as described above. For
example, if three switches are required for Scan
to Next Item, Scan to Previous Item and Select
Item it may make sense to use ,
and Enter
(B, C and 6 respectively on the display).
With
APPlicator
already paired to your iPad, go
to Settings General Accessibility Switch
Control and tap on ‘Switches’. Then tap on ‘Add
New Switch’ and ‘External’. You will be asked to
activate your external switch. At this point, press
the relevant switch plugged into
APPlicator
.
Once your iPad has recognised the keystroke, it
will ask you to assign it to a particular task from
a list. Using the above example, if you are setting
up the
switch (setting B), you would tap on
Scan to Next Item.
Repeat this exercise for each of the switches you
would like to use and then turn on Switch Control
using the slide at the top of the screen. Also
set Auto Scanning to the desired setting (auto
scanning will be disabled if you have pressed
any switches that are set to Scan to Next Item or
Scan to Previous Item). Generally speaking, fewer
switches will be required when Auto Scanning
compared to manual scanning so the choice of
which to use is often governed by the number of
switches the user is able to operate.
Tutorial videos are available on the Pretorian
Technologies’
website
-
please
visit
www.pretorianuk.com/applicator and click on Videos.
Settings T and U in Table 3 have been added
to make
APPlicator
easier to use with Switch
Control. Setting T is ‘Home’ and is exactly
equivalent to pressing the Home button on iPad.
Note that this setting can be used whether in
Switch Control or not and does not need to be
programmed within Switch Control.
Setting ‘U’ is Enter/Home which gives Enter if
pressed briefly or Home after an extended press.
This is extremely useful when combined with
Auto Scanning since it allows a single switch to
carry out virtually every task on iPad.
