[BRLTTY] How to get grade 2 english braille output in the console?

[Sébastien Hinderer]

Hi Hen, welcome to the community.

>    I have two braille displays. One is an alva bc680, which I use for
>    work, and the other is a pacmate. I usually test most things out on the
>    pacmate first as the alva is stil quite new. Firstly I would like to
>    know how to display grade 2 english braille in the console using either
>    one of the displays. I herd that a keystroke on the display will set
>    this option but I can not find what it is.

NOrmally it's the command that switches between 6 and 8 dots braille
which does this. In 6 dots braille, if you have a contraction table
loaded,you should get grade 2 braille.

>    Also which version of
>    braille TTY should I use in order to get the BC680 drivers?

The last stable one is 4.0 I think.

>    I am currently running easy peasy on a netbook (acer aspire 1) so don't
>    know if this effects anything. Is there a git repository where I can
>    obtain the latest stable release and/or development/test releases?

The repository is not under git, but under subversion, another revision
control system.
See brltty's download page for more precise instructions, its URL is
http://mielke.cc/brltty/download.html
 
>    Thanks in advance for any help

Good luck !
Sébastien.