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5This README contains various notes for users of libsigrok (or frontends
6that are based on libsigrok) about device- and/or driver-specific issues.
7
8
9Firmware
10--------
11
12Some devices supported by libsigrok need a firmware to be uploaded every time
13the device is connected to the PC (usually via USB), before it can be used.
14
15The default locations where libsigrok expects the firmware files are:
16
17 $SIGROK_FIRMWARE_DIR (environment variable)
18 $HOME/.local/share/sigrok-firmware
19 $prefix/share/sigrok-firmware
20 /usr/local/share/sigrok-firmware
21 /usr/share/sigrok-firmware
22
23($prefix is usually /usr/local or /usr, depending on your ./configure options)
24
25For further information see the section below and also:
26
27 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Firmware
28
29
30Per-driver firmware requirements
31--------------------------------
32
33The following drivers/devices require a firmware upload upon connection:
34
35 - asix-omega-rtm-cli: There is no native sigrok support for ASIX OMEGA
36 devices. But the vendor's RTM CLI application can be used in streaming
37 mode, which transparently handles the device detection and firmware
38 download. The firmware ships with the vendor application. See below
39 for details how to make the vendor application available to the sigrok
40 driver.
41
42 - asix-sigma: The ASIX SIGMA and SIGMA2 require various firmware files,
43 depending on the settings used. These files are available from our
44 'sigrok-firmware' repository/project under a license which allows us
45 to redistribute them.
46
47 - dreamsourcelab-dslogic: The DreamSourceLab DSLogic/DSCope device series
48 requires various firmware files and FPGA bitstream files.
49 These can be extracted/downloaded from the vendor's GitHub repo using a
50 tool from our 'sigrok-util' repository/project.
51
52 - fx2lafw: Logic analyzers based on the Cypress FX2(LP) chip need the
53 firmware files from the 'sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw' repository/project.
54 The firmware is written from scratch and licensed under the GNU GPLv2+.
55
56 - hantek-6xxx: Certain oscilloscopes based on the Cypress FX2(LP) chip, such
57 as the Hantek 6022BE/6022BL, SainSmart DDS120, and Rocktech BM102, need the
58 firmware files from the 'sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw' repository/project.
59 The firmware is written from scratch and licensed under the GNU GPLv2+.
60
61 - hantek-dso: The Hantek DSO-2090 (and other supported models of the same
62 series of Hantek PC oscilloscopes) need firmware files.
63 These can be extracted from the vendor's Windows drivers using a tool
64 from our 'sigrok-util' repository/project.
65
66 - kingst-la2016: The Kingst LA series of logic analyzers needs MCU firmware
67 and FPGA netlists. The 'sigrok-util' repository contains a script to
68 extract these files from the vendor software.
69
70 - lecroy-logicstudio: The LeCroy LogicStudio requires FPGA bitstream files.
71 These can be extracted from the vendor's Windows software using a tool
72 from our 'sigrok-util' repository/project.
73 Additionally, it requires a Cypress FX2 firmware. This can be extracted
74 from the vendor's Windows software using another tool. Details:
75
76 http://sigrok.org/wiki/LeCroy_LogicStudio#Firmware
77
78 - saleae-logic16: The Saleae Logic16 needs a firmware file for the
79 Cypress FX2 chip in the device, as well as two FPGA bitstream files.
80 These can be extracted from the vendor's Linux application using a tool
81 from our 'sigrok-util' repository/project.
82
83 - saleae-logic-pro: The Saleae Logic Pro 16 needs a firmware file for the
84 Cypress FX3 chip in the device, as well as an FPGA bitstream file.
85 These can be extracted from the vendor's Linux application using a tool
86 from our 'sigrok-util' repository/project.
87
88 - sysclk-lwla:
89
90 - The Sysclk LWLA1034 requires various bitstream files.
91 These files are available from our 'sigrok-firmware' repository/project
92 under a license which allows us to redistribute them.
93
94 - The Sysclk LWLA1016 requires various bitstream files.
95 These can be extracted from the vendor's Windows drivers using a tool
96 from our 'sigrok-util' repository/project.
97
98 - sysclk-sla5032: The Sysclk SLA5032 needs an FPGA bitstream file.
99 This file can be copied (and renamed) from the Windows vendor software
100 installation directory. Details:
101
102 https://sigrok.org/wiki/Sysclk_SLA5032#Firmware
103
104The following drivers/devices do not need any firmware upload:
105
106 - agilent-dmm
107 - appa-55ii
108 - arachnid-labs-re-load-pro
109 - atten-pps3xxx
110 - baylibre-acme
111 - beaglelogic
112 - cem-dt-885x
113 - center-3xx (including all subdrivers)
114 - chronovu-la
115 - colead-slm
116 - conrad-digi-35-cpu
117 - demo
118 - fluke-45
119 - fluke-dmm
120 - ftdi-la
121 - gmc-mh-1x-2x (including all subdrivers)
122 - gwinstek-gds-800
123 - gwinstek-gpd
124 - hameg-hmo
125 - hantek-4032l
126 - hp-3457a
127 - hp-3478a
128 - hung-chang-dso-2100
129 - ikalogic-scanalogic2
130 - ikalogic-scanaplus
131 - ipdbg-la
132 - kecheng-kc-330b
133 - kern-scale
134 - korad-kaxxxxp
135 - lascar-el-usb
136 - lecroy-xstream
137 - link-mso19
138 - manson-hcs-3xxx
139 - maynuo-m97
140 - mic-985xx (including all subdrivers)
141 - microchip-pickit2
142 - mooshimeter-dmm
143 - motech-lps-30x
144 - norma-dmm
145 - openbench-logic-sniffer
146 - pce-322a
147 - pipistrello-ols
148 - rdtech-dps
149 - rigol-dg
150 - rigol-ds
151 - rohde-schwarz-sme-0x
152 - scpi-dmm
153 - scpi-pps
154 - serial-dmm (including all subdrivers)
155 - serial-lcr (including all subdrivers)
156 - siglent-sds
157 - teleinfo
158 - testo
159 - tondaj-sl-814
160 - uni-t-dmm (including all subdrivers)
161 - uni-t-ut32x
162 - yokogawa-dlm
163 - zeroplus-logic-cube
164 - zketech-ebd-usb
165
166
167Specifying serial ports
168-----------------------
169
170Many devices supported by libsigrok use serial port based cables (real RS232
171or USB-to-serial ones, CDC class) to connect to a PC. These serial cables are
172supported by the libserialport library. Some vendors prefer to use HID chips
173instead of CDC chips in their serial cables. These cables can get supported
174by means of the hidapi library. Note that each chip type requires specific
175support in the libsigrok library. Bluetooth connected devices may be supported
176as well when they communicate by means of RFCOMM channels, or one of the
177implemented BLE notification/indication approaches, and one of the Bluetooth
178supporting platforms is used.
179
180For all these devices, you need to specify the serial port they are connected
181to (e.g. using the 'conn' option in sigrok-cli). It is not possible to scan
182for such devices without specifying a serial port.
183
184Example:
185
186 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=/dev/ttyUSB0 ...
187 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=hid/cp2110 ...
188 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=bt/rfcomm/01-23-45-67-89-ab ...
189
190Formal syntax for serial communication:
191
192 - COM ports (RS232, USB CDC):
193 conn=<com-port>
194 - USB HID cables:
195 conn=hid[/<chip>]
196 conn=hid[/<chip>]/usb=<bus>.<dev>[.<if>]
197 conn=hid[/<chip>]/raw=<path>
198 conn=hid[/<chip>]/sn=<serno>
199 conn=hid[/<chip>]/iokit=<path>
200 chip can be: bu86x, ch9325, cp2110, victor
201 path may contain slashes
202 path and serno are "greedy" (span to the end of the spec)
203 - Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE):
204 conn=bt/<conn>/<addr>[/param=value]
205 conn can be: rfcomm, ble122, nrf51, cc254x
206 addr can be "dense" or separated, bt/cc254x/0123456789ab or
207 bt/rfcomm/11-22-33-44-55-66 or bt/ble122/88:6b:12:34:56:78
208 (note that colons may not be available when the conn= spec is taken
209 from a string that separates fields by colon, e.g. in the "--driver
210 <name>:conn=<spec>" example, that is why the dense form and the use
211 of dashes for separation are supported)
212 additional parameter keywords can be: channel, handle_rx, handle_tx,
213 handle_cccd, value_cccd, mtu
214
215Some of the drivers implement a default for the connection. Some of the
216drivers can auto-detect USB connected devices.
217
218Beyond strict serial communication over COM ports (discussed above), the
219conn= property can also address specific USB devices, as well as specify TCP
220or VXI communication parameters. See these examples:
221
222 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=<vid>.<pid> ...
223 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=tcp-raw/<ipaddr>/<port> ...
224 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=vxi/<ipaddr> ...
225 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=usbtmc/<bus>.<addr> ...
226
227Individual device drivers _may_ implement additional semantics for the
228conn= specification, which would not apply to other drivers, yet can be
229rather useful for a given type of device.
230
231 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=sn=<serno>
232
233
234Specifying serial port parameters
235---------------------------------
236
237Every serial device's driver has default serial port parameters like baud
238rate, number of data bits, stop bits and handshake status. If a device requires
239different parameters, pass them as option "serialcomm" with the driver name.
240See libsigrok docs for the function serial_set_paramstr() for complete specs.
241
242Example:
243
244 $ sigrok-cli --driver <somedriver>:conn=<someconn>:serialcomm=9600/7n1/dtr=1
245
246
247Permissions of serial port based devices
248----------------------------------------
249
250When using devices supported by libsigrok that use serial port based cables
251(real RS232 or USB-to-serial ones) to connect to a PC, you need to ensure
252that the user running the libsigrok frontend has (read/write) permissions to
253access the serial port device (e.g. /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB0, and so on).
254
255You can use 'chmod' to apply permissions as you see fit, and/or 'chown' to
256change the owner of the serial port device to a certain user or group.
257
258For USB-to-serial based devices, we recommended using our udev rules file
259(see below for details).
260
261
262Permissions for USB devices (udev rules files)
263----------------------------------------------
264
265When using USB-based devices supported by libsigrok, the user running the
266libsigrok frontend (e.g. sigrok-cli) has to have (read/write) permissions
267for the respective USB device.
268
269On Linux, this is accomplished using udev rules. libsigrok ships a rules
270file containing all supported devices which can be detected reliably
271(generic USB-to-serial converters are omitted, as these are used for a wide
272range of devices, e.g. GPS receivers, which are not handled by libsigrok).
273
274The file is available in contrib/60-libsigrok.rules. This file just contains
275the list of devices and flags these devices with ID_SIGROK="1". Access is
276granted by the 61-libsigrok-plugdev.rules or 61-libsigrok-uaccess.rules files,
277allowing access to members of the plugdev group or to currently logged in
278users, respectively.
279
280When using a libsigrok package from your favorite Linux distribution, the
281files should already be installed in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/, i.e.
28260-libsigrok.rules and one of the access granting rules files. Use of
28361-libsigrok-uaccess.rules is encouraged on systemd distributions.
284
285The access policy can be locally overridden by placing appropriate rules in
286/etc/udev/rules.d/, disabling or ammending the default policy. See the
287udev documentation, e.g. man 7 udev, for details.
288
289If you're building from source, you need to copy the file to the place
290where udev will read these rules. Local rules should go to /etc/udev/rules.d.
291Keep the file naming, otherwise interaction between the libsigrok rules and
292rules shipped by the system will be broken.
293
294Please consult the udev docs for details.
295
296
297Assigning drivers to devices (Windows, Zadig)
298---------------------------------------------
299
300On Windows systems it may be necessary to assign drivers to devices
301before libusb based applications can access them. It may be necessary
302to re-run this driver assignment after firmware upload in case the
303device changes its USB identification as a consequence of loading the
304firmware image.
305
306The https://sigrok.org/wiki/Windows wiki page discusses this subject,
307and other platform specific aspects.
308
309
310Non-default drivers for commodity chips
311---------------------------------------
312
313Some vendors include common USB chips in their products yet assign device
314specific VID:PID pairs. Which results in the necessity for extra steps
315before the serial port can be used:
316
317- GW Instek VCP, found in GDM-8000 and probably other meters: Install the
318 vendors Windows driver to get access to a COM port. Or force the driver
319 assignment on Linux:
320 # modprobe cp210x
321 # echo 2184 0030 > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/cp210x/new_id
322
323
324Cypress FX2 based devices
325-------------------------
326
327Devices using the Cypress FX2(LP) chip without any specific USB VID/PID will
328be enumerated with VID/PID 04b4:8613 (the default for "unconfigured FX2").
329These are usually "FX2 eval boards" (that can also be used as LAs, though).
330
331On Linux, the 'usbtest' driver will usually grab such devices, and they will
332thus not be usable by libsigrok (and frontends).
333
334You can fix this by running 'rmmod usbtest' as root before using the device.
335
336
337UNI-T DMM (and rebranded models) cables
338---------------------------------------
339
340UNI-T multimeters (and rebranded devices, e.g. some Voltcraft models) can
341ship with different PC connectivity cables:
342
343 - UT-D02 (RS232 cable)
344 - UT-D04 (USB/HID cable with Hoitek HE2325U chip, USB VID/PID 04fa:2490)
345 - UT-D04 (USB/HID cable with WCH CH9325 chip, USB VID/PID 1a86:e008)
346 - UT-D07 (Bluetooth adapter, ISSC BL79 BLETR chip)
347 - UT-D09 (USB/HID cable with SiL CP2110 chip, USB VID/PID 10c4:ea80)
348
349The above cables are all physically compatible (same IR connector shape)
350with all/most currently known UNI-T multimeters. For example, you can
351use either of the UT-D04 USB/HID cables or the UT-D02 RS232 cable with
352the UNI-T UT61D multimeter.
353
354When using the UT-D02 RS232 cable with any of the supported UNI-T DMMs,
355you have to use the respective driver with a '-ser' drivername suffix
356(internally all of these models are handled by the 'serial-dmm' driver).
357
358You also need to specify the serial port via the 'conn' option, e.g.
359/dev/ttyUSB0 (attached via a USB-to-serial cable) or /dev/ttyS0 (actual
360RS232 port) on Linux (see above).
361
362Finally, the user running the frontend (e.g. sigrok-cli) also needs
363permissions to access the respective serial port (see above).
364
365Examples (sigrok-cli):
366
367 $ sigrok-cli --driver uni-t-ut61e-ser:conn=/dev/ttyUSB0 ...
368 $ sigrok-cli --driver voltcraft-vc820-ser:conn=/dev/ttyS0 ...
369 $ sigrok-cli --driver uni-t-ut61e-ser:conn=hid/cp2110
370
371Using any of the UT-D04 et al USB/HID cables can be done in two different
372ways: Use transparent serial over HID support in libsigrok, by giving the
373-ser driver a conn=hid/... serial port spec. This re-uses the 'serial-dmm'
374driver, results in better coverage of these code paths, and reduces
375maintenance overhead. Or by running non-ser drivers and passing USB
376specific connection details. When the driver _without_ the '-ser' suffix
377is used, the models are handled by the 'uni-t-dmm' driver. These duplicate
378drivers only exist for historical reasons, the redundancy may result in
379differences of behaviour between the two implementations. When in doubt,
380check if the '-ser' driver works for you.
381
382In the USB specific driver case you need to specify the cable's vendor
383and product IDs. Autodetection is not possible here, since various other
384products use the USB VID/PID of those cables too, and there is no way to
385distinguish them. The sigrok software errs on the safe side, and won't
386communicate to serial ports unless explicitly instructed by the user.
387
388The user running the frontend does also need to have permissions to
389access the respective USB device (see above).
390
391Examples (sigrok-cli):
392
393 $ sigrok-cli --driver uni-t-ut61e:conn=1a86.e008 ...
394 $ sigrok-cli --driver voltcraft-vc820:conn=04fa.2490 ...
395
396
397UNI-T UT-D04 cable issue on Linux
398---------------------------------
399
400The UNI-T UT-D04 cable with Hoitek HE2325U (or WCH CH9325) chip seems to have
401a very specific problem on Linux. Apparently it requires to be put into
402suspend (and woken up again) before it is usable. This seems to be a
403Linux-only issue, Windows is not affected by this since apparently the
404Windows kernel does this for every USB device, always.
405
406Thus, if you want to use any of the UNI-T DMMs with this specific cable,
407you'll have to run the following script (as root) once, every time you attach
408the cable via USB. The script was written by Ralf Burger.
409
410See also: http://erste.de/UT61/index.html
411
412 #!/bin/bash
413 for dat in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*; do
414 if test -e $dat/manufacturer; then
415 grep "WCH.CN" $dat/manufacturer > /dev/null && echo auto > ${dat}/power/level && echo 0 > ${dat}/power/autosuspend
416 fi
417 done
418
419
420UNI-T UT-D04 cable issue on Windows
421-----------------------------------
422
423There have been reports that CH9325 based cables are not detected on
424Windows out of the box when they are assigned to libwdi drivers. Though
425they may be usable in that case when the USB address is manually specified.
426This can happen when some "USB to serial" driver is assigned which does not
427provide a genuine COM port that enumerates naturally. Manually assigning a
428"USB input device" driver can improve HIDAPI compatibility and make the
429cable show up in sigrok's serial port enumeration.
430
431
432Enabling multimeter / data logger measurement output
433----------------------------------------------------
434
435Some multimeters or data loggers will not start outputting measurement data
436unless a certain action has been performed by the user beforehand. This is
437usually mentioned in the vendor manual of the respective device, but here's
438a short list for convenience:
439
440 - BBC Goertz Metrawatt M2110: Briefly press the "Start/Reset" button on the
441 interface panel on top.
442 - Brymen BM257s: Press HOLD during power-on.
443 - Digitek DT4000ZC: Briefly press the "RS232" button.
444 - EEVBlog 121GW: Hold "1ms PEAK" until the "BT" indicator is shown.
445 - ES51919 based LCR meters (DER EE DE-5000, PeakTech 2170, UNI-T UT612):
446 Press the button with the "RS232" or "USB" or "PC link" label (usually
447 the "up" cursor button).
448 - Gossen Metrawatt Metrahit 1x/2x devices, driver gmc-mh-1x-2x-rs232:
449 - Power on the device with the "DATA" button pressed.
450 - Metrahit 2x devices must be configured for the respective interface type.
451 - Gossen Metrawatt Metrahit 2x devices, driver gmc-mh-2x-bd232:
452 - 'BD232' interface:
453 The multimeter must be configured for the respective interface type.
454 - 'SI232-II' interface ("PC Mode"):
455 The multimeter must be configured for interface type 'BD232' (all),
456 'SI232 online' (28-29S) or 'SI232 store' (22-26x). The interface must
457 be configured to the same baud rate as the host (default 9600).
458 Multimeter and interface must be configured to the same address.
459 - GW Instek GDM-397: Press the "REL/RS232C (USB)" button for roughly 1 second.
460 - GW Instek VCP: See the discussion on manual driver assignment to common
461 USB to UART chips with non-default USB identification.
462 - MASTECH MS6514: Press the "Setup/PC-Link" button for roughly 3 seconds.
463 - Meterman 38XR: Press the "RS232" button.
464 - Metrix MX56C: Press the PRINT button to have the meter send acquisition
465 data via IR. Hold the PRINT button to adjust the meter's transmission
466 interval.
467 - Norma DM950: If the interface doesn't work (e.g. USB-RS232 converter), power
468 on the device with "FUNC" pressed (to power the interface from the DMM).
469 - PCE PCE-DM32: Briefly press the "RS232" button.
470 - RadioShack 22-812: Press and hold "SELECT" and "RANGE" together.
471 - TekPower TP4000ZC: Briefly press the "RS232" button.
472 - Tenma 72-7750: Briefly press the "RS232C" button.
473 - UNI-T UT60G: Briefly press the "RS232C" button.
474 - UNI-T UT61B/C/D: Press the "REL/RS232/USB" button for roughly 1 second.
475 - UNI-T UT71x: Press the "SEND/-/MAXMIN" button for roughly 1 second.
476 Briefly pressing the "EXIT" button leaves this mode again.
477 - UNI-T UT181A: In the "SETUP" menu set "Communication" to "ON".
478 - UNI-T UT325: Briefly press the "SEND" button (as per manual). However, it
479 appears that in practice you don't have to press the button (at least on
480 some versions of the device), simply connect the device via USB.
481 - V&A VA18B/VA40B: Keep the "Hz/DUTY" key pressed while powering on the DMM.
482 - Victor 70C/86C: Press the "REL/RS232" button for roughly 1 second.
483 - Voltcraft VC-830: Press the "REL/PC" button for roughly 2 seconds.
484 - Voltcraft VC-870: Press the "REL/PC" button for roughly 1 second.
485
486
487ASIX OMEGA in RTM CLI mode
488--------------------------
489
490The asix-sigma driver can detect the Omega devices' presence, but does
491not support their protocol and emits a diagnostics message. The firmware
492image is not available for distribution, and information on the protocol
493is not available. That's why native support is in some distant future.
494Yet basic operation of Omega devices is available by using the vendor's
495command line application for real time mode (RTM CLI).
496
497The vendor application targets Windows (on x86), but also executes on
498Linux when 32bit libraries for FTDI communication are provided. The
499user manual discusses the installation. The sigrok asix-omega-rtm-cli
500driver uses the vendor provided omegartmcli.exe binary to configure the
501device for streaming, and to acquire sample data.
502
503Either make an "omegartmcli" executable available in PATH. This can be
504the vendor's executable or some wrapper around it or a symlink to it.
505Or specify the executable's location in the OMEGARTMCLI environment
506variable. The sigrok driver accepts an optional serial number (six or
507eight hex digits) to select one out of several connected devices.
508
509 (optional)
510 $ export "OMEGARTMCLI=$HOME/.wine/drive_c/progx86/ASIX/SIGMA/omegartmcli.exe"
511
512 (optional)
513 $ OMEGASN=":conn=sn=a6030123"
514
515 (example use)
516 $ sigrok-cli -d asix-omega-rtm-cli${OMEGASN} --show
517 $ sigrok-cli -d asix-omega-rtm-cli${OMEGASN} -o capture.sr --time 10s
518 $ sigrok-cli -d asix-omega-rtm-cli${OMEGASN} -o capture.sr --samples 100m
519 $ pulseview -d asix-omega-rtm-cli${OMEGASN}
520
521The RTM mode of operation samples 16 channels at a fixed rate of 200MHz.
522Hardware triggers are not available in this mode. Glib should handle
523platform specific details of external process execution, but the driver
524was only tested on Linux so far. Acquisition start in sigrok applications
525may take some time before sample data becomes available (roughly one
526second here on a slow machine). This is an implementation detail of the
527RTM CLI approach including execution under wine.
528
529The reliability of that setup in the presence of fast changing input
530signals is yet to get determined. It's assumed that slow input signals
531are operational. It's essential that the _average_ rate of changes in
532the input signal in combination with the hardware compression are such
533that the FTDI FIFO can communicate all involved data via USB2.0 to the
534application. Intermediate bursts of rapid changes shall not be an issue
535given the Omega devices' deep memory which RTM uses for buffering.
536
537Native support for the Asix Omega devices depends on the availability of
538a protocol description and use of the protocol depends on the firmware's
539availability at the user's site. Which then would allow to capture to
540DRAM at high rates without the communication bottleneck, before the data
541gets communicated to the PC after the acquisition has completed. Compare
542the native sigrok support for Asix Sigma.
543
544
545ChronoVu LA8/LA16 USB VID/PIDs
546------------------------------
547
548The ChronoVu LA8/LA16 logic analyzer is available in two revisions. Previously,
549the device shipped with a USB VID/PID of 0403:6001, which is the standard ID
550for FTDI FT232 USB chips.
551
552Since this made it hard to distinguish the LA8/LA16 from any other device
553with this FTDI chip connected to the PC, the vendor later shipped the
554device with a USB VID/PID of 0403:8867.
555
556The 'chronovu-la' driver in libsigrok supports both VID/PID pairs and
557automatically finds devices with either VID/PID pair.
558
559
560OLS
561---
562
563The Dangerous Prototypes Openbench Logic Sniffer (OLS) logic analyzer
564driver in libsigrok assumes a somewhat recent firmware has been flashed onto
565the OLS (it doesn't need a firmware upload every time it's attached via USB,
566since the firmware is stored in the device permanently).
567
568The most recent firmware version that is tested is 3.07.
569
570If you use any older firmware and your OLS is not found or is not working
571properly, please upgrade to at least this firmware version. Check the
572Dangerous Prototypes wiki for firmware upgrade instructions:
573
574 http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Logic_Sniffer_upgrade_procedure
575
576Also, you need to specify a serial port for the OLS in the frontends, e.g.
577using the 'conn' option in sigrok-cli, and you also need to have the
578permissions to access the serial port (see above).
579
580Example:
581
582 $ sigrok-cli --driver ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0 ...
583
584
585JTAGulator
586----------
587
588The Grand Idea Studio JTAGulator also implements the SUMP protocol and
589thus is covered by the OLS driver. See the vendor's wiki on details how
590to enable the Logic Analyzer mode of operation.
591
592 https://github.com/grandideastudio/jtagulator/wiki/Logic-Analyzer
593
594
595Mooshimeter
596-----------
597
598The Mooshim Engineering Mooshimeter is controlled via Bluetooth Low Energy
599(sometimes called Bluetooth 4.0), as such it requires a supported Bluetooth
600interface available. The 'conn' option is required and must contain the
601Bluetooth MAC address of the meter.
602
603Example:
604
605 $ sigrok-cli --driver mooshimeter-dmm:conn=12-34-56-78-9A-BC ...
606
607Since the Mooshimeter has no physical interface on the meter itself, the
608channel configuration is set with the 'channel_config' option. The format
609of this option is 'CH1,CH2' where each channel configuration has the form
610'MODE:RANGE:ANALYSIS', with later parts being optional. In addition for
611CLI compatibility, the ',' in the channels can also be a '/' and the ':' in
612the individual configuration can be a ';'.
613
614Available channel 1 modes:
615
616 - Current, A: Current in amps
617 - Temperature, T, K: Internal meter temperature in Kelvin
618 - Resistance, Ohm, W: Resistance in ohms
619 - Diode, D: Diode voltage
620 - Aux, LV: Auxiliary (W input) low voltage sensor (1.2V max)
621
622Available channel 2 modes:
623
624 - Voltage, V: Voltage
625 - Temperature, T, K: Internal meter temperature in Kelvin
626 - Resistance, Ohm, W: Resistance in ohms
627 - Diode, D: Diode voltage
628 - Aux, LV: Auxiliary (W input) low voltage sensor (1.2V max)
629
630Only one channel can use the shared inputs at a time (e.g. if CH1 is measuring
631resistance, CH2 cannot measure low voltage). Temperature is excepted from
632this, so the meter can measure internal temperature and low voltage at the
633same time.
634
635Additionally, the meter can calculate the real power of both channels. This
636generally only makes sense when CH1 is set to current and CH2 is set to a
637voltage and so it is disabled by default. It must be enabled by enabling the
638'P' channel (the third channel).
639
640The range of the channel specification sets the maximum input for that channel
641and is rounded up to the next value the meter itself supports. For example,
642specifying 50 for the voltage will result in the actual maximum of 60.
643Specifying 61 would result in 600. If omitted, sigrok will perform
644auto-ranging of the channel by selecting the next greater value than the
645latest maximum.
646
647The analysis option sets how the meter reports its internal sampling buffer
648to sigrok:
649
650 - Mean, DC: The default is a simple arithmetic mean of the sample buffer
651 - RMS, AC: The root mean square of the sample buffer
652 - Buf, Buffer, Samples: Report the entire sample buffer to sigrok. This
653 results in packets that contain all the samples in the buffer instead
654 of a single output value.
655
656The size of the sample buffer is set with the 'avg_samples' option, while
657the sampling rate is set with the 'samplerate' option. So the update rate
658is avg_samples/samplerate. Both are rounded up to the next supported value
659by the meter.
660
661Example:
662
663 $ sigrok-cli -c channel_config="Aux;0.1/T" --driver mooshimeter-dmm...
664 $ sigrok-cli -c channel_config="A;;AC/V;;AC" --driver mooshimeter-dmm...