On-Screen Keyboard
Because your Switch2Scan appears to the iPad as a keyboard, the iPad automatically turns off the
on-screen keyboard. It is highly likely that you will need the keyboard to be enabled so that its keys
may be scanned.
Switch2Scan allows you to deploy the on-screen keyboard at any time simply by pressing and holding the
QuickAccessTM button (D) for about one second. After this time the on-screen keyboard will be deployed
automatically. To turn it off again, press and hold the QuickAccessTM button for a further second.
Note that the iPad only allows the on-screen keyboard to be deployed when a text input box is
selected. It is automatically hidden when the text input box is deselected but will pop up again when
another one is selected. Tips and Tricks
There are many shortcuts which will make life easier for you when using Switch2Scan. For example:
- If the teacher or carer wishes to make a selection while Switch2Scan is scanning, briefly press the
Speed button to stop the scanning, then tap the icon you wish to access. Once it is highlighted,
double tap it to launch. This saves you the trouble of having to turn off Voiceover.
- If you select a text box which already contains some text, and you would like to add something
to the end of the existing text, pressing Select again will take the cursor to the end. A
further press of Select takes the cursor back to the beginning, and so on.
Automatic Sleep Mode
To conserve battery life, Switch2Scan automatically enters a low-power sleep mode if it remains
unused for one hour. Pressing any external switch or any button on the unit instantly wakes it again.
While asleep, the connection with the iPad is lost but is automatically re-established within a few
seconds of wake-up.
If the unit remains unpaired for more than 5 minutes, it will also enter low-power sleep mode. Press
any button or switch to wake the unit.
Battery Life and Battery Charging
A fully charged battery gives approximately 40
hours of use. When the battery is getting low, the
Charging LED (H) begins to blink red. This is an
indication that you should charge the battery soon.
Plug the charging cable into the charging
socket (B) and then into a USB socket on a
computer. Ensure the computer is turned on.
While charging, the Charging LED will be illuminated
green. Once charging is complete (a matter of a few
hours if fully discharged) the charging LED will be
extinguished. You can then unplug the cable.
Note that you can carry on using Switch2Scan
while it is charging.
Switch2Scan plugs into a computer USB port
for charging purposes only - it does not give a
functional connection this way.
Re-Connecting your Switch2Scan
If, when waking up your Switch2Scan, the display (C)
does not continue to display the rotating pattern
this indicates that the unit is already connected
to another iPad in the vicinity. In this case you will
need to ‘forget’ this connection before you can
re-connect with another unit.
Similarly, if you have been using your Switch2Scan
with a particular iPad that is still in the vicinity
and you wish to swap it to another, you will also
need to forget the existing connection.
Go to the Bluetooth menu on your iPad
(Settings General Bluetooth) and tap the
blue arrow adjacent to the unit name, for example:
Pretorian-V53.0-ABC1
Then tap on ‘Forget this device’. At this point the
unit is no longer connected with the original iPad
and will appear as a ‘discoverable’ device on all
iPads in the vicinity. You can then re-connect with
a different iPad by again tapping on the unit name
in the Bluetooth menu.
