Hi Betts-
I haven't used the RC 200 for a while, so I could be wrong about this-
but I don't think the RC 200 an IR phone.
I would check with DynaVox first, but I think if you wanted a wireless
IR phone, you would need to use something like the GEWA. (If you used
the PhoneIT you would need to be wired to the system- it would not be a
wireless set up.)
Margaret Cotts
--- On Fri, 7/17/09, Betts Peters
<xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Betts Peters
<xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Assistive Technology] phone
access for Eyemax user
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July
17, 2009, 9:54 AM
I am working with a PALS who would like
to independently make and receive phone calls using her Vmax/Eyemax
system. I helped her get a Clarity RC-200 remote-control speakerphone
(provided free through our state telecommunications access program),
thinking that the Vmax would be able to learn the IR command from the
phone’s remote. However, when I tried it, the Vmax gave an
error message that said something like, “No valid IR command
detected.” I called Dynavox tech support, but they
weren’t able to help. Clarity tech support told me it was a
problem with the Vmax.
Does anyone know how to set up an RC-200
with a Vmax? The RC-200 has channel settings that can change the IR
signal, and I wondered if that might help, but I have no idea what settings
to use.
Do you have any other suggestions to
allow this person to use the phone independently? I installed Skype
on her system and showed her how to use it, but she doesn’t seem to
like it and hasn’t used it at all. If the RC-200
doesn’t work out, I am planning to ask the telecommunications access
program if they will provide her with a PhoneIT. I would appreciate
any suggestions for other options.
Thanks!
Assistive Technology
Services Coordinator
The ALS Association,
Oregon & SW Washington Chapter
310 SW 4th Ave, Suite
630
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