SiS-PM Control for Linux

(c) 2015-2018, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
(c) 2011-2016, Pete Hildebrandt <send2ph@gmail.de>
(c) 2005-2011, Mondrian Nuessle et al.

Overview

This projects adds support for the GEMBIRD SIS-PM device to Linux.
Follow the instructions in INSTALL to install the application
(generic configure && make && make install).
Call sispmctl (formerly: sispmi_ctl) without command line parameters,
it will print the available options to stdout.
Since version 2.3 also 1-outlet mSIS-PM devices are supported; this is still
alpha, probably not working and needs testers/developers.
Since version 2.4 a GUI is available in the extra sub-directory. See the
README there.
Version 3.0 added the possibility to program the internal timer, thanks to
Olivier Matheret.

Installation

See the file INSTALL for generic installation instructions.
The following configure options may be of interest:

--prefix=dif
Set installation directory-prefix (default is /usr/local)

--enable-webless
Disable the builtin webserver. It will not be compiled into
the binary. The commandline options for the web-interface will
not be available.

--with-webdir=directory
Install the web-interface file to subdirectories of the
given directory. A symbolic link in this directory will point
to skin1. And the path will be the default path compiled into
the binary.
The default without this option is /usr/local/share/doc/sispmctl/skin.

--with-bindaddr=ipaddress
Give the IP address (in dotted decimal form, i.e. 127.0.0.1) for
the default interface that the webserver accepts connections on.
The default without this option is to use all available interfaces.

--with-default-port=portnumber
Give the default port number the webserver is listening on.
If you do not specify this option the default is 2638

Dependencies

• libusb 0.1.9+ must be installed, libusb-config in $PATH

Web-Interface

The web interface may be started manually (i.e. sispmctl -l)
or using the inittab. Add the following line to your /etc/inittab:

pm:2345:respawn:/usr/local/bin/sispmctl -l

There are two skins between you might select:
src/web1/ classic sispm_http style
src/web2/ a vertical sized frame
The skins are installed under
$(PREFIX)/share/doc/sispmctl/httpd/skin1..2

The default skin is selected by the symbolic link
$(PREFIX)/share/doc/sispmctl/skin which points to skin1 after
installation. You can easily select a different skin by
changing this symbolic link.

It is quite easy to change one or write a new one. Try it.

The web interface does not recognize if a mSIS-PM is connected, so always 4
outlets will be displayed.

The web server can be started automatically with systemd. This requires the
following steps

Create user sispmctl in group sispmctl. The command on Debian and Ubuntu is

adduser sispmctl --system --group --disabled-login --no-create-home

Provide the necessary authorizations via udev (see below).

cp examples/60-sispmctl.rules /lib/udev/rules.d/60-sispmctl.rules
udevadm control --reload-rules

Adjust and copy the systemd service definition

cp examples/sispmctl.service /lib/systemd/system

Enable and start the service with

systemctl enable sispmctl.service
systemctl start sispmctl.service

Usage

See the output of sispmctl when run without parameters and the man page.

Permissions

Per default, only root is allowed to use devices directly, therefor the SiS-PM
also only works as root.

To allow group sispmctl access create file /lib/udev/rules.d/60-sispmctl.rules
with the following content

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTR{idProduct}=="fd10", GROUP="sispmctl", MODE="660"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTR{idProduct}=="fd11", GROUP="sispmctl", MODE="660"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTR{idProduct}=="fd12", GROUP="sispmctl", MODE="660"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTR{idProduct}=="fd13", GROUP="sispmctl", MODE="660"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTR{idProduct}=="fd15", GROUP="sispmctl", MODE="660"

Then reload the udev rules with

udevadm control --reload-rules

Solaris Support

Solaris 10 and later come with sufficient libusb support; the ugen (generic USB)
driver needs to be associated with the SIS-PM devices by issueing the following
command before plugging in the device:

for SIS-PM:
update_drv -a -i '"usb4b4,fd11"' ugen
for mSIS-PM:
update_drv -a -i '"usb4b4,fd10"' ugen
update_drv -a -i '"usb4b4,fd12"' ugen
for energenie:
update_drv -a -i '"usb4b4,fd13"' ugen
for EG-PMS2:
update_drv -a -i '"usb4b4,fd15"' ugen