[BRLTTY] Inka's non-standard flow control

[Samuel Thibault]

Hi,

Jason White, le Mon 24 Apr 2006 18:53:05 +1000, a écrit :
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:22:22AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Before I go into technical details and loose people: do anybody has an
> > Inka serial device and could test a few things?
> Yes. I should point out, though, that not only is the old INKA protocol
> dependent on a non-standard flow control mechanism, but the data format is
> also different, with the result that BRLTTY wouldn't work without modification
> of the driver even if the serial format were supported. Still, it would be
> possible to solve the serial communication problem and then implement the old
> packet format, CRC and all.

Ah. But for testing the serial communication, doesn't one need to
implement the packet format too? Or are there simple tests that can be
performed?

> Whether that's worth it

Doesn't Inka have a file transfer facility?

Regards,
Samuel