2.9.1 Connecting a Visual Display to the Serial Port. In the following discussion when we refer to a terminal, we mean either a dedicated terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software. The following procedure might require the help of a technician if the terminal is unfamiliar to you. The procedure involves connecting the BrailleNote PK to the terminal using a cable and setting up the terminal to communicate at a certain speed and format. This can be done manually for some terminals. Or if the terminal is intelligent, done by the terminal itself as it automatically detects the serial speed and format. The necessary settings are: bit rate: 38400 bps. parity: none. data bits: 8. stop bits: 1. To connect BrailleNote PK's serial port to a terminal, use the double serial to serial cable provided. Plug the small end of the serial cable into the serial port as described in 2.7.1 Serial Port. Plug the junction end of the cable into a matching socket on the terminal. Ensure the terminal is switched on. Finally, direct the BrailleNote PK to drive the serial port by selecting the remote visual display output as described in Section below. Now, when the BrailleNote PK displays something such as a prompt the terminal should also display the corresponding prompt. If the terminal responds when the connected BrailleNote PK displays something but the terminal's display is not intelligible then the speed and/or format are probably not right. Correct the settings and retry. Printed on 31 August, 2004 2.9.2 Turning the Visual Display On and Off.
The last step towards providing a visual display is to have your BrailleNote PK send text to the serial output. Press SPACE with O, then V for Visual display. KeySoft displays: "Visual display, Currently off." The options are: To turn the visual display ON press N then ENTER; To send the visual display to the Serial port press S then ENTER; Or just press ENTER to leave the selection unchanged. To turn the visual display off again after use, press SPACE with O, then V, then F for OFF then ENTER. Use the serial port if you are using a standard computer terminal or a PC running a terminal emulator program. Leslie"s Note: You might not able to find a program of Hyperterminal, but you may use "FIND" OR "SEARCH" in the START menu. It will find it. Leslie Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink Revolves Around You.
