devi-ahl

Gunze AHL input manager for Photon

Syntax:

devi-ahl [general_opts] 
         protocol* [protocol_opts]*
         device* [device_opts]*
         filter* [filter_opts]*

Options:

General options:

-b

Prevent the use of the Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace keychord to exit Photon (permitted by default).

-d device

Device (default: /dev/photon or $PHOTON).

-g input_group

Input group (default: 1).

-l

List the internal modules. Modules are listed in the following format where class is one of: D -- Device, P -- Protocol, or F -- Filter:

module name | date compiled | revision | class
    

-t factor

The throttle factor in ms (default 0).

-v[v]...

Verbose output. More v characters cause more verbosity.

The protocol and protocol_opts are:

AHL [AHL_opts]  [fd fd_opts]|[uart uart_opts]

The protocol modules and their options are:

• AHL -- AHL (51A) protocol

  -b baud

  Baud rate (default 9600)

The device modules and their options are:

• fd -- open a device via open().

  -d device

  The device to open fd on (default /dev/ser1).

• uart -- access the 8250/16450/16550 UART directly.

  -i irq

  The IRQ for the serial device (default 4).

  -p ioport

  The port of the serial device (default 3f8).

The filter modules and their options are:

• abs -- transform and compress absolute coordinate "touch" events.

  -b

  Touching the screen is a right mouse button (default left).

  -c

  Calibrate mode; don't transform coordinates.

  -f filename

  The calibration filename.

  -o x,y

  The origin of the display region (default: the origin of the graphics region).

  -s x,y

  The coordinates of the lower right corner of the display region (default: the width and height of the graphics region).

Description:

The devi-ahl command starts the Gunze AHL input manager for Photon.

Examples:

Connect the AHL controller to the first serial port:

devi-ahl AHL fd -d/dev/ser1 abs -b

See also:

inputtrap

Input drivers (devi-*) in the Utilities Summary