Once connection is established between your BraillePen12 and the computer, the Connect
button changes to Disconnect.
You can now minimise the window and use your BraillePen12 as a Bluetooth keyboard in any
Windows application.
If you want to load a different keymap, for instance for Braille entry into a translation program,
click the Load Keymap button and browse to the new keymap file and click OK. The new
keymap will load, and you are again ready to use the BraillePen12.
Keyboard Emulation
The BraillePen Write can emulate any kind of PC keyboard. We have made several keymaps
ready for you to use; you can make others, and we will make new ones available as they are
made. You might like to share yours with other users, too!
When you first use the BraillePen Write, it loads the default keymap for your location. The
table for this keymap can be found in Appendix B, Windows Keymaps.
Special behaviour for Alt
Each keymap contains two keystrokes representing the Alt key on the Windows keyboard.
The first, Shift-dot 3, activates Alt for use with menus, and behaves as though Alt has been
pressed and released; the next keystroke is expected to be a letter from a menu item, an
arrow key or Enter.
The second, Shift-dot2, activates Alt for use with a second key, and behaves as though Alt
has been pressed and held down. Use this for such combinations as Alt-F4 to close a
program, or Alt-Tab to cycle through open applications.
Configuring A New Keyboard Map
It is now possible to add new keyboard maps to the BraillePen Write, or edit existing maps so
that they suit your needs.
The keyboard map, or keymap, is a file stored in the BraillePen12 folder, containing
information about keystrokes on the BraillePen12 and their corresponding keystroke
combinations on the keyboard. When you build a new map file, or edit an existing one, you
can save the map to a file so that you can choose it any time you use BraillePen12; you can
save it either to the BraillePen12 program folder or to another folder.
The program is called BPConfig. It can be found on the Programs menu under BraillePen12.
You cannot run both the BraillePen Write and BPConfig together. If you should try, you will
see an error dialog telling you that another instance of either BraillePen12 or BPConfig is
running.
The Main BPConfig Window
When you run BPConfig, the main window opens with a
number of choices.
There are three buttons across the top of the window,
giving you the choice of starting a new keymap, reading
in an existing keymap from a file, or saving a keymap you
have been editing.
Below these buttons are two display spaces; on the left is
the Space which displays the existing key mappings for a
file you have loaded, and on the right is the Space where
the keymap you are editing is displayed.
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Illustration 10: BPConfig main window.
