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Subject: Re: BRLTTY & Alva Satellite series
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On Wed, 7 May 2003, Mario Lang wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Jois wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> does the BRLTTY program work with the Alva 544 Satellite, connected via USB?
> >> I have this Braille display at work and would like to know if I can install 
> >> Linux here.
> >
> > It works with a serial conection for sure.  If the USB protocol used is one 
> > that emulates a serial device then it should work too.
> 
> It is not.  I tested this with a 570.
> They use some custom chip, 've been told by a AT industry friend of mine
> that they even use a separate protocol for USB.

Well...  At Tieman they were kind enough to loan a Voyager braille terminal
and to provide the USB protocol information for a Linux driver to be
written. Maybe Alva can be convinced to do the same if someone has a good
contact there?


Nicolas