[BRLTTY] Alva bc6 40 issues!

[Y P]

Hi:

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 08:07:10AM -0500, Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:04:31AM -0500, Dave Mielke wrote:
> > [quoted lines by Jen on 2011/11/19 at 04:03 +0000]
> > 
> > >I just got an Alvabc640 with firmware 2.8.
> > >
> > >It doesn't seem to work with Linux, and I heard this is because of
> > >the latest firmware. Is this true?
> > 
> > Yes. At the moment, I believe your best alternatives are either to downgrade 
> > the firmware to 2.6 or to use Bluetooth instead of USB.
> 
> Also update to brltty 4.3 as this contains many fixes for the Alva
> BC6.

Just to say I have informed Tom Nimmegeers (Optelec Belgium) about the
problem, so that he can inform the developers team to keep in mind that
there are lots of non-Win users who need to get compatible with thos
devices. 

Y P