[BRLTTY] how to get bluetooth to work for humanware brailliaant bi40

[covici at ccs.covici.com]

I wonder if the device is on some kind of different channel or something
that my USB Bluetooth dongle is not seeing?

Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:

> [quoted lines by covici at ccs.covici.com on 2014/10/10 at 10:34 -0400]
> 
> >I would like to use the humanware Brailliant bi40 with Bluetooth.
> >However, the device does not show up in hcitools scan, although the
> >iphone somehow picks it up.  
> 
> If your iPhone can find it then it's discoverable (visible). Make sure that it 
> isn't already in use by some other host/device when you're running "hcitool 
> scan".
> 
> >Also, it uses a virtual serial port to connect to the screen reader, so how do 
> >I get this going?
> 
> Just use brltty the very same way you'd use it when connecting to any other 
> Bluetooth braille device. In other words, use the bluetooth:address form of the 
> -d (braille device) option.
> 
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