x52output - command line frontend for the x52pro library

Author

       Written by Eduard Hasenleithner <eduard@hasenleithner.at>

                                                                                                    x52output(1)

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.

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:

textlinetext
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.

brimfdbrightness
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.

ledled-idxcolor
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.

timeh24hourminute
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.

dateyearmonthmday
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.

secondsecond
Sets the second value shown on the Pro Flight Yoke MFD. Can be a value from 0 to 59.

offsetoffset
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.

Name

       x52output - command line frontend for the x52pro library

Synopsis

x52outputtext0'FirstLine'x52outputtext1'SecondLine'x52outputtext2'ThirdLine'x52outputbri040x52outputbri150x52outputled11         # not available for old X52
       x52outputtime11220x52outputdate71017x52outputsecond30       # YOKE only
       x52outputoffset01090 # set 90 minutes offset on time display 2