[BRLTTY] I'm not able to use my Orbit Writer keyboard any more

Lars Bjørndal lars at lamasti.net
Thu Dec 16 14:34:43 EST 2021


Hello!

I have still problem connecting an Orbit Writer keyboard to BRLTTY.

>From the log:

12-16 20:23:58.855 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: begin device discovery
12-16 20:23:58.858 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: remember discovered device: Addr:0007802B0966 Paired:yes Name:Active Braille AB4/A3-16525
12-16 20:23:58.858 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: remember discovered device: Addr:603AAF83855E Paired:yes Name:Galaxy Watch4 Classic (2GTX)
12-16 20:23:58.859 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: remember discovered device: Addr:34885D728B6D Paired:yes Name:Logitech K810
12-16 20:23:58.859 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: remember discovered device: Addr:5CB6CC865C76 Paired:yes Name:Orbit Reader 20 0111
12-16 20:23:58.860 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: remember discovered device: Addr:3C6816550C9D Paired:yes Name:M300-XT v1.03
12-16 20:23:58.860 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: end device discovery
12-16 20:23:58.860 E/brltty  (27662): hidOpenBluetoothDevice error 38: Function not implemented
12-16 20:23:58.860 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: discovering serial port channel
12-16 20:23:58.860 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: serial port channel discovered: 0
12-16 20:23:58.860 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: RFCOMM channel: 0
12-16 20:23:58.860 W/brltty  (27662): Bluetooth: serial port channel neither specified nor discovered

The Active Braille works perfectly with BRLTTY, but not Orbit Writer.

Please tell me if I can do anything more to find the problem.

Thanks, Lars

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 07:35:05PM +0100, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> Hi, list!
> 
> I wrote:
> 
> > I've used an Orbit Writer keyboard with BRLTTY for a long time, also
> > after starting to use a new Sony Xperia phone some weeks ago. After installing a
> > Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 to test, however, the keyboard stopped working.
> 
> I don't think that connecting the watch has anything to do with the Orbit keyboard problem.
> 
> > I'm using the Google play version of BRLTTY, but I'm not certain on when
> > I started to use that version.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > When BRLTTY starts and the keyboard is selected in BRLTTY, and turned
> > on, no startup sound comes from BRLTTY.
> > 
> > I've checked the channel and that the SRP protocol is selected.
> 
> I've now tested the keyboard with BrailleBack, and it works. I suppose the problem has something to do with BRLTTY. What can be done to fix the problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Lars
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