Index Braille Everest-D V5, Manual

Page 1: ...Index V5 Braille Printer Manual February 2020 ...

Page 2: ... feedback 12 3 1 3 Firmware upgrade 13 I I I 3 2 Index Braille Printer Driver 13 3 2 1 Install to USB port 14 3 2 2 Network connection 14 3 2 2 1 Wired IP network setup 14 3 2 2 2 Wizard for static IP address 14 3 2 2 3 Wi Fi network setup 14 3 2 2 4 Reservation of IP address on a DHCP Router 15 I I I 3 3 Printing braille 15 3 3 1 Braille App 16 3 3 1 1 Getting started 16 3 3 1 2 Braille layout 17...

Page 3: ...ctions 27 4 1 3 Multiple layouts to customize 27 4 1 4 Menu option V5 31 I V 4 2 Wizards 31 4 2 1 Standard layout wizard 33 4 2 2 Advanced layout wizard 34 4 2 3 User defined paper wizard 34 4 2 4 User service wizards 35 4 2 4 1 Adjust paper out offset wizard 35 4 2 4 2 Paper step length calibration FanFold 36 4 2 4 3 Paper step lengt calibration EV BB 36 4 2 4 4 Distance from sensor to paper edge...

Page 4: ...ble protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interfe...

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Page 6: ...k refers to the echo in the printer 2 1 Backlit text on all models Bluetooth Wi Fi Network Flickers when available and lights up when connected idB Flickers during translation and lights up during printing with idB UPDATE Require a network connection Activated when the printer is connected to a network with internet access It lights up when an update is available and flickers during a firmware upg...

Page 7: ...let 13 Transport lock 14 Transport lock holder 15 Power input 48V DC 16 Wi Fi and Bluetooth antenna 17 USB 2 0 device port 18 Network port 100 MB 19 USB host port 20 Ventilation outlet 2 2 1 LED feedback Basic D PAPER MOVE Flickers when paper is moving PAPER EDGE Lights up when paper is in front of the paper edge sensor HEAD Lights up when the print head is in the home position FAN Lights up when ...

Page 8: ...ge sensor 7 Optical embossing head reference position sensor 8 Outer guides for adjusting paper out profile angle 11 Ventilation outlet 12 Electrical connectors 19 23 13 Switch to close open the sheet feeder 14 Card sheet selectors right left 15 Locking levers for margin guides right left 16 Left margin guide 17 Pick up rollers 18 Right margin guide 19 Power input 48V DC ...

Page 9: ...luetooth antenna 21 USB 2 0 device port 22 Network port 100 MB 23 USB host port 2 3 1 LED feedback Everest D PAPER IN Lights up when paper is in front of the paper edge sensor FEED Lights up when paper motor is on HEAD Lights up when the print head is in the home position FAN Lights up when the fan is on OUT OF PAPER Lights up when the paper tray is empty ...

Page 10: ... for service door 3 Optical sensor for braille tray 4 Braille tray 5 Braille stack guide 7 Paper tray 8 Bottom embossing 1 9 Middle embossing 2 10 Top embossing 3 11 Paper rollers 12 Service door 13 Electrical connectors 14 Ventilation 15 Paper guides 16 Rear paper stop lever 17 Paper in sensor 18 Paper out sensor ...

Page 11: ...s up when the paper tray is empty BRAILLE STACK Lights up when the braille stack is too high PAPER TRAY Lights up when the paper tray is open BRAILLE TRAY Lights up when the braille tray is open SERVICE DOOR Lights up when the front service door is open 2 4 2 Electrical connectors BrailleBox 1 Power input 100 240V 50 60 HZ grounded outlet 2 Fuse 6 3 A 250V slow blow 3 Wi Fi and Bluetooth antenna 4...

Page 12: ...sor 8 Soft paper movement rollers 4 pairs 9 Paper out sensor 2 5 1 LED feedback FanFold PAPER EDGE Lights up when paper has begun feeding and reaching the paper in sensor PAPER MOVE Flickers when paper is moving PAPER OUT Lights up paper cover the paper out sensor FAN Lights up when the fan is on LID OPEN Lights up when the top glass lid is open EMPTY BRAILLE Lights up when when it is time to empt...

Page 13: ...nd wrench are included inside the printer 3 Repeat step 2 for wheel two and three 4 Move the bottom packing material outside of the FanFold D except one corner supporting close to the position of last wheel Montage the last wheel and remove the bottom packing material Link to video FanFold D Getting Started 3 Installation 3 1 Getting started 3 1 1 Unpacking of the printer Unpack the printer gently...

Page 14: ...wheels on FanFold D o Connect the power cord and press ON to power on the printer without connecting the USB cord o The Wizard to remove transport locking will start automatically o Follow the wizard steps When completed the printer will restart and is ready to be used BrailleBox picture 1 Rubber seal 2 Accessories kit box 3 Braille tray glass 4 Print head transport locks 3 1 2 Speech feedback The...

Page 15: ...on at Latest V5 Firmware Upgrade via Internet connection When the V5 printer is connected to internet it checks for an update automatically The UPDATE text lights up indicates that new update is available Start upgrade by selecting MENU User service Firmware upgrade Firmware upgrade from internet OK to start Upgrade via USB memory stick o Download the latest V5 firmware on Index Braille Support Do...

Page 16: ...printer access the control panel in your computer by selecting o Control Panel Uninstall a program Index Braille Driver o The current version number is shown on the right hand column listed under versions Windows To install Index printer driver 8 3 or higher suitable for Windows XP Vista Win 7 Win 8 Win 10 follow these steps 1 Close all applications on your PC 2 Download Index Printer Driver 8 3 o...

Page 17: ...YYY ZZ WW 3 2 2 2 Wizard for static IP address MENU Communication Wizard for wired network OK Link to Connect Index V5 to wired network 3 2 2 3 Wi Fi network setup There are alternative ways to setup Wi Fi network IP connection o Set up IP with the Web App Recommended o Set up IP with Wi Fi setup file o Set up with WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS button on the router o Set up Wi Fi network from cont...

Page 18: ... embosser firmware In January 2020 the text to braille translation files in Liblouis 3 12 0 are implemented Link to Liblouis open source community tables in Liblouis 3 12 0 o idB supports multiple users in the network o idB is free of charge For braille mathematics music tactile graphics and complex documents a separate braille editor is required 3 3 1 Braille App The BrailleApp is an embedded app...

Page 19: ...tarted First connect your V5 printer to a wired network port IP port When the network icon is lighted the network connection is established o Get the IP address of your V5 printer HELP 10 in voice feedback HELP 1 print network information page o Open your favorite browser and type the printers IP address in the search window of the browser For example http 192 168 4 14 This process is the same in ...

Page 20: ...rmat used by Duxbury In this case the BrailleApp will open the dxb file as a translated braille document If the page layout character per line lines per page is the same as in Duxbury the braille view text is presented identical in the BrailleApp as in Duxbury If the braille page layout differs the user will get the choice to re format the braille text layout in the BrailleApp Files that can open ...

Page 21: ...Check that the settings in active layout is correct o Browse to the file and select it o Press Preview to translate the text and preview the braille text Presentation in Braille Edit braille with six key entry f 1 d 2 s 3 j 4 k 5 l 6 with eight dot entry the a 7 and 8 are added Presentation in MIT Ascii The text is presented in American character set and can be edit with a normal keyboard Link to ...

Page 22: ...n printing a docx file and Maintaing formatting docx is enabled o Text within a paragraph is reformatted to fit the braille page o Line breaks are maintained o Spaces in beginning of a paragraph are maintained o Page break is maintained o Tab is replaced with spaces Number of spaces for each tab is defined in the settings of Maintain formatting docx Rules for doc pdf and epub and for docx when Mai...

Page 23: ...lable number will be added It will have the same parameters as the Active layout and be selected as the new Active layout o Delete layout The selected layout will be deleted it is not possible to delete Active layout o Backup and Restore Layouts Local the memory of the printer USB the USB memory connected to the V5 printer Distributor defaults o User defined paper Create new paper not supported in...

Page 24: ...k port When DHCP is selected the IP parameters are presented Subnet Mask Gateway Dynamic Name Server Alternative Name Server When static IP is selected define above parameters Hardware address of the printer wired network MAC address Hostname edit and save hostname for the printer o Bluetooth Bluetooth on off Make printers discoverable Paired Bluetooth devices 3 3 1 8 Monitor icons on BrailleApp T...

Page 25: ...or access Enable account settings by login account settings and select Enabled User green default userpassword Access to print and info Administrator blue default adminpassword Access to print braille layout communication and info Service red default service serial number no spaces In addition also access to the PROTECTED SERVICE menu with command center and system details The service user should ...

Page 26: ...raille Link to firmware upgrade instructions 3 3 2 1 Printing from USB Memory stick o An Index V5 printer o A USB memory stick o Standard text file docx doc pdf epub using idB text to braille to translate and format following the Active Layout settings o Braille files ipf brl brf already translated to braille is printed directly Steps for printing o Set up the Active Layout to your preferences o P...

Page 27: ...mboss with idB in Linux o Open the document in your preferred editor viewer o Go to the file Select Print and select an installed Index printer Press OK o The file will now be transmitted to the selected Index printer 3 3 3 External braille editor Emboss with a commercial or freeware braille editor The majority of braille editors available are compatible with Index Braille printers For more inform...

Page 28: ...old HELP for 15 seconds to start remote support MENU KEYS MENU Open MENU mode ARROW UP Move to previous MENU item In idle mode go to preferred layout press OK to make it the active layout ARROW DOWN Move to next MENU item ARROW LEFT Move to a higher MENU level ARROW RIGHT Move to lower MENU level Move to next step in wizard OK Select save open close and start Confirm action with OK NUMBER KEYS 1 N...

Page 29: ... Start firmware upgrade from Internet Hold HELP OFF Start firmware upgrade from USB memory stick HELP OFF Safely remove USB memory stick HELP FEED Light up text indicates process sensors toggle between on and off Hold HELP 1 WiFi Enabled disabled HELP 10 Provide speech feedback on available wired and or Wi Fi IP address Hold HELP 10 WiFi disabled HELP ARROW RIGHT Start Wireless Protected Setup WPS...

Page 30: ...e presented with layout number paper size and print format o With the BrailleApp Go to BRAILLE LAYOUT go to prefered layout and press the set active layout key In the BrailleApp the complete list of parameters is presented 4 1 4 Menu option V5 MAIN MENU SUB MENU FUNCTION INFORMATION Print Print previous document Print complete document Number of copies Print part of document Page range Print from ...

Page 31: ...ctive layout 1 9 Standard layout wizard Advanced wizard User defined paper Wizard to create user defined paper BrailleBox has fix paper sizes Delete user defined paper Add layout Add layout The new layout is selected and has the same setting as the previous active layout The new layout gets the lowest available layout number Delete layoutDelete a specific layout It is not possible to delete Active...

Page 32: ...l Wi Fi networks Connect Wizard for wired network DHCP Static IP IP address Netmask Gateway Dynamic Name Server Manage Bluetooth Set Bluetooth power Make Bluetooth discoverable Forget device Speech feedback Select volume Low medium high Select language Select from the list MAIN MENU SUB MENU FUNCTION INFORMATION User service Firmware update Firmware upgrade from internet Firmware upgrade from USB ...

Page 33: ...AQ FAQ Everest FAQ BrailleBox FAQ FanFold Distance from paper sensor to paper edge Distance in millimeters Reference position of print heads BrailleBox and FanFold only BrailleBox FanFold Link FAQ Calibration of braille tray door BrailleBox only Backup settings Back up settings to USB memory Back up settings to internal memory Restore settings Restore settings from USB memory Restore settings from...

Page 34: ...ibration adjustment etc All wizards follow the same user interface structure and the speech feedback will provide further instructions Start a wizard in the MENU structure Follow the wizard by pressing the right arrow to next step and left arrow to previous step When edit a value press OK to edit Arrow up down to select and OK again to save Wizards are completed when pressing OK in the far right s...

Page 35: ...row up down 1 step 1 10 to next character in the alphabet Legacy braille translation table This ASCII to braille table is used when an ASCII sting txt is transferred to the V5 printer directly without idB or the BrailleApp Link to Legacy braille tables in V5 printer Lines per page Edit with 1 10 CHS Top margin Select from list Available when margin space is available Braille page number Select fro...

Page 36: ...d Line spacing Select from list Currently support single or double line spacing Adjust line spacing Adjustable line spacing 2 5 mm Braille cell size Select from list standard 2 5 Japanese 2 2 or Jumbo 3 2 mm Supported in Basic D and Everest D 6 or 8 dots braille cell Select from list Text to Braille translation table Used by idB w hen Word pdf txt document is printed Select language grade and vers...

Page 37: ... paper wizard User defined paper sizes are supported in Basic D Everest D and FanFold User defined paper Go to Menu Braille layout User defined paper Wizard to create user defined paper Arrow right or left for moving in the wizard Press OK to open for editing a value Next empty paper number 1 9 User defined paper no 1 9 paper size units Move between wizard steps with arrow right next step or arrow...

Page 38: ...p to increase 0 1 mm Arrow down to decrease 0 1 mm End of wizard Press OK to save 4 2 4 2 Paper step length calibration FanFold This function calibrates the paper movement made by 4 pair of soft rollers to fit the movement of the paper tractors Menu position Menu user service Paper step length calibration Preparation 3 sheets Separate the paper into three contiguous paper sheets Make sure that the...

Page 39: ...start calibration Measure one paper One paper sheet is now moved through the printer and the step length Print Braille Layout A page with current layout will be printed Press OK to close door BrailleBox only Complete Wizard completed press OK to save or ON to cancel 4 2 4 4 Distance from sensor to paper edge For Everest D and BrailleBox Start wizard Menu user service Braille adjustments Wizard for...

Page 40: ...tance from paper sensor to paper edge Press OK to open for edit 1 10 to adjust and OK to save 1 0 1 mm and 10 1 mm Increased value moves the braille block into the paper Print folding line test page Check folding line position If OK press arrow right End of wizard Press OK to save ...