serial
Class SerialLED

java.lang.Object
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  +--serial.SerialLED

public class SerialLED

extends Object

The SerialX10 class is designed to control the X10 control devices, which in turn control the X10 modules which govern current from electrical outlets to various devices. Of primary use in the room are the "lamp" modules, which handle enough current to run a halogen lamp, and can even dim the light level to one of 16 settings. The modules are referred to by Housecode and Module numbers. The Housecode is actually a letter setting on the module, ranging from A-P, but in the SerialX10 class it is a byte from 0-15 (0-->A). The module number ranges from 1-16 on the modules themselves, but in the SerialX10 class it is a byte from 0-15 (1-->0). Thus Housecode C, Module 4 can be turned on by calling x10inst.turnOn(2,3); The usage of this class is intended as follows:

• create a new instance with LED = new SerialLED()
• open a port with LED.open("/dev/whatever")
• send commands with the display(), turnOff(), and dim() functions.
• close the port with LED.close()

The origin of the X10 packet encoding method is unknown. The original x10a.c serial server (found in /hci/metaglue/old-stuff/src/serial2/old/old-serial-servers/old/x10/old) contains a complex encoding scheme. I have no idea where Chris Barnhart got that scheme. It has been greatly simplified here.

Constructor Summary

SerialLED()

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the port.
void	Hello()
static void	main(String[] args) Used for standalone debugging and hardware tests.
void	open(String in_device)
void	say(String stuff)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SerialLED

public SerialLED()

Method Detail

Hello

public void Hello()
           throws IOException

say

public void say(String stuff)
         throws IOException

open

public void open(String in_device)
          throws javax.comm.NoSuchPortException,
                 javax.comm.PortInUseException,
                 IOException

Parameters:

in_device - the name of the serial device to speak to. (e.g. "/dev/ttyrg")

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Closes the port.

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Used for standalone debugging and hardware tests.