Installing the Software................3 Configuring the Keyboard to your Device....4 Setting Application Permissions ............4 Enabling Bluetooth ................5 Connecting the Stowaway Ultra-Slim keyboard ........6 Other Features ..................8 Reconnecting the Stowaway keyboard ...... 11 Disabling the Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard ........12 Secure Connection Overview..............13 Keyboard Status Light.................14...
.zip archive. Expand the archive to get to the Setup.exe file. Launch the Setup.exe and it will install the BlackBerry software to your PC and place the Stowaway.alx file into to the BlackBerry Desktop Manager Application Loader. Once the install wizard is completed, the keyboard application will be installed on your BlackBerry.
Event Injector API. After the initial installation of the driver, navigate to the keyboard driver application; from the main BlackBerry screen, select the Stowaway application with a Trackball or Scroll Wheel click If you have made no changes to the BlackBerry’s...
Next you will receive a dialog box that informs you that the Stowaway application requests changes to its application control permissions. Select View The Stowaway application’s Permissions screen will display next with the correct permission changes already inserted. In order to fully support the keyboard...
BlackBerry menu. This will begin a scan for the Stowaway keyboard. 2. Next, a prompt will display asking whether you would like to open a local connection. Select Yes button to continue. ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 6...
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A passkey is a number of your own choosing (1-9 digits) that you use to pair the BlackBerry with your Stowaway keyboard. You first enter the number on your BlackBerry using the keypad and press the Trackball or Track Wheel.
Disabling the Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard. 3. Options The options available on the Options page do not apply to the Stowaway Ultra-Slim (HID) keyboard. These options are for the Stowaway Keyboard for BlackBerry, previously known as the Shasta Bluetooth Keyboard.
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Delay, Auto Repeat Rate, and the keyboard Language Layout. Also provided is an area to test keyboard input. 6. Clear text box will clear the Test field in the Stowaway keyboard application. 7. Application Permissions takes you to the Stowaway application permissions, to allow you to change and/or to save the modified permissions for the keyboard application to operate properly.
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8. Terminate driver is used to exit and terminate any running driver processes. It can be used in the event that you are experiencing difficulties connecting. About provides the driver version and the Copyright information for the Stowaway software installed on your BlackBerry. ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry...
Accept the Connection Request before the connection is reestablished. The connection should be reestablished within 2-3 seconds but this may be delayed if the Bluetooth system on the mobile device is busy. ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 11...
<Ctrl> <LFn> <RFn> (the Status Light will blink once/second) then open the BlackBerry menu and select Connect to Keyboard. See Configuring the Keyboard to your Device Reconnecting the Stowaway keyboard complete instructions. ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 12...
The BlackBerry searches the Bluetooth radio band until it finds the keyboard. It will prompt for a Passkey. Once paired, each time the mobile device and keyboard are powered on and within range of each other, the devices will be reconnected. ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 13...
When the keyboard is not connected to the mobile device the status light is dark. This happens when a connection or reconnection has not been established or the connection has been broken. ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 14...
Select Disable Keyboard: This allows the keyboard connection to be broken. Select Options: This menu command is not used with the Stowaway Ultra-Slim keyboard. Select Hot Keys: Select a key combination and an application to associate with that command. When you later press the <Alt><LFn> <number> key combination (e.g.
Action Shortcut Moving the Caret Some applications may respond to other keys and shortcuts. For example, the following keys work in many text editor windows (such as MemoPad): Action Shortcut ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 16...
<LFn> + <number>.) Action Shortcut Character Input Left Fn (LFn) and Right Fn (RFn) are used in conjunction with key presses to input the corresponding characters on the keyboard. Character Shortcut ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 17...
Character Shortcut & £ € ¥ Menu Navigation You can access program menus and dialog boxes with the Stowaway keyboard using the following commands. Action Key command Back Key ® Stowaway Ultra-Slim Owner’s Manual – BlackBerry Page 18...
Your BlackBerry will reboot. To remove the Stowaway application completely from BlackBerry Desktop Manager (in case you want to install a different Stowaway keyboard driver) launch Application Loader again, click Next. This time, checkmark the Stowaway keyboard application, and click the Delete button.
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I simply can’t get beyond it in order to connect? A. When you find yourself unable to connect, despite your efforts. Invoke the Terminate Driver command on the BlackBerry menu in the Stowaway keyboard application, then re-launch the application. Use the connection procedures outlined in this manual to try again.
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