[BRLTTY] Brailliant BI 40X

John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
Thu Jul 13 10:22:25 EDT 2023


I am using gentoo, so you may not get the same result.  See if brltty
is actually picking up your Braille display, I would change the
loglevel to either warn or info.

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:48:11 -0400,
Life in Six Dots wrote:
> 
> Thanks John, so if I plug the Brailliant BI 40X in via USB it should just
> work. Which distro do you have installed? Paul
> 
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> 
> I ave  the same display and the same version of brltty and its working.
> However, I run it as root and that may be the difference.  I have not tried
> it with Bluetooth, just usb.
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:56:42 -0400,
> Life in Six Dots wrote:
> > 
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> > Hello All,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have a new installation of Ubuntu 23.04 with BRLTTY 6.5. I want to 
> > connect my Brailliant BI 40X but I cannot get it working. What am I 
> > missing? I tried to set it up the same way I would a Focus.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > If I plug in the Brailliant the output on the display reads "Braille 
> > Display". Even if I uncomment Humanware and USB in /etc/brltty.conf.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I setup the Bluetooth as per official instructions and the Brailliant 
> > says it is connected to [my-username] but it then it proceeds to 
> > displays the same message as it does when connected by USB, "Braille
> Display".
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Bluetooth instructions: https://brltty.app/doc/Bluetooth.html
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Is there something I need to do to get the Brailliant BI 40X working 
> > with BRLTTY 6.5?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> >  
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