[BRLTTY] BRLTTY, HT Active Braille on Raspberry pi 2, USB

Lars Bjørndal lars at lamasti.net
Tue Apr 26 16:06:55 EDT 2016


[Nicolas]
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> 
> > Could it be a problem with displays that consume power from the USB
> > port? The Active Braille reports it uses USB power when connected. With an rpi and a
> > charging bank, there may be limitations, maybe? I don't know.
> 
> You should try connecting a powered USB hub to your RPI with the braille 
> display connected to the hub. That would validate the power hypothesis.

Good point. I tried that, and I experienced exactly the same.

Thanks and regards, Lars


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