<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">After further trial and error, it turns out that if I connect the activator while it's closed (i.e., qwerty keyboard folded), I can issue commands via the Braille keys, however the command to switch to Braille input mode doesn't seem to work. That is, I can scroll up and down by pressing B1 and B4, respectively, but I cannot type anything. In theory, pressing B1+B8+SpaceRight should switch to Braille input mode, but that doesn't seem to do anything.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The moment I open the qwerty keyboard, neither the keys of that keyboard nor the outer perkins-style keys work anymore. </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Am 13.05.2026 um 14:11 schrieb Tim Böttcher <contact@tim-boettcher.email>:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Hi, all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="">it used to be possible to connect my Activator to my RaspBerry Pi via USB (albeit I never got bluetooth to work) and use it that way.</div><div dir="auto" style=""><br></div><div dir="auto" style="">I used it with BRLTTY 6.5 through 6.7. Recently, my Activator returned from repairs and is now at Firmware version 2.6(was 2.3 previously). Now, I can still read and scroll within the buffer sent by BRLTTY, but I cannot type anything, neither on the included qwerty keyboard, nor on the Braille keyboard.</div><div dir="auto" style=""><br></div><div dir="auto" style="">This appears to be version-independent--tested it with BRLTTY 6.7 and 6.9.1 on Debian and Ubuntu. I haven't tested bluetooth yet but given it didn't work before, I'm not hopeful it's working now.</div><div dir="auto" style=""><br></div><div dir="auto" style="">My suspicion is that the firmware update broke something. Has anyone else encountered this issue? Any idea what I could do other than report this to HelpTech?</div><div dir="auto" style=""><br></div><div dir="auto" style="">Kind regards,</div><div dir="auto" style="">Tim</div></div></blockquote></body></html>