Congratulations on your purchase of the PAC Mate BX400. The BX400 is a Personal Data Assistant designed and developed by Freedom Scientific. The BX400 uses X-scale technology for higher performance and lower power consumption that results in a longer battery life.
The PAC Mate line of computers combines the Windows® Pocket PC platform with JAWS® screen reading technology. It offers the latest in mobile technology making it a powerful portable information management tool.
Key features include:
PAC Mate provides a variety of ways to get help and provides this help as conveniently as possible.
One of the ways PAC Mate provides help is through Tutor Messages. Tutor Messages provide information on how to navigate and use various controls. These messages are disabled by default, but you can have PAC Mate repeat them by pressing G CHORD. For more information on Tutor Messages, please see Setting Up PAC Mate, Verbosity.
Another way PAC Mate provides help is with Access Key Messages. Access keys are the keys you press to move directly to a control or an item in a menu. Access Key Messages, like Tutor Messages, are disabled by default. You can enable this control in the Verbosity Settings dialog. When disabled, you can press Dropped G CHORD to hear the access key message. Press DOTS 2-3-4-5-6 CHORD followed by the access key to move directly to that control. For more information on Access Key Messages, please see Setting Up PAC Mate, Verbosity.
The following paragraphs provide a brief description of each type of help available. Or if you prefer you can quickly access the list of Help Commands by going to Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands.
Use QUESTION MARK CHORD, C when you want to know how and what commands are used to change, enable, or set a control in a dialog. In control help, you can use the JAWS reading keys to review the messages.
Turn on this feature to explore PAC Mate commands. As you press key combinations, PAC Mate tells you which keyboard commands do what, safely - without actually performing the command. Press QUESTION MARK CHORD, K again to exit keyboard help.
Use QUESTION MARK CHORD, H when you want to know information about the current application, window, or dialog. You can use the JAWS reading keys to review the messages.
The command QUESTION MARK CHORD, T opens the online help file, Basics for PAC Mate Help, when you need to review topics such as navigation, PAC Mate Commands, or how to access the Settings Menu.
Press QUESTION MARK CHORD, P when you want to open Help to PAC Mate’s online table of commands.
The command QUESTION MARK CHORD, W gives a list of Windows Commands frequently used to operate PAC Mate. Use the JAWS reading keys to review the messages.
Press the first layer command sequence followed by Question Mark to list all the commands in that layer. Move to a command in the list and press DOT 8 to activate the command. For example, pressing E CHORD, Question Mark lists the editing commands. Use the JAWS reading keys to review the messages.
Tip: The fastest way to open Help is to go to the Start Menu (F4), press the UP ARROW once and then press DOT 8 or press F4, H.
PAC Mate’s online help uses a task-oriented approach and briefly covers the steps necessary to complete a task. To aid you, the online help is specific to the program that is running. For example, while in FSEdit when you open Help from the Start Menu, only FSEdit Help opens.
In addition, because PAC Mate’s online help is written in HTML, you can use many of Internet Explorer’s commands to navigate and read each help topic. For example, you can navigate to a topic quickly by opening a list of links with the command H CHORD, L. Or you can move easily through a table using DOT 8 plus the cursor cross.
For added convenience, next links have been added to Help so you can easily move to the next consecutive topic. To move back, just press DOT 2-4-6 CHORD. If, after you go back to the previous help topic, you are not at the top of the page, press L CHORD and then use the reading commands.
To hear a list of commands that you can use to navigate the online help, go to Appendix A.
At Freedom Scientific, we are continually updating and improving PAC Mate documentation. To access the latest and most complete PAC Mate documentation, visit our web site at www.FreedomScientific.com/fs_support/support_documentation.asp
Using Windows Mobile with PAC Mate is quite easy once you master the basic skills. It is recommended that you read and learn this section as it teaches you basic PAC Mate skills needed to operate Windows Mobile.
Before you start your PAC Mate for the first time, plug the AC adapter into a wall plug and then plug the other end into the PAC Mate's power jack found on the right back side of the unit. Next, press the On/Off switch, which is next to the power jack. To indicate that it is on, the PAC Mate uses an audible low high sound and to indicate that it is off, it uses a high low sound.
After a few seconds you will hear, "JAWS for Pocket PC is ready."
You can immediately start using your PAC Mate while it is charging, but charge the battery for at least four hours before using your PAC Mate without the AC adapter.
The PAC Mate BX keyboard consists of a Perkins style keyboard, a spacebar, eight function keys, and the cursor cross. The eight Braille keys from left to right are: 7, 3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8. Located between keys 1 and 4 is the cursor cross. The cursor cross is equivalent to the arrow keys on a qwerty keyboard. Above each Braille key are eight corresponding function keys. From left to right, they are: F7, F3, F2, F1, F4, F5, F6, and F8. The spacebar is found below the cursor cross. Use the spacebar in combination with any of the Braille or Function keys to create a chorded command.
Tip: You can learn about each Braille or Function Key by using Keyboard Help ( QUESTION MARK CHORD, K). To exit Keyboard Help, press QUESTION MARK CHORD, K again.
Note: A CHORD is created anytime you press the SPACEBAR in conjunction with a keystroke.
In addition, many of the PAC Mate menus allow first letter navigation.
For more information on commands, please see Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands.
Another command you should get familiar with right away is the F2 CHORD. This command activates the Context Menu, which allows you to quickly perform an action on an item. For example, you can use a Context Menu to cut, copy, select all, paste, delete or create a new folder. To access a Context Menu, select an item such as a word in a document, a date in the Calendar View, or a file in a list view and press F2 CHORD. A menu opens with a variety of commands, select a command with the cursor cross and press DOT 8. Or press F1 to escape the menu without performing the action.
When you turn PAC Mate on, your Today Screen is immediately available. On your Today Screen are six default items: the system date, Owner's Information, Appointments, E-mail Messages, Tasks and Battery Charge. You move to these items using the UP or DOWN ARROWS on the cursor cross in the center of the keyboard. You handle all menu navigation, including the Start Menu, in this manner as well. To activate any of the items on the Today Screen and on the menus, press DOT 8.
To refresh the Today Screen so that it reflects the most current information, press F1 CHORD.
For those items on the Today Screen that open to a dialog or list view, press F1 to cancel the item and return to the Today Screen.
Customizing the Today Screen to show only those items that you use often is an option available in the Today dialog, which is in the Settings list view under the Personal page.
Regardless of where you are or what you are doing on the PAC Mate, the Start Menu is always accessible with the F4 key.
To access the Task Tray, press F5 CHORD, then use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move to each item.
There is one more component to the Today Screen that you may find convenient. Like all programs on the PAC Mate, the Today Screen has a menu. To access this menu, press F2. From this menu you can quickly create an appointment, task or note, enter a contact, write an e-mail message, and open a Word document or Excel spreadsheet.
Note: As you explore your PAC Mate, you will occasionally come across unsupported features or phrases such as the words, "tap here" or "tap and hold." For the instance of "tap here," press DOT 8. For the instance of "tap and hold," press F2 CHORD.
Typically, most programs have a menu bar with menus such as New, Edit, or Tools. The menus on the menu bar are accessed with the F2 command. Press DOT 8 on the menu you want to open. Many menus have submenus, which frequently are announced. For submenus that are announced, you can press DOT 8 or the RIGHT ARROW to open the submenu and use the LEFT ARROW to return to the menu.
For submenus that are unannounced, you cannot return to the menu with the LEFT ARROW, but must press F2 again. Similarly, once you press DOT 8 to open a menu you cannot use the arrow keys to move to and from other menus as you can with desktop Windows. Instead you must press F2 again.
Dialogs are smaller windows that usually appear from a menu choice. They contain controls used to configure various settings.
There are many types of controls in a dialog, such as edit fields, combo boxes, and slide controls.
In dialogs, DOTS 4-5 CHORD moves you forward through the controls, while DOTS 1-2 CHORD moves you backwards.
A Multi-Page dialog is a dialog with multiple pages. When you open a multi-page dialog, the name of the current page is announced after the name of the dialog. For example, "Sounds and Notifications, Volume page."
To quickly move between pages of a multi-page dialog, press DOTS 5-6 CHORD or DOTS 2-3 CHORD.
Pocket PC uses HTML dialogs, better known as Information Bubbles, to display information in HTML text, hyperlinks, and buttons. Typically these dialogs are available only with software and hardware devices that support this type of dialog. Use the cursor cross to navigate this dialog and use DOT 8 to activate a button, hyperlink or radio button.
Radio buttons are presented in a dialog as two or more small circles. This control type allows exclusive selections in that only one radio button in a group can be selected. Use DOWN ARROW to move through the radio buttons, and when you land on the appropriate choice, press DOTS 4-5 CHORD to move to the next control.
Note: Only one radio button in a group can be selected at a time.
Edit fields are similar to the edit fields in word processing programs. You can type text into an edit field and use any of the Reading Commands to move about your typed text. A multi-line edit field allows you to type more than one line in an edit field.
An edit combo box is a combination of two controls: an edit field and a list box. You can either type in a value or press DOT 7+DOWN ARROW to open a list box. The list contains suggestions for the contents of this field. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW, keys to move through the list, and use DOT 7+UP ARROW or F1 to close the list box. If you do not find your choice in the list box, type it in the edit field.
A plain combo box differs from the edit combo box. You must make your selection from suggestions provided by the program. Either press DOWN ARROW to move through the choices, or press the first letter of the choice you want to make.
Note: When you encounter a combo box you may need to press DOWN ARROW twice in order to move to the next item.
The edit spin box is also a combination of two controls. You can type in this field, or use the arrow keys to move through the list of suggestions. Edit spin boxes are common for fields that require numeric values.
Left/right sliders are oriented horizontally. You can use your LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to adjust this control. For some left/right slider controls, the commands, DOT 2+UP ARROW and DOT 2+DOWN ARROW, are implemented so you can move by larger increments.
A check box can be checked or unchecked. PAC Mate announces the current state of a check box when you move to it. Press SPACEBAR to check or clear a check box.
In an extended select list box, use the arrow keys to navigate the list of options that have check boxes related to them, and press SPACEBAR to check or clear the check boxes.
Buttons are common to dialogs and in the Pocket PC environment require special consideration. In most dialogs, pressing DOT 8 activates a button. Also, the default button in a dialog always responds to DOT 8, even if another control is active. For example, in the JAWS Voice Settings dialog, just press DOT 8 after adjusting the speech rate to activate the OK button, which closes the dialog and saves your changes.
This control lists items such as files and folders, and may contain several columns of information. To hear the available items in a list view, press UP or DOWN ARROW. As you move through the list, the first column of information is read. To hear information from all columns for the current item, press DOTS 1-4 CHORD, the Read Current Line command.
In a list view, the current item is selected. You can select multiple items as long as they are listed one after the other. Press and hold DOT 7, then press DOT 4 CHORD to select the current item. Continue holding DOT 7, and press DOT 4 CHORD again to select the next item as well.
In a tree view, items are presented in a hierarchical format, which is organized vertically on the screen. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to move through the tree view. When you hear, "level zero closed," you press RIGHT ARROW to open that level. You are then presented with more information beneath it. Press DOWN ARROW to move through the next level. One of those items may also be closed so you would press RIGHT ARROW again to open that item. If you want to close a level, press LEFT ARROW or DOT 7.
Note: The PAC Mate only announces the level number when it changes.
File Explorer, like Windows Explorer, gives you access to all the files on your PAC Mate. To open File Explorer, go to the Start Menu (F4) and press P to open the Programs submenu. Then press F and DOT 8 to open File Explorer.
When you first launch File Explorer, you hear "My Documents list view, Business folder, one of three." The phrase, "My Documents list view," means that the My Documents folder is open listing all of its folders and files. The phrases, "Business folder, one of three," means that the Business folder is selected and it is one of the three subfolders in the My Documents folder.
To view all the files and folders on your PAC Mate, from the list view press F2. Move to Show By and press DOT 8. Then move to My Device and press DOT 8 again.
To navigate among the folders and files, use these commands.
In File Explorer, the menu bar (F2) contains: Edit, Open My Documents, Storage Card, Show By, and Sort By. To open a file or folder, select it from the list view and press DOT 8.
To quickly delete, rename, copy, or move a file or folder, select it from the list view by pressing the SPACEBAR and press E CHORD, D or open the Context Menu with F2 CHORD and choose Delete. To select multiple items, use DOWN ARROW CHORD.
Here are some examples of how File Explorer can help you maintain and manage your files.
Anytime you want to access a network device with your PAC Mate, you must enter the network path and then log on with a username and password. In the following directions, a network embosser is used as the example.
If you choose to save your password in File Explorer, you will not need to open File Explorer each time you want to emboss to a network embosser.
Tip: If you have looked for this text before, press DOWN ARROW in the Find box and select the name from the list.
Press DOTS 4-5 CHORD to move to the Results list, use the cursor cross to select what you are looking for and then press DOT 8 to open it.
If you are a person who will be using your PAC Mate in public places, then this section will be important to you because it discusses how to personalize, password protect, and identify your PAC Mate.
This section is also important if you want to purchase any of the off-the-shelf programs available for PAC Mate as it discusses how to locate hardware and software information.
You can enter this information in the Owner Information dialog of the PAC Mate.
To do this, go to the Start Menu (F4) and press S. This opens the Settings multi-page dialog. Use the arrow keys to move to Owner Information and press DOT 8 or press O for Owner Information and then press DOT 8.
When this dialog opens, the Identification page is active for you to enter your personal information. Place a check (SPACEBAR) in the "Show information when device is turned on" check box so that if you lose your PAC Mate, it can be returned to you.
If you want to add any additional information, press DOTS 5-6 CHORD to move to the Notes page. Type in the information you want to add and press the SPACEBAR to enable the check box if you want to display this information when the PAC Mate is on. Press DOT 8 to save the changes and close the dialog and then press F1 to return to the Today Screen.
As you become familiar with PAC Mate and begin to truly use it as your personal data assistant, you may find that you are storing more and more personal or confidential information. For example, names and phone numbers of important contacts, credit card numbers, and work or school related documents. To protect you from data theft, your PAC Mate allows you to password protect your information.
Go to the Start Menu (F4), move to Settings and press DOT 8 or just press S. Use the cursor cross to move to Password or just press P and then DOT 8.
In the Password Settings dialog, use the SPACEBAR to select how long your PAC Mate must be idle before the password is required check box. Use LEFT and RIGHT ARROW to choose the idle time. Press DOTS 4-5 CHORD and select one of the two radio buttons that indicates the type of password you would like to use: simple 4-digit password or strong alphanumeric password.
To type the password, press DOTS 4-5 CHORD to move to the Password edit box. If necessary, confirm the password. It is helpful to record this password and store it elsewhere for safekeeping.
You can also provide a hint in case you forget your password. From the Password Settings dialog, press DOTS 5-6 CHORD to access the Hint page. PressDOTS 4-5 CHORD and enter your hint in the edit box.
Note: If you choose to use an alphanumeric password it must be at least seven characters long and contain a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals, or punctuation. Press and hold DOT 7 to type uppercase letters.
When you are done press DOT 8, then F1 to return to the Today Screen. Now, when you turn your PAC Mate on it will require the password to access it.
Caution: If you forget your password, you must perform a hard reset to clear the memory before you can access your PAC Mate. This erases all files and data you have created and programs you have installed. For this reason, it is recommended that you use ActiveSync to create a backup file of all of your programs and data so they can be restored.
The PAC Mate serial number identifies your PAC Mate in Freedom Scientific’s product database. This number, found in the center of the bottom surface, is printed and brailled. It may be helpful to record and store this number for safekeeping.
Anytime you call Freedom Scientific Technical Support, you will need to have your serial number and other information available. This information is found in the Version Information dialog, which is accessed using the command QUESTION MARK CHORD, A.
To learn more about your PAC Mate system go to the About multi-page dialog. Here you will find information on Pocket PC software version, processor type, memory amount, device ID, and Copyright notifications.
To view this information, go to the Start Menu (F4) and press S to open the Settings multi-page dialog. Press DOTS 5-6 CHORD to move to the Systems page. Press A to move to About and then press DOT 8.
When the About dialog first opens, you are on the Version page. PAC Mate will automatically read the contents of this page, which includes software version, processor, memory, expansion slot and owner information.
When you are done with this page press DOTS 5-6 CHORD to move to the Device ID page. On this page there is a "Device name edit field" and a "Description edit field." PAC Mate uses the Device name to identify itself when connecting to other computers. If you cannot connect to a network because another device is already connected using the same name, type a new name in this edit field. You may include a description to go with the identification.
To read the copyright notice follow the steps above to move to the Copyright page.
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