New Braille EDGE firmware

[Michael Jones]

Greetings to all Braille EDGE Customers,

The release of the new Braille EDGE v40 firmware is now available!

The following is a list of the changes and fixes:

1. Notepad:

A. Added confirmation when changing movement units.

B. Fixed problems with text search.

C. Fixed problem when navigating consecutively by paragraph.

D. Fixed problem of moving by inconsistent amounts when moving by page.

E. Fixed problem of sluggish movement when moving by page.

F. Fixed problem of not recognizing paragraphs correctly in Word documents.

G. fixed some problems for searching using European Braille codes.

H. Fixed the problem of displaying blank lines at paragraph boundaries.

I. Fixed problems with saving bookmarks.

J.. Decreased Block copying time.

K. Now Outputs beep when moving by page.

 

2. General:

A. Fixed problem of unit not returning to previous state after querying date and time.

B. Fixed problems with computer Braille output when viewing Options menu.

C. fixed a problem displaying all results of a given search string.

D. Added Bluetooth Mac Address to information.

E. Fixed problem where EDGE sometimes repeats SD input sound over and over on Power On.

 

You can download this new firmware from the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eh7lqamy1efxd41/BrailleEDGE40_141124.zip

To update the firmware, follow these steps:

1. Download the ZIP file from the link above or from hims-inc.com on a PC.

2. Extract the ZIP file. You should see one .bin file.

3. Copy this .bin file to the root of an SD card.

4. Insert the SD card into the Braille EDGE 40.

5. Hold down F8 while pressing the reset button.

(NOTE: It is NOT necessary to hold down reset.)

6. Continue holding F8 until your Braille EDGE speaks, "Start system update".

7. The machine plays progress sounds to indicate that something is in fact happening.

8. The machine should say, "Update Success" and then restart itself after ten seconds.

Check that your machine is running version 1.1, build 20141124. To do this:

1. From the Main Menu, use the SPACEBAR repeatedly until you get to "Information".

2. Press ENTER to open this screen.

3. Press SPACE-DOT 4 twice. This will display the version and build you are running.

We hope you find this update useful. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at (512) 837-2000, pressing option 2 for Tech Support.

 

Thank you,

Michael Jones