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ViewPlus Tiger Box
User Manual
Revision: 20210618
This user manual applies to ViewPlus Tiger Box, as well as APH PIXie, and Irie-AT GoBraille devices.

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  • Page 1 ViewPlus Tiger Box User Manual Revision: 20210618 This user manual applies to ViewPlus Tiger Box, as well as APH PIXie, and Irie-AT GoBraille devices.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    II.C.1. Connecting to Tiger Box Direct Wi-Fi and accessing user interface ........... 5 II.C.2. Switching between Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Network Client mode ..........9 II.C.3. Adding Tiger Box to wired local area network via Ethernet cable ..........11 II.C.4. Accessing Tiger Box user interface when connected to another network ....... 11 II.D.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Wi-Fi Network mode Tiger Box can also be configured to work in Wi-Fi Network mode where it can be configured as a client to another accessible wireless network. The advantage of Network mode is, that you can print content directly from the internet if the host network allows internet access.

  • Page 4: Specifications

    The hardware for your Tiger Box is easily setup with these simple steps: 1. Insert the micro USB plug of provided power cable to Tiger Box, and plug in the power plug to a power wall outlet (or extended wall outlet).

  • Page 5: Ii.b.2. Android Mobile Devices

    This list should include two instances of your ViewPlus embosser @ tigerbox. The purpose of these two instances, which we refer to as 'Tiger' instance, and 'Braille' instance of the ViewPlus printer is explained further in section III.D below.

  • Page 6: Iii.b.3. All Devices

    Tiger Box user inface in this case. The configuration can be changed within Tiger Box user interface to setup Tiger Box as a client to an existing wireless local area network. See section II.C.2 below to learn how to perform this switch.
  • Page 7 'forget other networks' and turn off mobile data. 4. When successfully connected to 'TigerBox' Wi-Fi network, open your preferred web browser application and enter "http://10.10.0.1" for Tiger Box dedicated IP address, or URL "http://tigerbox" within the address line. A page as shown in following picture will open.
  • Page 8 Within the header section of Tiger Box user interface application you find links to the FAQ section of ViewPlus online knowledge base, and to the online version of this user manual, as well as a link to the general ViewPlus company web page.
  • Page 9 This is the section of the System page, where wireless configuration can be changed between Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Network operating mode. This section is used for wired LAN configuration when connecting to your router via Ethernet cable. Tiger Box user interface System page...

  • Page 10: Ii.c.2. Switching Between Wi-Fi Direct And Wi-Fi Network Client Mode

    Wi-Fi Direct mode. 9. Select 'Apply' to save any changes made within main settings. 10. Make sure to remember SSID and passphrase to be able to connect to Tiger Box again at any later time. II.C.2. Switching between Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Network Client mode You may switch configurations to run Tiger Box in Network Client mode.
  • Page 11 Tiger Box main settings in Wi-Fi network client mode 2. A selection box will appear to choose one of the available networks to serve as host for Tiger Box in Network Client mode. Select your preferred local network from the list.

  • Page 12: Ii.c.3. Adding Tiger Box To Wired Local Area Network Via Ethernet Cable

    Tiger Box can be connected to an existing local area network via ethernet cable between Tiger Box and network router. From the DHCP server an IP address is assigned to Tiger Box. This IP address will change periodically. To know current IP address of Tiger Box in wired LAN connection, you have the following options.
  • Page 13 Box. This app will find all devices connected to the network that your mobile device is connected to currently. Find Tiger Box, or whatever the given hostname for Tiger Box is, in the list of Devices and see corresponding IP address paired with this name.

  • Page 14: Ii.d. Hardware Reset To Wi-Fi Direct Mode

    5. Power Tiger Box OFF again. 6. Take out USB dongle. 7. Power Tiger Box ON again and check if it is running in Wi-Fi Direct mode again by trying to connect to it via mobile device. 8. If Tiger Box is not available for Wi-Fi Direct connection, repeat steps 1 through 7 and wait a little longer in step 4.
  • Page 15 Tiger Box user interface Formatter Settings Braille Language: The Braille table of the language defined in this field will be applied to translate text to braille with embosser output. Link 'Braille Table and Screen Font': This Link will bring up controls to install Braille table of selected Braille Language on connected embosser, or to download and install corresponding screen fonts to the computing device you are currently using.
  • Page 16 Braille Grade: Depending on availability for language selected in 'Braille Language' above, a grade of contraction for the resulting Braille code can be chosen here. Paper Size: The paper size of print media, which is currently loaded to the embosser should be defined. Selecting the name of current paper size setting here will bring you directly to paper size selection under Embosser Settings.

  • Page 17: Iii.a.2. Embosser Settings

    Braille output. III.A.2. Embosser Settings Tiger Box user interface Embosser Settings Embosser settings are passed on to the embosser and saved to the device to be applied to any following output of embossed Braille on paper.
  • Page 18 Paper Size, or Paper Width and Length: You can choose either a predefined paper format from the drop down list, or enter specific paper width and paper length for custom paper size. Please note, that the setting here should conform with physical size of paper loaded to the embosser. Top Margin, Left and Right Margin: You can enter customized margin settings in inch dimension.

  • Page 19: Iii.b. Settings For Printing Documents With Graphics

    Note: The actual selection of settings and options in Tiger Properties depends on the availability for the currently connected ViewPlus embosser, and not all that are described below are shown in screen shot image. III.B.1. Tiger...

  • Page 20: Iii.c. Availability Of Vp Embosser @ Tigerbox For Printing

    III.C. Availability of VP embosser @ tigerbox for printing Printing functionality and procedures in general work the same from Android, or iOS mobile device, and from MacBook, or Windows PC if this is connected to the same network as Tiger Box.

  • Page 21: Iii.c.1. Availability Of Vp Embosser @ Tigerbox On Mobile Devices And Macbook

    III.C.2. Availability of VP embosser @ tigerbox on Windows PC When your PC is connected to the same network as your Tiger Box, or directly dialed into Tiger Box WiFi, all settings and printing preferences will be accessible through web browser application the same way as on your mobile device.
  • Page 22 Adding Braille instance of Tiger Box embosser to Windows PC 8. In the next step make sure to select 'ViewPlus Technologies' under Manufacturer and 'ViewPlus Generic / Text Only' under Printers list. Finding ViewPlus Generic/Text Only printer...
  • Page 23 'Have Disk…'. Then browse to 'C:\Program Files\ViewPlus\Tiger\DriverStore\Generic Text Only\amd64' and select file 'vpgntxttg.inf'. Adding ViewPlus Generic/Text only printer Select to add 'ViewPlus Generic / Text Only' in next window and confirm with 'OK'. Selecting ViewPlus Generic/Text only printer...
  • Page 24 Tiger Box Braille printer added successfully to Windows PC III.C.2.2. To add the VP embosser (Tiger) on a Windows PC follow these steps: 1. Make sure the ViewPlus printer driver for the ViewPlus printer model connected to your Tiger Box is installed on your Windows PC.
  • Page 25 Adding Tiger instance of Tiger Box embosser to Windows PC 8. In the next step enter the IP address of Tiger Box within the network that you are connected to. Please note that the IP address when connected via cable to the network is different than when connected to Tiger Box through wireless network.
  • Page 26 10. The installation will proceed. Before it finishes, you are given the opportunity to change the printer name. It might be a good idea to add "(Tiger)" as extension to the default name of the ViewPlus printer model to have the same naming convention as mobile devices show for this instance of the printer.

  • Page 27: Iii.d. Printing Through Tiger Box

    Standard text will be eliminated from the document output in this case. Only text that has previously been converted to ViewPlus Braille font in size 29, will be embossed in Braille on printer output. This could have been accomplished by text to Braille translation using Tiger Software Suite, or by changing formatting of...

  • Page 28: Iii.d.3. Examples

    III.D.3. Examples III.D.3.1. Printing from App "Pages" on iOS device: 1. Choose the print option from submenu provided to share, or export data. Select print option from application on iOS device 2. Select printer which you want to use for this print. Selecting a VP embosser @ tigerbox through iOS application...
  • Page 29 3. Print preview will be shown along with printer options available at this point. Print preview on iOS device 4. Hit the Print button at the top right corner to start embossing on VP embosser @ tigerbox.
  • Page 30 III.D.3.2. Printing from App (example "Chrome") on Android device: 1. Choose the print option from submenu provided when wanting to share, or export data. Selecting print option from application on Android device 2. You might get warning messages about untrusted SSL connection, or hostname not verified. In this case, please select to trust the connection, and to trust the host.
  • Page 31 5. Select the printer Icon to start the print job, sending data for output on selected VP embosser @ tigerbox. If you see 'Virtual' printers available at Tiger Box in list of available printers, please refer to section III.E.3. for further explanation.

  • Page 32: Iii.e. Tiger Box User Interface Print Options

    1. Make sure to have saved a local copy of this file first. 2. Go to the Tiger Box user interface in your web browser and call page 'Home' if this is not showing already.

  • Page 33: Iii.e.2. Using A Usb Flash Drive File Repository - Embossme

    Note: The USB stick delivered with your Tiger Box is not compatible to serve for this purpose. Also, before a custom USB flash drive will be accepted by Tiger Box, it needs to be renamed to either "TIGER", or "ViewPlus".
  • Page 34 *.ODT, *.PDF, *.TXT, *.ASC, *.RTF, *.PEF, *.BBZ. Compatible image file types are *.PNG, *.JPG, or *.BMP. The file will be saved to your USB file repository under a folder named after corresponding file extension. Please refresh Tiger Box 'Home' page to show the folder of a new file type that has just been uploaded.
  • Page 35 Tiger Box user interface Home page with file repository To print a file from the repository, go to the desired folder and choose a file from the list of available files. As an example, the next picture shows 8 available files in folder "BRF" after selecting this folder.
  • Page 36 Content of folder 'BRF' on USB flash drive Depending on the file type, Tiger Box will offer different 'EmbossMe ' actions for further processing. Independent on file type, this will always include Download: the file will be downloaded from USB flash drive file repository to local storage of your device.
  • Page 37 'embossme' which was automatically created as soon as you uploaded the first file to the USB file repository through Tiger Box. All files of all types are saved within 'embossme' folder, except files from recent print jobs. 'Recent print jobs', or 'Recent PRN Files' are stored within a subfolder called 'archive'.

  • Page 38: Iii.e.3. Creating Prn Files Using Virtual Printer Driver - Embossme

    A PRN file from 'Recent print jobs' folder, or 'Recent PRN Files' folder can be printed on paper at any later time either if you have corresponding ViewPlus printer model connected to Tiger Box, or take the USB drive to a computer where the printer is connected to.
  • Page 39 Even though the virtual printers also become visible on a Windows PC connected to the same network as Tiger Box, it is not recommended to use it this way. The print files created through virtual VP embosser @ tigerbox on a Windows PC will have information missing. For the purpose of creating a print file for a VP embosser without the actual printer on-hand, you could install the printer driver from ViewPlus website, and add the printer manually to be connected to port FILE.

  • Page 40: Viewplus Help And Support

    Tiger Box user interface features for help and support On the top right of the Tiger Box user interface in your web browser, below the ViewPlus logo, you will find links to ViewPlus online FAQ section, the online Tiger Box user manual, and the main ViewPlus webpage.
  • Page 41 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. 1965 SW Airport Ave. Corvallis, OR 97333 Toll free phone number: 866.836.2184 www.viewplus.com...

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