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This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).
Written by : Andreas Brachold <vdr07 AT deltab de>
Project's homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/wiki/plg-targavfd
This plugin for VDR 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, version 3 of the License.
This plugin for VDR 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 plugin for VDR. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
See the file COPYING for license information.
Description:
------------
targavfd is a plugin for the Video Disc Recorder and shows information
about the current state of VDR on Targa USB Graphic Vacuum Fluorescent Display.
Install libhid:
-------------------------------------
You need installed library libhid to use the vdr-plugin-targavfd.
This library libhid is used to access and interact with a USB HID device.
1. http://libhid.alioth.debian.org/
Install vdr-plugin-targavfd:
---------------------------
Unpack the vdr-targavfd tarball to $VDRSOURCE/PLUGINS/src directory.
Variable $VDRSOURCE stands for a directory, where source archive of VDR package
was be decompressed.
#> cd $VDRSOURCE/PLUGINS/src
#> tar -xzvf vdr-targavfd-0.0.1.tgz
#> ln -s targavfd-0.0.1 targavfd
Compile the plugin (from VDR's source directory)
Change the working directory to VDR source root and compile this plugin
like all other VDR plugins.
#> cd $VDRSOURCE
#> make plugins
After everything has been compiled without errors, copy the plugin to their
target directory.
#> make install
Check follow requirements
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* Device still detected and writable
#> lsusb -vd 19c2:6a11 | grep iProduct
iProduct 2 Targa USB Graphic Vacuum Fluorescent Display
* Add a udev permission rule, if required (writable for group vdr) e.g.
/etc/udev/rules.d/92-vfd.rules
ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="19c2", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6a11", GROUP="vdr"
Start VDR with the plugin.
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Examples:
vdr -P'targavfd'
Setup options
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This options are editable at run time. (Menu: Setup > Plugin > targavfd ... )
* Brightness
- Set brightness from display. (Default: 1)
* Default font
- Used font, there should installed like other FreeType supported fonts
* Exit mode
- Do nothing - Just leave the "last" message there
- Showing clock - Show the big clock
- Turning display off - Blank the device completely
- Show next timer - Show time and title of next timer
Plugin SVDRP commands
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* HELP - List known commands
* OFF - Suspend driver of display.
* ON - Resume driver of display.
* ICON [name] [on|off|auto] - Force state of icon.
Use this commands like follow samples
#> svdrpsend.pl PLUG targavfd OFF
220 vdr SVDRP VideoDiskRecorder ....
250 driver suspended
221 vdr closing connection
#> svdrpsend.pl PLUG targavfd HELP ICON
214-ICON [name] [on|off|auto]
214- Force state of icon. Names of icons are:
214- Play,Pause,Record,Message,Message,Mute...
This commands can have follow responses
OFF : 250 driver suspended
251 driver already suspended
ON : 250 driver resumed
251 driver already resumed
554 driver could not resumed
ICON : 250 icon state 'auto'
251 icon state 'on'
252 icon state 'off'
* 501 unknown command
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