[lcd4linux @ 2000-03-19 08:41:28 by reinelt]

documentation available! README, README.MatrixOrbital, README.Drivers
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+#
+# $Id: README,v 1.1 2000/03/19 08:41:28 reinelt Exp $
+#
+
+This is the README file for lcd4linux
+
+
+INTRODUCTION 
+
+lcd4linux is a small program that reads various information from the kernel
+(and probably from other subsystems, especially ISDN) and displays them on a LCD.
+
+It supports displaying text values and different types of bars: Horizontal and
+vertical bars, logarithmic bars, split bars (two independent bars in one row).
+
+
+SUPPORTED DISPLAYS
+
+* Matrox Orbital <http://www.matrixorbital.com>
+	
+  "LCD0821": 2 lines by  8 characters
+  "LCD1621": 2 lines by 16 characters
+  "LCD2021": 2 lines by 20 characters
+  "LCD2041": 4 lines by 20 characters (tested)
+  "LCD4021": 2 lines by 40 characters
+
+* X11: not available now, but on top of my ToDo-List!
+
+* other displays: lcd4linux and especially the display driver code is very modular, 
+  so it should be quite easy to write a driver for any display. See README.driver
+  for details. Contributors are welcome!!!
+
+
+CONFIGURATION
+
+The configuration file (default: /etc/lcd4linux.conf) has a very simple format: 
+Every line consists of a key and a value, seperated by whitespace (blanks or tabs). 
+Values can contain whitespace, and can be enclosed in single or double quotes.
+A key must not contain whitespace. Keys are NOT case-sensitive. Order doesn't matter.
+
+The configuration file contains information for different modules of lcd4linux: 
+
+Global options:
+
+  tick: time in milliseconds between bar updates
+  tack: time in milliseconds between text updates (text can be updated less often than 
+        bars, so you get a smooth bar display and readable text)
+  tau:  time constant (in milliseconds) for damping function (not used by now)
+
+Data-specific options:
+
+  overload: load average threshold and bar scaling. The '%L' token (see below) displays 
+            a '!' instead of a blank if the current load average exceeds this value. 
+            load bars are scaled by this value (load=overload gives 100%)
+  fifo: path to fifo for communication with isdnlog (not implemented)
+  sensor1: path to the 1st temperature file (e.g. /proc/sys/dev/sensors/w83781d-isa-0290/temp1)
+           it is important that you use the isa sensors, because the i2c sensors are very slow!
+  sensor1_min: temperature where the corresponding bar starts
+  sensor1_max: temperature where bar ends
+  sensor[2..9], -_min, -_max: entries for the 2nd to 9th temperature sensor
+ 
+Driver-specific options:
+  
+  Display: the name of a display model (see "supported displays" above)
+  every driver has its own configuration options (e.g. 'Port', 'Speed', ...)
+  see README.<Drivername> for details!
+  
+Display options:
+  
+  row1: Text to display in row 1
+  row[2-max]: Text to display in other rows
+
+  The text to be displayed can contain specific directives, which will be replaced 
+  by the appropriate values, or will create bars:
+
+  '\nnn` will write the ASCII-character nnn (octal)
+  '%<token>' will be replaced by the value of <token>
+  '%%' will write a '%'
+  '%$' will write a '$'
+  '$<direction><length><token>[+<token>] will create a bar with the specified direction 
+   and length (in characters) with the value of <token>. If the driver supports dual bars,
+   you can specify the second value with '+<token>'. 
+   <direction> can be 'l' (left), 'r' (right), 'u' (up) or 'd' (down).
+   If you specify the direction in upper case, a logarithmic bar will be created.
+   note that the space occupied by a bar always grows from left to right or from top to
+   bottom, regardless of the direction!
+   
+Tokens:
+
+  'o',  operating system name ('Linux')
+  'v',  operating system release ('2.0.38')
+  'p',  processor ('i686')
+  'r',  total amount of memory installed (MB)
+  'mt', total memory from /proc/meminfo (kB)
+  'mu', used memory (kB)  
+  'mf', free memory (kB)
+  'ms', shared memory (kB)
+  'mb', buffers (kB)
+  'mc', page cache (kB)  
+  'ma', application memory (kB) = used - buffer - cache
+  'l1', load average for the past 1 minute
+  'l2', load average for the past 5 minutes
+  'l3', load average for the past 15 minutes
+  'L',  '!' if load > overload (from config)   
+  'cu', percentage of CPU in user mode
+  'cn', percentage of CPU in niced tasks
+  'cs', percentage of CPU in system mode
+  'cb', percentage of CPU busy (=100-idle)
+  'ci', percentage of CPU idle
+  'dr', disk blocks read
+  'dw', disk blocks written
+  'dt', disk blocks total (read+write)
+  'dm', disk blocks max (read, write)
+  'nr', network packets received
+  'nw', network packets transmitted
+  'nt', network packets total (receive+transmit)
+  'nm', network packets max (receive, transmit)
+  'ii', ISDN bytes received
+  'io', ISDN bytes sent
+  'it', ISDN bytes total (received+send)
+  'im', ISDN bytes max (received, send)
+  's1', T_SENSOR_1,   
+  's2', T_SENSOR_2,   
+  's3', T_SENSOR_3,   
+  's4', T_SENSOR_4,   
+  's5', T_SENSOR_5,   
+  's6', T_SENSOR_6,   
+  's7', T_SENSOR_7,   
+  's8', T_SENSOR_8,   
+  's9', T_SENSOR_9,   
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+#
+# $Id: README.Drivers,v 1.1 2000/03/19 08:41:28 reinelt Exp $
+#
+
+How to write new display drivers for lcd4linux
+
+If you plan to write a new display driver for lcd4linux, you should follow
+this guidelines:
+
+* use Skeleton.c as a start point
+
+* create a new sourcefile <drivername>.c and add it to the bottom of Makefile.am
+
+* there's no need for a <drivername>.h
+
+* create one (or more) unique display names (your driver will be selected by
+  this name in the 'Display'-line of lcd4linux.conf).
+
+* include "display.h" in your driver, to get the DISPLAY structure and various 
+  BAR_ definitions
+
+* include "cfg.h" if you need to access settings in the config file.
+
+* create a DISPLAY table at the bottom of your driver, and fill it with the
+  appropriate values. Take care that you specify the correct bar capabilities
+  of your display or driver!
+
+* edit display.c and create a reference to your DISPLAY table:
+
+     external DISPLAY YourDriver[];
+
+* extend the FAMILY table in display.c with your driver:
+
+     FAMILY Driver[] = {
+       { "Skeleton",      Skeleton },
+       { "MatrixOrbital", MatrixOrbital },
+       { "YourFamily",    YourDriver },
+       { "" }
+     };
+
+* write the correspondig init(), clear(), put(), bar() and flush()-functions.
+  There's no need to use a framebuffer and display its contents with the flush()-
+  call (as in MatrixOrbital.c), you can directly write to the display in the put()- 
+  and bar()-functions, and use an empty flush()-function. But if you have a limited
+  number of user-defined characters, and therefore you have to do some sort of
+  'character reduction' or similar stuff, you will have to use a framebuffer and
+  the flush()-call. 
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+#
+# $Id: README.MatrixOrbital,v 1.1 2000/03/19 08:41:28 reinelt Exp $
+#
+
+This is the README file for the MatrixOrbital display driver for lcd4linux
+
+This driver supports the serial interface alphanumeric display modules by
+Matrix Orbital Corporation (http://www.matrixorbital.com).
+
+I could only test it with the LCD2041 model, but I think every other (LCD) model 
+should work. These displays are supported:
+
+  LCD0821: 2 lines by  8 characters
+  LCD1621: 2 lines by 16 characters
+  LCD2021: 2 lines by 20 characters
+  LCD2041: 4 lines by 20 characters (tested)
+  LCD4021: 2 lines by 40 characters
+
+I could not test the vacuum fluorescent display models, but I think they should work, too.
+There are no entries for this models in the driver table (at the bottom of MatrixOrbital.c),
+but they could be easily added.
+
+The displays come with an RS-232 and an I2C interface. The driver supports the RS-232 interface
+only (because I have no idea how to find the I2C bus on my motherboard). 
+
+Power can be applied either via an external DC power supply, a modified floppy power connector
+(be aware that you can destroy your display if you get the pins wrong!) or via the RI (ring) 
+signal of the RS-232 port. I choosed the latter, and modified a serial card so that it supplies 
++5V from the ISA bus to this pin (again, be aware that this is dangerous if you connect any other 
+serial device to this modified port).
+
+The driver supports vertical, horizontal and split bars (two independent bars in one line),
+all bar types can be used simultanously. As the displays only have 8 user-defined characters,
+the needed characters to display all the bars must be reduced to 8. This is done by replacing
+characters with similar ones. To reduce flicker, a character which is displayed at the moment,
+will not be redefined, even if it's not used in this run. Only if the character compaction 
+fails, this characters will be redefined, too.
+
+The displays have a GPO (general purpose output), where you can connect a LED or something. 
+The driver supports controlling this GPO, but this function is unused by now.