Thanks everyone. I forgot that you should not pair (which the employee was indeed doing), and that hw has that handy page of instructions. Unfortunately, I cannot get ahold of an iTouch for a few weeks, but when I finally do I can test it.
On 11/27/10, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 Nov 2010, at 19:38, Alex Hall wrote: >> Today I was in WalMart trying to test out braille on the iPhone with my >> Apex. I was working with one of the employees; I had the Apex while he >> operated the iPhone (it was a 3gs, but it had iOS4). No matter what we >> did, we could not get it to work. I waited in terminal mode but the >> iPhone kept asking for a pairing code, though I never got a prompt on the >> Apex to enter such a code. I then paired with the iPhone and activated >> serial, but that failed as well. What should I have done differently? I >> know I have to have missed something simple... > > Start from the instructions here: > http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/support/braillenote_apex/braillenote_apex_as_a_braille_display > > Make sure the BrailleNote is using the default computer name (delete "Flash > Disk/Dictionaries/DevName.sys" if it isn't, then reset). The code for the > BrailleNote is always 0000 regardless of how you may otherwise pair. Put > BrailleNote into terminal mode with Bluetooth as the port, then on the > iPhone, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille and > turn it to on. If Bluetooth isn't on, it asks you to turn it on. Then it > scans, and should find your Apex, for which you pair 0000. > > Yes, it's fiddly and annoying, really. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
