User manual

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5 The VarioPro System Menu
As soon as VarioPro receives power, either by plugging in the mains adapter or
connecting it to a PC with the USB cable, the first lines of the System Menu appear
on the Braille cells. This menu contains information relating to the Braille display.
If necessary, the settings can be changed on the advanced System Menu.
Usually you will pay no attention to the System Menu, as it disappears as soon as
data are transferred from the PC to the Braille display or your screen reader reads
out some text, so that you can work with the Braille display.
The basic System Menu consists of three lines giving the name of the device, its
serial number, the communication channel/port being used, and the
protocol/emulation used.
It will often prove necessary to install special settings or values, which must be done
on the advanced System Menu which can be accessed directly with its own key
combination.
The lines in the System Menu can be accessed upwards with D1 (top left), and
downwards with D3 (bottom left). Whenever the System Menu is called up the first
line will be displayed.
Items can be selected in the advanced System Menu by pressing one of the cursor
routing/position keys above the display. The active or selected item is indicated with
Braille dots 7 and 8.
The lines of the System Menu will be described below.
To quit the advanced menu, browse through to the “Menu off” option and press a
cursor routing/position key over the word “off”; this is done automatically as soon as
data has been exchanged between the PC and the Braille display.
All settings are automatically saved when quitting the System Menu and remain
active until next amended.
NB:
How do you open the System Menu when Vario is connected to the computer?
Interrupt the power supply briefly by pulling out the USB cable or mains adapter cable
and plugging it back in.
The connection between VarioPro and the computer application will thus be lost and
the System Menu will appear. Then simply move the cursor to quit the System Menu
and return to the previous application.
If the System Menu keeps disappearing because the screen reader is constantly
exchanging data, either close the screen reader down or interrupt the USB
connection and connect the mains adapter.