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62 lines
2.0 KiB
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Solaar
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This application connects to a Logitech Unifying Receiver and puts an icon in
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the systray that watches for events from devices attached to it.
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Currently the K750 solar keyboard is also queried for its solar charge status.
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Other devices can also be added in the future (the K750 keyboard is the only
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device I have and can test on).
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Requirements
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- Python (2.7 or 3).
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- Python GI (GObject Introspection), for Gtk bindings.
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- A hidapi native implementation (see below for details).
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- Optional python-notify2 for desktop notifications.
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Installation
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1. Make the Logitech Unifying Receiver device available to standard users
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Normally USB devices are not accessible for r/w by regular users.
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In rules.d/ you'll find a udev rule to be copied in /etc/udev/rules.d/ . In its
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current form it makes the UR device available for r/w by all users belonging to
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the 'plugdev' system group (standard Debian group for pluggable devices). It may
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need changes, specific to your particular system's configuration.
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2. Compile the hidapi native library.
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Solaar uses a thin ctypes layer on top of a native hidapi library to talk
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directly to the UR device. Its source code is available here:
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https://github.com/signal11/hidapi .
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The native library comes in two flavors, `hidraw` and `libusb`. You should
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compile and use the hidraw implementation (in linux/); the libusb version
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disconnects the device from the kernel and may cause your UR-connected devices
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to stop working until you physically remove and re-insert the UR.
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Once compiled, you should copy the shared library (libhidapi-hidraw.so) to the
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lib/ directory in the application.
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3. Start the application with ./solaar
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Notes
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-----
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This project began as a third-hand clone of Noah K. Tilton's logitech-solar-k750
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project on GitHub (no longer available). It was developed further thanks to the
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diggings in Logitech's HID protocol done by Julien Danjou
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(http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2012/logitech-k750-linux-support) and
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Lars-Dominik Braun (http://6xq.net/git/lars/lshidpp.git).
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Cheers,
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-pwr
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