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<body dir="auto"><div>Hi, Dave,</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">,thanks for your reply. It turned out the repairs were unsuccessful or not thorough enough, because the Activator in question died the same day (i.e., its battery gave up the ghost). Thus, it's a reasonable assumption that the problems I observed are actually a symptom of faulty hardware. I'll provide the logs once I have a replacement device, and provided the problems still persist.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards,</div><div dir="auto">Tim</div>
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<div>Datum 13.05.2026 22:42:58</div>
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<div class="plain_line">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>
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<div class="plain_line">Could you please send (or post) a debug log? Use -L (uppercase) to specify the log file and -l (lowercase) to specify these log categories: debug,inpkts,brlkeys</div>
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<div class="plain_line">Do something predictable that works before trying what doesn't work, and something else predictable that works afterwards. Also, of course, let us know what you did and the order in which you did it.</div>
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