OWFS(5)

NAME
owfs.conf - owfs programs configuration file

SYNOPSIS
An OWFS configuration file is specified on the command line:

owfs -c config_file [other options]
    The file name is arbitrary, there is no default configuration file used.

USAGE
A configuration file can be invoked for any of the OWFS programs ( owfs (1) owhttpd (1) owserver (1) owftpd (1) ) or any of the language bindings ( owperl (1) owcapi (1) owtcl (1) owphp owpython ) to set command line paramters.

SYNTAX

Similar to Unix shell script or perl syntax

Comments
    # Any # marks the start of a comment
    # blank lines are ignored

Options
    option # some options (like 'foreground') take no values
    option = value # other options need a value
    option value # '=' can be omitted if whitespace separates
    Option # Case is ignored (for options, not values)
    opt # non-ambiguous abbreviation allowed
    -opt --opt # hyphens ignored

owserver
    server: opt = value # only owserver effected by this line
    ! server: opt = value # owserver NOT effected by this line

owhttpd
    http: opt = value # only owhttpd effected by this line
    ! http: opt = value # owhttpd NOT effected by this line

owftpd
    ftp: opt = value # only owftpd effected by this line
    ! ftp: opt = value # owftpd NOT effected by this line

owfs
    owfs: opt = value # only owfs effected by this line
    ! owfs: opt = value # owfs NOT effected by this line

Limits
    # maximum line length of 250 characters
    # no limit on number of lines

DESCRIPTION

  Configuration

  1-Wire
1-wire is a wiring protocol and series of devices designed and manufactured by Dallas Semiconductor, Inc. The bus is a low-power low-speed low-connector scheme where the data line can also provide power.

Each device is uniquely and unalterably numbered during manufacture. There are a wide variety of devices, including memory, sensors (humidity, temperature, voltage, contact, current), switches, timers and data loggers. More complex devices (like thermocouple sensors) can be built with these basic devices. There are also 1-wire devices that have encryption included.

The 1-wire scheme uses a single bus master and multiple slaves on the same wire. The bus master initiates all communication. The slaves can be individually discovered and addressed using their unique ID.

Bus masters come in a variety of configurations including serial, parallel, i2c, network or USB adapters.

  OWFS design
OWFS is a suite of programs that designed to make the 1-wire bus and its devices easily accessible. The underlying priciple is to create a virtual filesystem, with the unique ID being the directory, and the individual properties of the device are represented as simple files that can be read and written.

Details of the individual slave or master design are hidden behind a consistent interface. The goal is to provide an easy set of tools for a software designer to create monitoring or control applications. There are some performance enhancements in the implementation, including data caching, parallel access to bus masters, and aggregation of device communication. Still the fundemental goal has been ease of use, flexibility and correctness rather than speed. owfs.conf (5) allows a uniform set of command line parameters to be set.

Not all OWFS programs use the same command line options, but the non-relevant ones will be ignored.

Command line and configuration options can mixed. They will be invoked in the order presented. Left to right for the command line. Top to bottom for the configuration file.

Configuration files can call other configuration files. There is an arbitrary depth of 5 levels to prevent infinite loops. More than one configuration file can be specified.

SAMPLE

Here is a sample configuration file with all the possible parameters included.
    # Sources
    device = /dev/ttyS0 # serial port: DS9097U DS9097 ECLO or LINK
    device = /dev/i2c-0 # i2c port: DS2482-100 or DS2482-800
    usb # USB device: DS9490 PuceBaboon
    usb = 2 # Second DS9490
    usb = all # All DS9490s
    altUSB # Willy Robison's tweaks
    LINK = /dev/ttyS0 # serial LINK in ascii mode
    LINK = [address:]port # LINK-HUB-E (tcp access)
    HA7 # HA7Net autodiscovery mode
    HA7 = address[:port] # HA7Net at tcp address (port 80)
    etherweather = address[:port] # Etherweather device
    server = [address:]port # owserver tcp address
    FAKE = 10,1B # Random simulated device with family codes (hex)
    TESTER = 28,3E # Predictable simulated device with family codes
    #
    # Sinks
    # # owfs specific
    mountpoint = filelocation # FUSE mount point
    allow_other # Short hand for FUSE mount option "
    # # owhttpd owserver owftpd specific
    port = [address:]port # tcp out port
    #
    # Temperature scales
    Celsius # default
    Fahrenheit
    Kelvin
    Rankine
    #
    # Timeouts (all in seconds)
    # cache for values that change on their own
    timeout_volatile = value # seconds "volatile" values remain in cache
    # cache for values that change on command
    timeout_stable = value # seconds "stable" values remain in cache
    # cache for directory lists (non-alarm)
    timeout_directory = value # seconds "directory" values remain in cache
    # cache for 1-wire device location
    timeout_presence = value # seconds "device presence" (which bus)
    timeout_serial = value # seconds to wait for serial response
    timeout_usb = value # seconds to wait for USB response
    timeout_network = value # seconds to wait for tcp/ip response
    timeout_ftp = value # seconds inactivity before closing ftp session
    #
    # Process control
    configuration = filename # file (like this) of program options
    pid_file = filename # file to store PID number
    foreground
    background # default
    readonly # prevent changing 1-wire device contents
    write # default
    error_print = 0-3 # 0-mixed 1-syslog 2-stderr 3-suppressed
    error_level = 0-9 # increasing noise
    #
    # zeroconf / Bonjour
    zero # turn on zeroconf announcement (default)
    nozero # turn off zeroconf announcement
    annouce = name # name of announced service (optional)
    autoserver # Add owservers descovered by zeroconf/Bonjour
    noautoserver # Don't use zeroconf/Bonjour owservers (default)
    #
    # tcp persistence
    timeout_persistent_low = 600 # minimum time a persistent socket will stay open
    timeout_persistent_high = 3600 # max time an idle client socket will stay around
    #
    # Display
    format = f[.]i[[.]c] # 1-wire address f amily i d code c rc
    #
    # Cache
    cache_size = 1000000 # maximum cache size (in bytes) or 0 for no limit (default 0) #
    # Information
    # (silly in a configuration file)
    version
    help
    morehelp

SEE ALSO

AVAILABILITY

  Programs
owfs (1) owhttpd (1) owftpd (1) owserver (1) owdir (1) owread (1) owwrite (1) owpresent (1) owtap (1)

  Configuration and testing
owfs (5) owtap (1) owmon (1)

  Language bindings
owtcl (3) owperl (3) owcapi (3)

  Clocks
DS1427 (3) DS1904(3) DS1994 (3) DS2404 (3) DS2404S (3) DS2415 (3) DS2417 (3)

  ID
DS2401 (3) DS2411 (3) DS1990A (3)

  Memory
DS1982 (3) DS1985 (3) DS1986 (3) DS1991 (3) DS1992 (3) DS1993 (3) DS1995 (3) DS1996 (3) DS2430A (3) DS2431 (3) DS2433 (3) DS2502 (3) DS2506 (3) DS28E04 (3) DS28EC20 (3)

  Switches
DS2405 (3) DS2406 (3) DS2408 (3) DS2409 (3) DS2413 (3) DS28EA00 (3)

  Temperature
DS1822 (3) DS1825 (3) DS1820 (3) DS18B20 (3) DS18S20 (3) DS1920 (3) DS1921 (3) DS1821 (3) DS28EA00 (3) DS28E04 (3)

  Humidity
DS1922 (3)

  Voltage
DS2450 (3)

  Resistance
DS2890 (3)

  Multifunction (current, voltage, temperature)
DS2436 (3) DS2437 (3) DS2438 (3) DS2751 (3) DS2755 (3) DS2756 (3) DS2760 (3) DS2770 (3) DS2780 (3) DS2781 (3) DS2788 (3) DS2784 (3)

  Counter
DS2423 (3)

  LCD Screen
LCD (3) DS2408 (3)

  Crypto
DS1977 (3)

  Pressure
DS2406 (3) -- TAI8570 http://www.owfs.org

AUTHOR
Paul Alfille (palfille@earthlink.net)