Hi All,


I bought a HIMS QBraille XL earlier this year, but I'm just now getting 
around to reading the manual and setting it up. The manual is an 
interesting experience. It's generally clear, but it often forgets small 
yet important details or gets them slightly wrong, so I find myself 
pausing in the middle of something that shouldn't be difficult to do 
some trial-and-error.


My current adventure is connecting the QBraille to my Windows Surface 
Pro 7. I sort of had things working yesterday, but after a little too 
much trial and error, the connection mostly stopped working. I erased 
all previous connections and started over today. Now I'm not able to 
connect.


I'll write down what I think I'm supposed to be doing. If anyone has 
done this successfully and can correct my process, I'm happy to take the 
help.


Before going any further, I'll say two things. first, I found a helpful 
YouTube video for connecting the QBraille to Jaws, but the YouTuber also 
forgets to detail what he's doing at a couple of key moments. Second, 
when I selected HIMS as my braille display manufacturer in Narrator, 
braille drivers were installed.


Here are the steps I'm using.


1. On the PC, I went into Narrator settings. I turned on braille, 
selected HIMS and Com4, and configured braille settings, like braille 
tables and cursor dots.


2. On the PC, I installed the QBraille USB drivers though things were 
working better before I did that.


3. On the QBraille, I went into Connectivity, activated the option for 
setting up a bluetooth connection for the braille display, and waited 
for the braille display name followed by a number to appear on the display.


4. On the PC, I went into Bluetooth settings and went through the steps 
for adding a Bluetooth device. Yesterday the PC found and connected to 
the Braille Edge, which is what is supposed to happen, but the QBraille 
never displayed anything that was on the computer screen. Today the PC 
isn't finding the QBraille at all.


5. I think the next step is on the QBraille. I think I'm supposed to 
press the pairing key followed by one of the first six function keys to 
let the QBraille know how to connect to this device in future, but this 
hasn't worked for the braille display connection. I also think that I'm 
supposed to set my com port on the display at some point, but I haven't 
figured out how.


6. On the QBraille, I'm somehow supposed to get back to the connectivity 
menu for the QBraille. I managed it yesterday, but I'm not sure how I 
did it.


7. On the QBraille, I went into Connectivity, activated the option for 
setting up a bluetooth connection for the keyboard, and waited for the 
keyboard name followed by a number to appear on the display.


8. On the PC, I went back into Bluetooth settings and went through the 
steps for adding a Bluetooth device. Yesterday the PC found and 
connected to the QBraille, which is what is supposed to happen.


9. I think the next step is on the QBraille. I think I'm supposed to 
press the pairing key followed by one of the last six function keys to 
let the QBraille know how to connect to this device in future. This is 
what I remember doing, and this worked yesterday.


10. Once everything is paired successfully for the first time, I'm fuzzy 
about what to do the next time I want to use my display with my tablet.


Thanks for any wisdom.


Ciao


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