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2Infinity Usb Unlimited Readme
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5Hi all,
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8This module provide a serial interface to use your
9IUU unit in phoenix mode. Loading this module will
10bring a ttyUSB[0-x] interface. This driver must be
11used by your favorite application to pilot the IUU
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13This driver is still in beta stage, so bugs can
14occur and your system may freeze. As far I now,
15I never had any problem with it, but I'm not a real
16guru, so don't blame me if your system is unstable
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18You can plug more than one IUU. Every unit will
19have his own device file(/dev/ttyUSB0,/dev/ttyUSB1,...)
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23How to tune the reader speed?
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26 A few parameters can be used at load time
27 To use parameters, just unload the module if it is
28 already loaded and use modprobe iuu_phoenix param=value.
29 In case of prebuilt module, use the command
30 insmod iuu_phoenix param=value.
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32 Example::
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34	modprobe iuu_phoenix clockmode=3
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36 The parameters are:
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38clockmode:
39	1=3Mhz579,2=3Mhz680,3=6Mhz (int)
40boost:
41	overclock boost percent 100 to 500 (int)
42cdmode:
43	Card detect mode
44	0=none, 1=CD, 2=!CD, 3=DSR, 4=!DSR, 5=CTS, 6=!CTS, 7=RING, 8=!RING (int)
45xmas:
46	xmas color enabled or not (bool)
47debug:
48	Debug enabled or not (bool)
49
50-  clockmode will provide 3 different base settings commonly adopted by
51   different software:
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53	1. 3Mhz579
54	2. 3Mhz680
55	3. 6Mhz
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57-  boost provide a way to overclock the reader ( my favorite :-)  )
58   For example to have best performance than a simple clockmode=3, try this::
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60      modprobe boost=195
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62   This will put the reader in a base of 3Mhz579 but boosted a 195 % !
63   the real clock will be now : 6979050 Hz ( 6Mhz979 ) and will increase
64   the speed to a score 10 to 20% better than the simple clockmode=3 !!!
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67-  cdmode permit to setup the signal used to inform the userland ( ioctl answer )
68   if the card is present or not. Eight signals are possible.
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70-  xmas is completely useless except for your eyes. This is one of my friend who was
71   so sad to have a nice device like the iuu without seeing all color range available.
72   So I have added this option to permit him to see a lot of color ( each activity change the color
73   and the frequency randomly )
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75-  debug will produce a lot of debugging messages...
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78Last notes
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81 Don't worry about the serial settings, the serial emulation
82 is an abstraction, so use any speed or parity setting will
83 work. ( This will not change anything ).Later I will perhaps
84 use this settings to deduce de boost but is that feature
85 really necessary ?
86 The autodetect feature used is the serial CD. If that doesn't
87 work for your software, disable detection mechanism in it.
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90 Have fun !
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92 Alain Degreffe
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94 eczema(at)ecze.com
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