Gary, The command for advancing the display by pressing the BACK and ADVANCE thumb keys together shouldn't work because it's meant for another purpose. It says in section 3.9.1 (in the BT Manual) "Reading Using the Braille Dispay" that auto-advance is done either by pressing BACK and ADVANCE together or SPACE with dots 1-2-4-5-6; however, in section 4.3 "Braille Display Thumb Key Commands" it says the command involving the thumb keys routes the cursor to the beginning of the braille display window, and the keyboard command starts auto-advance. When I tried it, the thumb keys affected the cursor and the SPACE with 1-2-3-4-5-6 made the display auto-advance. I don't know why your keyboard command wouldn't invoke the advance mode, but I can tell you for sure the thumb key command isn't meant to do so, and it's a mistake in documentation. If you've been having this problem for a while, it might be a hardware issue, and contacting PDI for repair might help you. Sometimes, when the BN wouldn't let me perform certain commands, I would do a reset with no keys held down, and everything would return to normal. Since I've never had your problem, I don't know if doing the no-key reset would work for sure. Hope this helps. Maria
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gary Drennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 16:09:39 -0600 >Subject: [Braillenote] Display auto advance problem >Can someone help me out? I try to work the auto-advance feature of the >Braille display, following the instructions of the manual in chapter three. >(back & addvance or space w/ 23456) BUT... it willl not auto-advance, in the >owrd processor or book reader. The thumb keys work fine, but the automatic >feature does not. Help would be appreciated >Earnestly contending, >Gary >"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, >against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the >spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. > Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to >resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. >(Ephesians 6:12-13 NAS95) >"John Calvin was NOT the Professor of Robotics at the University of Geneva!" >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
