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6. The ALVA BC6 Control Panel
This chapter describes the use of the ALVA BC6 Control Panel. The ALVA BC6
Control Panel is found in the Start Menu/ Programs/ Optelec/ ALVA_BC6 folder. This
application enables configuration of the connection settings of the Braille keyboard
and mono and stereo Bluetooth® audio as well as the option to pair and configure
the Bluetooth connection. See for pairing and configuring the Bluetooth connection
chapter 3.
The ALVA BC6 Bluetooth® settings application enables the configuration of the
automatic connection of the keyboard and audio upon activating the screen reader. If
the connection is lost, the application automatically instructs the ALVA BC6 driver to
reconnect the keyboard and audio.
To enable this functionality, the keyboard and audio connections will have to be
created only one time (see chapter 3 for instructions on pairing an configuring the
Bleutooth connection). When the ALVA BC6 driver creates the audio and keyboard
connections for the first time, the Windows Bluetooth® will generate a sound and a
popup window asking for permission to have the ALVA BC6 automatically reconnect
the audio and keyboard.
To make sure the audio and keyboard automatically reconnect when a connection is
lost or when Windows or the screen reader restars, please select the checkbox to
always allow the connection and click the OK button. Please follow this procedure for
the keyboard connection, mono connection and stereo connection. Should the popup
not appear at the Bluetooth® notification sound, click on the Bluetooth® icon in the
system tray next to the clock.
6.1. Configuring Audio
There are two settings:
Automatically connect Bluetooth® Braille keyboard;
Manually connect Bluetooth® Braille keyboard.
If the first setting is selected, the ALVA BC640 will automatically connect the Braille
keyboard upon activating the screen reader. If the connection is lost, the keyboard
will attempt to reconnect automatically.
6.2. Using the Braille keyboard
The Bluetooth® audio settings are only available in Windows XP. The audio settings
are greyed out in Windows Vista. The security restrictions of Windows Vista prevent
the ALVA BC640 software from configuring the audio connections. It is therefore
recommended to use the stereo connection in Windows Vista, as the stereo
connection is more reliable and provides a better audio quality.
There are three settings:
Automatically connect mono Bluetooth® audio;
Automatically connect stereo Bluetooth® audio;
Manually connect Bluetooth® audio
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