[BRLTTY] BC640: five blank cells and a block

[Lee Maschmeyer]

Dave got it, as usual. It was the split point. The base unit's keys
all work; the feature pack's keys don't. I have a lot of learning to
do before I can participate in that part of things...

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 06:49:31PM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Lee Maschmeyer on 2011/09/28 at 14:17 -0400]
> 
> >there are five blank cells and a raised block on the left end of the display. 
> >I'd think it was status cells except that brltty says there are no status 
> >cells and when I modify it to say the status cells are on the left it puts the 
> >normal Alva three-character status cells, to the right of that raised block. 
> 
> This implies that the cells have been set aside by the Alva itself. This could 
> be for one of two reasons. The first is that a status cell region can be 
> defined within the BC640's menu. The other is that the BC640's split point 
> feature may be enabled.
> 
> How many text cells does brltty say there are? I'm assuming, at this point, 
> that brltty is reporting 34 text cells (40 - the five blank cells minus the 
> block separator cell).
> 
> Could yo let us know what every setting within the BC640's menu pertaining to 
> either status cells or split point is set to?

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Lee Maschmeyer

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