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$Amigan: rsmeter/README,v 1.2 2004/10/28 20:29:55 dcp1990 Exp $
This is a package to interface to the RadioShack/Metex 22-168A multimeters. This is a package to interface to the RadioShack/Metex 22-168A multimeters.
To build, simply type To build, simply type
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There are two executables that are built: There are two executables that are built:
rsmeter is an ncurses interface, and is the one with the most features. Please use it. rsmeter is an ncurses interface, and is the one with the most features. Please use it.
Another executable is generated called rsmeter_non, which just spits the output to stdout. It could be used in shell scripts. Another executable is generated called util/rsmeter_non, which just spits the output to stdout. It could be used in shell scripts.
rsmeter_non might only work on FreeBSD, a little less so for rsmeter. (Patches please!) rsmeter_non might only work on FreeBSD, a little less so for rsmeter. (Patches please!)
Run rsmeter -h for usage. Sorry about documentation being so poor; here are some keys you can use: Run rsmeter -h for usage. Sorry about documentation being so poor; here are some keys you can use:
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Another misc. executable is built called checkrts. Try it if things don't seem to be working; it will tell you if RTS was ever asserted (necessary for the meter to respond). Another misc. executable is built called checkrts. Try it if things don't seem to be working; it will tell you if RTS was ever asserted (necessary for the meter to respond).
Some have reported problems building on linux; if you find it so, let me know and, if you can, send patches. I am not sure about cygwin/mingw32, anyone willing to try is welcome to. It should work with PDCurses, since I didn't use fancy ncurses-only stuff.
-Dan Ponte -Dan Ponte
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http://rsmeter.sourceforge.net/ http://rsmeter.sourceforge.net/
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