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These are scribbles. Should be cleaned up and moved into real pages if useful.
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These are my scribbles. Should be cleaned up and moved into real pages if useful.
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Module for mb_panel -- should use /proc/apm to look at Power remaining.
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== Build info ==
 
Get your daily [[Snapshot_review]] -- find out if a snapshot works before you flash it.
 
Get your daily [[Snapshot_review]] -- find out if a snapshot works before you flash it.
  
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Ugly hack to get Time info from a GPRS stream: (UNTESTED)
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== GPS stuff ==
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<pre>awk -F',' '/^\$GPRMC/{print "date "substr($10,3,2) substr($10,1,2) substr($2,1,2) substr($2,3,2) 2000+substr($10,5)"."substr($2,5)}'</pre>
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Setting the timezone: [http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux]
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[[GPS Sight]] - seems to be a basic track visualizer
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(I had to use a hard link, but a symlink should work. Remember to log out (remote) or cycle the GUI/reboot to get this to take effect).
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[[Development with Eclipse]] - have to check it out.
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Ugly hack to get Time info from a GPS stream: (UNTESTED)
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<pre>awk -F',' '/^\$GPRMC/{print "date "substr($10,3,2) substr($10,1,2)
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substr($2,1,2) substr($2,3,2) 2000+substr($10,5)"."substr($2,5)}'</pre>
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The essential [[GSM_850_test]]
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[http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/nmeafaq.txt] contains some good info for decoding, and [http://web.archive.org/web/20071119160631/http://www.openmoko.org.pl/node/55] is a good link for getting started. (I had issues with the original Polish site).
  
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Orientation of screen:
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There are some reasonable packages which can help with GPS now, such as [[Navit]] and [[Installing_Pyroute|Pyroute]] (thanks [[User:Wurp]]. I'll have to hack at them a bit when I get a chance.
  
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xrandr -o 1 turns screen to landscape mode
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== Power/PM/tray icon ==
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(xrandr -o 0 to go back to ordinary portrait)
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Module for mb_panel -- should use /proc/apm to look at Power remaining.
  
 
Getting Battery status:
 
Getting Battery status:
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nicer script (cwd must be above)-
 
nicer script (cwd must be above)-
 
CHARGE=`cat battvolt` && awk -v charge=${CHARGE} 'BEGIN {print charge/4224*100" "charge }'
 
CHARGE=`cat battvolt` && awk -v charge=${CHARGE} 'BEGIN {print charge/4224*100" "charge }'
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== uncatted now ==
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This is a mess right now, but undergoing cleaning.
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Setting the timezone: [http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux]
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(I had to use a hard link, but a symlink should work. Remember to log out (remote) or cycle the GUI/reboot to get this to take effect).
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[[Development with Eclipse]] - have to check it out.
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The essential [[GSM_850_test]]
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Orientation of screen:
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xrandr -o 1 turns screen to landscape mode
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(xrandr -o 0 to go back to ordinary portrait)
  
  
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Booting:
 
Booting:
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Boot noise documented [[Boot_sound|here]]
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Old boot noise documented [[Boot_sound|here]]
  
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GPS:
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more GPS:
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I've gotten the binary up, but I'm still trying to decipher the NMEA output -- right now it doesn't look like I'm getting a fix, and when I replugged into the computer the neo froze. Grr.
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[http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/nmeafaq.txt] contains some good info for decoding, and [http://web.archive.org/web/20071119160631/http://www.openmoko.org.pl/node/55] is a good link for getting started. (I had issues with the original Polish site).
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Note from [[User:Wurp]]: I got an awk script, I think from SpeedEvil, that deciphers /tmp/nmeaNP.  Here it is:
 
Note from [[User:Wurp]]: I got an awk script, I think from SpeedEvil, that deciphers /tmp/nmeaNP.  Here it is:
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I prefer to use gpsd output, though, via pygps.
 
I prefer to use gpsd output, though, via pygps.
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Project Cupcake:
 
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Is on hold for now. There are some reasonable packages which can help with GPS now, such as [[Navit]] and [[Installing_Pyroute|Pyroute]] (thanks [[User:Wurp]]. I'll have to hack at them a bit when I get a chance.
 

Revision as of 09:47, 25 February 2008

These are my scribbles. Should be cleaned up and moved into real pages if useful.

Contents

Build info

Get your daily Snapshot_review -- find out if a snapshot works before you flash it.

GPS stuff

GPS Sight - seems to be a basic track visualizer

Ugly hack to get Time info from a GPS stream: (UNTESTED) 

awk -F',' '/^\$GPRMC/{print "date "substr($10,3,2) substr($10,1,2) 
substr($2,1,2) substr($2,3,2) 2000+substr($10,5)"."substr($2,5)}'

(all on one line, cut for readability)

[1] contains some good info for decoding, and [2] is a good link for getting started. (I had issues with the original Polish site).

There are some reasonable packages which can help with GPS now, such as Navit and Pyroute (thanks User:Wurp. I'll have to hack at them a bit when I get a chance.

Power/PM/tray icon

Module for mb_panel -- should use /proc/apm to look at Power remaining.

Getting Battery status: cat `find /sys/ -name battvolt` the output is in millivolts. ~4224 millivolts is completely charged (observed 3568 lowest, 4207 highest)

exact location is /sys/devices/platform/s3c2410-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0008/

nicer script (cwd must be above)- CHARGE=`cat battvolt` && awk -v charge=${CHARGE} 'BEGIN {print charge/4224*100" "charge }'

uncatted now

This is a mess right now, but undergoing cleaning.

Setting the timezone: [3] (I had to use a hard link, but a symlink should work. Remember to log out (remote) or cycle the GUI/reboot to get this to take effect).

Development with Eclipse - have to check it out.

The essential GSM_850_test

Orientation of screen:

xrandr -o 1 turns screen to landscape mode (xrandr -o 0 to go back to ordinary portrait)


GTA01_gsm_modem for AT commands; Gsmd for manual AT stuff

To get sound working: alsactl -f /etc/alsa/gsmhandset.state restore

Trying to record sound from the mic:

cat /dev/dsp does sample the ADC It's then 'simply' a case of setting the mixer controls so that the sound is routed from the mic to the adc See the nice simple explanatory block diagram in the middle of http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Audio_Subsystem for guidance. In principle. You need to find which mic input the mic is connected to, setup the input gain and mic selector appropriately,setup the ALC mixer right, then set it up to route to the left or right ADC alsactl can do it (alsamixer) 

alsactl -f /etc/alsa/capturehandset.state restore
arecord -f cd -t wav -d 10 foo.wav
Make noise for 10 seconds
alsactl -f /etc/alsa/stereoout.state restore
aplay foo.wav

Note from User:Wurp: You'll need to shut down pulseaudio before aplay will work (you also need to do this to get mplayer to play audio). Use '/etc/init.d/pulseaudio stop' before 'aplay foo.wav'. There is probably a better way to do this, but I don't know it.

Booting: Old boot noise documented here

more GPS:

Note from User:Wurp: I got an awk script, I think from SpeedEvil, that deciphers /tmp/nmeaNP. Here it is: 

BEGIN{FS=","}
/GPRMC/{v=$8*1.1507}
/PGRME/{herr=sqrt($2^2+$4^2); err=$6}
/GPGGA/{
h=substr($2,1,2)
m=substr($2,3,2)
s=substr($2,5,2)
ndeg=substr($3,1,2)
nmin=substr($3,3)
wdeg=substr($5,1,3)
wmin=substr($5,4)}
/GPRMC/{print substr($10,1,2)"/"substr($10,3,2)"/"substr($10,5,2), h":"m":"s,(h*3600)+(m*60)+s,ndeg,nmin,wdeg,wmin, ndeg+(nmin/60),wdeg+(wmin/60), $10,$9,herr+0,err+0,v }

I prefer to use gpsd output, though, via pygps.

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These are scribbles. Should be cleaned up and moved into real pages if useful.

Module for mb_panel -- should use /proc/apm to look at Power remaining.

Get your daily Snapshot_review -- find out if a snapshot works before you flash it.

Ugly hack to get Time info from a GPRS stream: (UNTESTED) 

awk -F',' '/^\$GPRMC/{print "date "substr($10,3,2) substr($10,1,2) substr($2,1,2) substr($2,3,2) 2000+substr($10,5)"."substr($2,5)}'

Setting the timezone: [1] (I had to use a hard link, but a symlink should work. Remember to log out (remote) or cycle the GUI/reboot to get this to take effect).

Development with Eclipse - have to check it out.

The essential GSM_850_test

Orientation of screen:

xrandr -o 1 turns screen to landscape mode (xrandr -o 0 to go back to ordinary portrait)

Getting Battery status: cat `find /sys/ -name battvolt` the output is in millivolts. ~4224 millivolts is completely charged (observed 3568 lowest, 4207 highest)

exact location is /sys/devices/platform/s3c2410-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0008/

nicer script (cwd must be above)- CHARGE=`cat battvolt` && awk -v charge=${CHARGE} 'BEGIN {print charge/4224*100" "charge }'


GTA01_gsm_modem for AT commands; Gsmd for manual AT stuff

To get sound working: alsactl -f /etc/alsa/gsmhandset.state restore

Trying to record sound from the mic:

cat /dev/dsp does sample the ADC It's then 'simply' a case of setting the mixer controls so that the sound is routed from the mic to the adc See the nice simple explanatory block diagram in the middle of http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Audio_Subsystem for guidance. In principle. You need to find which mic input the mic is connected to, setup the input gain and mic selector appropriately,setup the ALC mixer right, then set it up to route to the left or right ADC alsactl can do it (alsamixer) 

alsactl -f /etc/alsa/capturehandset.state restore
arecord -f cd -t wav -d 10 foo.wav
Make noise for 10 seconds
alsactl -f /etc/alsa/stereoout.state restore
aplay foo.wav

Note from User:Wurp: You'll need to shut down pulseaudio before aplay will work (you also need to do this to get mplayer to play audio). Use '/etc/init.d/pulseaudio stop' before 'aplay foo.wav'. There is probably a better way to do this, but I don't know it.

Booting: Boot noise documented here

GPS:

I've gotten the binary up, but I'm still trying to decipher the NMEA output -- right now it doesn't look like I'm getting a fix, and when I replugged into the computer the neo froze. Grr.

[2] contains some good info for decoding, and [3] is a good link for getting started. (I had issues with the original Polish site).

Note from User:Wurp: I got an awk script, I think from SpeedEvil, that deciphers /tmp/nmeaNP. Here it is: 

BEGIN{FS=","}
/GPRMC/{v=$8*1.1507}
/PGRME/{herr=sqrt($2^2+$4^2); err=$6}
/GPGGA/{
h=substr($2,1,2)
m=substr($2,3,2)
s=substr($2,5,2)
ndeg=substr($3,1,2)
nmin=substr($3,3)
wdeg=substr($5,1,3)
wmin=substr($5,4)}
/GPRMC/{print substr($10,1,2)"/"substr($10,3,2)"/"substr($10,5,2), h":"m":"s,(h*3600)+(m*60)+s,ndeg,nmin,wdeg,wmin, ndeg+(nmin/60),wdeg+(wmin/60), $10,$9,herr+0,err+0,v }

I prefer to use gpsd output, though, via pygps.

Project Cupcake:

Is on hold for now. There are some reasonable packages which can help with GPS now, such as Navit and Pyroute (thanks User:Wurp. I'll have to hack at them a bit when I get a chance.