[BRLTTY] brltty in termux on ipad?

[Tim Böttcher]

Hi,

I do have an Activator 40 (with the foldable keyboard), currently on firmware 2.3.

Right now, when I fold down the keyboard and attempt executing any commands other than opening/closing the help screen (which works fine), nothing happens whatsoever. I tried various once, like switching to Braille input mode, learn mode, settings, etc. and nothing happens. If I fold the Braille keyboard up and type on tze QWERTY keyboard, all is well. It's rather confusing, truth be told. Always assumed this was just HelpTech's insufficient Linux support.


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> Am 29.12.2025 um 11:16 schrieb Sébastien Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer at ens-lyon.org>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Tim Böttcher (2025/12/29 10:56 +0100):
>> I mean this:
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.ula&hl=en
> 
> Thank you! I'll definitely look into it!
> 
>> And yeah, i noticed that especially some key combinations with the Braille keyboard don't work as I'd expect them to.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be much interest on the part of
>> HelpTech to make the Linux experience more seamless;
> 
> I am not sure I understandyou here. I'd have thought this is independent
> of the operating system? I mean, it's HelpTech which, through its
> internal firmware, controlswhich keycodes are exposed and how. It is
> indeed possible that some keycodes that are exposed are not handled
> properly by the drivers, but this is something that is fixable, at least
> on the linux side. The other possibility is that, for some keypresses,
> nothingis sent out by HandyTehc's firmware and that's something which is
> not OS-related.
> 
> In case you'd want to give it a try, I preciously keep a copy of their
> firmware 2.0c, at this URL:
> 
> http://seb.thefreecat.org/Active_Star_40_Firmware_2.0c.exe
> 
> But I'm realizing that this is supposed to be only for the ActiveStar 40
> so it may or may not work for your Actilino, sadly.
> 
> Of course, the other problem is that, currently, you have to use a
> Windows box to change the version of the firmware.
> 
> Seb.
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