NAME¶
x52output - command line frontend for the x52pro library
SYNOPSIS¶
x52output text 0 'First Line'
x52output text 1 'Second Line'
x52output text 2 'Third Line'
x52output bri 0 40
x52output bri 1 50
x52output led 1 1 # not available for old X52
x52output time 1 12 20
x52output date 7 10 17
x52output second 30 # YOKE only
x52output offset 0 1 0 90 # set 90 minutes offset on time display 2
DESCRIPTION¶
x52output is a command line frontend for the x52pro MFD library. It is
intended for debugging and/or scripting purposes.
The x52pro MFD library provides access to the display/LEDS of following SAITEK
pro flight devices
- •
- X52 Pro Flight Control System
- •
- X52 Flight Control System
- •
- X52 Pro Flight Yoke.
x52output has following sub-commands:
- text line text
- Outputs a single line of text to one of the three lines on
the x52/x52pro MFD. line is a number from 0 to 2, text is an
alphanumeric text of length 16. Some graphical characters are also
supported but no work has currently been spent on charset compatibility.
- bri mfd brightness
- Sets the brightness of either the button LEDs (x52pro only)
or the MFD. mfd=0 selects the buttons and mfd=1 selects the
MFD. brightness is a decimal value in the range from 0 to 127.
- led led-idx color
- Sets the led color of one of the x52pro buttons.
led-idx is a value from 1 to 19. The meaning of the led-idx
values are specified in the next paragraph.
- time h24 hour minute
- Sets the time shown on the MFD. h24=0 displays the
time in AM/PM notation, h24=1 displays the time in 24 Hour
notation. hour is a value from 0 to 24 while minute is a
value from 0 to 60.
- date year month mday
- Sets the date shown on the MFD. year, month,
and mday are just values from 0 to 99. Using this order will show
as YY-MM-DD on the MFD but it is possible to use the three values in any
order preferred.
- second second
- Sets the second value shown on the Pro Flight Yoke MFD. Can
be a value from 0 to 59.
- offset offset
- Sets the time offset of the secondary and tertiary time
display of the x52/x52pro MFD. idx=0 selects the secondary display
while idx=1 selects the tertiary display. neg=0 sets a
positive offset, neg=1 sets a negative offset. offset is in
minutes from 0 to 1023.
led-idx for the
led sub-command can be one of the following
values:
- 1
- LED(s) of Fire Button
- 2
- Red LED of A Button
- 3
- Green LED of A Button
- 4
- Red LED of B Button
- 5
- Green LED of B Button
- 6
- Red LED of D Button
- 7
- Green LED of D Button
- 8
- Red LED of E Button
- 9
- Green LED of E Button
- 10
- Red LED of T1 Switch
- 11
- Green LED of T1 Switch
- 12
- Red LED of T2 Switch
- 13
- Green LED of T2 Switch
- 14
- Red LED of T3 Switch
- 15
- Green LED of T3 Switch
- 16
- Red LED of Coolie Hat
- 17
- Green LED of Coolie Hat
- 18
- Red LED of i Button
- 19
- Green LED of i Button
x52output needs write access to the raw x52 USB device. This package is
supplied with udev rules for providing write access on the SAITEK MFD
joysticks to the plugdev group members. If
x52output fails, permission
problems can be checked by means of running it with sudo.
EXIT STATUS¶
If the joystick/yoke is not found
x52output will return a status code of
1. In every other situation it will return a status code of 0. This includes
malformed command lines.
BUGS¶
x52output can currently control only a single SAITEK mfd device. If there
are more than one devices attached to the system, the first will always be
used.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Eduard Hasenleithner <eduard@hasenleithner.at>
