[BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Windows

[Samuel Thibault]

Øyvind Lode, le Sun 26 Sep 2010 12:06:16 +0200, a écrit :
> On 26.09.2010 11:50, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >Øyvind Lode, le Sun 26 Sep 2010 11:46:00 +0200, a écrit :
> >>>It depends on how the Papenmeir driver works. Since it's proprietary we
> >>>can't say anything but what users report, so please try and tell us.
> >>
> >>I installed brltty 4.2.3 and selected PM for Papenmeier.
> >>In the port list I can choose between USB and Com 1 through Com 16.
> >>I assume this means that the Papenmeier driver don't provide any virtual
> >>ports?
> >
> >The list provided by BRLTTY doesn't mean anything, it's always USB and
> >COM1 through COM16.  You have to check e.g. in the control panel to see
> >whether there's a virtual COM port provided by Papenmeier.
> 
> Of cource :)
> I actually see COM1 available in the device manager.
> But at this time I can't tell if it's a virtual port or actually a 
> physical com port.

You can check in the device properties, in the Resources panel, whether
it uses an I/O Range and an IRQ. I guess virtual ports wouldn't have
those.

Samuel