Thank you very much, Eileen. Your latest missive arrived about five minutes after I got it to work. As I indicated to Sarai, I now need to learn how to make the display work seamlessly with the iPhone while reading Kindle and iBook books. Actually, I am hoping that the BN also works in Voice Dream Reader as well.
Take care and kindest regards, Mike On 21,Jan,2015, at 18:41, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I'll try this again because I checked what you meant by my message being cut > off. > > 1. The iPhone needs to be off totally: The sequence is to turn on the Apex > first, set it in terminal mode and make sure that bluetooth is turned on by > pressing the letter B. > 2. Now, open the iPbone: Go to settings blucsooth and make sure it is also > turned on. > 3. Swipe down (one finger swipe to the right) until you hear Apex. > 4. Do a single double tap on the pair button. > Note: I change the typing mode to standard, so I can use a split double tapp > to quickly input the code and catch the pair button. The pair button is in > the right hand corner just under the battery percentage. > 5. The code that Sarah gave you is correct of 4 zeros. > > In using the above method, I usually can pair my Apex in 1-2 tries. Once the > Apex is paired, you will need to turn on the apex first, with the iPhone > turned off. Then turn on the phone. It may take a few seconds for the Apex > braille display to respond, but it will. HTH. > > Bast, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 21, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Sarai, >> >> Your suggestion did not work for me. When I typed 0000, I was unable to >> pair the devices. Then, for some reason, I tried entering 1111 and actually >> got further. After a pause of about ten seconds or so, the iPhone said: >> “Connection unsuccessful. Could not load driver for APEX001890” >> >> Any other thoughts? I guess that I can always power down my iPhone and do a >> hardware reset on my BrailleNote. However, I’m really not sure what is >> going on. Why did I get further when I typed 1111 as the pairing code >> instead of 0000? >> >> Kindest regards, >> >> Mike >> >>> On 21,Jan,2015, at 16:57, Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Mike: >>> You need to go to Bluetooth, not hotspot to use Apex as display. Turn on >>> Bluetooth on both devices. On Apex, go to terminal, press b for Bluetooth, >>> then enter. on phone, go to VO then Braille. When you see the apex under >>> devices, double tap it. Type in on the phone 0000. >>>> On Jan 21, 2015, at 4:36 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, your message got chopped off at its beginning. However, to >>>> answer the one question which arrived, I am using Keysoft version 9 4 1, >>>> build 1252. >>>> >>>> Thanks and best regards, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>>> On 20,Jan,2015, at 20:56, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> First of all, Are you running the most recent version of KeySoft? The >>>>> order that you need to take is to turn >>>>>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> I recently had my BrailleNote Apex repaired and I have been unsuccessful >>>>>> at getting it to communicate with my iPhone 4S. A Humanware distributor >>>>>> said that in order for pairing to work, I’d have to turn on the Hot Spot >>>>>> function in my iPhone 4S. I have gone into Settings, but I have thus >>>>>> far been unable to locate the Hot Spot function. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any insights would be greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. From the >>>>>> Apex: >>>>> >>>>> 1. In the main menu, press T to jump tot he terminal mode and press enter >>>>> on it. >>>>> 2. Make sure that the terminal mode is in bluetooth. If not, press the >>>>> letter B. >>>>> >>>>> Mow, that you have done that, return to the iphone. Before upgrading, I >>>>> was using my apex with an iPhone4. >>>>> >>>>> ipHone: >>>>> 1. Make sure that the phone is turned off. >>>>> 2. Turn the phone on with the power button. >>>>> 3. >>>>> Go to settings-bluetooth and flick to the right to find the Apex listed. >>>>> 4. tap of it. When this screen opens, there should be a apr button. The >>>>> pair code for the Apex is 0000. >>>>> 4. The pairing button is just below the battery percentage. I prefer to >>>>> have the typing mode in standard to perform a split double tap. I juse >>>>> both hands with the right in the right upper corner and using the left to >>>>> double tap in the 4 zeros. I'm usually successful on the first or second >>>>> attempt. >>>>> >>>>> You may need to go to the accessibility menu in general through settings >>>>> to amke all necessary setting changes for braille input and output. Once >>>>> the Apex is pair, the order of having the apex paired with phone is turn >>>>> on the Apex first to turn on the Apex and place it in terminal mode and >>>>> then the phone. 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