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Device-MX240-0.04
/ Device::MX240

NAME

Device::MX240 - Perl api to the MX240 (Motorola Instant Messenger)

SYNOPSIS

use Device::MX240 qw(open_dev);

my $done = 0;

# Ctrl-C/INT handler
$SIG{INT} = sub { $SIG{INT} = 'IGNORE'; $done++; };

my $d = open_dev();

# init device
$d->write_dev("\xad\xef\x8d");

while (!$done) {
	my $buf = $d->read_dev();
	if ($buf) {
		# process $buf
		# and use $d->write_dev();
	}
	sleep(1);
	# poll the device
	$d->write_dev("\xad");
}

$d->close_dev;

exit;

ABSTRACT

This module allows easy communication to and from the MX240. Also known as the IMFree. The device is a wireless instant messenger. (USB base, 900mhz) libusb and libhid are required for this module to compile.

DESCRIPTION

This module has a few functions to interact with the MX240a. Data is read in 16 byte boundries, and is written in 16 byte boundries.

CONSTRUCTOR

open_dev

This function returns a blessed reference to the MX240 device. The interface for this function may change in the future to accept a vendor and product id. You can use the returned object with the following mehods.

METHODS

read_dev
Returns undef when nothing has been read, and 16 bytes of data on success.
write_dev( $data )
Returns number of bytes written, and 0 on failure.
close_dev
Returns true on success and 0 on failure;

EXPORTS

None by default. You can export open_dev, MX240A_VENDOR, and MX240A_PRODUCT.

use Device::MX240 qw(open_dev);

SEE ALSO

http://libusb.sourceforge.net/, http://libhid.alioth.debian.org/

AUTHOR

David Davis <xantus@cpan.org>

CREDITS

Dusty, for the C functions to libhid and libusb.

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COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2005 by David Davis and Teknikill Software

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.