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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd November 3, 2003
28.Dt LED 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm led
32.Nd API for manipulating LED's, lamps and other annunciators
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In dev/led/led.h
35.Pp
36.Fd "typedef void led_t(void *priv, int onoff);"
37.Ft dev_t
38.Fn led_create "led_t *func" "void *priv" "char const *name"
39.Ft void
40.Fn led_destroy "dev_t dev"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44driver provides generic support for handling LEDs, lamps and other
45annunciators.
46.Pp
47The hardware driver must supply a function to turn the annunciator on and off
48and the device
49.Fa name
50of the annunciator relative to
51.Pa /dev/led/ .
52The
53.Fa priv
54argument is passed back to this on/off function and can be used however
55the hardware driver sees fit.
56.Pp
57The lamp can be controlled by opening and writing
58.Tn ASCII
59strings to the
60.Pa /dev/led/bla
61device.
62.Pp
63In the following, we will use this special notation to indicate the resulting
64output of the annunciator:
65.Pp
66.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact
67.It Ic *
68The annunciator is on for 1/10th second.
69.It Ic _
70The annunciator is off for 1/10th second.
71.El
72.Pp
73State can be set directly, and since the change happens immediately,
74it is possible to flash the annunciator with very short periods and
75synchronize it with program events.
76It should be noted that there is a non-trivial overhead, so this may
77not be usable for benchmarking or measuring short intervals.
78.Pp
79.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact
80.It Ic 0
81Turn the annunciator off immediately.
82.It Ic 1
83Turn the annunciator on immediately.
84.El
85.Pp
86Flashing can be set with a given period.
87The pattern continues endlessly.
88.Pp
89.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact
90.It Ic f
91_*
92.It Ic f1
93_*
94.It Ic f2
95__**
96.It Ic f3
97___***
98.It ...
99.It Ic f9
100_________*********
101.El
102.Pp
103Three high-level commands are available:
104.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent
105.It Ic d%d
106Numbers.
107Each digit is blinked out at 1/10th second, zero as ten pulses.
108Between digits a one second pause and after the last
109digit a two second pause after which the sequence is repeated.
110.It Ic s%s
111String.
112This gives full control over the annunciator.
113Letters
114.Ql A
115.No ...
116.Ql J
117turn the annunciator on for from 1/10th to one full
118second.
119Letters
120.Ql a
121.No ...
122.Ql j
123turn the annunciator off for 1/10th
124to one full second.
125Unless terminated with a
126.Ql \&. ,
127the sequence is immediately repeated.
128.It Ic m%s
129Morse.
130.Pp
131.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact
132.It Ql \&.
133becomes
134.Ql _*
135.It Ql -
136becomes
137.Sq Li _***
138.It Ql "\ "
139becomes
140.Sq Li __
141.It Ql \en
142becomes
143.Sq Li ____
144.El
145.El
146.Pp
147The sequence is repeated after a one second pause.
148.Sh EXAMPLES
149A
150.Sq Li d12
151flashes the lamp
152.Pp
153.Dl *__________*_*______________________________
154.Pp
155A
156.Sq Li sAaAbBa
157flashes
158.Pp
159.Dl _*_**__*
160.Pp
161.Bd -literal
162/usr/games/morse -l "Soekris rocks" > /dev/led/error
163.Ed
164.Sh FILES
165.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/led/*"
166.It Pa /dev/led/*
167.El
168.Sh SEE ALSO
169.Xr morse 6
170.Sh HISTORY
171The
172.Nm
173driver first appeared in
174.Fx 5.2 .
175.Sh AUTHORS
176.An -nosplit
177This software was written by
178.An Poul-Henning Kamp
179.Aq phk@FreeBSD.org .
180.Pp
181This manual page was written by
182.An Sergey A. Osokin
183.Aq osa@FreeBSD.org
184and
185.An Poul-Henning Kamp
186.Aq phk@FreeBSD.org .
187