Using Varioultra As A Bluetooth Braille Display; Varioultra Emulation Mode; Pairing Varioultra With An Ios Device - Baum VarioUltra 20 User Manual

As of this writing (June 19, 2015), we can confirm the following:
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An updated JAWS driver for VarioUltra is now available. It supports connection with VarioUltra via USB-
HID and Bluetooth-HID. You can download it from http://www.baumusa.com/support/jaws-drivers.html.
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COBRA version 10.1 works with VarioUltra "out of the box".
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Window-Eyes and NVDA will work with VarioUltra via Bluetooth emulation only at this time. We are
working to provide updated drivers as soon as possible.
2.3

Using VarioUltra as a Bluetooth Braille Display.

Connecting VarioUltra via Bluetooth to a Windows computer works fine when used in conjunction with COBRA or
JAWS screen reading software. Connecting via Bluetooth is also possible with Apple devices, including computers
running OSX Yosemite, and mobile devices running iOS. For all other device connection situations, VarioUltra is
not yet recognized as VarioUltra because it is still very new. The solution to this problem is to pretend that
VarioUltra is another BAUM braille device.
There are three emulation modes for Bluetooth:
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VarioUltra: use this mode when connecting via Bluetooth to a PC when using COBRA or JAWS screen
reading software, with a Mac computer running OSX Yosemite, and with iOS devices running iOS 8.3 or
newer. This is the default emulation.

VarioConnect: use when connecting to an Android device

Pronto: use when connecting to an iOS device with iOS 7 or iOS 8, or when connecting via Bluetooth with
a Windows computer for use with the Window-Eyes or NVDA screen reading software.
Instructions for setting emulation modes follow in section 2.4 VarioUltra Emulation Mode.
2.4

VarioUltra Emulation Mode.

Although we are hard at work with our industry partners to ensure that VarioUltra is recognized when you connect
via Bluetooth to those devices, there are some instances when VarioUltra is not recognized as a trusted device.
This is simply because VarioUltra is very new and updated drivers have not yet been made available.
In the meantime, we have developed an emulation mode that disguises VarioUltra as one of our other existing
braille devices: Pronto or VarioConnect. These emulation modes are in addition to the default emulation mode,
VarioUltra. This solution will need to be used unless or until a device driver is updated for a particular device.
At present it is only possible to select one emulation mode for all connections. This means that if you use
emulation mode "VarioUltra" to connect via Bluetooth to a computer, you would not then be able to connect via
Bluetooth to another device that requires Pronto or VarioConnect emulation.
Here are the steps needed to change the VarioUltra emulation setting:
1. Make sure that VarioUltra is in Braille Notetaker mode by sliding the Device Mode switch away from you.
2. In the main menu, select Settings.
a. Use either the hotkey "s", or scroll up or down using display keys D1 and D3, or use the Navistick.
b. With Settings displayed on the braille display, enter by pressing the left thumb key B9, by pressing
in on the Navistick, or by pressing a cursor routing button above the word Settings.
3. When you first enter the Settings submenu, the first menu item to appear is Alerts. Scroll up one line with
display key D1 or with the Navistick, so that menu item Braille Display Mode appears.
a. Select by pressing the left thumb key B9, by pressing in on the Navistick, or by pressing a cursor
routing button above the words Braille Display Mode.
4. The Braille Display Mode contains a horizontal list with three options: VarioUltra, VarioConnect, and
Pronto. Use the Navistick to tap right or left to the emulation mode you wish to use.
5. Tap the left thumb key B9 to confirm and exit back to the Settings menu.
6. VarioUltra exits the braille display emulation list and puts you back in the Settings menu at the Braille
Display Mode option.
7. Move the Navistick left to exit to the main menu, or press and hold S3.
Congratulations! You have successfully changed the VarioUltra emulation.
2.5

Pairing VarioUltra with an iOS Device.

VarioUltra can be paired with iOS devices running iOS 7 or later. That said, if your iOS device is using iOS 7 up to
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