Lee, the Alva works with brltty. But it's not nearly as good as the Braille Lite 40 that I normally use. At least I now have a backup braille display. I looked at the parameters after brltty had run and they do seem to be 9600,n81. Thanks, John On Fri, 9 May 2003, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > John, > > It's not necessary to set anything on Linux. On the ABT, at least if the > firmware is 970101, use the status menu to make sure the serial port > you're using is set to pc. (If you have to change it, the setup menu > choice is "Alva".) This can be done on the fly; use the > Prog+Home+Status keys and follow the prompts. BRLTTY will recover > properly when you exit the menu. > > Make sure the serial cable is a null-modes cable. BRLTTY will take care > of the rest. > > I think Travis's settings are right; I think I saw it in the source for > the Alva driver; but as I say, brltty does it all. > > I have no idea about Gnopernicus. Someone awhile ago listed the Braille > devices supported and (at that time) Alva wasn't one of them. > > HTH, > > Lee > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list