From 3f8b4d0b5a4219158f2bde2858a1f3993f744cea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josh <josh@bd8a9e45-a331-0410-811e-c64571078777>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:30:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] filled out VFD::connect()

git-svn-id: svn://anubis/misc/parport-2x20vfd@110 bd8a9e45-a331-0410-811e-c64571078777
---
 VFD.cc | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 VFD.h  |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+)

diff --git a/VFD.cc b/VFD.cc
index 8bf1e06..1ea06a4 100644
--- a/VFD.cc
+++ b/VFD.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,71 @@
 
+/* 
+ * Author: Josh Holtrop
+ * Date: 2009-05-03
+ * See VFD.h for documentation
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>                  /* perror() */
+#include <unistd.h>                 /* usleep() */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/parport.h>
+#include <linux/ppdev.h>
+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
 #include "VFD.h"
 
+VFD::VFD()
+{
+    m_ppfd = -1;
+}
+
+bool VFD::connect(const std::string & parport)
+{
+    const int mode = IEEE1284_MODE_BYTE;
+    const int direction = 0;
+
+    if ( (m_ppfd = open(parport.c_str(), O_RDWR)) < 0)
+    {
+        cerr << "Error opening '" << parport << "'";
+        perror("");
+    }
+    else if (ioctl(m_ppfd, PPCLAIM, NULL))
+    {
+        perror("Could not claim parallel port");
+    }
+    else if (ioctl(m_ppfd, PPSETMODE, &mode))
+    {
+        perror("Could not set parallel port mode");
+        ioctl(m_ppfd, PPRELEASE);
+    }
+    else if (ioctl(m_ppfd, PPDATADIR, &direction))
+    {
+        perror("Could not set parallel port direction");
+        ioctl(m_ppfd, PPRELEASE);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (m_ppfd >= 0)
+    {
+        close(m_ppfd);
+        m_ppfd = -1;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void VFD::disconnect()
+{
+    if (m_ppfd >= 0)
+    {
+        ioctl(m_ppfd, PPRELEASE);
+        close(m_ppfd);
+        m_ppfd = -1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/VFD.h b/VFD.h
index 9e3f1b3..6cde201 100644
--- a/VFD.h
+++ b/VFD.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #ifndef VFD_H
 #define VFD_H VFD_H
 
+#include <string>
+
 class VFD
 {
     public:
@@ -36,8 +38,12 @@ class VFD
         static const unsigned char E_DISABLE = 1;
         static const unsigned char RS_COMMAND = 0;
         static const unsigned char RS_DATA = 1;
+        VFD();
+        bool connect(const std::string & parport = "/dev/parport0");
+        void disconnect();
 
     protected:
+        int m_ppfd;     /* parallel port file descriptor */
 };
 
 #endif