Owtcl(3)

NAME
Owtcl - OWFS library access commands for Tcl

SYNOPSIS
package require ow

ow option ?arg ...?

::OW::init interface ?interface ...? ?arg ...?
::OW::finish
::OW::isconnect
::OW::get ?path? ?arg ...?
::OW::put path ?value?
::OW::isdirectory path
::OW::isdir path
::OW::exists path

DESCRIPTION

  1-Wire
1-wire is a wiring protocol and series of devices designed and manufactured by Dallas Semiconductor, Inc. The bus is a low-power low-speed low-connector scheme where the data line can also provide power.

Each device is uniquely and unalterably numbered during manufacture. There are a wide variety of devices, including memory, sensors (humidity, temperature, voltage, contact, current), switches, timers and data loggers. More complex devices (like thermocouple sensors) can be built with these basic devices. There are also 1-wire devices that have encryption included.

The 1-wire scheme uses a single bus master and multiple slaves on the same wire. The bus master initiates all communication. The slaves can be individually discovered and addressed using their unique ID.

Bus masters come in a variety of configurations including serial, parallel, i2c, network or USB adapters.

  OWFS design
OWFS is a suite of programs that designed to make the 1-wire bus and its devices easily accessible. The underlying priciple is to create a virtual filesystem, with the unique ID being the directory, and the individual properties of the device are represented as simple files that can be read and written.

Details of the individual slave or master design are hidden behind a consistent interface. The goal is to provide an easy set of tools for a software designer to create monitoring or control applications. There are some performance enhancements in the implementation, including data caching, parallel access to bus masters, and aggregation of device communication. Still the fundemental goal has been ease of use, flexibility and correctness rather than speed.

  owtcl
owtcl (3) is a Tcl extension that provides an interface to OWFS. The underlying interface to the 1-wire bus is identical to owfs (1) (filesystem view) and owhttpd (1) web server interface. Only the top layer has been modified to return native Tcl data.

COMMANDS
Performs one of several operations, depending on option. The legal options (which may be abbreviated) are:

ow open arg ...
    Connect to 1-wire adapter or owserver. arg ... defines a way of connection to the 1-wire bus.
    The full set of initialization args is extensive. They correspond roughly to the command line args of owfs (1) owhttpd (1) and owftpd (1)

ow close
    Close connection to 1-wire bus or owserver.

ow version ?-list?
    Return version of the owtcl and owlib/

ow opened
    Return 1 if connected to 1-wire adapter or owserver, otherwise 0.

ow error level value
    Set debug options. See owfs (5)

ow error print value
    Set debug options. See owfs (5)

ow get path ?-list?
    Returns contents of OWFS directory as the list if path contains name OWFS directory. If path is name of OWFS file, returns of contents of this file. For files *.ALL returns a values list.

ow put path value
    Puts value in OWFS file indicated in path. For files *.ALL use a value list.

ow isdirectory path
    If path is the directory return 1. Otherwise return 0.

ow isdir path
    Synonym of ow isdirectory

ow set path
    Creates a new ow-like command with root in the path. A new command allows options get, put, isdirectory, isdir and set.

LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS
The following low-level commands are possible:

::OW::init interface ?interface ...? ?arg ...?
    Connect to 1-wire adapter or owserver. interface and arg ... defines a way of connection to the 1-wire bus.
    The full set of initialization options is extensive. They correspond roughly to the command line options of ,B owfs (1) owhttpd (1) and owftpd (1)

::OW::finish
    Close connection to 1-wire bus or owserver.

::OW::isconnect
    Return 1 if connected to 1-wire adapter or owserver, otherwise 0.

::OW::get ?path? ?-list?
    Returns contents of OWFS directory as the list if path contains name OWFS directory. If path is name of OWFS file, returns of contents of this file. For files *.ALL returns a values list. If path is not defined, contents of root OWFS directory come back.

::OW::put path ?value?
    Puts value in OWFS file indicated in path. For files *.ALL use a value list. If /fIvalue is not defined, puts a empty string.

::OW::isdirectory path
    If path is the directory - return 1. Otherwise return 0.

::OW::isdir path
    Synonym of ::OW::isdirectory

::OW::exists path
    If path is exists - return 1. Otherwise return 0.

EXAMPLE
    package require ow

    ow open -d /dev/ttyS0 -t 60

    set save_templow [ow get /28.86BF80000000/templow]
    ow put /28.86BF80000000/templow 10

    set room_sensor [ow set /28.86BF80000000]
    $room_sensor put temphigh 50

    set room_temp [$room_sensor set temperature]
    set current_temp [$room_temp get]

SEE ALSO

  Programs
owfs (1) owhttpd (1) owftpd (1) owserver (1) owdir (1) owread (1) owwrite (1) owpresent (1) owtap (1)

  Configuration and testing
owfs (5) owtap (1) owmon (1)

  Language bindings
owtcl (3) owperl (3) owcapi (3)

  Clocks
DS1427 (3) DS1904(3) DS1994 (3) DS2404 (3) DS2404S (3) DS2415 (3) DS2417 (3)

  ID
DS2401 (3) DS2411 (3) DS1990A (3)

  Memory
DS1982 (3) DS1985 (3) DS1986 (3) DS1991 (3) DS1992 (3) DS1993 (3) DS1995 (3) DS1996 (3) DS2430A (3) DS2431 (3) DS2433 (3) DS2502 (3) DS2506 (3) DS28E04 (3) DS28EC20 (3)

  Switches
DS2405 (3) DS2406 (3) DS2408 (3) DS2409 (3) DS2413 (3) DS28EA00 (3)

  Temperature
DS1822 (3) DS1825 (3) DS1820 (3) DS18B20 (3) DS18S20 (3) DS1920 (3) DS1921 (3) DS1821 (3) DS28EA00 (3) DS28E04 (3) EDS0064 (3) EDS0065 (3) EDS0066 (3) EDS0067 (3) EDS0068 (3) EDS0071 (3) EDS0072 (3)

  Humidity
DS1922 (3) DS2438 (3) EDS0065 (3) EDS0068 (3)

  Voltage
DS2450 (3)

  Resistance
DS2890 (3)

  Multifunction (current, voltage, temperature)
DS2436 (3) DS2437 (3) DS2438 (3) DS2751 (3) DS2755 (3) DS2756 (3) DS2760 (3) DS2770 (3) DS2780 (3) DS2781 (3) DS2788 (3) DS2784 (3)

  Counter
DS2423 (3)

  LCD Screen
LCD (3) DS2408 (3)

  Crypto
DS1977 (3)

  Pressure
DS2406 (3) -- TAI8570 EDS0066 (3) EDS0068 (3)

AVAILABILITY
http://www.owfs.org

AUTHOR
Serg Oskin (serg@oskin.ru)