Hi Alison: Your instructions worked really well, up until I pressed enter in terminal mode when the display said "bluetooth." It shows a blank screen on the brailleNote, but it recognised the pairing and everything. Do I need to turn voiceover off and on again? I'll try it. Rebecca
On 2010-05-17, at 2:13 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I have successfully just paired my BrailleNote with my Macbook I > decided to include step by step instructions for those who might be having > the same trouble. It's finiky at best, but it does work after several > attempts. If you are having trouble, you are welcome to E-mail me offlist and > we can chat either by messenger or via Skype. As someone who loves to have > the flexibility of the Braille display, I can't picture living without it and > would love to assist anyone who is having difficulty. Here are the steps I > take. > > 1. On the BrailleNote press O Chord. > 2. Press C which will bring up the connectivity menu. > 3. Navigate to Bluetooth and hit enter. > 4. If Bluetooth is off press Y to turn it on > 5. After turning Bluetooth on, go down to where it says search for devices. > 6. Press Y for yes. > 7. Once the BrailleNote finds the Macbook, press enter. > 8. Navigate to Active sync and press enter. > 9. If the BrailleNote is paired with the Macbook press R to remove the > pairing. You may have to do this several times until the Braillenote reports > that the pairing has been removed. > 10. Once this has occured, pair the Macbook with the BrailleNote again by > hitting active sync under Macbook in list of Bluetooth devices. > 11. A dialog will be displayed and ask if you would like to pair the > BrailleNote with the Mac. Hit Y for Yes. It will ask you for an > authentication code. Type number sign 0000 in regular braille not nemeth > code. Then hit enter. > 12. The Macbook will display a pairing request you type 0000 in to the box > that comes up and hit Pair. The Braillenote will display paired. > 13. Then from the main menu of the BrailleNote hit T which will put it in to > terminal mode. Hit B for Bluetooth port if it's not the default port. It will > say Braille terminal. Bluetooth. Hit enter again and the Macbook should begin > displaying. > > I hope my instructions are clear and not confusing. I need a second cup of > coffee. I hope that helps, I wish the BrailleNote stayed connected to the > Macbook all the time without having to pair every single time. Wonder if it's > because I have an older BrailleNote Mpower and not the Apex. Well, take care > and thank you to Erik and all for assisting me with this problem. Your > patience are greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Allison > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
