Connect To Multiple Hosts; Usb - Orbit Research Orbit Reader 20 Plus User Manual

Orbit Reader 20 Plus – User guide
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what you were doing before the interruption, put the host back to sleep by
tapping the Power button.
To prevent interruptions from occurring altogether, turn off Bluetooth in the Orbit
Reader 20 Plus menu or temporarily turn off notifications on the host device.
When you are ready to resume using Bluetooth, either turn it back on from the
Orbit Reader 20 Plus menu or use the hotkey Space + Dots 4 7 from Stand-
Alone mode on the Orbit Reader 20 Plus. (You can always return to Stand-Alone
mode by pressing Select + Left Arrow on the Orbit Reader 20 Plus.)

Connect to Multiple Hosts

It is possible to pair the Orbit Reader 20 Plus with more than one device. For
example, you can pair it with both your phone and tablet. The device you use
must offer a braille interface.
To use Bluetooth with multiple devices, the screen reader on each of the devices
should be set to work with the same emulation. In other words, if you have an
iPad with a version prior to 10.2, then it does not recognize the Orbit Reader 20
Plus. Therefore, you should set all Emulation modes to be compatible with the
older version. If all the hosts you are using support the Orbit Reader 20 Plus
directly, turn Emulation mode off. If any of them do not support the Orbit Reader
20 Plus, set the Emulation mode for all to RB18.
While it is possible to pair a device with Emulation off and later pair to a second
device with Emulation on, if you set the emulation differently between the
devices, commands will fail to work correctly. Therefore, it is important to pay
particular attention when the Orbit Reader 20 Plus is set to be used with multiple
devices. The first device appears to work, but it does not function correctly,
because it still uses the Orbit Reader 20 Plus commands instead of
Refreshabraille commands, which Orbit Reader 20 Plus expects when Emulation
mode is set to RB18.
When connecting to host devices that do not support the Orbit Reader 20 Plus to
ensure the proper functioning of commands between the Orbit Reader 20 Plus
and host devices, Set Orbit Reader 20 Plus to emulate RB18.
Note: In Refreshabraille 18 emulation, only the first 18 braille cells are used.

17.4 USB

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a technology that makes connecting devices with
hosts easy. It provides some advantages over Bluetooth because it is both faster
and charges the Orbit Reader 20 Plus simultaneously.
The Orbit Reader 20 Plus supports three kinds of USB connections (all with the
same cable available in the box.)
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