ea65 - driver for VFD in AOpen XC Cube AV EA65 barebones (Karsten <kafe69@gmx.net>)

CREDITS

@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ Frank Jepsen
 	- vdr-wakeup support in hd44780 driver (originally for v0.4.5)
 	- new options for the hd44780 driver
 
+Karsten <kafe69@gmx.net>
+	- ea65 driver
+
 
 Further developers in the sourceforge lcdproc team:
 Mindaugas Idzelis       aim4min

ChangeLog

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ v.0.5dev (ongoing development)
  + new driver for text based serial Point of Sale displays (Eric Pooch)
  + new 2-line bignum mode using 6 user defined characters (Robin Gilks)
  * fix custom characters [with NewFirmware=yes] & backlight in CFontz
+ + ea65 - driver for VFD in AOpen XC Cube AV EA65 barebones (Karsten <kafe69@gmx.net>)
 
 v.0.5.1
  + config file support in lcdproc client (Andrew Foss)

LCDd.conf

@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ Keypad=yes
 #keypad_test_mode=yes
 
 
+## ea65 driver for the display in AOpen XC Cube AV EA65 media barebones ##
+[ea65]
+
+# Device is fixed /dev/ttyS1
+# Width and Height are fixed 9x1
+
+# As the VFD is self luminescent we don't have a backlight
+# But we can use the backlight functions to control the front LEDs
+# Brightness 0 to 299 -> LEDs off
+# Brightness 300 to 699 -> LEDs half bright
+# Brightness 700 to 1000 -> LEDs full bright
+Brightness=500
+# OffBrightness is the the value used for the 'backlight off' state
+OffBrightness=0
+
 
 ## EyeboxOne driver ##
 [EyeboxOne]

acinclude.m4

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(drivers,
 	[  --enable-drivers=<list> compile drivers for LCDs in <list>,]
 	[                  which is a comma-separated list of drivers.]
 	[                  Possible drivers are:]
-	[                    bayrad,CFontz,CFontz633,CFontzPacket,curses,CwLnx,EyeboxOne,]
+	[                    bayrad,CFontz,CFontz633,CFontzPacket,curses,CwLnx,ea65,EyeboxOne,]
 	[                    g15,glcdlib,glk,hd44780,icp_a106,imon,IOWarrior,irman,]
 	[                    joy,lb216,lcdm001,lcterm,lirc,MD8800,ms6931,mtc_s16209x,]
 	[                    MtxOrb,NoritakeVFD,pyramid,sed1330,sed1520,serialPOS,]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(drivers,
 	drivers="$enableval",
 	drivers=[bayrad,CFontz,CFontz633,curses,CwLnx,glk,lb216,lcdm001,MtxOrb,pyramid,text])
 
-allDrivers=[bayrad,CFontz,CFontz633,CFontzPacket,curses,CwLnx,EyeboxOne,g15,glcdlib,glk,hd44780,icp_a106,imon,IOWarrior,irman,joy,lb216,lcdm001,lcterm,lirc,MD8800,ms6931,mtc_s16209x,MtxOrb,NoritakeVFD,pyramid,sed1330,sed1520,serialPOS,serialVFD,sli,stv5730,svga,t6963,text,tyan,ula200,xosd]
+allDrivers=[bayrad,CFontz,CFontz633,CFontzPacket,curses,CwLnx,ea65,EyeboxOne,g15,glcdlib,glk,hd44780,icp_a106,imon,IOWarrior,irman,joy,lb216,lcdm001,lcterm,lirc,MD8800,ms6931,mtc_s16209x,MtxOrb,NoritakeVFD,pyramid,sed1330,sed1520,serialPOS,serialVFD,sli,stv5730,svga,t6963,text,tyan,ula200,xosd]
 
 drivers=`echo $drivers | sed -e 's/,/ /g'`
 
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ dnl				else
 			DRIVERS="$DRIVERS CwLnx${SO}"
 			actdrivers=["$actdrivers CwLnx"]
 			;;
+		ea65)
+			DRIVERS="$DRIVERS ea65${SO}"
+			actdrivers=["$actdrivers ea65"]
+			;;
 		EyeboxOne)
 			DRIVERS="$DRIVERS EyeboxOne${SO}"
 			actdrivers=["$actdrivers EyeboxOne"]

docs/LCDd.8.in

@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ Standard video display using the (n)curses library
 .B CwLnx
 serial/USB displays by Cwlinux (http://www.cwlinux.com)
 .TP
+.B ea65
+VFD front panel display on Aopen XC Cube EA65 media barebone
+.TP
 .B EyeboxOne
 LCD display on the EyeboxOne (http://www.rightvision.com)
 .TP

docs/lcdproc-user/drivers.docbook

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ well as the configuration of LCDd.
 &CFontzPacket;
 &curses;
 &CwLnx;
+&ea65;
 &EyeboxOne;
 &g15;
 &glcdlib;

docs/lcdproc-user/lcdproc-user.docbook

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   <!ENTITY CFontzPacket SYSTEM "drivers/CFontzPacket.docbook">
   <!ENTITY curses SYSTEM "drivers/curses.docbook">
   <!ENTITY CwLnx SYSTEM "drivers/CwLnx.docbook">
+  <!ENTITY ea65 SYSTEM "drivers/ea65.docbook">
   <!ENTITY EyeboxOne SYSTEM "drivers/eyeboxone.docbook">
   <!ENTITY g15 SYSTEM "drivers/g15.docbook">
   <!ENTITY glcdlib SYSTEM "drivers/glcdlib.docbook">

server/drivers/Makefile.am

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = @LDSHARED@
 #LIBS =
 
 pkglib_PROGRAMS = @DRIVERS@
-EXTRA_PROGRAMS = bayrad CFontz CFontz633 CFontzPacket curses CwLnx EyeboxOne g15 glcdlib glk hd44780 icp_a106 imon IOWarrior irman joy lb216 lcdm001 lcterm lirc MD8800 ms6931 mtc_s16209x MtxOrb NoritakeVFD pyramid sed1330 sed1520 serialPOS serialVFD stv5730 svga t6963 text tyan sli ula200 xosd
+EXTRA_PROGRAMS = bayrad CFontz CFontz633 CFontzPacket curses CwLnx ea65 EyeboxOne g15 glcdlib glk hd44780 icp_a106 imon IOWarrior irman joy lb216 lcdm001 lcterm lirc MD8800 ms6931 mtc_s16209x MtxOrb NoritakeVFD pyramid sed1330 sed1520 serialPOS serialVFD stv5730 svga t6963 text tyan sli ula200 xosd
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libLCD.a libbignum.a
 
 IOWarrior_CFLAGS =   @libusb_cflags@ $(AM_CFLAGS)
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ CFontz633_SOURCES =  lcd.h lcd_lib.h CFontz633.c CFontz633.h CFontz-charmap.h CF
 CFontzPacket_SOURCES = lcd.h lcd_lib.h CFontzPacket.c CFontzPacket.h CFontz-charmap.h CFontz633io.c CFontz633io.h report.h adv_bignum.h
 curses_SOURCES =     lcd.h curses_drv.h curses_drv.c report.h
 CwLnx_SOURCES =      lcd.h lcd_lib.h CwLnx.c CwLnx.h report.h
+ea65_SOURCES =       lcd.h ea65.h ea65.c report.h
 EyeboxOne_SOURCES =   lcd.h lcd_lib.h EyeboxOne.c EyeboxOne.h report.h
 g15_SOURCES = 	      lcd.h lcd_lib.h g15.h g15-num.c g15.c report.h
 glcdlib_SOURCES =    lcd.h lcd_lib.h glcdlib.h glcdlib.c report.h

server/drivers/ea65.c

@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+/*  This is the LCDproc driver for the vfd on the Aopen EA65, based on
+    the Crystal Fontz driver.
+
+    Copyright (C) 2004 ????
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 */
+
+/*Initial modification of CFontz driver by Kent Williams (c) 2005*/
+/*some additions and updates by Karsten Festag (c) 2007*/
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "lcd.h"
+#include "ea65.h"
+#include "report.h"
+#include "lcd_lib.h"
+
+typedef struct driver_private_data {
+        int fd;
+        int brightness;
+        int offbrightness;
+        int width;
+        int height;
+        unsigned char *framebuf;
+} PrivateData;
+
+// Vars for the server core
+MODULE_EXPORT char *api_version = API_VERSION;
+MODULE_EXPORT int stay_in_foreground = 1;
+MODULE_EXPORT int supports_multiple = 0;
+MODULE_EXPORT int does_input = 0;
+MODULE_EXPORT int does_output = 1;
+MODULE_EXPORT char *symbol_prefix = "EA65_";
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Opens com port and sets baud correctly...
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT int
+EA65_init (Driver * drvthis)
+{
+        debug(RPT_INFO, "EA65: init(%p)", drvthis);
+
+        /* device is fixed */
+        char device[] = "/dev/ttyS1";
+        /*speed is fixed at 9600*/
+        int speed = B9600;
+
+        /* Allocate and store private data */
+        PrivateData *p;
+        p = (PrivateData *) malloc(sizeof(PrivateData));
+        if (p == NULL)
+                return -1;
+        if (drvthis->store_private_ptr(drvthis, p))
+                return -1;
+
+        //// initialize private data 
+        // Width and Height are fixed
+        p->width = 9;
+        p->height = 1;
+        // Make sure the frame buffer is there...
+        p->framebuf = (unsigned char *) malloc (p->width * p->height);
+        memset (p->framebuf, ' ', p->width * p->height);
+
+        //// Read config file
+        // Which backlight brightness
+        p->brightness = drvthis->config_get_int ( drvthis->name , "Brightness" , 0 , DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS);
+        if (0 <= p->brightness && p->brightness <= 1000) {
+                if (p->brightness < 300) {
+                        p->brightness = 0x00;           // command char that turns button LEDs off
+                } else if (p->brightness >= 700 ) {
+                        p->brightness = 0x01;           // command char that turns button LEDs on full
+                } else {
+                        p->brightness = 0x02;           // command char that turns button LEDs on half
+                }
+        } else {
+                report (RPT_WARNING, "EA65_init: Brightness must be between 0 and 1000. Using default value.\n");
+                p->brightness = DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS;
+        }
+
+        // Which backlight-off "brightness"
+        p->offbrightness = drvthis->config_get_int ( drvthis->name , "OffBrightness" , 0 , DEFAULT_OFFBRIGHTNESS);
+        if (0 <= p->offbrightness && p->offbrightness <= 1000) {
+                if (p->offbrightness < 300) {
+                        p->offbrightness = 0x00;           // command char that turns button LEDs off
+                } else if (p->offbrightness >= 700) {
+                        p->offbrightness = 0x01;           // command char that turns button LEDs on full
+                } else {
+                        p->offbrightness = 0x02;           // command char that turns button LEDs on half
+                }
+        } else {
+                report (RPT_WARNING, "EA65_init: OffBrightness must be between 0 and 1000. Using default value.\n");
+                p->offbrightness = DEFAULT_OFFBRIGHTNESS;
+        }
+
+        // Set up io port correctly, and open it...
+        debug( RPT_DEBUG, "EA65: Opening serial device: %s", device);
+        struct termios portset;
+        p->fd = open (device, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
+        if (p->fd == -1) {
+                report (RPT_ERR, "EA65_init: failed (%s)\n", strerror (errno));
+                return -1;
+        }
+        tcgetattr (p->fd, &portset);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CFMAKERAW
+        // The easy way
+        cfmakeraw( &portset );
+#else
+        // The hard way
+        portset.c_iflag &= ~( IGNBRK | BRKINT | PARMRK | ISTRIP
+                           | INLCR | IGNCR | ICRNL | IXON );
+        portset.c_oflag &= ~OPOST;
+        portset.c_lflag &= ~( ECHO | ECHONL | ICANON | ISIG | IEXTEN );
+        portset.c_cflag &= ~( CSIZE | PARENB | CRTSCTS );
+        portset.c_cflag |= CS8 | CREAD | CLOCAL ;
+#endif
+
+        // Set port speed
+        cfsetospeed (&portset, speed);
+        cfsetispeed (&portset, B0);
+
+        // Do it...
+        tcsetattr (p->fd, TCSANOW, &portset);
+
+        report (RPT_DEBUG, "EA65_init: done\n");
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Clean-up
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_close (Driver *drvthis)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        close (p->fd);
+
+        if(p->framebuf) free (p->framebuf);
+        p->framebuf = NULL;
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Returns the display width
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT int
+EA65_width (Driver *drvthis)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        return p->width;
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Returns the display height
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT int
+EA65_height (Driver *drvthis)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        return p->height;
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Flushes all output to the lcd...
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_flush (Driver *drvthis)
+{
+        char out[6];
+        int i;
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        // Need to check for and deal with unsupported chars or the display gets a little upset
+        for (i=0; i < p->width * p->height; i++) {
+                if ( (p->framebuf[i] >= 224 && p->framebuf[i] <= 253) ||     // is a lowercase accented letter
+                        (p->framebuf[i] >= 97 && p->framebuf[i] <= 122) ) {   // is a lowercase letter
+                        p->framebuf[i] -= 32;              // -> convert to upper case
+                }
+                if (p->framebuf[i] >= 48 && p->framebuf[i] <= 57) { }           // is a number -> do nothing
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] >= 65 && p->framebuf[i] <= 90) { }    // is a uppercase letter -> do nothing
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] == 42 || p->framebuf[i] == 43 ||
+                         p->framebuf[i] == 45 || p->framebuf[i] == 47 ) { }   // is +,-,/,* -> do nothing
+                  // Now lets replace some accented characters with remotely similar looking ones
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] == 223) p->framebuf[i] = 83; // use an "S" instead of "ß"
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] >= 192 && p->framebuf[i] <= 197)   // use an "A"
+                        p->framebuf[i] = 65;
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] >= 200 && p->framebuf[i] <= 203)   // use an "E"
+                        p->framebuf[i] = 69;
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] >= 204 && p->framebuf[i] <= 207)   // use an "I"
+                        p->framebuf[i] = 73;
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] >= 210 && p->framebuf[i] <= 214)   // use an "O"
+                        p->framebuf[i] = 79;
+                else if (p->framebuf[i] >= 217 && p->framebuf[i] <= 220)   // use an "U"
+                        p->framebuf[i] = 85; 
+                else p->framebuf[i] = 32;  // other characters replaced by a space
+        }
+        snprintf(out, sizeof(out), "%c%c%c%c%c", 0xa0, 0x00, 0x80, 0x8a, 0x8a);
+        write(p->fd, out, 5);
+        write(p->fd, p->framebuf, p->width * p->height);
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Prints a character on the lcd display, at position (x,y).  The
+// upper-left is (1,1), and the lower right should be (9,1).
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_chr (Driver * drvthis, int x, int y, char c)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        y--;
+        x--;
+
+        //if (c < 32 && c >= 0)
+        //      c += 128;
+
+        // For V2 of the firmware to get the block to display right
+        //if (newfirmware && c==-1) {
+        //      c=214;
+        //}
+
+        p->framebuf[(y * p->width) + x] = c;
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Sets the backlight on or off
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_backlight (Driver * drvthis, int on)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        char out[6];
+        if (on) {
+                snprintf (out, sizeof(out), "%c%c%c%c%c", 0xa0, 0x00, 0x50, 0x81, p->brightness);
+        } else {
+                snprintf (out, sizeof(out), "%c%c%c%c%c", 0xa0, 0x00, 0x50, 0x81, p->offbrightness);
+        }
+        write (p->fd, out, 5);
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Clears the LCD screen
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_clear (Driver * drvthis)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        memset (p->framebuf, ' ', p->width * p->height);
+
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Prints a string on the lcd display, at position (x,y).  The
+// upper-left is (1,1), and the lower right should be (9,1).
+//
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_string (Driver * drvthis, int x, int y, char string[])
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        int i;
+
+        x -= 1;                                                   // Convert 1-based coords to 0-based...
+        y -= 1;
+
+        for (i = 0; string[i]; i++) {
+
+                // Check for buffer overflows...
+                if ((y * p->width) + x + i > (p->width * p->height))
+                        break;
+                p->framebuf[(y * p->width) + x + i] = string[i];
+        }
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//// Turns the recording LED on or off as desired.
+////
+MODULE_EXPORT void
+EA65_output (Driver * drvthis, int on)
+{
+        PrivateData *p = (PrivateData *) drvthis->private_data;
+
+        char out[6];
+        if (on) {
+                snprintf (out, sizeof(out), "%c%c%c%c%c", 0xa0,0x00,0x32,0x81,0x01);
+        } else {
+                snprintf (out, sizeof(out), "%c%c%c%c%c", 0xa0,0x00,0x32,0x81,0x00);
+        }
+        write (p->fd, out, 5);
+}

server/drivers/ea65.h

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef EA65_H
+#define EA65_H
+
+#include "lcd.h"
+
+#define DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS 500
+#define DEFAULT_OFFBRIGHTNESS 0
+
+MODULE_EXPORT int  EA65_init (Driver * drvthis);
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_close (Driver * drvthis);
+MODULE_EXPORT int  EA65_width (Driver * drvthis);
+MODULE_EXPORT int  EA65_height (Driver * drvthis);
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_clear (Driver * drvthis);
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_flush (Driver * drvthis);
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_string (Driver * drvthis, int x, int y, char string[]);
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_chr (Driver * drvthis, int x, int y, char c);
+
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_brightness (Driver * drvthis, int promille);
+MODULE_EXPORT void EA65_output (Driver * drvthis, int on);
+
+#endif