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[LHA-misc] Questions on xalib

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

I;ve restarted playing with MAD's xalib (0.47) and I've gotten everything
to compile and I've restored service to my downed HA server. Now I'm
tring to get the programs to communicate with the Ocelot. Does anyone on
the list have the xalib working? Whenever I try the standalone code or
the server it just hangs (even when I put the server in daemon mode). I'll
investigate a bit more but I was hoping that someone would be able to give
me a quick answer.
 
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Re: [LHA-misc] Questions on xalib

[Jay H. <jay...@2i...>]

I've got 0.45 working just fine...

I believe what you are running into is one of 2 things:
1) it can't 'hear' the ocelot. I'll leave out the obvious
list of "Does the serial port work?" and check the cables but
make sure you turn off all flow control. I spent about a half-hour
the first time but since I had used the port for some other stuff
the flow control was on.
2) you need a link from /dev/ocelot to the device

Also, I'm running direct (xacmd, not client/server) and I forgot
the details (diff later) but there was a problem with the using
the ASCII version (xaacmd) when you send a lot of commands
back-to-back because there isn't an acknowledgement.

Jay

At 10:41 AM 6/24/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I;ve restarted playing with MAD's xalib (0.47) and I've gotten everything
>to compile and I've restored service to my downed HA server. Now I'm
>tring to get the programs to communicate with the Ocelot. Does anyone on
>the list have the xalib working? Whenever I try the standalone code or
>the server it just hangs (even when I put the server in daemon mode). I'll
>investigate a bit more but I was hoping that someone would be able to give
>me a quick answer.
>
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Re: [LHA-misc] Questions on xalib

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

Jay Hogg wrote:
> 
> I've got 0.45 working just fine...
> 
> I believe what you are running into is one of 2 things:
> 1) it can't 'hear' the ocelot. I'll leave out the obvious
> list of "Does the serial port work?" and check the cables but
> make sure you turn off all flow control. I spent about a half-hour
> the first time but since I had used the port for some other stuff
> the flow control was on.

Hmm, time to modifiy the serial port code, that should be done in the
cpuxad library.

Hmm, clocal off, ctsrts off, maybe I've got a bad cable or port. I know
the ocelots (I have 2) are fine. I've checked with another PC.

> 2) you need a link from /dev/ocelot to the device

Device linked /dev/ocelot -> /dev/ttyD4

> Also, I'm running direct (xacmd, not client/server) and I forgot
> the details (diff later) but there was a problem with the using
> the ASCII version (xaacmd) when you send a lot of commands
> back-to-back because there isn't an acknowledgement.

Thanks for the warning, I'll keep that in mind.

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Re: [LHA-misc] Questions on xalib

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

OK, I've got it working, It's either the cable (multiple kludge 9-25) or
it's the port, I'll check that later. I've done a little playing with the
xclients xamon and x10pad. X10pad seems a little quirky as it doesn't
send the first part of the code if I send a dim or bright. I'll check into
that later.

Now on to house work, yikes!

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