Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:58:48 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digi Watchport/T temperature sensor as /dev/ttyU Message-ID: <c2c2ec75-d761-de1d-6e41-3b2ebabe2fb3@denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <20160724105134.184f0b7f.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <20160722183556.2fc39fd7.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <1469206374.84197.14.camel@freebsd.org> <20160723220430.34ce02fe.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <1469306951.84197.31.camel@freebsd.org> <20160724080330.3a27e875.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20160724083859.4c0dd392@ernst.home> <20160724105134.184f0b7f.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms050601030606060402080705 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 7/24/2016 03:51, O. Hartmann wrote: > Am Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:38:59 +0200 > Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com> schrieb: > >> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:03:30 +0200 >> "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> >>> Am Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:49:11 -0600 >>> Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> schrieb: >>> =20 >>>> On Sat, 2016-07-23 at 22:04 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: =20 >>>>> Am Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:52:54 -0600 >>>>> Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> schrieb: >>>>> =20 >>>>>> On Fri, 2016-07-22 at 18:35 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: =20 >>>>>>> For temperature monitoring, we have a bunch of Digi Watchport/T >>>>>>> sensors:=20 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://ftp1.digi.com/support/documentation/90000406_H.pdf >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>> [...] >>>>>> >>>>>> I think the attached patch will make it show up as a ttyU*/cuaU* >>>>>> device >>>>>> for you. (You should probably use the /dev/cuaU* flavor, to avoid= >>>>>> problems with tty layer and modem control signals). >>>>>> >>>>>> I keep wishing we had a mechanism, like a sysctl that could be set= >>>>>> or >>>>>> something, that would let you supply a vendor/product pair and hav= e >>>>>> the >>>>>> ugensa driver attach to that device, for quick testing of this sor= t >>>>>> of >>>>>> thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Ian =20 >>>>> No, it doesn't change anything. I applied the patch to most recent >>>>> CURRENT and it is >>>>> still the same. But thanks anyway. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> oh =20 >>>> Oh, my bad, I forgot to mention: You'll have to manually "kldload >>>> ugensa" before plugging in the device (or load it from your >>>> loader.conf). >>>> >>>> When the change gets committed (assuming it works), the devd usb >>>> scripts will get regenerated, and that's what handles the auto-load = of >>>> the driver. >>>> >>>> -- Ian =20 >>> man ugensa doesn't exist! As I wrote earlier, I tried everything to l= oad what I could >>> find. It seems, the patch and the hint about ugensa.ko did the magic = ;-) Thank you >>> very much! Could the patch be made permanent to FreeBSD CURRENT? >>> >>> And also important: where is the man page for ugensa? Can the the mod= ule be compiled >>> staitcally into the kernel or are there pitfalls? >>> =20 >> Even the most complete man page found in the internet, the one from >> Dragonfly, doesn't list your Digi International device as being one >> of those supported. > Yes. That is a pity. But Linux seems to operate this serial device. I h= ave to check next > time I get hands on a Linux box, what driver is attached to the sensor.= > >> Still, having the man page under FreeBSD would at least provide a hint= >> that the driver even exists. > Agreed. > >> I added device ugensa to my config file and the kernel was generated >> without an error. > Me, too. > >>> root@localhost: [src] kldload ugensa >>> >>> ugen2.7: <Digi International> at usbus2 >>> ugensa0: <Digi International WatchportT, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 7> on us= bus2 >>> ugensa0: Found 1 interfaces. >>> root@thor: [src] man ugensa >>> No manual entry for ugensa >>> root@localhost: [src] ll /dev/cuaU0* >>> 203 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer - 0xcb Jul 24 07:51 /dev/cuaU0 >>> 204 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer - 0xcc Jul 24 07:51 /dev/cuaU0.init >>> 205 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer - 0xcd Jul 24 07:51 /dev/cuaU0.lock >>> >>> >>> I'll try now to get informations out of the device, I let you know wh= ether that is a >>> success. But anyway, again, thank you for helping making the device v= isible and >>> available.=20 > > I had no luck with retrieving informations out of the device by the Per= l5 script provided > by Nagios.org. A prerequisite for the Perl script is the FreeBSD port > > comms/p5-Device-SerialPort > > Patching the script is trivial, but I do not know whether the backend, > comms/p5-Device-SerialPort, works a sexpected. So the first, dirty, tri= al ended up in > nothing - since the information gained from the sensor is an empty stri= ng/nothing. > > I'm not familiar with serial devices, so far, so probably there is some= thing trivial > missing. I looked them up and those little SOBs are expensive! I was considering grabbing one just to play with, but not at that price :) You should be able to "cu" to the port and send the ASCII command it wants to provide a reading; that would verify it is working. --=20 Karl Denninger karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> /The Market Ticker/ /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ --------------ms050601030606060402080705 Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExDzANBglghkgBZQMEAgMFADCABgkqhkiG9w0BBwEAAKCC Bl8wggZbMIIEQ6ADAgECAgEpMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGQMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4G A1UECBMHRmxvcmlkYTESMBAGA1UEBxMJTmljZXZpbGxlMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDdWRhIFN5c3Rl bXMgTExDMRwwGgYDVQQDExNDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMSIwIAYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhND dWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMB4XDTE1MDQyMTAyMjE1OVoXDTIwMDQxOTAyMjE1OVowWjEL MAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNVBAgTB0Zsb3JpZGExGTAXBgNVBAoTEEN1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBM TEMxHjAcBgNVBAMTFUthcmwgRGVubmluZ2VyIChPQ1NQKTCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAD ggIPADCCAgoCggIBALmEWPhAdphrWd4K5VTvE5pxL3blRQPyGF3ApjUjgtavqU1Y8pbI3Byg XDj2/Uz9Si8XVj/kNbKEjkRh5SsNvx3Fc0oQ1uVjyCq7zC/kctF7yLzQbvWnU4grAPZ3IuAp 3/fFxIVaXpxEdKmyZAVDhk9az+IgHH43rdJRIMzxJ5vqQMb+n2EjadVqiGPbtG9aZEImlq7f IYDTnKyToi23PAnkPwwT+q1IkI2DTvf2jzWrhLR5DTX0fUYC0nxlHWbjgpiapyJWtR7K2YQO aevQb/3vN9gSojT2h+cBem7QIj6U69rEYcEDvPyCMXEV9VcXdcmW42LSRsPvZcBHFkWAJqMZ Myiz4kumaP+s+cIDaXitR/szoqDKGSHM4CPAZV9Yh8asvxQL5uDxz5wvLPgS5yS8K/o7zDR5 vNkMCyfYQuR6PAJxVOk5Arqvj9lfP3JSVapwbr01CoWDBkpuJlKfpQIEeC/pcCBKknllbMYq yHBO2TipLyO5Ocd1nhN/nOsO+C+j31lQHfOMRZaPQykXVPWG5BbhWT7ttX4vy5hOW6yJgeT/ o3apynlp1cEavkQRS8uJHoQszF6KIrQMID/JfySWvVQ4ksnfzwB2lRomrdrwnQ4eG/HBS+0l eozwOJNDIBlAP+hLe8A5oWZgooIIK/SulUAsfI6Sgd8dTZTTYmlhAgMBAAGjgfQwgfEwNwYI KwYBBQUHAQEEKzApMCcGCCsGAQUFBzABhhtodHRwOi8vY3VkYXN5c3RlbXMubmV0Ojg4ODgw CQYDVR0TBAIwADARBglghkgBhvhCAQEEBAMCBaAwCwYDVR0PBAQDAgXgMCwGCWCGSAGG+EIB DQQfFh1PcGVuU1NMIEdlbmVyYXRlZCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZTAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUxRyULenJaFwX RtT79aNmIB/u5VkwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUJHGbnYV9/N3dvbDKkpQDofrTbTUwHQYDVR0RBBYw FIESa2FybEBkZW5uaW5nZXIubmV0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4ICAQBPf3cYtmKowmGIYsm6 eBinJu7QVWvxi1vqnBz3KE+HapqoIZS8/PolB/hwiY0UAE1RsjBJ7yEjihVRwummSBvkoOyf G30uPn4yg4vbJkR9lTz8d21fPshWETa6DBh2jx2Qf13LZpr3Pj2fTtlu6xMYKzg7cSDgd2bO sJGH/rcvva9Spkx5Vfq0RyOrYph9boshRN3D4tbWgBAcX9POdXCVfJONDxhfBuPHsJ6vEmPb An+XL5Yl26XYFPiODQ+Qbk44Ot1kt9s7oS3dVUrh92Qv0G3J3DF+Vt6C15nED+f+bk4gScu+ JHT7RjEmfa18GT8DcT//D1zEke1Ymhb41JH+GyZchDRWtjxsS5OBFMzrju7d264zJUFtX7iJ 3xvpKN7VcZKNtB6dLShj3v/XDsQVQWXmR/1YKWZ93C3LpRs2Y5nYdn6gEOpL/WfQFThtfnat HNc7fNs5vjotaYpBl5H8+VCautKbGOs219uQbhGZLYTv6okuKcY8W+4EJEtK0xB08vqr9Jd0 FS9MGjQE++GWo+5eQxFt6nUENHbVYnsr6bYPQsZH0CRNycgTG9MwY/UIXOf4W034UpR82TBG 1LiMsYfb8ahQJhs3wdf1nzipIjRwoZKT1vGXh/cj3gwSr64GfenURBxaFZA5O1acOZUjPrRT n3ci4McYW/0WVVA3lDGCBRMwggUPAgEBMIGWMIGQMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMH RmxvcmlkYTESMBAGA1UEBxMJTmljZXZpbGxlMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExD MRwwGgYDVQQDExNDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMSIwIAYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhNDdWRhIFN5 c3RlbXMgTExDIENBAgEpMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAwUAoIICTTAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJKoZI hvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0xNjA3MjQxMzU4NDhaME8GCSqGSIb3DQEJBDFCBEBI cCltuX+mjk0xzT17+xYgrNFjSea/PqtA+OHlaujwK06aBt7jeG3wAuAUeLFxDzdviIKoJmVj ze7X9DGO0+o1MGwGCSqGSIb3DQEJDzFfMF0wCwYJYIZIAWUDBAEqMAsGCWCGSAFlAwQBAjAK BggqhkiG9w0DBzAOBggqhkiG9w0DAgICAIAwDQYIKoZIhvcNAwICAUAwBwYFKw4DAgcwDQYI KoZIhvcNAwICASgwgacGCSsGAQQBgjcQBDGBmTCBljCBkDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNV BAgTB0Zsb3JpZGExEjAQBgNVBAcTCU5pY2V2aWxsZTEZMBcGA1UEChMQQ3VkYSBTeXN0ZW1z IExMQzEcMBoGA1UEAxMTQ3VkYSBTeXN0ZW1zIExMQyBDQTEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTQ3Vk YSBTeXN0ZW1zIExMQyBDQQIBKTCBqQYLKoZIhvcNAQkQAgsxgZmggZYwgZAxCzAJBgNVBAYT AlVTMRAwDgYDVQQIEwdGbG9yaWRhMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlOaWNldmlsbGUxGTAXBgNVBAoTEEN1 ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMxHDAaBgNVBAMTE0N1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMgQ0ExIjAgBgkqhkiG 9w0BCQEWE0N1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMgQ0ECASkwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAEggIAFrXCCHzG 7lcFwqdlzAJWiEWa3bvlvn1LNadclNCnco/Ib7nSjCsP8q1EJaotvVnQDhiRVzfCQzD3i3ss G+EkLFV7B6h+/yKCu2g8ICOUWcL8TkLGByaDLx3al2X6lc7lrgus4+gBtiro5FnsnRyCWIQp gltU6ZcczDXHqAR/UL6DEu7uYyQwKNmjc5I1kGALScIhu2FmVq/BsqxnPfkhgsiJ29Szeuzl VQM5lFnvaRwwOr7hmbbeLu1OqW9x+bH0uHNuWGbP48TNoDZS6qrAfiu9BgG8C+ADYqnUwe8Q NQhK0YyP+qHd0ZRAdJdr/ZEYgwfE00xKJwPbto7W8WkR4cnG3AY7DiPlZopk+5lqpCpGLj7M mUFljogdyprtL2Nfb0B6owbiwG2jovg+RlkU1Vz+xZDkR7qzkmH4ZDjSmTF9moA6azHPgcUH 6rH4rFm+WUAOFBv8dC7KuWYZfaRahJKd7sMt07SiKQLq13qMHv6qdq8+I5kBQZPQjr/qQ8JL rGV0bzUIkXy+8kVEZZwFbQiEVqZqoRP6XXUTFq7A+bfq9id+l2LJy0J1v34e4H4zPgQOGkJt 6qsR2qG8rWhVyqOugO9UJNQZh1oUh+O2zVzdEJdOdFQUA33C4zvHHov2U5eRx1HRs//QoDp2 OJnjGmZ7nm5HnumF9Nu4AWyl8Y8AAAAAAAA= --------------ms050601030606060402080705--
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