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2 Readme for Linux device driver for the Texas Instruments SilverLink cable
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5 Author: Romain LiƩvin & Julien Blache
6 Homepage: http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_usb
10 This is a driver for the TI-GRAPH LINK USB (aka SilverLink) cable, a cable
11 designed by TI for connecting their TI8x/9x calculators to a computer
14 If you need more information, please visit the 'SilverLink drivers' homepage
19 A TI calculator of course and a program capable to communicate with your
21 TiLP will work for sure (since I am his developer !). yal92 may be able to use
22 it by changing tidev for tiglusb (may require some hacking...).
26 You must have first compiled USB support, support for your specific USB host
27 controller (UHCI or OHCI).
29 Next, (as root) from your appropriate modules directory (lib/modules/2.5.XX):
32 insmod usb/usb-uhci.o <OR> insmod usb/ohci-hcd.o
35 If it is not already there (it usually is), create the device:
37 mknod /dev/tiglusb0 c 115 16
39 You will have to set permissions on this device to allow you to read/write
42 chmod 666 /dev/tiglusb0
44 Now you are ready to run a linking program such as TiLP. Be sure to configure
49 You can set these with: insmod tiglusb NAME=VALUE
50 There is currently no way to set these on a per-cable basis.
55 DESC: Timeout value in tenth of seconds. If no data is available once this
56 time has expired then the driver will return with a timeout error.
60 The following problem seems to be specific to the link cable since it appears
61 on all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac OS-X).
63 In some very particular cases, the driver returns with success but
64 without any data. The application should retry a read operation at least once.
68 You can email me at roms@lpg.ticalc.org. Please prefix the subject line
69 with "TIGLUSB: " so that I am certain to notice your message.
70 You can also mail JB at jb@jblache.org: he has written the first release of
71 this driver but he better knows the Mac OS-X driver.
75 The code is based on dabusb.c, printer.c and scanner.c !
76 The driver has been developed independently of Texas Instruments.