Not sure if this applies to your braille display, but I know that I have to turn the Bluetooth 40 that I have on, then turn the iPhone 5 on. When the phone activates, it will be connected to, and be communicating with the braille display.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2015, at 4:16 PM, Amy Harris <aharr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone. > > I just received, earlier this week, a Harpo BraillePen 12 Touch, and, > although I've been using iDevices since IOS 4, and braille for most of my > life, this is my first time with a braille display, and I have a few > questions. > > I got my device paired with no problem. However, when I have my iPhone 6+ > running the latest IOS 8 version turned on, and I then turn on my BP12T, they > find each other but they don't pair. I have to go into the settings and > double-tap the device under Braille in order to get it to pair. I don't have > to enter the pairing code, but I do have to manually pair it every time. Any > ideas on what I've messed up? > > Also, when I'm finished using the BP12T, if I use the Chord K to turn it off, > my device automatically enters VO Help, and I have to 4-finger double-tap to > get out of it every time. My device turns off, but, as soon as it does, I'm > dumped into VO Help. If I turn my device back on while in VO Help, it > doesn't pair, and I have to exit VO help and go into Settings as mentioned > above to tell the keyboard to connect. > > Finally, I was trying to "practice" by reading some of my notes in the > default Notes app. Everything works, but the HTML code is turned on, and I > have to hunt through all of that to find the text of my note. When I go into > Messages, and read text messages, that's not the case. In the Messages app I > get text without all of the HTML code regarding font/font size, etc. that I > receive when trying to read a note in the Notes app. Any thoughts on that > one? > > Thanks in advance for helping a newbie in working with a braille > keyboard/display in IOS get started! > > Amy > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
