[BRLTTY] Windows First Run

[Oriana Neulinger]

My mistake, I mixed up the names, inserting Dave when it should have been
Chevelle. I apologize again.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 1:18 AM Oriana Neulinger <o.neulinger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Dave,
>
> I never received your reply to this post in my email, so i apologise for
> the late response.
>
> How long should we allow the debugging program to run? Is it possible that
> there is no log generated if it gets stuck in a loop while searching for a
> USB device?
>
> Given that the debugging program runs, and the regular program does not,
> can the debugging program be used on a longterm basis instead of the
> regular program?
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 6:51 PM Oriana Neulinger <o.neulinger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry if this creates a new thread, i couldn't figure out how to reply to
>> a thread presented in "digest mode".
>>
>> Further experiments:
>>
>> 1) On 6.0, running the app "brltty in debug mode" caused a command prompt
>> to open and run, but we were unable to set any choices, it got stuck in a
>> loop in not finding a usb device (pebkac issue, later solved), but we were
>> unable to find the log afterward. Still, if we can hack this bat, it might
>> provide some kind of solution, since the program was at least found.
>>
>> 2) Downloaded and installed 5.6. There is still no app to run BRLTTY in
>> the apps menu, and the command prompt still doesn't recognize the command.
>> After successfully completing the setup of the alva's new serial-to-usb
>> converter (whoops) and correctly setting the configurator app we tried the
>> debugging app again and after the command prompt displayed a whole lot of...
>>
>> serial: output: (hex)
>> output packet: sent: (hex)
>>
>> ...the alva changed it's display from the alva boot-up message to the
>> letter "t" regardless of active window and cursor position.
>>
>> Hey, a mote of success.
>>
>> We still couldn't find the log file though.
>>
>> 3) conclusion: Unless the debugging application is a totally different
>> binary, i think i might be able to walk her through creating a script to
>> put in her startup menu, but now it seems we have a new problem *sweatdrop*
>>
>
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