Embossit Welcome

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Embossit Welcome

The EmbossIT software is a product of Duxbury Systems that allows you to emboss Braille Formatted Files to your braille embosser. What is a Braille Formatted File?

A Braille Formatted File is a file containing characters designed to be sent to an embosser. A Braille Formatted File may be prepared by a program such as:  Duxbury DBT  MegaDots  Microbraille  ED-IT PC  Pokadots These files may also be distributed as a web braille files.

One frustration is that braille formatted files are not standardized. Some have spaces in them as a left margin. Some use form feeds (the control character that means end of a page), some do not. Various processing may change the end of line characters. These and other variations can be a problem for someone who just wants to produce braille. Embossit is carefully designed to work with these and other variations in file layout based on the broad experience of Duxbury Systems with many aspects of how braille is produced using computers.

Another frustration about braille formatted files is that they are fixed in layout. They are not intented to be modified. If you have a file formatted for 41 characters across, there is no way to emboss that file with an embosser that can only produce 40 cells across. When you select a file, Embossit figures out what the page dimensions are. Embossit does not allow you to emboss a file that cannot be produced with the selected embosser configuration.

To make braille formatted files work for Embossit, some file modifications may be necessary. We have found that quite a few files available from the Library of Congress web site are formatted to work directly on a PED plate embosser. These files use a left margin of 2 spaces after each carriage return, but only a left margin of 1 space after each form feed. If you do not modify these files, lines 2-25 will have an extra space at the beginning of each line (and Embossit reports a left margin of 1). The solution is to use a global replace program to change every use of a form feed character with a form feed and a space. When you do that, Embossit will report a left margin of 2, and every line gets embossed as the original transcriber intended.

Some files from Bookshare insert the user's name in the file. The line with the name (usually around page 6) is quite long, usually around 60-70 characters long. Use a text editor to insert a single carriage return

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to break the long line in two. Unmodified files are rejected by Embossit for having such a long line.

The Pokadot program produces files with no form feeds. Pokadot files are formatted for 25 lines of braille on a page. If Embossit encounters a file with no form feeds, it treats it as having 25 lines per page. If you have a file with no form feeds but formatted for a different number of lines per page, you need to insert form feed characters so Embossit knows how many lines are on a page. This could be done manually or with a simple computer program. How do I tell Embossit to Select a File?

Click on the Browse Button to Select a file. Use the standard Windows interface to select a file. How do I tell Embossit to Emboss several files at once?

You cannot. You need to do them one at a time. What are Embosser Configurations?

Embosser Configurations are simple descriptions of how to emboss. You can have many configurations at once. The configuration that is highlighed is the one that is currently used. Press New to create a new configuration, Press Edit to make a change to a configuration. Press Remove to delete a configuration.

Click Here for information on understanding the prompts when you create or edit an embosser configuration. Tell Me How to Run Embossit

Use Browse to select a Braille Formatted File. If the file you have specified is a braille formatted file, Embossit loads it into memory. There may be a few second delay.Salsa is a program to turn your braille lessons into interactive braille lessons for SAL. Salsa reads braille files created by many popular braille translators and editors, including our own DBT and MegaDots programs, as well as other programs such as Braille 2000, PokaDot, and others.

Use Details to learn details about the file.

Highlight the Embosser Configuration you want. Turn on your embosser and make sure it has the paper loaded. Click on the Embossit button to start embossing.

The button changes labels during the time that the program is sending data to the embosser. If the label does not quickly return to Embossit, it means that your embosser is not correctly receiving data from the software. This could be an issue as simple as a cable that is not connected or a more complex problem. Be aware that just because Duxbury Systems is providing Embossit for free that you have access to our technical support staff. Please use all the information here to assist you to deal with any problems.

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Duxbury Embosser Module Welcome

The Duxbury Embosser Module is a unique resource that greatly simplifies the issues of sending braille text to an embosser. Right now, the Duxbury Embosser Module is used in DBT 10.6, Embossit, and Salsa. Duxbury Systems anticipates that it will be used in many other products. As we will see, the embosser configurations created for one Duxbury Embosser Module application works for all the others. Menu of Choices  DBT 10.6  Embossit  Creating and Editing Embosser Configurations  Embosser Issues Duxbury Systems, Inc. 270 Littleton Road, Unit 6 Westford, MA 01886 USA +1-978-692-3000 voice, +1-978-692-7912 fax [email protected] or [email protected] For more information about DBT 10.6, click here.

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Creating or Editing a Configuration

The Embosser Configurations have three panes: General, Device Settings, and Advanced. Most users just specify the basic facts of their embosser in the General pane, then check the Device Settings pane to verify the settings. It is quite rare for any need to deal with the Advanced pane except if recommended by technical support. Menu of Choices  General pane  Device Settings pane  Advanced pane

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General Tab When you select "New" from the Embosser Setup dialog, you will be presented with the following dialog.

This is a tri-pane" dialog containing three tabs. "General", "Device Settings" and "Advanced".

Embosser Model: This is a drop-down list containing an alphabetic list of all supported makes and models of braille embosser. Note however that Generic embossers are at the top of the list.

If your embosser is not listed, then select Generic if your embosser embosses on just one side of the page, or Generic Interpoint if it embosses on both sides of the page.

Setup Name: You may leave this field blank, in which case, The Duxbury Embossing Module will simply use the name of the embosser you selected above. However, you may type in a free-format name of your own choice.

Default Form: This is a selection list containing a range of forms suitable for your selected embosser. Your choice here determines the maximum characters per line and lines per page made available.

Output Options - here you have one choice out of 3 Radio Buttons 1. Send to Printer: If you have installed your braille embosser as a Windows Device, or to use Windows drivers, you should normally find it listed here. (You can use this option only if your braille embosser shows up among the printers in Windows' Printers Control Panel.) 2. Write to Port: If your embosser is not listed above, you may select a Parallel Port or Serial Port from the list box. 3. Write to File: There are occasions when you may wish to braille embossing output direct to a

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file. Normally you should leave this field blank, in which case you will be prompted for a file name each time you emboss using this Brailler Device. Otherwise you may enter a path and file name as appropriate. You should also be aware that if you specify a file name, the file will be overwritten without prompting, therefore you should only specify a file name in exceptional circumstances.

Serial: This section will be grayed out unless you have selected a Serial (com#) device. Enter the parameters for Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits and Stop Bits and Handshaking as required.

If you are using a Serial Device, please consult you manual or supplier for appropriate details.

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Device Settings When you select Device Settings from the Tri-pane window, the dialog may not appear as shown in the example below. There is a simple explanation for this.

What appears is entirely dependent on which Brailler Device you have selected in the General tab.

Use the controls in this panel to tell the Duxbury Embossing Module how you have configured your embosser. If you have a new embosser, and have not changed your embosser from it's factory default settings, you should not need to change anything here either. For many modern embossers, little or nothing appears in this panel. This simply means that the Duxbury Embossing Module doesn't need additional information to drive your embosser correctly.

The Form size you have selected has no effect on this dialog.

In the example shown here, we have a Braille Blazer, which is capable of embossing a maximum of 34 cells per line. Therefore the default for "Rightmost cell placement" is 34.

The "Left Margin" and "Top margin setting" will show a default of 0 (zero), however for the purposes of this example, we have entered a "Left margin setting" of 2. Therefore, when you return to the Main Embosser Setup dialog, you will find that the "Characters per line" value is reduced by 2 and becomes 32.

Interpoint Embossing is Enabled: This check box is only available if the selected embosser is capable on Interpoint (double-sided) embossing. If you uncheck it, your embosser will revert to single-sided

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embossing.

The remaining three List Boxes, "Output encoding", High punctuation" and "Letter case" should only be changed in very exceptional circumstances.

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Advanced When you select "Advanced" from the Tri-pane window, the following dialog will appear.

WARNING: Do not make any changes to this dialog unless you know precisely what you are doing!

With the vast majority of Brailler Devices, you will not require to make any changes to this dialog unless specifically advised by either Duxbury Systems Inc. or your embosser manufacturer.

However if you are faced with a device which is unlisted or unknown to the Duxbury Embossing Module, you may find this useful in some areas.

Job Setup - checking the "Use custom job setup" check box allows you to enable "Job start codes" and "Job end codes", described below.

Job start codes: Text that you type here will be sent to the embosser after any setup sequence (e.g. escape codes) that the Duxbury Embossing Module normally sends when starting to emboss. The additional text that you add to the setup sequence may be used for any purpose. However, it is best to avoid using this feature to redefine the form length, the braille cell size, or the interline spacing of the braille. Any change to these characteristics will not be recognized by the Duxbury Embossing Module, and so the Duxbury Embossing Module will not create a document properly formatted for the page. Text that you type here may be any printable ASCII character (including space, but excluding less-than

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and greater-than), or any of the following special sequences:  Escape (ASCII 27)  Line Feed (ASCII 10)  Form Feed (ASCII 12)  Carriage Return (ASCII 13)  NUL (ASCII 0)  Control-A (ASCII 1) ...  Control-Z (ASCII 26)  Less-than (ASCII 60)  Greater-than (ASCII 62) Job end codes: Text that you type here will be sent to the embosser before any job-ending sequence (e.g. escape codes) that the Duxbury Embossing Module sends on its own. Text may contain the same ASCII printable characters and special sequences as are defined for Job start codes. Job end codes are often left blank even when Job start codes are used.

A user of the Gemini embosser might enter Q to enable double-sized interline print and/or D to enable double-striking of the braille. Note that neither of these changes affects the form size or the layout of the braille on the form.

End of line and page - These options control what device Control Codes are produced at the ends of lines and pages.

End of line indicator: Normally the Duxbury Embossing Module will send a CR/LF Control Code at the end of each line. However, if you have opted to Write to file, with a view to processing that file on a non-Windows system, you may make an appropriate selection here.

End of page indicator: As with End of line indicators, you may wish to select a more suitable option here.

EOL on a full line: Check this box if you wish to add an End of Line Code even when the line contains as many braille cells as the embosser will support. Many embossers automatically skip to the beginning of the next line in this circumstance, so it can be important to leave this option un-checked.

EOP on a full page: Check this box if you wish to add an End of Page Code even when all possible lines contain braille. Many embossers automatically skip to the top of the next page in this circumstance, so it can be important to leave this option un-checked.

Pad lines: Some devices need to see at least a few characters on each line. Checking this box will therefore cause spaces to be added at the end of any lines that are blank or very short.

Prompt for new sheet: Checking this box causes the Duxbury Embossing Module to pause after each page has been sent to the Braille Device. This can be useful if for any reason you have to feed each page of material manually into the device.

Timing: This is a highly technical area, but basically it very precisely controls how long the Duxbury Embossing Module waits after sending a text character or control character. It is enabled only when "Write to Port" is selected in the General tab. the Duxbury Embossing Module normally maintains Timing values as is appropriate for the device and port you select; you should only change these values if you are having extreme difficulty interfacing a device.

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Embosser Interface Guide Menu of Choices  Contact Embosser Manufacturers  How the Duxbury Embossing Module knows about different Embosser Models (emb.elt)  Computer Ports for Connecting Embossers  Embosser Troubleshooting  Generic Advice for Setting up an Embosser  Model-Specific Advice for Setting up an Embosser

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Manufacturers of Braille Embossers

This is a list of makers of braille embossers. To make braille from a computer you need a computer system, an embosser, and braille translation software.

Since many embossers sell in the $3,000-$4,000 range, we have termed these as "mid-range". Anything under $3,000 is described as "inexpensive". Anything over $4,000 is termed "professional". Now I know that there is a great deal of difference between $5,000 and $80,000, but we hope that this list still proves useful.

By the way, a good source for continuous form braille paper for embossers is Continuous Card Systems

American Thermoform

1758 Brackett Street La Verne CA 91750 909-593-6711; 800-331-3676 v 909-593-8001 f [email protected] sells Braillo (Norway) line in the US.

Blista-Brailletec GmbH

Industiestrasse 11 D-35041 Marburg Germany +49 6421 8020 v +49 6421 80214 f [email protected] distributes ONCE's Impacto Texto (800 pages per hour) , Puma VI, plate embosser, GPB3 flat bed press for braille (all professional, greater than $30,000 each)

Braillecom Company, Ltd.

Toko Bulding 4F, 3-12-7 Kotobuki, Taito-ku 111 Tokyo Japan +81 3-3844-7740 v +81 3-3844-7833 f technology to print transparent dots on standard paper.

Braillo, Norway AS

PO Box 447, Storgaten 31 3101 Tonsberg Norway +47 33 002870 v +47 33 002871 f [email protected] Braillo Comet mid-range, Braillo 200 (200 cps) professional, Braillo 400S (400 cps) professional.

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Sold in the U.S. by American Thermoform.

Enabling Technologies

1601 Northeast Braille Place Jensen Beach FL 34957 772-225-3687 or 800-777-3687 v 772-225-3299 f [email protected] Braille Bookmaker, Braille Express, ET Braille Printer, Julliet (midrange interpoint), Marathon, Romeo (mid-range), and TED-600, Thomas (mid-range), and PED (plate embosser). Those not marked are professional.

Freedom Scientific

11800 31st Court North St. Petersburg FL 33716 800-444-4443 or 727-803-8000 tech: 727-803-8600 v 727-803-8001 f [email protected] Braille Blazer; inexpensive unit (narrow carriage), VersaPoint Duo mid-range interpoint

HumanWare, Inc.

6245 King Rd. Loomis CA 95650 916-652-7253 or 800-722-3393 v 916-652-7296 f [email protected] Mountbatten embosser (low-cost, Paragon

Index Braille Printer Company

Hantverksvagen 20, Box 155 S-954 23 Gammelstad Sweden +46 920 203080 v +46 920 203085 f [email protected] Index Basic-D and Index Basic-S are mid-range units. The Index Everest is a mid-range unit that handles sheet feed paper. The Index Everest 4A4 is a professional unit that produces magazines (double sized paper, folded and stapled). Sold in the U.S. by Sighted Electronics; sold by Techno-vision in the UK

Interpoint NV

Celetijnenlaan 48 B-3001 Heverless Belgium +32 16 201230 v +32 16 201230 f

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[email protected] The Elekul 03 and Elekul 55 are professional units. These are available in the U.S. e-mail for the details

Nippon Telesoft Co., Ltd

Hanzomon MK Bldg 1-8-1 Kojimachi Chiyoda-Ku 102-0083 Tokyo Japan +81-3-3264-0800 v +81-3-3264-0880 f [email protected] TP-32 single sided, BPW-32 interpoint, BMP-320 (print and braille on same sheet of paper)

ONCE - CIDAT

Jose Ortega y Gasset 22-34, 4th floor 28006 Madrid Spain +34 91 577 3756 or +34 91 436 5300 v +34 91 436 53 f [email protected] Bax 10 (professional), Impacto-600 (professional), and Memo-Thiel, Memo-Thiel Interpoint, Porta-Thiel, Porta-Thiel interpoint, all inexpensive units. The Thiel line is sold by Sighted Electronics in the U.S, sold by Techno-Vision in the UK

Quantum Tech Pty Ltd

5 South Street, Rydalmere 2116 Sydney NSW Australia +61 2-8844-9888 v +61 2-9684-4717 f [email protected] manufacturer of the Moutbatten embosser, an inexpensive unit. Sold in the United States by HumanWare.

Sighted Electronics

69 Woodland Avenue Westwood NJ 07675 201-666-2221 or 800-666-4883 v 201-666-0159 f [email protected] Sells the Index and Thiel embossers in the U.S.; skilled embosser repairer

Techno-Vision Systems Ltd

76 Bunting Road Ind. Est. Northampton Northants. NN2 6EE United Kingdom

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+44 160-479-2777 v +44 160-479-2776 f [email protected] a re-seller of Thiel and Index embossers in the UK; skilled embosser repairer

Technol Eight Co Ltd

358 Katakura-machi, Hachioji City Tokoyo Japan +81 426 370591 v +81 426-37-0593 f They manufacture the Ohtsuki embosser sold by American Thermoform (mid-range) which does both braille and print.

ViewPlus Technologies

1853 SW Airport Rd. Corvallis OR 97333 541-754-4002 v 541-738-6505 f [email protected] sells the Tiger embosser line which produces excellent tactile graphics direct from Windows. The models are: Tiger Pro, Tiger Max, Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub Jr.

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How the Duxbury Embossing Module knows about different Embosser Models

This software uses a text file called emb.elt to help define embossers. Click here to see the whole emb.elt file.. This file contains virtually all the information that the software uses to control embossing.

This file is located in the directory containing your software, such as C:\Program Files\Duxbury\DBT 10.6. or C:\Program Files\Embossit 2.0 or C:\Program Files\Mega23

You can edit this file yourself with a simple text editor, such as notepad. Run Notepad and ask to open the file C:\Program Files\Duxbury\DBT 10.6\EMB.ELT.

While every effort has been made to make sure that your embosser is properly supported, there may be an error in this file. It is designed to be self documenting. If you need to, you can make changes in the file and see if you can make improvements.

If you do make changes that improve braille output, please contact Duxbury Systems so your improvements can be shared with others.

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Computer Ports Identifying Ports Some embossers have only serial ports, some have only parallel ports, and some have both. If your embosser has both, you need to decide which interface to use (based on how many ports of each kind your computer has and what other equipment is connected to the computer).

It can be confusing to look at the back of a computer. Here is a quick guide to the different connectors:  A 3-row 15 hole female jack is for video (often color-coded blue). Usually, your video monitor has a cable that connects into that jack.  Small round connectors are for the keyboard or the mouse (these are called PS2 connectors). Some mice are "serial mice" that plug into a serial jack. The keyboard connector is often color-coded purple, the mouse connector is color-coded green.  A 2-row female jack with 25 holes (one row with 12, the other with 13) is a parallel jack. The paralel jack is often color-coded magenta. A standard parallel cable plugs into that jack and has a "traffic island" jack that plugs into parallel devices, such as inkprint printers. Most computers have only one parallel port, known as LPT1. If there is a second parallel port, it is called LPT2.  A 2-row male jack with either 9 pins or 25 pins is a serial connection. Only very old computers have 25 pin serial connectors. Serial connectors are usually color-coded blue-green If you need a serial cable, make note of whether your jack is a 9 pin or 25 pin. Look at the geometry. On some computers, the 9 pin jacks are so close together you could not use 9 pin to 25 pin adapters. Unlike parallel, serial cables are not standardized. You may need to have a special cable made to order to hook up your serial device. (see below)  A rectangle half an inch wide is a USB port. These are advanced serial ports. It is possible to purchase converters to change from USB to serial (such as the USBgear C-232-MM cable When you use these devices, you install software that turns output designated to COM3 or some other serial port to go to the USB device and then to your serial device. Depending on the adapter you obtain, you might need a serial cable extender to reach your embosser.  Telephone modular connections are for modem (data) connections. No embosser is ever hooked up to a telephone connection.  The jacks that look like enlarged phone connections are RJ-45 network connectors. Some embossers are directly hooked up to a computer network (see below).  The IEEE 1394 jack (also known as FireWire) is designed for vast streams of digital data (such as from a digital camcorder). No current embossers use a 1394 jack  Bluetooth is the name for a wireless technology designed to use wireless to eliminate cables and jacks on computers. At the present time, no embossers use Bluetooth technology.  Some computers have a variety of slots for various flash memory devices. There are at least half a dozen common formats, with names like CompactFalsh, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Microdive, Secure Digital and MultiMedia. These are not used in the connection to an embosser.

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More on Serial Connections First the good news: most embossers with serial ports come with a serial cable supplied by the venodr or the dealer. The bad news is that if you need to get your own cable, there a a number of different forms of serial cables

For most embossers, the jack on the embosser uses 25 pins. Almost all Index embossers use 9 pins Some embossers have male jacks, and some have female jacks. Serial cables come in two major flavors: straight through, and null modem. In a straight through cable, pins 1-7 and 20 on one side are connected to pins 1-7 on the other side (i.e. 1 to 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3, 4 to 4, 5 to 5, 6 to 6, 7 to 7, and 20 to 20). With a null modem cable, many of these pairs are swapped.

Unfortunately, there is no agreement as to the wiring diagram for a null modem. Usually you take a length of straight through cable and add a null modem adapter. A null modem adapter is a small adapter with a male jack and a female jack which swaps the appropriate wires. These are available from Radio Shack and many other vendors.

When you use a serial connection, the settings of several serial parameters must be the same on the computer's serial port and on the embosser, to avoid getting garbage data. We recommend setting the embosser for 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit.

It is necessary to set the flow control (handshaking) in the Windows Control Panel (System, Device Manager, COM port properties, Ports Tab, Flow Control) to match the embosser and the Duxbury Embossing Module's embosser configuration. Remember that "handshaking" is the same as "flow control", and that "software handshaking" is the same as "Xon/Xoff"

If you are using hardware handshaking, set hardware handshaking in all three places: the embosser, the Duxbury Embossing Module, and the Windows Control Panel. If you are using software handshaking, set hardware handshaking in all three places: the embosser, the Duxbury Embossing Module, and the Windows Control Panel. More on Parallel Connections First the good news: except for the Ohtsuki, there is only one kind of parallel cable. The bad news is that sometimes parallel cables have a glitch and do not work. If you are having a problem, get another parallel cable to try out. Avoid long parallel cables at all costs. Never attempt to use a long parallel cable to keep an embosser in a distant closet for noise reduction.

There are several different methods to describe the way the computer treats parallel output. Unfortuately, each computer gives different names to these modes. The other issue is that these modes are set in the computer BIOS, which is never accessable through speech.

To find out how your parallel port is set you need to get into the BIOS. The BIOS settings are very basic parameters that control your hardware. You have to get into a separate "BIOS SETUP PROGRAM" before the computer is fulling booted into Windows. To get into your BIOS settings, you need know the correct key to hold down as you boot up the computer. Usually this is F1, or F10. As your computer boots up, it will briefly display on the screen what you need to do to get into the BIOS settings. Hold down that key and figure out how to navigate the BIOS Setup program. We cannot offer any help, since each computer is a little different.

The parallel port is labeled LPT1 (or in rare cases, LPT2 if you are using a second parallel port).

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Here is a list of good modes for embossers:  Bi-directional  Output Only  Normal  Standard  Printer Port  SPP  AT Here is a list of bad modes for embossers:  ECP  EPP  flexible Once you exit the BIOS settings, do so in a way that keeps your changes. More on USB Connections At present, Index, Enabling, ViewPoint, and Nippon Telesoft are the embosser vendors that have USB ports. George Bell has a web page explaining how to use USB ports. If you have a ViewPoint, you need to install their driver (either from CD-ROM or from their website). At the time of this writing, we are awaiting information from Enabling Technology and Nippon Telesoft for information about drivers for USB ports.

Remember that you can insert an adapter to your computer to connect from a computer USB port to the embosser's serial port. Network Embossers If you have a computer network, it is desirable to have an embosser be available to all those on the network. How this is done depends on your network. Thus, we cannot offer any simple advice that works for everyone. Virtually all embossers need to be set up as Generic /Text Only Windows printers. This means that the characters that the embossing software decides to output will be the ones the embosser receives. You do not want the Windows software to add or subtract any characters. Exception: Viewpoint (Tiger) Embossers

The Tiger embossers depend on the Windows operating system to control the placement of embossed material. The Viewpoint software does a good job of installing the needed resources. The point here is not to expect that these drivers will be set up as Generic / Text Only printers. Exception: Index Embossers

The latest Index embossers have RJ-45 network ports. The default is for the embosser to obtain an IP address from the Server - with a non-expiring lease. If you don't wish to use that address, and prefer a Static IP address, the Index Embosser Utility can be used to give a Static IP.

After that, installation proceeds as for any networked printer. Each PC wishing to use that networked printer must have appropriate drivers installed. This is normal Windows Server practice. The driver file called be obtained from Index in Sweden.

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Embosser Troubleshooting

If you cannot solve your problem after reading this, call your embosser vendor or Duxbury Systems at +1-978-692-3000.

What is Your Problem?  I Do Not Know How to Get Started  I am not getting any output from my embosser  I am getting garbled output  I am missing some characters or getting some extra ones  Output stops early  I am getting bad format (i.e. all the right characters, but they are positioned wrong)  I have skipping pages or not getting interpoint  I should be able to get more lines on a page than I am getting  Pages alternate between the right number of lines and have only a few lines per page  What should be the top of each each page is drifing up or down through the output pages

I Do Not Know How to Get Started Here are some recommeded steps:  Gather basic information  Find out how to configure your software  Find out what you need to do on your embosser

Possible Causes of No Output  Outputting to the Wrong Port  Bad Cable  Computer Port is Not Working or Set up Wrong  ECP Problem (Parallel Port Only)  Power Issues: Power off, Unplugged, or Bad Fuse on the Embosser  Locked Printing Head  Embosser Settings Wrong  Inappropriate Windows Printer Driver is Active  Light Sensor/Paper Detector on the Embosser  Out of Paper  Wrong Index Version  Flow Control Needs to be Set in the Control Panel (Serial Only)

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Possible Causes of Garbled Output  Bad Cable (Parallel Only)  Computer Port is Not Working or Set up Wrong  ECP Problem (Parallel Only)  Noise on the Cable  Switchbox is directing inkprint data to your embosser  Inappropriate Windows Printer Driver is Active  Wrong Embosser Encoding  Embosser Settings Wrong (Serial Port Only)

Possible Causes of Missing Some Characters or Some Extra Characters  Computer Port is Not Working or Set up Wrong (Serial Only)  ECP Problem (Parallel Port Only)

Possible Causes of Output Stops Early  ECP Problem (Parallel Port Only)  Light Sensor/Paper Detector on the Embosser  Out of Paper

Possible Causes of Bad Format  Bad Format/Margin Settings  My VersaPoint is taking out skipped lines  My Braille Blazer is skipping lines

Possible Causes of Skipping Pages or Not Getting Interpoint  Embosser has interpoint feature turned off  Emb.elt Table Needs to decrease the number of Lines per page

Possible Causes of Alternating Good (full) and Bad (almost empty) braille Pages  Bad Format/Margin Settings on the embosser  Emb.elt Table Needs to decrease the number of Lines per page

Cause of Drifting Lines on a Braille Page  PageWrap and the Wrong lines per page in the emb.elt table

Possible Causes for not getting all the lines you want on a page

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 The emb.elt table needs to change to let me get more lines on a page

Gathering Basic Information You need to know what kind of embosser you have. For the purposes of this software, these are identified by their manufacturer. In some situations, that can be confusing. The VersaPoint was origonally made by TeleSensory. But TeleSensory is not in business anymore. The VersaPoint is now listed as "Freedom Scientific VersaPoint". If you cannot find your embosser in our list, conect Duxbury Systems.

You need to know what port you are using and obtain the correct cable. Click here for more information on computer ports.

You need to find out how to change the settings on the embosser

Configuring Software Go to the Global, Embosser Setup. The most important fields are the embosser model and the form of connection.

Configuring Embossing hardware You need to be able to know how to change the settings on the embosser. For virtually all commercial embossers, we supply the instructions on what to do. Click here for more information.

Failing any specific advice, here is what you need to do on your embosser:  Select "USA" or "North American" code or language  Turn off braille translation modes (no grade 1 or grade 2, if available choose "computer braille").  Turn off any "skip perf" option  Turn off any top or bottom margins  Turn off any margins so the embosser is set to print the maximum page size for your paper  Turn off any automatic page numbering system  Turn off any "word wrap" or "auto wraparound" option  Turn off any "auto carriage return" option  Turn off any "auto line feed" option  Turn off 8 dot braille, choose 6 dot braille  If using serial, turn off any Xon/Xoff option and turn on DTR option to handshake or constant high It is recommended that you set up your embosser as a normal Windows printer. This is usually done through the "Add Printer" facility within "Printers" in the Control Panel, or equivalently in Start > Settings > Printers. Generally, unless specifically instructed otherwise by the embosser manufacturer or dealer, you should choose the Generic - Text only driver.

Note: When adding a Windows printer, you will be prompted for a name. To avoid confusion with normal ink printers, we suggest you use a descriptive name such as "Braille Printer".

Solution: Outputting to the Wrong Port

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Check the Following Items:  What port is the software trying to output to? COM means serial, LPT means parallel  If serial, make sure you have not confused the COM1 with COM2 on the back of your computer. On one machine I owned, the labels were wrong.  Make sure you know the difference between a parallel and serial cable.  Make sure the embosser is expecting the output. On some embossers, there is no setting, it just "watches" both ports, and "notices" which port is being used. Other embossers require you to specify parallel or serial.

Solution: Bad Cable Get a new cable, or a cable from a system that is working. If this is the problem, do not forget to throw the defective cable away.

If you are driving the Ohtsuki embosser, remember that you need a specialized parallel cable available from the vendor. Otherwise, try a short parallel cable as an alternative.

If you have a serial connection, make sure you have the correct cable. When in doubt, contact the embosser vendor.

Solution: Computer Port is Not Working or Set up Wrong Try to use other software to send material to an inkprint printer connected to the same port. If that works correctly, your port is probably fine.

An embosser may have an ECP problem when an inkprint printer does not (parallel port only.. An embosser ay have a different baud rate if you are using a serial port.

Solution: ECP Problem (Parallel Port Only) There are several different methods to describe the way the computer treats parallel output. Unfortuately, each computer gives different names to these modes. The other issue is that these modes are set in the computer BIOS, which is never accessable through speech.

The parallel port is labeled LPT1 (or in rare cases, LPT2 if you are using a second parallel port).

Here is a list of good modes for embossers:  Bi-directional  Output Only  Normal  Standard

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 Printer Port  SPP  AT Here is a list of bad modes for embossers:  ECP  EPP  flexible Once you exit the BIOS settings, do so in a way that keeps your changes. Once you exit the BIOS settings, embossing should work without the missing characters.

Solution: Power Issues: Power off, Unplugged, or Bad Fuse on the Embosser This can happen. With hidden fuses, complex power strips, tangles of power lines, you may one day find yourself with no output to your embosser. The problem may well be no power in the embosser. Do see if the unit is on.

Most embossers have some way of generating some braille without any computer input. This could be a self-test or a dump of its internal parameters. Try to get the embosser to output something without a computer connection to rule out this issue.

Solution: Locked Printing Head For some embossers, such as the Index-Basic-D, there is a pin used to hold the printing head in place. When you unpack the unit, take the pin out so the printing head can slide around under motor control.

Be sure to insert the pin in place again if you need to ship the embosser, or you may have to pay for a very expensive repair.

Solution: Embosser Settings Wrong; No Output The only settings that would cause no output are the serial vs. parallel setting (if your embosser has one). The most common circumstance is when you use the embosser for two different purposes, such as serial with a Braille 'n Speak, and parallel with your embossing software. Usually, you remember to change the settings correctly, each and every time you change. But sometimes you forget, and it can be very frustrating if the embosser refuses to do anything when you give the embossing command.

Another possibility is to forget that the embosser is off-line. Off-line means the embosser is not listening to the computer at all. On-line means it is ready for your materials.

Solution: Embosser Settings Wrong; Garbled Output (Serial) Make sure the settings for baud rate, data bits, and parity are matched between the embossing software and the embosser. The usual settings are 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.

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Solution: Wrong Embosser Encoding Check that the embosser is properly set for "computer braille". This may be called "North American" or "MIT code" in your embosser manual. If there is a grade 1 or grade 2 mode in your embosser, turn it off. Even if you are producing foreign language braille, set the embosser for the North American mode.

Of course, you might be using a different encoding than North American. If so, just make sure your embossing software and your embosser match.

If there is still a problem, print to a file instead of printing to your embosser. Then examine the file to see if it contains the same errors you see in the braille output. If the file is correct, then the problem is with the embosser. If the file has the same error, then the problem is with the embossing software.

Solution: Out of Paper Please check to see if your embosser has paper loaded.

Solution: Flow Control Needs to be Set in the Control Panel (Serial Only) It is necessary to set the flow control in the Windows Control Panel (System, Device Manager, COM port properties, Ports Tab, Flow Control) to match the embosser and the Duxbury Embossing Module's embosser configuration. Remember that "handshaking" is the same as "flow control", and that "software handshaking" is the same as "Xon/Xoff"

Solution: Wrong Index Version If you have an Index Basic-D, Index Basic-S, Index Everest-D, or Index 4x4 Pro you need to tell the Duxbury Embossing Module what embosser version you have. If you have only a serial and a parallel port, you have a Version II embosser. If you have a serial, parallel, USB, and a network RJ-45 connector, you have a Version III embosser. Make sure you declare the right embosser version in the middle pane of the embosser setup in the Duxbury Embossing Module. If you have a version II embosser, and leave it at the default of Version III, the result is no output until the embosser configuration is fixed.

Solution: Light Sensor/Paper Detector on the Embosser On some embossers, there is a detector to see if there is paper loaded. Sometimes the paper is shifted away from the detector. Make sure the paper is shifted all the way to the right. Your unit might need fixing if the detector is broken.

Most embossers have some way of generating some braille without any computer input. This could be a

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self-test or a dump of its internal parameters. Try to get the embosser to output something without a computer connection to rule out this issue.

Solution: Wrong Windows Driver Being Used If you are using a Windows Driver, make sure you are using the right one. Some embossers come with their own Windows drivers. These include the Index embossers, the Tiger embossers from ViewPoint, and the Romeo Attache. For these usits, there is software that takes care of the installation of the driver.

For other embossers, you can set up your own Windows drivers. Make sure they are set for Generic / Text Only. Go to Setup, Printers. Right click on your Printer, and click on Properties. In the "General" tab, the Model should be Generic / Text Only.

It is recommended that you set up your embosser as a normal Windows printer. This is usually done through the "Add Printer" facility within "Printers" in the Control Panel, or equivalently in Start > Settings > Printers. Generally, unless specifically instructed otherwise by the embosser manufacturer or dealer, you should choose the Generic - Text only driver.

Note: When adding a Windows printer, you will be prompted for a name. To avoid confusion with normal ink printers, we suggest you use a descriptive name such as "Braille Printer".

Solution: Bad Format/Margin Settings A common problem with an embosser is that the embosser is set for the wrong page dimensions, or is trying to control the format. In this application, we want the embosser to be able to use the whole page. This means no margins.

If you have an embosser that is set for a 40 character line, and you send it 42 characters per line, you get an easily recognizable pattern. When a line goes all the way across the page, the next line is very short (1 or 2 characterrs only). The key is to remove any margins on the embosser so it can accept and emboss 42 characters on a line.

Another issue is "smart" features on the embosser. These need to be turned off. The goal is to make the embosser dumb and produce exacter what the software wants. Any "word wrap", braille translation, page numbering or similar features have the effect of altering the braille.

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Note: When adding a Windows printer, you will be prompted for a name. To avoid confusion with normal ink printers, we suggest you use a descriptive name such as "Braille Printer".

Solution: Turn On Interpoint Most interpoint embossers have an internal switch or mode to turn off interpoint. Interpoint may be turned off on your embosser. See your embosser manual on how to turn this feature on again.

Solution: Page Wrap and the emb.elt Table This embosser cannot produce as many lines per page as the software thinks it can. This embosser has the "PageWrap" feature turned on. PageWrap means that the software does not get a form feed if you are embossing the last possible line on the page. For example, lets say the embosser can do 26 lines per page, but the emb.elt table says it can do 27. If you ask for 26 lines, the software sends a carriage return, form feed (because 26 is less than 27). But the embosser cannot do 27 lines, only 26. After getting the last line and the carriage return, the embosser advances to the next page. The comes the form feed, and a page is skipped. If the user edits the emb.elt table to say that the embosser can only do 26 lines per page, this situation is avoided.

Solution: Noise on the Cable A lengthy cable may introduce noise to the data. A cable placed near a monitor or near other high voltage equipment may also be an issue. Sometimes switchboxes are placed right under a monitor. Run a test with a short cable bypassing the "standard setup" to see if you have a cable problem.

Solution: Switchbox on the Wrong Setting If you have a switchbox to use the same port for both an inkprint printer and an embosser, you might leave the switchbox set to your embosser while asking your computer to produce inkprint. Sending an embosser data meant for an inkprint printer will generate a lot of totally junky braille. Be very careful with your switchbox.

Solution: Bad VersaPoint Some models of the VersaPoint had a software problem that caused it to ignore a blank line if the blank line was right after a line using the full width of the page. See if your unit can be upgraded. If not, reduce your carriage width to try to avoid this problem.

Solution: Bad Braille Blazer

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Some Braille Blazers has a software problem that caused it to skip lines. Ge the unit serviced.

Solution: Need to change the emb.elt table to get more lines per page For sake of argument, lets say you are able produce 26 lines per page, but you are convinced you should be able to produce 27 lines per page. There may be several reasons why this may be so. We may have constructed the table with an error, and it is possible to produce more lines of braille than we think. Or you may have done something else, such as ask for less spacing between lines in the factory defaults to account for the ability to produce more lines than was otherwise expected.

The emb.elt table tells the software how many lines of braille the embosser can produce for each form size that it is programmed for. You can use a text editor to modify the table to meet your needs.

Solution: Need to change the emb.elt table to deal with drifting lines This embosser uses a feature called "PageWrap". When the software thinks the page is full, it gives a command that says "advance to the next line", figuring that the embosser will go to the next page. If the emb.elt table is wrong, the result will ge a distinctive "drifting" of lines through a braille page. For example, on the first output page, there is a braille page number on the first line. On the second page, the line with the braille page number is on the second line, etc.

When the page number line drifts down (as the example above), you need to increase the number of lines per page in the emb.elt table. When the page number line drifts up, you need to decrease the number of lines per page in the emb.elt table.

The emb.elt table tells the software how many lines of braille the embosser can produce for each form size that it is programmed for. You can use a text editor to modify the table to meet your needs.

Solution: Need to change the emb.elt table to get fewer lines per page For sake of argument, lets say you are able produce 26 lines per page, but the software thinks you should be able to produce 27 lines per page. There may be several reasons why this may be so. We may have constructed the table with an error, and it is not possible to produce the lines of braille than we think. Or you may have done something else, such as ask for more spacing between lines in the factory defaults to account for the ability to produce fewer lines than was otherwise expected.

The emb.elt table tells the software how many lines of braille the embosser can produce for each form size that it is programmed for. You can use a text editor to modify the table to meet your needs.

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Note: When adding a Windows printer, you will be prompted for a name. To avoid confusion with normal ink printers, we suggest you use a descriptive name such as "Braille Printer".

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Click here if you want to understand references to the file emb.elt Index to Embosser Models  ATC Dot & Print  ATC Ohtsuki  Brailletec BTec 100  Brailletec Elotype 4A  Brailletec PUMA 6  Braillo 200  Braillo 200 400 with 270 style ROMs  Braillo 270  Braillo 30  Braillo 40 50  Braillo 400S  Braillo 400SR  Braillo 440 SW  Braillo Comet  Cranmer Brailler  Enabling BraillePlace  Enabling Braille Bookmaker  Enabling Braille Express  Enabling E.T.  Enabling Juliet Classic  Enabling Juliet Pro  Enabling Juliet Pro 60  Enabling Marathon  Enabling PED-30  Enabling Romeo 20/40  Enabling Romeo 25  Enabling Romeo Attaché  Enabling Romeo Pro 50  Enabling Thomas  Enabling TranSend LT  Enabling TranSend LT (Large Print)  Freedom Scientific Braille Blazer  Freedom Scientific Braille Inferno  Freedom Scientific VersaPoint  Freedom Scientific VersaPoint Duo  Index Everest-D  Index 4Waves Pro  Index Advanced

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 Index Basic (blue bar)  Index Basic-D  Index Basic-S  Index 4x4 PRO  Interpoint NV Elekul 03  Interpoint NV Elekul 55  Nippon Telesoft TP-32  Nippon Telesoft BPW-32  Nippon Telesoft Gemini  Pulse Data Paragon  Quantum Mountbatten  RESUS  Thiel PortaThiel  Thiel PortaThiel Interpoint  Thiel Bax 10  Thiel Beta X3  Thiel Impacto 600  Thiel Texto  Triformations Personal Brailler  Triformations TED-600  Triformations TRI-170  Triformations LED-120  Viewplus Tiger Advantage  Viewplus Tiger Max  Viewplus Tiger Pro  Viewplus Tiger Pro Ink  Viewplus Tiger Cub  Viewplus Tiger Cub Junior  VTEK MBOSS-1  VTEK MBOSS-35

ATC Dot & Print

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The Dot and Print has a serial and a parallel connection. It produces single-sided, interline (print and braille on the same page) output.

The device is driven by a proprietary control sequence. Do not obtain any software for this embosser unless you know specifically it will work with this embosser.

ATC Ohtsuki

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possible line per page. But that "extra" line does come at a price: the emb.elt table must give the precise number of lines per page that the embosser is capable of (for that form size) or else the format gets messed up. If you have problems with the ouput, make sure you know how many lines the embosser can produce. Make sure that number is in the emb.elt table (the second number after the singlepage/doublepage command for the form you are using.

The Ohtsuki embosser is a single sided embosser that does graphics. It can put inkprint and braille on the same page. The Ohtsuki requires a special type of paper that includes index holes, without which, your form feeds are not executed properly. This paper is available in the U.S. from American Thermoform. The Ohtsuki has a built-in printer for interline inkprint. The text for the inkprint is generated by a braille-to-print translator inside the hardware itself. Therefore, the accuracy of the inkprint is not attributable to this software, and the inkprint should not be used to determine the accuracy of the braille. Finally, the Ohtsuki's internal serial communication protocols are different from most embossers and seem to change from time to time, but by telling this software that you are using an Ohtsuki, and by giving special attention to the serial setup guidelines, it can be used successfully.

Parallel Setup Guidelines:

The Ohtsuki's factory defaults should work just fine with this software. You need a special parallel cable. On a standard parallel cable, wire 17 from the PC connects to wire 36 on the printer, and wire 11 on the PC connects to wire 11 on the printer. On the modified cable, disconnect both of these connections, and then connect wire 11 on the PC to wire 36 on the printer (wires 17 on the PC and 11 on the printer should not be connected to anything).

If you run into any problems and you've narrowed the cause down to the hardware, you may wish to double check the DIP switches. Turn off the printer and remove the DIP switch cover plate as instructed in the Ohtsuki manual. Switch banks two and three have no purpose unless you are using serial communications. Switch bank one should be configured as follows (ON=up, OFF=down):  Switch # Position Purpose  SW-1-1 -- ON -- 7 data bits  SW-1-2 -- ON -- 1 Line BUSY  SW-1-3 -- ON -- USA and "X" data input  SW-1-4 -- ON -- USA and "X" data input  SW-1-5 -- OFF -- No automatic linefeed  SW-1-6 -- OFF -- Parallel interface After putting the cover back on the switch banks, you can plug in the Ohtsuki, attach a parallel printer cable from your computer, and power on the unit. If you encounter any problems driving the embosser, please see the operating tips.

Serial setup guidelines:

First you will need to arrange your DIP switches for serial communications. These settings are only a recommendation. We based this recommendation on the fact that most computer systems configure the serial ports for 9600,n,8,1 (baud rate, parity, data bits and stop bits, respectively). If, for any reason, you require a setting other than 9600,n,8,1, you'll need to adjust the Ohtsuki's DIP switches accordingly. Making sure that your printer is powered off, remove the plate covering the DIP switch banks as instructed in the Ohtsuki manual. Next, adjust the switches as follows (ON=up, OFF=down):  Switch # Position Purpose  SW-1-1 -- either For parallel only  SW-1-2 -- either For parallel only  SW-1-3 -- ON -- USA and "X" data input

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 SW-1-4 -- ON -- USA and "X" data input  SW-1-5 -- OFF -- No automatic linefeed  SW-1-6 -- ON -- Serial interface  SW-2-1 -- OFF -- 1 stop bit  SW-2-2 -- either Irrelevent w/parity disabled  SW-2-3 -- OFF -- Parity check disabled  SW-2-4 -- ON -- 8 data bits  SW-2-5 -- ON -- 2400 Baud active  SW-2-6 -- OFF -- 1200 Baud disabled  SW-2-7 -- OFF -- 600 Baud disabled  SW-2-8 -- OFF -- 300 Baud disabled  SW-3-1 -- OFF -- Multiply active baud rate by four  SW-3-2 -- ON -- American protocol  SW-3-3 -- OFF -- American protocol  SW-3-4 -- ON -- CTS enabled  SW-3-5 -- ON -- DSR enabled  SW-3-6 -- ON -- XON/XOFF handshaking After putting the cover back on the switch banks, you can attach the power cord and plug in the unit. You will need a serial cable to attach the Ohtsuki to your serial (COM1 or COM2) port. The exact type of cable required will depend on your computer's serial connection.

The front panel of the Ohtsuki consists of three lights and three buttons. The three lights indicate power on, on-line status and paper empty, respectively. The three buttons are used to toggle between on-line and off-line status, to perform a single linefeed, and to perform a form feed, respectively. Because the Ohtsuki is on-line when it is first powered up, and because the index holes keep track of page endings, you should normally not have to push any buttons to get the Ohtsuki to print from this software.

When the Ohtsuki is set for print and braille, it spaces out the lines so that only 19 lines can fit on a page. To fit the standard 25 lines on a page, add the sequence Escape lT (Escape, lower case letter l, uppercase T) as a set up sequence. If you only want braille from the Ohtsuki, send the control sequence Escape B (Escape uppercase B).

For technical support for the Ohtsuki, contact American Thermoform at 213-723-9021.

Brailletec BTec 100

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The BTec 100 embosser is made in Germany by Blista-Brailletech.

The BTec 100 is a serial-only device. When you create an embosser configuration in Embossit, accept the defaults. For technical support on the BTec 100, contact Brailletech.

Brailletec Elotype 4A

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Brailletec PUMA 6

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The PUMA 6 embosser is plate embosser made in Germany by Blista-Brailletech.

The PUMA 6 is a serial-only device. When you create an embosser configuration in Embossit, accept the defaults. For technical support on the Puma 6, contact Brailletech.

Braillo 200

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The Braillo 200 is a high-performance interpoint brailler that does not do graphics. All Braillo 200s have a serial interface.

Braillo 200 and 400 models are essentially identical except that the 400 prints twice as fast as the 200. Both models are distributed worldwide with different internal chips for their various destinations. In writing these instructions, we are assuming that your Braillo 200/400 was factory installed with a chip for North American ASCII braille code, as is the normal case for units sold through the U.S. distributor.

The Braillo 200 does not have any DIP switches. All parameters are controlled through the operating panel; specifically, the I/O and Layout buttons. Most of the factory default settings are okay, with the possible exception of paper size. The factory default of twelve inches is one inch too big for most customers in the U.S. To view the current settings, press the button containing those settings. To change settings, use the corresponding panel button along with the Scroll button. The correct settings for each button are as follows:  I/O Button  Baud Rate = 9600  Parity = No  Data Bit = 8  Stop Bit = 1  Layout 1  SheetLength = 11*  LineLength = 42  Layout 2  Layout = Normal  Page 1 = Up  Layout 3  Print = Double  LineSpac = Normal  Dot = 6  Layout 4  PageL = Normal Be sure to scan the output once in a while as the printer is running. As with any brailler working at this

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speed, errors will be amplified. You should also be careful to follow the Braillo manual's guidelines for operating environment, including electricity, humidity and temperature concerns.

Set the unit for 11 inch pages, "alpha numeric mode," 6 dots, 5mm, 22 holes/page, "S max-2," and 40 char/line. Also set for 1 stop bit, 8 data bits, no parity, and 9600 baud. When you purchase your Braillo, a cable is included at no charge. Be sure to specify to the vendor that you are using a PC serial port. Use a straight through male-to-female cable with a null modem adapter.

Varying the carriage width is tricky on an interpoint unit. Since the hardware needs to produce both sides at once, you need to give commands to the embosser to leave equal left and right margins. Do not set the left or right margin with this software. Just tell this software the number of real braille characters you want per line. For technical support for the Braillo, contact American Thermoform at 213-723-9021.

Braillo 200 400 with 270 style ROMs

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See the instructions for the Braillo 200.

Braillo 270

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The Braillo 270 is similar to the Braillo 200. See the instructions for the Braillo 200.

Braillo 30

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The Braillo 30 is similar to the Braillo 200. See the instructions for the Braillo 200.

Braillo 40 50

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Braillo 400S

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The Braillo 400S is similar to the Braillo 200. See the instructions for the Braillo 200.

Braillo 400SR

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The Braillo 400SR is similar to the Braillo 200. It uses a large roll of paper for its paper source.

Braillo 440 SW

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The Braillo 440 SW is an interpoint embosser that is capable of printing on a double-sized (folio) page at one time.

Braillo Comet

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The Braillo Comet is a single sided embosser that does graphics. It has a serial and a parallel interface.

The Comet's factory defaults are for a serial connection. To drive the Comet from the parallel port you will need to change the DIP switches. The DIP switches can be found on the back of the Comet -- they are arranged in two groups, "I/O Serial" and "Paper Format." They should be set as follows:  Group & Switch # Position Purpose  I/O Serial -- 1 UP parallel interface  I/O Serial -- 2 either (used for serial only)  I/O Serial -- 3 either (used for serial only)  I/O Serial -- 4 either (used for serial only)  I/O Serial -- 5 either (used for serial only)  I/O Serial -- 6 either (used for serial only)  I/O Serial -- 7 either (used for serial only)  I/O Serial -- 8 either (used for serial only)   Paper Format -- 1 DOWN (not in use)  Paper Format -- 2 DOWN* 11 inch paper  Paper Format -- 3 UP* 11 inch paper  Paper Format -- 4 UP no automatic form feed  Paper Format -- 5 UP 42 characters per line  Paper Format -- 6 DOWN normal line spacing  Paper Format -- 7 DOWN 6 dot braille  Paper Format -- 8 UP expecting both CR & LF *Note: We have assumed that you are using 11 inch braille paper in configuring switches 2 and 3 on the Paper Format switch bank. Adjust these switches to match your braille paper if you are using a different size. Failure to make your paper match these settings will cause misaligned pages.

After changing the DIP switches, be sure to press Reset (RE) and form feed (SF) simultaneously for the changes to take effect -- this is not necessary if you powered off the Comet before adjusting the switches. Finally, attach a printer cable from your computer to the upper port on the Comet. Note: The Comet uses a 25-pin parallel port rather than the more common 36-pin centronics port. You will need a straight, fully wired 25-pin male-to-male cable to connect your computer to the Comet.

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Serial setup guidelines:

The Braillo Comet's default setup is for serial connections using 9600,n,8,1 (baud rate, parity, data bits and stop bits, respectively). Assuming that you want to keep these parameters, the DIP switches should appear as follows:  Group & Switch # Position Purpose  I/O Serial -- 1 DOWN serial interface  I/O Serial -- 2 UP 9600 baud rate  I/O Serial -- 3 UP 9600 baud rate  I/O Serial -- 4 DOWN 9600 baud rate  I/O Serial -- 5 DOWN no parity  I/O Serial -- 6 DOWN no parity  I/O Serial -- 7 DOWN 8 data bits  I/O Serial -- 8 DOWN 1 stop bit   Paper Format -- 1 DOWN (not in use) Paper Format -- 2 DOWN* 11 inch paper  Paper Format -- 3 UP* 11 inch paper  Paper Format -- 4 UP no automatic form feed  Paper Format -- 5 UP 42 characters per line  Paper Format -- 6 DOWN normal line spacing  Paper Format -- 7 DOWN 6 dot braille  Paper Format -- 8 UP expecting CR & LF *Note: We have assumed that you are using 11 inch braille paper in configuring switches 2 and 3 on the Paper Format switch bank. Adjust these switches to match your braille paper if you are using a different size. Failure to make your paper match these settings will cause misaligned pages.

After changing the DIP switches, be sure to press Reset (RE) and form feed (SF) simultaneously for the changes to take effect -- this is not necessary if you powered off the Comet before adjusting the switches. Finally, attach a printer cable from your computer to the Comet. The lower of the Comet's two ports is the serial port. The exact type of serial cable you will need depends upon your computer's serial (COM1 or COM2) port -- some have 9-pin while others have 25-pin connections.

The Comet's operation panel consists of a red light to indicate whether the power is on or off, and seven switches. The Comet's manual covers these switches in detail, but we would like to add a few notes about the SW and PV switches.

The SW switch is used to enable sideways printing. This is especially useful in cases where information is preferred in in a wide table format. Selecting sideways printing with the SW switch on the control panel is the last step in this process. Before sideways printing can be properly executed, you should use this software to create files with the correct dimensions, up to the Comet's maximum of 120 characters per line. The lines per page should be no more than 26 and may be much lower if you are using 8-1/2 by 11 inch braille paper.

The PV button is used to display a one-page summary of the Comet's current settings. This may come in handy if you experience any difficulties in brailling a document. You can use this button to verify that the Comet is set correctly before looking elsewhere for the cause of the problem.

Switch 1 in the "I/O Serial" group sets serial or parallel mode. If you are using serial, set for 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. For serial or parallel output, set the "paper format" switches to 11 inch paper, no automatic form feed, 42 characters per line, normal line spacing, 6 dot braille, and expecting carriage return and line feed.

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Whether you are using serial or parallel, make sure you obtain the appropriate cable from the vendor. If you are using parallel, be aware that the unit uses an unusual parallel cable. If you are using serial, use a straight through male-to-female cable with a null modem adapter. For technical support for the Comet, contact American Thermoform at 213-723-9021.

Cranmer Brailler

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The Cranmer Brailler is a single sided embosser that does graphics. The Cranmer Brailler has only a serial connection. Use a straight through male-to-female cable with a null modem adapter to connect the Cranmer to one of your serial ports. We recommend a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 6 and 20, and ties 5 and 6 together on each end.

The Cranmer Brailler has eight internal DIP switches. You need to unscrew the bottom plate and remove the bottom circuit card to get to the DIP switches. Duxbury Systems recommends the switch settings: OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF.

We have noticed a bug in the Cranmer's software which was never fixed. The Cranmer occasionally introduces a spurious carriage return in the line after a form feed. We have therefore equipped this software with a special driver which makes sure that the brailler does not receive any form feeds.

After you turn on the Cranmer, type chord-H H chord-S Y chord-R. Then your Cranmer is ready to braille. When you get to the end of a page, the brailler beeps. After inserting a new page, press chord-(dots 4-5) to indicate that you are ready for another page of output. To force a page eject, press chord-(dots 4-5-6). For information about the operation of the Cranmer, contact Duxbury Systems. For information about the repair of the Cranmer, contact Blazie Engineering at 727-803-8600.

Enabling Braille Place

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The emb.elt table asks for "PageWrap". This means when the embosser is finished with the last possible line on the page, the software send just a carriage return (end of line), without a form feed command (end of page). If there was no PageWrap statement in the emb.elt, then the user would have to use one less possible line per page. But that "extra" line does come at a price: the emb.elt table must give the precise number of lines per page that the embosser is capable of (for that form size) or else the format gets messed up. If you have problems with the ouput, make sure you know how many lines the embosser can produce. Make sure that number is in the emb.elt table (the second number after the singlepage/doublepage command for the form you are using.

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Enabling Braille Bookmaker

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The Braille Bookmaker is an interpoint embosser that does graphics.

To totally reset the Bookmaker (losing all your stored menus), enter the following: 0.0E 95E 96E 98E 99E 1E

Parallel Setup Guidelines: The factory default menu 1 will normally work just fine with this software, assuming that the margins are to your liking, and that you are using 11 by 11 inch braille paper. To ensure that menu 1 is the power up default, do the following:  1) Turn the printer on. "Zippidy Do Dah" should play on the speaker.  2) Press the OL key. A high to low tone will indicate that the embosser is off-line.  3) Press 0.1E ("0" then "." then "1" then "E") and listen for two short beeps.  4) Press 1.1E  5) You are ready to go. Follow the directions below only if you run into problems when using default menu 1. If you should run into problems, we recommend altering and selecting one of the custom menus. Below are the suggested settings for the various parameters:  1 -- 1 -- Make this the default menu.  2 -- 1 -- Use parallel data port.  3 -- 9600 -- Set baud rate to 9600.  4 -- 8 -- Set data bits to 8.  5 -- 1 -- Set stop bits to 1.  6 -- 0 -- Set parity to none.  7 -- 0 -- Use ASCII code.  8 -- 0 -- Use Xon/Xoff handshaking.  9 -- 0 -- Use 6-dot braille.  10 -- 0 -- Turn word wrap off.  11 -- 1 -- Allow perforation skip mode.  12 -- 1 -- Keep paper out detector on.  13 -- 0 -- Do not automatically go to new line. 14 44* Set right margin to 44.  15 -- 1* -- Set left margin to 1.  16 -- 0 -- Emboss control characters off.  17 -- 27 -- Set lines per page to 27.  18 -- 11* -- Set page length to 11 inches.  19 -- 0 -- Respond to internal sensors.  20 -- 13 -- Carriage Return in control table.  22 -- 0 -- Turn hot zone off.  23 -- 1 -- Recognize escape sequences.  24 -- 0 -- Turn off console bell.  25 -- 0 -- Turn off external keyboard.  26 -- 0 -- Local echo off.  27 -- 0 -- Don't translate to grade 1.  28 -- 0 -- Incoming data is not a screen dump.

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 29 -- 0 -- Use USA character set.  30 -- 0* -- Set top-of-form offset to 0 inches  31 -- 1 -- Ignore eighth bit.  32 -- 0 -- Set autoprint constant to 0 seconds  33 -- 0* -- Use Interpoint embossing mode.  34 -- 6* -- Set paper grade to mid-range. *The right margin, left margin, paper length, top-of-form offset, embossing mode and paper grade may not be suitable for your situation. These settings may need to be changed.

Below are directions for creating and using a custom setup. Let's assume that custom menu 9 is available and that you wish to use it for printing files created by this software. (If menu 9 is already taken for another purpose, use the next available menu, possibly as high as 16, and substitute that number wherever 9 is mentioned in the following steps.)  1) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  2) Press 0.9E and listen for two short beeps to indicate that you're ready to edit menu 9.  3) Press 1.1E to turn this menu into the power up default.  4) Press OL to take the embosser off line again.  5) Press 0.VE to print out all parameters of configuration 9.  6) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  7) Press 0.9E to edit menu 9 again.  8) For every parameter that does not match our recommendations, type the parameter number, a period, the correct value, then E. For example, "23.1E" would allow for escape sequence recognition. You should hear two short beeps after each entry. This confirms that your input was accepted.  9) When all of the mismatched parameters are fixed, press 1.1E to make menu 9 the default and to reset the embosser. Serial setup guidelines:

If you should run into problems, we recommend altering and selecting one of the custom menus. The suggested settings for the various parameters are included above in the parallel setup guidelines section. All settings are the same for serial, EXCEPT parameter 2 which should be set to 0.

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 5) Press 0.VE to print out all parameters of configuration 9.  6) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  7) Press 0.9E to edit menu 9 again.  8) For every parameter that does not match our recommendations, type the parameter number, a period, the correct value, then E. For example, "23.1E" would allow for escape sequence recognition. You should hear two short beeps after each entry. This confirms that your input was accepted.  9) Be sure to press 2.0E to make the serial port active.  10) When all of the mismatched parameters are fixed, press 1.1E to make menu 9 the default and to reset the embosser. Take advantage of the fact that you can store up to 16 configurations via the 16 menus. We suggest leaving setups 1 through 8 at their factory defaults, and using 9 through 16 for custom purposes. If you frequently change the paper size and/or if you ever drive the embosser with programs other than this software you will undoubtedly make good use of the multiple menus. Changing the menu is certainly easier than changing various parameters within a single menu.

For technical support on the Braille Bookmaker, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling Braille Express

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The Braille Express is an interpoint embosser that does graphics. See the instructions for Enabling Braille Bookmaker. For technical support on the Braille Express, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling E.T.

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The E.T. is an interpoint embosser that does graphics. It is sold by Enabling Technology. The Thomas interfaces to the computer just like the Bookmaker. See the instructions for the Enabling Bookmaker. For technical support on the E.T., contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling Juliet Classic

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The Juliet is an interpoint embosser that does graphics and has a wide carriage. It is sold by Enabling Technology. The Juliet interfaces to the computer just like the Bookmaker. See the instructions for the Enabling Bookmaker.

For technical support on the Juliet, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling Juliet Pro

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Enabling Juliet Pro 60

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The Juliet is an interpoint embosser that does graphics. It is sold by Enabling Technology. The Juliet interfaces to the computer just like the Bookmaker. See the instructions for the Enabling Bookmaker.

For technical support on the Juliet, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling Marathon

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The Marathon is a single sided embosser that does graphics. The Marathon interfaces to the computer just like the Romeo. See the instructions for the Enabling Romeo 20/40. For technical support on the Marathon, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling PED-30

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Plate Embossers are large, expensive machines used by braille presses to produce metal plates for braille printing. These are custom created for the customer. The only time we learn about plate embossers is if we have a customer who has one. Over time, we learn about the special needs of these devices.

Enabling Romeo 20/40

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The Romeo is a single-sided embosser made by Enabling Technology. The Romeo has both a serial and

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a parallel connection.

The Romeo, Marathon and Thomas models are single-sided embossers from Enabling Technologies; they all share the same keypad and communication protocols. The major difference between these models is output speed. A Marathon operates at about ten times the speed of a Romeo RB20.

Parallel Setup Guidelines:

The factory default menu 1 will normally work just fine with this software, assuming that the margins are to your liking, and that you are using 11 by 11 inch braille paper. To ensure that menu 1 is the power up default, do the following:  1) Turn the printer on. "Zippidy Do Dah" should play on the speaker.  2) Press the OL key. A high to low tone will indicate that the embosser is off-line.  3) Press 0.1E ("0" then "." then "1" then "E") and listen for two short beeps.  4) Press 1.1E  5) You are ready to go. Follow the directions below only if you run into problems when using default menu 1.

If you should run into problems, we recommend altering and selecting one of the custom menus. Below are the suggested settings for the various parameters:  Parameter Setting Purpose  1 -- 1 -- Make this the default menu.  2 -- 1 -- Use parallel data port.  3 -- 9600 -- Set baud rate to 9600.  4 -- 8 -- Set data bits to 8.  5 -- 1 -- Set stop bits to 1.  6 -- 0 -- Set parity to none.  7 -- 0 -- Use ASCII code.  8 -- 0 -- Use Xon/Xoff handshaking.  9 -- 0 -- Use 6-dot braille.  10 -- 0 -- Turn word wrap off.  11 -- 1 -- Allow perforation skip mode.  12 -- 1 -- Keep paper out detector on.  13 -- 0 -- Do not automatically go to new line.  14 -- 42* -- Set right margin to 42.  15 -- 1* -- Set left margin to 1.  16 -- 0 -- Emboss control characters off.  17 -- 27 -- Set lines per page to 27.  18 -- 11* -- Set page length to 11 inches.  19 -- 0 -- Respond to internal sensors.  20 -- 13 -- Carriage Return in control table.  22 -- 0 -- Turn hot zone off.  23 -- 1 -- Recognize escape sequences.  24 -- 0 -- Turn off console bell.  25 -- 0 -- Turn off external keyboard.  26 -- 0 -- Local echo off.  27 -- 0 -- Don't translate to grade 1.  28 -- 0 -- Incoming data is not a screen dump.  29 -- 0 -- Use USA character set.  30 -- 0* -- Set top-of-form offset to 0 inches

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 31 -- 1 -- Ignore eighth bit. *The right margin, left margin, paper length, top-of-form offset, embossing mode and paper grade may not be suitable for your situation. These settings may need to be changed.  Below are directions for creating and using a custom setup. Let's assume that custom menu 9 is available and that you wish to use it for printing files created by this software. (If menu 9 is already taken for another purpose, use the next available menu, possibly as high as 16, and substitute that number wherever 9 is mentioned in the following steps.)  1) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  2) Press 0.9E and listen for two short beeps to indicate that you're ready to edit menu 9.  3) Press 1.0E then E again to turn this menu into the power up default.  4) Press OL to take the embosser off line again.  5) Press 0.VE to print out all parameters of configuration 9.  6) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  7) Press 0.9E to edit menu 9 again.  8) For every parameter that does not match our recommendations, type the parameter number, a period, the correct value, then E. For example, "23.1E" would allow for escape sequence recognition. You should hear two short beeps after each entry. This confirms that your input was accepted.  9) When all of the mismatched parameters are fixed, press 1.1E to make menu 9 the default and to reset the embosser. Serial setup guidelines:

The factory default menu 2 should work just fine, assuming that the margins and paper size (11 by 11 inches) are to your liking. To make this the default menu, do the following:  1) Turn the printer on. "Zippidy Do Dah" should play on the speaker.  2) Press the OL key. A high to low tone will indicate that the embosser is off-line.  3) Press 0.2E ("0" then "." then "2" then "E") and listen for two short beeps.  4) Press 1.1E  5) You are ready to go.  Follow the directions below only if you run into problems when using default menu 2. If you should run into problems, we recommend altering and selecting one of the custom menus. The suggested settings for the various parameters are included above in the parallel setup guidelines section. All settings are the same for serial, EXCEPT parameter 2 which should be set to 0.

Below are directions for creating and using a custom setup. Let's assume that custom menu 9 is available and that you wish to use it for printing files created by this software. (If menu 9 is already taken for another purpose, use the next available menu, possibly as high as 16, and substitute that number wherever 9 is mentioned in the following steps.)  1) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  2) Press 0.9E and listen for two short beeps to indicate that you're ready to edit menu 9.  3) Press 1.0E then E to turn this menu into the power up default.  4) Press OL to take the embosser off line again.  5) Press 0.VE to print out all parameters of configuration 9.  6) Press OL to take the embosser off line.  7) Press 0.9E to edit menu 9 again.  8) For every parameter that does not match our recommendations, type the parameter number, a period, the correct value, then E. For example, "23.1E" would allow for escape sequence recognition. You should hear two short beeps after each entry. This confirms that your input was accepted.

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 9) Be sure to press 2.0E to make the serial port active.  10) When all of the mismatched parameters are fixed, press 1.1E to make menu 9 the default and to reset the embosser. Take advantage of the fact that you can store up to 16 configurations via the 16 menus. We suggest leaving setups 1 through 8 at their factory defaults and using 9 through 16 for custom purposes. If you frequently change the paper size or if you ever drive the embosser with programs other than this software you will undoubtedly make good use of the multiple menus. Changing the menu is certainly easier than changing various parameters within a single menu.

[Parallel Output] The Romeo's menu number 1 is set for the parallel. Item 2 in the menu determines whether the Romeo is set for parallel or serial (1=parallel, 0=serial). The default is parallel. Menu 1 unmodified from the factory is good for parallel connection to the PC. This sequence takes the menu number 1, allows escape sequences, and makes it the default: 0.1E 23.1E 1.0E 1.1E (done).

[Serial Output] This sequence loads menu 1; changes to serial; changes to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, and no parity; and then make menu 1 the default: 0.1E 2.0E 3.9600E 4.8E 5.1E 6.0E 23.1E 1.0E 1.1E (done). Use a straight through female-to-female cable with a null modem adapter to connect the Romeo to one of your serial ports. Enabling recommends a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 4 and 8, and ties 5 and 6 on each end and connects to wire 20 on the other end.

[Total Reset] Some early Romeo units sometimes lock up entirely. To totally reset the Romeo (losing all your stored menus), enter the following: 0.0E 95E 96E 98E 99E 1E (done).

For technical support on the Romeo Embosser, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling Romeo 25

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Enabling Romeo Attaché

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of page). If there was no PageWrap statement in the emb.elt, then the user would have to use one less possible line per page. But that "extra" line does come at a price: the emb.elt table must give the precise number of lines per page that the embosser is capable of (for that form size) or else the format gets messed up. If you have problems with the ouput, make sure you know how many lines the embosser can produce. Make sure that number is in the emb.elt table (the second number after the singlepage/doublepage command for the form you are using.

The Romeo Attaché is a recent, narrow width embosser. See the instructions for the Enabling Romeo 20/40

Enabling Romeo Pro 50

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Enabling Thomas

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The Thomas is a single-sided embosser that does graphics. It is sold by Enabling Technology. The Thomas interfaces to the computer just like the Romeo. See the instructions for the Romeo 20/40. For technical support on the Thomas, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Enabling TranSend LT

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Enabling TranSend LT (Large Print)

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Freedom Scientific Braille Blazer

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The Braille Blazer is a narrow-width single sided embosser that does graphics. The Braille Blazer has both a parallel and a serial connection. The Braille Blazer has an absolute maximum carriage width of 34. The unit offers a very small left margin if you attempt to use the full carriage width. Here are the most common situations:  No left margin, use full carriage width of 34: Existing Settings, Maximum carriage width of 34, Desired left margin of 0; left margin setting of 0 on Braille Blazer.  Left margin of two set on the embosser: Existing Settings, Maximum carriage width of 34, Desired left margin of 2; left margin setting of 2 on Braille Blazer.  Left margin of two set in this software: Existing Settings, Maximum carriage width of 34, Desired left margin of 2; left margin setting of 0 on Braille Blazer. If you are using the Blazer as a speech synthesizer as well as an embosser, be sure that the two functions are not both looking to the same port for data. Diagnosing this problem is easy -- the Blazer speaks and embosses the contents of your file at the same time. Fixing the problem is also easy -- change the speech port to the correct port or to off.

Settings for parallel

Here is how we recommend setting up the Braille Blazer for parallel. First do a total reset. To do this, hold down all three buttons on the right side as you power on. When you release the buttons, the Braille Blazer voice asks you if it is okay to reset. To go ahead with the total reset, press the three buttons again.

The Braille Blazer uses voice for the dialogue in its configuration menu system. The three buttons on the right side are, from top to bottom: on/off line, line feed, and form feed. Press all three buttons at the same time to get into the configuration menu. If you want to change a value, press the form feed button; the form feed button means change. If you are satisfied with a value and want to advance to the next question, press the line feed button; the line feed button means advance. If you want to back up to the previous question, press the on/off line button; the on/off line button means back up. To exit a menu or a sub-menu, press all three buttons together.

When you enter the configuration menu system, the choices available are speech menu, printer menu, Sideways printing, serial menu, service menu, and quit (to take the Blazer back to being an embosser).

Here is the dialogue to set up the Braille Blazer, creating a left margin of 2 for binding:  Press all three keys  Configuration: Speech config -- Advance

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 Configuration: Printer config -- Change  Port: Parallel active -- Advance  Paper feed: Pulling active -- Advance  Left margin: 0 -- Change  Left margin: 1 -- Change  Left margin: 2 -- Advance  Right margin: 34 -- Advance  Top margin: 0 -- Advance  Bottom margin: 0 -- Advance  Lines/page: 25 -- Change  Lines/page: 26 -- Change  Lines/page: 27 -- Change  Lines/page: 28 -- Change  Lines/page: 29 -- Change  Lines/page: 30 -- Change  Lines/page: 0 -- Advance  Page length: 11 -- Advance  Word Wrap: On Active - All three keys  Configuration: Sideways printing - All three keys  Now the Braille Blazer is on line again. For technical support on the Braille Blazer, contact Blazie Engineering at 727-803-8600.

Freedom Scientific Braille Inferno

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The Braille Inferno is based on the Braille Blazer. It is a single-sided embosser with a normal (40 character) carriage width. See the instructions for the Braille Blazer, except about dealing with the narrow carriage width. For technical support on the Braille Inferno, contact Blazie Engineering at 727-803-8600.

Freedom Scientific VersaPoint

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The VersaPoint is a single sided embosser that does graphics. It has both a serial and a parallel connection. We recommend using the parallel connection. If you use a serial connection, use a straight through female-to-male cable with a null modem adapter to connect the VersaPoint to one of your serial ports. TeleSensory recommends a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 4 and 5, and ties 6 and 8 together on each end and connects them to 20 on the other end.

There are no DIP switches for setting the parameters on the VersaPoint. Instead, you go through a dialogue in braille, as with the Thiel. The VersaPoint remembers 5 different collections of parameters (numbered 0 through 4), and it is easy to switch between them. It is much easier to switch between set up 0 and set up 4 than to go through the entire dialogue. So it helps to save the settings you need at different times as separate set ups. Note: Set up 0 is fixed (always goes back to its factory-set values when you turn off the VersaPoint).

There have been four models of the VersaPoint, designated by the letters A through D. The model D

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VersaPoint has a rocker switch for serial/parallel. Thus the same configuration can be for serial and parallel. On the earlier models, the choice of serial versus parallel was built into the configuration questions.

To do a total reset on the VersaPoint, set the A/B switch to A, set the on line/off line switch to on line, turn off the unit, and hold down all four buttons while you power on. This resets all the set ups to their original factory settings. It sets the default set up to be set up 0. The default set up means the set up that the VersaPoint uses when you turn on the power.

Once you do a full reset, the set ups are as follows: set up 0 is for the Apple II; set up 1 is also for the Apple II; set up 2 is for PC parallel; set up 3 is for PC parallel sideways; set up 4 is for PC serial.

To switch between these set ups, Hold down the LF button during power up. In the dialogue, the FF button means yes, the LF button means NO, and the TF button means exit. A typical dialogue is as follows:  TSI VERSAPOINT SET UP MENU  PUSH LF-NEXT FF-ENTER, TF-EXIT  BRAILLE OUTPUT: YES Yes  RECALL SET UP: 2 No  RECALL SET UP: 3 No  RECALL SET UP: 4 Yes  LANGUAGE: U.S.A. Exit  STORE SET UP: 4 Exit There is one major quirk about how the VersaPoint configuration process works. A set up becomes the default only through the act of being loaded, not by being saved. For example, suppose you load set up 4, make some changes, and then save the results in set up 3. You might expect that set up 3 (the revised parameters) would be the default. Wrong. The last set up that was loaded (set up 4) is the default. However, once you load configuration three (which contains the changes you saved), it becomes the default set up.

When you save a set up, the configuration program offers you a chance to load that set up again. Do it. That sakes that set up the default set up.

For technical support on the VersaPoint, contact Blazie Engineering at 727-803-8600.

Freedom Scientific VersaPoint Duo

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Be careful: The VersaPoint Duo is very different from the single-sided VersaPoint origionally produced by TeleSensory. The VersaPoint Duo is just like a Juliet.

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One difference is the keypad. The VersaPoint Duo has a telephone style keypad instead of the Juliet calculator style keypad. If you see instructions for the Juliet to press 0.1E use 0*1# for the VersaPoint Duo.

The top of form, form feed, off-line/on-line and the "View" buttons are all removed from the keypad and brought out on the VersaPoint Duo on the top and side away from the keypad. The on-line/off-line control is a rocker switch. The VersaPoint's Read key is the same as the View or 'V' key on other Enabling embossers.

The VersaPoint Duo has two ways of resetting to factory defaults: like a Juliet (see the section on the Juliet) or like a VersaPoint. The VersaPoint style reset is done by holding down the Form Feed, Line Feed, and Top of Form keys while powering up the unit.

For technical support on the VersaPoint Duo, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Index Everest-D

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You need to identify your Index embosser. Index embossers that do not talk are Version I. All Index embossers that talk with only serial and parallel ports are usually version II. All Index embossers with serial, parallel, USB, and RJ45 network ports are version III. The Model III Everest-D embossers were introduced in March 2003. Make sure you declare the right embosser version in the middle pane of the embosser setup in DBT. If you have a version II embosser, and leave it at the default of Version III, the result is no output until the embosser configuration is fixed.

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Direct Network Connection: Using the RJ-45 Jack

The Version III Index embossers have RJ-45 network ports. The default is for the embosser to obtain an IP address from the Server - with a non-expiring lease. If you don't wish to use that address, and prefer a Static IP address, the Index Embosser Utility can be used to give a Static IP.

The Everest-D is an interpoint embosser which uses cut sheets instead of the more common tractor fed ðaper. Be sure to mention your paper requirements to your supplier when you order braille paper. One of the lesser known, but perhaps most versatile, features of the Everest is that it simulataneously watches both its serial and parallel ports for incoming data. This makes it possible to produce braille from two different computers (perhaps a PC and a Macintosh), without changing the configuration on the embosser.

You need to turn off its internal braille translator to get this software to drive it correctly. There are three built-in setups, labeled A, B, and C. As shipped from the factory, setups A and B do not use the built-in translator, but setup C does.

The last group of buttons on the unit sets the parameters. These keys are labeled in print as setup, group, item, and value; and are labeled in braille as su, gr, it, and va.

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Parallel Setup Guidelines:

To make setup A the default, press and hold button A while you power on the Everest, then release button A. Use the Setup, Group, Item and Value buttons on the right hand side of the control panel to configure setup A as follows:  GROUP ITEM VALUE  Braille Code Language Computer  Computer 6 Dots  Literary Without capital prefix  Serial Communication Baud rate 9600  Data bits 8  Parity None  Stop bits 1  Handshake Software  Page Layout Char. per line 42  Left margin 0  B-margin 0  Top margin 0  Bottom margin 0  Line spacing 1.0  Page mode Double-Sided  Print mode Normal  Page number Off  Lines per page normal  Option Word wrap Off  Auto line feed Off  Form feed None  Volume 3  Impact level 2  Delay 5 (highest delay)  Print speed 100  Graphic dot distance 2.5  Text dot distance 2.5  Setup Open  Text mode Interpoint After configuring the Everest, all you need to do is attach it with a standard printer cable to the appropriate parallel port on your computer.

Serial setup guidelines:

The directions above will work for serial attachments as well as parallel. It is necessary to set the flow control in the Windows Control Panel (System, Device Manager, COM port properties, Ports Tab, Flow Control) to match the embosser and DBT's embosser configuration. Remember that "handshaking" is the same as "flow control", and that "software handshaking" is the same as "Xon/Xoff" This software should be configured for 9600,n,8,1 (baud rate, parity, data bits and stop bits, respectively). After configuring the embosser, attach it to your computer with an appropriate serial cable (one with a null modem).

Certain conditions, such as high humidity, may cause an occasional paper feed problem in which more than one sheet is fed into the embosser. You can correct this problem by reducing the humidity, fanning

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your paper before loading it, and changing the Everest's paper type lever to the sheet position.

Since the unit measures the first sheet of paper, it is important to only load the hopper with similar sheets of paper.

If you have difficulty, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883 or Index Braille at +46-920-203080.

Index 4Waves Pro

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Direct Network Connection: Using the RJ-45 Jack

See the instructions for configuring the Index Basic-D for additional information.

Index Advanced

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See the instructions for the Index Basic (Blue bar)

Index Basic (blue bar)

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The "blue bar" Index embossers are old, and pre-date the Index Basic-D The Index Advanced does graphics, the Index Basic does not. The Index Basic has both a serial and a parallel port. For use with a PC, we recommend using the parallel connection. Just set the S/P switch to P (parallel). The Index Advanced only has a serial interface.

The Index embossers have a series of rocker switches on the top. Make note of one which switches between "normal" and "reformat". Always have the unit set for "normal". It is a frequent problem to accidentially change the setting to "reformat" and then wonder why this software is producing bad format. Please check your unit before calling technical support.

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If you use a serial connection, use a straight through female-to-male cable with a null modem adapter to connect the Index to one of your serial ports. We recommend a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 are straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 4 and 5, and swaps wires 6 and 20.

Set the Index for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and hardware handshaking. To do this, set the DIP switches to: off on on on off off off on.

The Index also has a set up disk. Use it to make sure it is set to computer braille.

On most devices, turning the power off and on again sets the parameters back to the DIP switch settings. Not so on the Index. To force the Index to read the DIP switches, you must press the square reset button. Other parameters for the Index are established by sending escape sequences from your computer. To reset those parameters back to their default values, you must instead do a system reset. To do a system reset, first turn the Index off. Then hold the form feed and paper rocker switches away from you while you turn the power on. Only this full system reset clears away parameter changes established by escape sequences.

If you have difficulty, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883 or Index Braille at +46-920-203080.

Index Basic-D

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The Index Basic-D is an interpoint embosser produced by Index. The Index Basic-D does graphics. The Index Basic-D has both a serial and a parallel port.

Direct Network Connection: Using the RJ-45 Jack

To set up the unit, you need to remove the shipping tab, which looks just like a black plastic on-off switch on the left side of the back of the unit. Use your fingers or a pair of pliers to remove this piece of plastic. Save it, since you need to re-insert it before you ship it anywhere.

There are three separate setups A, B, and C. If you buy an Index Basic-D from Duxbury Systems or from Sighted Electronics, then setup A is for wide paper (42 characters), setup B is for narrow paper,

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and setup C is available for customer experiments. Besides buttons for A, B and C, there are buttons for Setup, Group, Item, and Value. Here is how to set up the Basic-D for wide paper:  Press A, Index says "Setup A loaded"  Press Setup, Index says "Change Setup A, Group Braille Code"  Press Item Until Index says "Language"  Press Value until Index says "North American Computer 2"  Press Group until Index says "Page Layout"  Press Item until Index says "Characters per line"  Press Value until Index says "42" (32 for narrow paper)  Press Item until Index says "Left margin"  Press Value until Index says "0"  Press Item until Index says "Binding margin"  Press Value until Index says "0"  Press Item until Index says "Top margin"  Press Value until Index says "1"  Press Item until Index says "Bottom margin"  Press Value until Index says "0"  Press Item until Index says "Page mode"  Press Value until Index says "Double"  Press Item until Index says "Print mode"  Press Value until Index says "Normal"  Press Item until Index says "Page number"  Press Value until Index says "Off"  Press Item until Index says "Lines per page"  Press Value until Index says "0"  Press Item until Index says "Page length 1"  Press Value until Index says "11 inches"  Press Item until Index says "Page length 2"  Press Value until Index says "11 inches"  Press Item until Index says "Z-folding"  Press Value until Index says "off"  Press Setup to save your setup. If gives a chance, set the delay to 5 (the maximum).

If you have difficulty, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883 or Index Braille at +46-920-203080.

Index Basic-S

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The Index Basic-S is a single-sided embosser produced by Index. The Index Basic-S does graphics. The Index Basic-S has both a serial and a parallel port.

See the instructions for the Index Basic-D

Index 4x4 PRO

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Click here for a web link about the Index 4x4 PRO http://www.indexbraille.com/index.aspx?start=1&u=/web/default.aspx?pageID=185 You need to identify your Index embosser. Index embossers that do not talk are Version I. All Index embossers that talk with only serial and parallel ports are usually version II. All Index embossers with serial, parallel, USB, and RJ45 network ports are version III. The Model III Everest-D embossers were introduced in March 2003. Make sure you declare the right embosser version in the middle pane of the embosser setup in DBT. If you have a version II embosser, and leave it at the default of Version III, the result is no output until the embosser configuration is fixed.

Direct Network Connection: Using the RJ-45 Jack

Interpoint NV Elekul 03

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The Elekul 03 is a single sided embosser made by N.V. Interpoint of Belgium. It uses a roll of paper, with each page cut as it is being embossed. The Elekul 03 has a serial port. Use a straight through cable to connect the PC with the embosser.

The recommended baud rate is 4800 baud. Set this with a dip switch on the embosser. The Elekul is always set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.

The Elekul 03 has three forms of its ROM. One has the USA table, one has German, and one has Russian. To work with this software, you need the USA version. Even if you are not making North

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American braille, you need the USA version of the Elekul in order to work with this software.

You must use a serial connection to connect to the Elekul 03.

The phone number for N.V. Interpoint is +32 16-20-1230.

Interpoint NV Elekul 55

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The Elekul 55 is a recto-verso embosser made by N.V. Interpoint of Belgium. It prints sideways and can make double sheets interpoint (four pages at once). Currently, it is not sold in the United States.

The Elekul 55 has a serial port. Use a straight through cable to connect the PC with the embosser.

The recommended baud rate is 19200 baud. Set this with a dip switch on the embosser. The Elekul is always set for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, software handshaking and no parity. There are special parameters for the serial connection which are set by the emb.elt file.

Additional Notes on the Elekul 55

The main way that DBT figures out how to send data to the embosser is a file called EMB.ELT. For the Interpoint 55, you will see a long list of different forms. Each form can be thought of as a different size of paper. Each of the form names in the EMB.ELT file for the Interpoint 55 is associated with different Interpoint 55 .INI file. For example, let's say you had a new .INI file you wanted to support called FRED.INI. You need to add a new line in the EMB.ELT file using the form name of FRED. Make sure the file FRED.INI is in the DBT subdirectory DRIVERS\PRINT55 (such as C:\DUXBURY\DRIVERS\PRINT55).

Issues in Creating INI files

The Interpoint NV company recommends using PRINT55 as a means of creating the .INI files. We used a batch file. Here is part of it:

print55 @11_w.ini /DS /CPL:41 /LPP:31 /TM:0 /LM:2 /RM:1 /FOLD:0 /MIR:0 /INI print55 @11_n.ini /DS /CPL:30 /LPP:31 /TM:0 /LM:2 /RM:1 /FOLD:0 /MIR:0 /INI print55 @11_d.ini /DS4 /CPL:41 /LPP:31 /TM:0 /LM:2 /RM:1 /FOLD /MIR /INI print55 @11_nd.ini /DS4 /CPL:30 /LPP:31 /TM:0 /LM:2 /RM:1 /FOLD /MIR /INI

Once the print55 program reads in a .INI file, makes corrections from the command line and then saves the results, it always puts in the full path name of the table file. This can interfere with DBT. You probably want to be able to copy all the files in the PRINT55 directory to different places, depending on how you install the software. We carefully remove the full path (leaving the directory name) in the supplied .INI files. We recommend you do the same. After print55 has modified the files, edit them (or use a global replace program) to just leave the file name. You will notice that all of the .INI files use the USA1_6 conversion table. This just means that this is the way that DBT communicates with the Interpoint 55. If you are doing Spanish braille in DBT, DBT will encode the material correctly so that you get Spanish braille on the Interpoint 55. For this to happen, leave all the tables with USA1_6. Using a different encoding table will cause scrambled braille.

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You will notice that the tables are a bit imprecise about the form length. The form length of Interpoint 55 output is determined by the width of the paper rolls. Once you know how many lines you want, tell DBT what the maximum is. For the sake of convenience, we tell the Interpoint 55 to be able to output to the maximum dimensions. The width is more critical, because that determines how the paper is cut. Changing the margins and the embossing width of the output is a real reason to create your own .INI files. Add the margins to the carriage width to get the total number of characters. For wide paper, we use 44 characters. Each character is 16 steps on the motor, each step is .3927mm when the roller is new. Thus, the carriage width is 704 steps or 276.44 mm (10.8 inches). The number for narrow paper works out to 8.16 inches. These widths may be up to 3% less if the roller is worn down in need of replacement.

Documentation supplied by Interpoint NV on command line syntax: ------Syntax for Print55 program Used by the ELEKUL 55 double sided Braille embosser. ------

Syntax: Print55 [filename(s)] /? /H /V /VERSO /RECTO /DS /DS4:n /FOLD:n /RAW /INI /LM:n /RM:n /TM:n /CPL:n /LPP:n /TAB:filename /MIR /COMn:baud,word,stop,parity /LPTn /FILE:filename /X:n /SL:n /DIS:n /SKIP:n,m /VSHIFT:n /BIND:n,o,w /ELE03:n /BATCH:n @file.ini -list.ext [filename(s)] : Filename, use complete path names, wild cards allowed /? /H : this help screen /V : Verbose: give detailed information /VERSO : Single sided, verso /RECTO : Single sided, recto /DS : Double sided, single pages /DS4 : Double sided, quires (magazine style) /DS4:n : Double sided, quires with n pages (book style) /FOLD(:n) : Adds fold (dots) in middle of double sided pages (/FOLD = On, /FOLD:0 = Off) /RAW : Send directly to output port /INI : Save settings in PRINT55.INI /LM:n : Left margin, n characters wide /RM:n : Right margin, n characters wide /TM:n : Top margin, n characters wide /CPL:n : n characters per line /LPP:n : n lines per page /TAB:filename : Conversion table. (use full path names) /MIR(:n) : Mirror margins (only applies for DS4) (/MIR:0 = Off) /COMn:b,w,s,p : Print to serial port (E.g.: /COM1:19200,8,1,N) /LPTn : Print to parallel port (E.g.: LPT3) /FILE:filename : Print to file (use full path names) /X:n : Number of copies /DIS(:n) : Disable embosser between multiple texts (/DIS:0 = Off) /SL:n : Screen lines (E.g.: /SL:25, /SL:43, /SL:50) /SKIP:n,m : Insert m empty text lines at line n. Can be used to fold the text. /VSHIFT:n : Shift page vertically by n dot rows (default 0, maximum 3) /BIND:n,o,w : Add binding relief: offset from left margin=o dot cols width=w dot cols (/BIND:1,0,3 = On, Offset:0, width:3, /BIND:0 = Off)

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/ELE03(:n) : Interprete input text as ELE03 embosser data (/ELE03 = On, /ELE03:0 = Off) /BATCH(:n) : Batch processing (program does not wait for key press) (/BATCH = On, /BATCH:0 = Off) @name : Use alternate ini file to load/save initial values By default Print55.ini will be used. File must reside in print55 directory. -list.ext : ASCII file that contains a list of files to be printed Each line in the file contains the name of a single file to be printed. Options may also be included: only one option per line. Lines preceeded by a ; are ignored.

Nippon Telesoft TP-32

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The TP-32 is a single sided embosser that uses small pieces of paper. it is a very quiet embossers.

This embosser units has both a serial and a parallel port. We recommend the parallel connection. If you are using the serial connection, use the dial for the baud rate (default in this software is 9600 baud). Set the switches to OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, and no Xon/Xoff. Turn unit off and on when making changes to the switch settings.

There is a knob to indicate the type of input. Set it for NABCC6 (North American Braille Computer Code, 6 dots). There is a switch for 30 or 32 character per line. Next there are four switches (select just one to the right) to select 20, 22, 24, and special lines per page. One and only one switch from this group should be on (right). If not, an error tone sounds when you try to emboss. The "special" switch is for interpoint. Use it only on the BPW-32 or BMP-320. The next switch, labeled HI and LO sets the printing speed. The bottom switch is for paper size. You get to choose between 8 inch and 10 inch paper length.

The paper feeds into the back. Loosely insert the first piece of paper. Turn the unit on. The red light goes on. Below the on/off switch is the paper feed rocker switch. Depress the top side (closer to the on/off button) to feed the paper into the unit. The red light should go off. There is a push button for on line/off line. You need to push this button to send braille to the embosser.

On this software, make sure that the characters per line and the lines per page settings are the same between the machine settings and the software preferences. If you have any questions, contact Nippon Telesoft at +81-3-3264-0800

Nippon Telesoft BPW-32

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interpoint. Use it only on the BPW-32 or BMP-320. The next switch, labeled HI and LO sets the printing speed. The bottom switch is for paper size. You get to choose between 8 inch and 10 inch paper length.

Nippon Telesoft Gemini

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The Gemini is an manual interpoint unit that can also produces inkprint on a braille page with appropriate software. Manual interpoint means that you need to first print the "odd" pages in one run, and then reload the printer with these pages inserted upside down for a second pass with the "even" page.

The Gemini can do interpoint, and it can do interline (braille and print on the same page), but it cannot produce interpoint and interline on the same material.

We recommend the parallel connection.

The Gemini can produce a variety of line spacings. To illustrate this, there are two embossers listed, the regular Gemini, and one for using the "small spacing" feature of the Gemini. Notice that you cannot do interpoint with the small spacing.

In the advanced tab in the configuration setup, you can add startup sequences. The command for double high inkprint is: D The command for double strike embossing (slow, but better quality braille) is: Q

Pulse Data Paragon

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singlepage/doublepage command for the form you are using.

See the instructions for the Enabling Juliet Classic.

Quantum Mountbatten

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Click here for a web link about the Mountbatten brailler

The Mountbatten is a low-speed embosser. It has both serial and parallel ports (it uses a straight through serial cable, the unit senses which port is being used). It has with some built-in editing capabilities. Purchasers should know that when you have a multi-purpose tool, you need to configure it to meet your needs.

The Mountbatten works best at 40 characters per line and 25 lines per page. Theoretically, the unit can be configured for a larger page size, but this is not recommended.

Be careful to insert the paper straight. If the paper is inserted crooked, it changes the internal margin settings.

There are two ways of sending commands to the Mountbatten. You can enter sequences from the keyboard (starting with the command key and ending with the margin release key on the right side of the machine), or you can enclose the command in curly brackets and send it from another device, such as a computer.

Using the default setting, the unit wants to reformat the text. To keep the text intact, issue the following commands: {fsh off} {flit off} {ww off} {save}

For technical support on the Mountbatten, contact HumanWare at 800-722-3393.

RESUS

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The first units were very sensitive to differences in communications parameters. The RESUS has both a serial and a parallel interface which are controlled by DIP switches. We recommend that you use the parallel port to eliminate potential problems.

New units, those with serial numbers higher than 200, do not have the sensitivity of earlier units.

Check the RESUS manual for details on how to set the DIP switches to meet your needs. For technical support for the RESUS, contact American Thermoform at 213-723-9021.

Thiel PortaThiel

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The Porta-Thiel is a single sided embosser that does graphics. It has both a serial and a parallel connection. There are three buttons: READ is above the parallel port, FORM FEED is above the 9 pin serial port, and PAUSE is just in front of the impact control knob.

To load paper, turn on your computer and then the Porta-Thiel, and wait for it to say "paper out". Insert paper from the front until it stops. Press FORM FEED. The Porta-Thiel then says "printer ready".

To change settings, press FORM FEED and PAUSE together when the Porta-Thiel is already on. You get a series of yes/no questions. Press FORM FEED for "yes" and PAUSE for "no". If you want to save the new settings, press FORM FEED and PAUSE together during the dialogue. To leave without changing the settings, press READ and FORM FEED together. To reset the parameters to factory defaults, press READ and FORM FEED while turning the unit on.

For technical support on the Porta-Thiel, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883.

Thiel PortaThiel Interpoint

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The Porta-Thiel Interpoint is a Interpoint version of the PortaThiel Embosser. See the instructions for the Thiel PortaThiel.

Thiel Bax 10

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The Thiel Interpoint is a high-performance interpoint embosser that cannot do graphics. It only has a

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serial interface. To change the parameters, you need to run a program from your computer. The English language setup program is called SETX10UP.EXE. Set the unit for MIT code (this is their term for North American character set). If you need technical support, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883.

Thiel Beta X3

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The Thiel is a single sided embosser that cannot do graphics. The Thiel has only a serial connection. Use a straight through female-to-female cable with a null modem adapter to connect the Thiel to one of your serial ports. We recommend a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 6 and 20, and ties 5 and 6 together on each end.

To set the parameters on the Thiel, you have to go through a configuration dialogue in braille. All the critical parameters on the Thiel are set from a simple YES/NO keyboard. Set the on-line/local switch to local. To begin the dialogue, hold down the YES button a few seconds and then release. Here is the dialogue:  Start of the set-up program:  Dialog in deutcher sprache?  Outprint in German language? No  Display parameters? No  Select Fixed Parameters? No  Change Character Set? Yes  Character Set German? No  Character system US-ASCII? Yes  Change format of printing? Yes  6-dot presentation? Yes  Continuous Print? No  Page length 13 inches? No  Page length 12 inches? No  Page length 11 inches? Yes  Change line spacing? No  26 lines per page is possible. Change number? No  Number of characters per line: 42 Change number? No  Word Wrap? No  Indent following line overflow? No  Paperfeed at end of page? Yes  Change computer connection? Yes  Allow escape sequences? No  Change baudrate? Yes  9600 baud? Yes

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 Change data format? Yes  Parity on? No  Number of stopbits 1? Yes  Change Synchronization? Yes  Synchronization Xon/Xoff No  Synchronization DTR? Yes  Synchronization DTR-positive? Yes  Half-Duplex? Yes  Change mode of read key? No  Selftest? No The Thiel displays all the selected parameters and asks Save Parameters? Answer Yes.

These parameters are remembered even when you turn off the power. To get ready to print, make sure the top of form is appropriate and flip the switch to on-line.

Many firms have sold the Thiel in the past. If you need technical support, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883.

Thiel Impacto 600

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Thiel Texto

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The Thiel Interpoint is a high-performance interpoint embosser. It only has a serial interface. To change the parameters, you need to run a program from your computer. The English language setup program is called SETX10UP.EXE. Set the unit for MIT code (this is their term for North American character set). If you need technical support, contact Sighted Electronics at 800-666-4883.

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Triformations Personal Brailler

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The Personal Brailler is no longer produced. It has only a serial connection. Use an a straight through female-to-female cable with a null modem adapter.

You must use care in setting the switches on the Personal Brailler, since Enabling Technology reversed the conventional meaning of on and off for a rocker switch. A rocker switch has two ends. One end is flush with the surface, and the other is raised from the surface. On the Personal Brailler, when the end of the switch labeled on is raised, the switch is on.

The Personal Brailler has four banks of switches, with eight switches per bank. The fourth bank is set by the factory to control timing of the embosser. Never change bank four unless you have been instructed to do so by the vendor. Set bank one to: off on on on on on on off. Set bank two to: on off on off off off off off. Set bank three to: off off off off on off off off. Do not change bank four.

To find out if you have the switches set correctly, hold down the on line button as you power up. You get a status report. This report should mention that it is set for 9600 baud.

For technical support on the Personal Brailler, contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687.

Triformations TED-600

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The TED-600 is an interpoint embosser that does not do graphics. We are not sure of the interfacing details of the TED-600.

Varying the carriage width is tricky on an interpoint unit. Since the hardware needs to produce both sides at once, you need to give commands to the embosser to leave equal left and right margins. Do not set the left or right margin with this software. Just tell this software the number of real braille characters you want per line. Contact Enabling Technology at 772-225-3687 for more information.

Triformations TRI-170

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The TRI-170 is a very old embosser.

Triformations LED-120

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The LED-120 is a very old embosser.

Viewplus Tiger Advantage

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The Tiger Advantage is an older model of Tiger series and is no longer sold.

The Tiger embossers have two modes: "Tiger" and Legacy.

In Tiger mode (also called "Embosser mode"), the embosser works entirely through Windows. You cannot use Tiger Mode on an MS-DOS only computer.

First, cable your Tiger to your computer with the parallel cable. Next, install the Tiger software (either a CD-ROM or from the ViewPlus website).

To see if everything is working, use Run Program, ViewPlus, Toolbox, Test Program. You should get a sample page of output on the Tiger.

In Legacy mode, the Tiger emulates a VersaPoint embosser. Make sure the switch on the embosser is set for Legacy mode.

Viewplus Tiger Max

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The Tiger embossers have two modes: "Tiger" and Legacy.

In Tiger mode (also called "Embosser mode"), the embosser works entirely through Windows. You cannot use Tiger Mode on an MS-DOS only computer.

First, cable your Tiger to your computer with the parallel cable. Next, install the Tiger software (either a CD-ROM or from the ViewPlus website).

To see if everything is working, use Run Program, ViewPlus, Toolbox, Test Program. You should get a sample page of output on the Tiger.

In Legacy mode, the Tiger emulates a VersaPoint embosser. Make sure the switch on the embosser is set for Legacy mode.

Viewplus Tiger Pro

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The Tiger embossers have two modes: "Tiger" and Legacy.

In Tiger mode (also called "Embosser mode"), the embosser works entirely through Windows. You cannot use Tiger Mode on an MS-DOS only computer.

First, cable your Tiger to your computer with the parallel cable. Next, install the Tiger software (either a CD-ROM or from the ViewPlus website).

To see if everything is working, use Run Program, ViewPlus, Toolbox, Test Program. You should get a sample page of output on the Tiger.

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In Legacy mode, the Tiger emulates a VersaPoint embosser. Make sure the switch on the embosser is set for Legacy mode.

Viewplus Tiger Pro Ink

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The Tiger Pro Ink embosser has an ink attachment. It can produce interlined text (line by line ink and braille).

The Tiger embossers have two modes: "Tiger" and Legacy.

In Tiger mode (also called "Embosser mode"), the embosser works entirely through Windows. You cannot use Tiger Mode on an MS-DOS only computer.

First, cable your Tiger to your computer with the parallel cable. Next, install the Tiger software (either a CD-ROM or from the ViewPlus website).

To see if everything is working, use Run Program, ViewPlus, Toolbox, Test Program. You should get a sample page of output on the Tiger.

In Legacy mode, the Tiger emulates a VersaPoint embosser. Make sure the switch on the embosser is set for Legacy mode.

Viewplus Tiger Cub

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The Tiger embossers have two modes: "Tiger" and Legacy.

In Tiger mode (also called "Embosser mode"), the embosser works entirely through Windows. You cannot use Tiger Mode on an MS-DOS only computer.

First, cable your Tiger to your computer with the parallel cable. Next, install the Tiger software (either a CD-ROM or from the ViewPlus website).

To see if everything is working, use Run Program, ViewPlus, Toolbox, Test Program. You should get a sample page of output on the Tiger.

In Legacy mode, the Tiger emulates a VersaPoint embosser. Make sure the switch on the embosser is set for Legacy mode.

Viewplus Tiger Cub Junior

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The Tiger embossers have two modes: "Tiger" and Legacy.

In Tiger mode (also called "Embosser mode"), the embosser works entirely through Windows. You cannot use Tiger Mode on an MS-DOS only computer.

First, cable your Tiger to your computer with the parallel cable. Next, install the Tiger software (either a CD-ROM or from the ViewPlus website).

To see if everything is working, use Run Program, ViewPlus, Toolbox, Test Program. You should get a sample page of output on the Tiger.

In Legacy mode, the Tiger emulates a VersaPoint embosser. Make sure the switch on the embosser is set for Legacy mode.

VTEK MBOSS-1

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The MBOSS-1 is no longer produced. It is a single sided embosser that did not do graphics. The MBOSS-1 is a modified inkprint printer. The original printer has both a serial jack and a parallel jack. As modified, an MBOSS-1 is either a serial or a parallel machine. This means that every MBOSS-1 has one working jack and one non-working jack.

Most units sold were serial units. If you do not know if your MBOSS-1 is serial or parallel, assume that it is serial. Please do not just plug in a parallel cable and call us for technical support asking why it is not working.

If you actually do have the parallel model, we believe that the connection is straightforward (but we do not have the settings for the DIP switches).

If have the serial model, use a straight through female-to-male cable with a null modem adapter to connect the MBOSS-1 to one of your serial ports. We recommend a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 are straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 4 and 5, and swaps wires 6 and 20.

Set switch bank 40 to: open open open closed open closed closed open. Set switch bank 41 to: open open open closed closed open open open open open. For technical support on the MBOSS-1, contact Blazie Engineering at 727-803-8600.

VTEK MBOSS-35

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The MBOSS-35 was a medium speed single siged embosser. The MBOSS-35 is no longer produced. Despite its name, the MBOSS-35 is not related to the MBOSS-1. It was actually a prototype for the Index brailler.

The MBOSS-35 is a serial embosser. Use a straight through male-to-female cable to connect the brailler to your PC. There are no DIP switches. All parameter changes are done from an external braille keyboard or from escape codes sent by a computer. The MBOSS-35 is rigged so that its default parameters are: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity (the preferred settings for this software). For technical support on the MBOSS-1, contact Blazie Engineering at 727-803-8600.

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