[BRLTTY] [Fwd: No braille support when using Alva Satellite via USB (protocol)]

[Michael Whapples]

I have now got to a successful point of sorts, serial communication, USB
didn't seem to work. I am using Windows binary brltty 3.10-2. I can't
say exactly what it is for me that has made it work, but the changes
are:
installed libusb-win32 filter package (really shouldn't make a
difference for serial)
switched window-eyes to use USB (although I had exited window-eyes when
using it previously I think the ALVA driver may have still been active
as window-eyes didn't manage to connect to the display as I think brltty
service was conflicting, so both could have caused problems for the
other)

Michael Whapples
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 17:14 +0100, Thijs Koerselman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm currently stuck on the exact same thing. I'm not using NVDA, but
> I'm trying to use brltty directly from an application I'm developing.
> I have the same braille display and I couldn't get it to work either.
> I have first tried USB and later on COM using a USB->COM adapter.
> Below is my output from an attempt to run brltty in debug mode from
> the command line. Today I've tried a different (older) ALVA device
> which only has a COM connection but also without any luck.
> 
> I'm using the (unofficial) Windows release of 3.10
> 
> Thijs
> 
> 
> C:\brltty\bin>brltty -bal -ldebug -e -dserial:COM1
> BRLTTY 3.10 [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
> 
> C:\brltty\bin>BRLTTY 3.10 [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
> brltty.exe: Working Directory: C:\brltty\etc\brltty
> brltty.exe: Writable Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../lib/brltty/rw
> brltty.exe: Configuration File: ../etc/brltty.conf
> brltty.exe: Data Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../etc/brltty
> brltty.exe: Library Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../lib/brltty
> brltty.exe: Tables Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../etc/brltty
> brltty.exe: Text Table: text.nabcc.tbl
> brltty.exe: Attributes Table: attributes.tbl
> brltty.exe: Contractions Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../etc/brltty
> brltty.exe: Contraction Table: none
> brltty.exe: checking for screen driver: wn
> brltty.exe: initializing screen driver: wn
> brltty.exe: checking braille device: serial:COM1
> brltty.exe: checking for braille driver: al
> brltty.exe: initializing braille driver: al -> serial:COM1
> brltty.exe: serial device opened: COM1: fd=1816
> brltty.exe: braille driver initialization failed: al -> serial:COM1
> brltty.exe: braille driver not found
> brltty.exe: Braille Display Dimensions: 1 row, 80 columns
> brltty.exe: shifts: fwin=80 hwin=40 vwin=5
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Hermann <meinelisten at onlinehome.de>
> wrote:
>         Hi,
>         I forward a message I sent to the NVDA list regarding braille
>         support of NVDA via brltty and an USB connection.
>         I've set up brltty and libusb-win32 according to the
>         instructions given by the NVDA team.
>         I use an Alva Satellite 544 connected via USB. When I start
>         the brlapi service, I get the message that it has been started
>         successfully, however I don't see the startup message of
>         brltty.
>         When starting NVDA with braille, I get no error message but no
>         braille too.
>         I created a debug file, which I've sent to the NVDA team. They
>         advised me to contact the brltty developers. So here I am.
>         Can you please check the file to see what eventually might go
>         wrong?
>         Hermann
>         
> 
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