ActilinoOperation Settings for Handy Tech Braille DisplaysPage 868 Operation Settings for Handy Tech Braille DisplaysThe universal Handy Tech Braille display driver features several settings for operating yourActilino with your PC and screen reader. In order to open the Settings window, activate the[1 8] keys simultaneously. The Settings window can also be started up from the Start menu,under "Programs – Handy Tech – Configure Braille display driver". The Braille display driverdoes not need to be running for this.There are the following six tabs in the Settings window:• Connection• ATC• Status Cells• Key Actions• Miscellaneous• InfoYour changes of the settings in the different tab sheets will be saved by pressing the OK orApply Button. If you choose the OK Button, the dialog will be closed.The following sections provide more details about the settings that are available under thesesix tabs.8.1 ConnectionThe checkbox "Activate Driver" is checked to enable your Actilino to be used by the screenreader. If you uncheck this box, the driver will be deactivated and you will not be able tooperate any Handy Tech Braille display.The field "Device Detection" provides two options: "Automatic" means that your screenreader will detect the Braille display regardless of the interface through which it is connectedto your PC. The second option is to specify a fixed interface at which the screen readershould look for the Braille display. In the corresponding combo box, you can choose one ofthe existing COM interfaces or the USB interface.The field "Show Pop-Up Braille Display Information" allows you to specify whether you wantto be informed which Braille device is connected to which of your PC's interfaces at the start-up of the screen reader. If this setting is activated, there will be a small dialog during start-up containing the Braille display driver's version number, any detected Braille displays andthe interface designation.You have the following three options:• When changing device or interface: The dialog appears only if you have connecteda different Handy Tech Braille display to the PC or if you have connected the sameBraille display to a different interface on your PC.• Never: The dialog will not be displayed during start-up.• Always at start: Every time your screen reader starts up, the dialog will be displayed.If the checkbox "Connect Braille display even when switched on after start up" is checked,the Braille display may be connected to the computer while the screen reader is alreadyrunning and the Braille display will be recognized. The default setting for this checkbox isunchecked.