Mountbatten advanced commands not working

Mountbatten advanced commands not working

Problem

When using Mountbatten advanced commands do not appear to be working. 


Resolution

By default, the Mountbatten ships in Learn mode, whilst so set many features are disabled. If you wish to unlock Advanced Mode use the steps below to enable it. 

  1. Press LF (backtab), RF (tab), New Line, and Space together as a chord. This shortcut acts as a toggle to turn on commands, when enabled will speak "Commands on".
  2. Then press the Command button followed by the letter "adv" (dot 1, dots 1-4-5, dots 1-2-3-6).
  3. Press Enter.  Advanced mode is then enabled.

Step 1 diagram (press keys in black together):


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