I have now got to a successful point of sorts, serial communication, USB didn't seem to work. I am using Windows binary brltty 3.10-2. I can't say exactly what it is for me that has made it work, but the changes are: installed libusb-win32 filter package (really shouldn't make a difference for serial) switched window-eyes to use USB (although I had exited window-eyes when using it previously I think the ALVA driver may have still been active as window-eyes didn't manage to connect to the display as I think brltty service was conflicting, so both could have caused problems for the other)
Michael Whapples On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 17:14 +0100, Thijs Koerselman wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently stuck on the exact same thing. I'm not using NVDA, but > I'm trying to use brltty directly from an application I'm developing. > I have the same braille display and I couldn't get it to work either. > I have first tried USB and later on COM using a USB->COM adapter. > Below is my output from an attempt to run brltty in debug mode from > the command line. Today I've tried a different (older) ALVA device > which only has a COM connection but also without any luck. > > I'm using the (unofficial) Windows release of 3.10 > > Thijs > > > C:\brltty\bin>brltty -bal -ldebug -e -dserial:COM1 > BRLTTY 3.10 [http://mielke.cc/brltty/] > > C:\brltty\bin>BRLTTY 3.10 [http://mielke.cc/brltty/] > brltty.exe: Working Directory: C:\brltty\etc\brltty > brltty.exe: Writable Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../lib/brltty/rw > brltty.exe: Configuration File: ../etc/brltty.conf > brltty.exe: Data Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../etc/brltty > brltty.exe: Library Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../lib/brltty > brltty.exe: Tables Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../etc/brltty > brltty.exe: Text Table: text.nabcc.tbl > brltty.exe: Attributes Table: attributes.tbl > brltty.exe: Contractions Directory: C:/brltty/bin/../etc/brltty > brltty.exe: Contraction Table: none > brltty.exe: checking for screen driver: wn > brltty.exe: initializing screen driver: wn > brltty.exe: checking braille device: serial:COM1 > brltty.exe: checking for braille driver: al > brltty.exe: initializing braille driver: al -> serial:COM1 > brltty.exe: serial device opened: COM1: fd=1816 > brltty.exe: braille driver initialization failed: al -> serial:COM1 > brltty.exe: braille driver not found > brltty.exe: Braille Display Dimensions: 1 row, 80 columns > brltty.exe: shifts: fwin=80 hwin=40 vwin=5 > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Hi, > I forward a message I sent to the NVDA list regarding braille > support of NVDA via brltty and an USB connection. > I've set up brltty and libusb-win32 according to the > instructions given by the NVDA team. > I use an Alva Satellite 544 connected via USB. When I start > the brlapi service, I get the message that it has been started > successfully, however I don't see the startup message of > brltty. > When starting NVDA with braille, I get no error message but no > braille too. > I created a debug file, which I've sent to the NVDA team. They > advised me to contact the brltty developers. So here I am. > Can you please check the file to see what eventually might go > wrong? > Hermann > > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
