inputattach - Man Page
attach a serial line to an input-layer device
Examples (TL;DR)
- Attach a Pulse8 CEC device to the input system:
inputattach --pulse8-cec /dev/ttyACM0 - Display help:
inputattach --help
Synopsis
inputattach [--daemon] [--always] [--noinit] [--baud baud>] <mode> <device>
Description
inputattach attaches a serial line to an input-layer device via a line discipline.
At least one of the available modes must be specified on the command line; if the modes can be probed, up to four can be specified, and they will be tried in sequence until one matches the device.
Options
- --daemon
Forks into the background.
- --always
Ignore initialization failures when attaching the device.
- --noinit
Skip device initialization.
- --baud
Specify the baud rate to use. (This is only necessary if the default rate is incorrect.)
Modes
- -bare, --microsoft
2-button Microsoft mouse.
- -dump, --dump
Just enable device.
- -eeti, --eetiegalax
EETI eGalaxTouch.
- -elo, --elotouch
ELO touchscreen, 10-byte mode.
- -elo3b, --elo261-280
ELO Touchscreen, 3-byte mode.
- -elo4b, --elo271-140
ELO touchscreen, 4-byte mode.
- -elo6b, --elo4002
ELO touchscreen, 6-byte mode.
- -ep, --easypen
Genius EasyPen 3x4 tablet.
- -fjt, --fujitsu
Fujitsu serial touchscreen.
- -fsia6b, --fsia6b
FS-iA6B RC Receiver.
- -ham, --hampshire
Hampshire touchscreen.
- -ifor, --iforce
I-Force joystick or wheel.
- -ipaq, --h3600ts
Ipaq h3600 touchscreen.
- -ipaqkbd, --stowawaykbd
Stowaway keyboard.
- -lk, --lkkbd
DEC LK201 / LK401 keyboards.
- -mag, --magellan
Magellan / SpaceMouse.
- -mman, --mouseman
3-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
- -mman4, --mouseman4
4-button Logitech / Genius mouse.
- -mmw, --mmwheel
Logitech mouse with 4-5 buttons or a wheel.
- -ms, --mshack
3-button mouse in Microsoft mode.
- -ms3, --intellimouse
Microsoft IntelliMouse.
- -msc, --mousesystems
3-button Mouse Systems mouse.
- -mtouch, --mtouch
MicroTouch (3M) touchscreen.
- -newt, --newtonkbd
Newton keyboard.
- -orb, --spaceorb
SpaceOrb 360 / SpaceBall Avenger.
- -pm3k, --penmount3000
PenMount 3000 touchscreen.
- -pm6k, --penmount6000
PenMount 6000 touchscreen.
- -pm9k, --penmount9000
PenMount 9000 touchscreen.
- -pmm1, --penmount6250
PenMount 6250 touchscreen.
- -ps2m, --ps2mult
PS/2 serial multiplexer.
- -ps2ser, --ps2serkbd
PS/2 via serial keyboard.
- -pulse8-cec, --pulse8-cec
Pulse Eight HDMI CEC dongle.
- -rainshadow-cec, --rainshadow-cec
RainShadow Tech HDMI CEC dongle.
- -sbl, --spaceball
SpaceBall 2003 / 3003 / 4000 FLX.
- -skb, --sunkbd
Sun Type 4 and Type 5 keyboards.
- -sting, --stinger
Gravis Stinger.
- -sun, --sunmouse
3-button Sun mouse.
- -t213, --touchit213
Sahara Touch-iT213 Tablet PC.
- -taos, --taos-evm
TAOS evaluation module.
- -tr, --touchright
Touchright serial touchscreen.
- -tsc, --tsc
TSC-10/25/40 serial touchscreen.
- -tw, --touchwin
Touchwindow serial touchscreen.
- -twid, --twiddler
Handykey Twiddler chording keyboard.
- -twidjoy, --twiddler-joy
Handykey Twiddler used as a joystick.
- -vs, --vsxxx-aa
DEC VSXXX-AA / VSXXX-GA mouse and VSXXX-A tablet.
- -w8001, --w8001
Wacom W8001 pen and/or touch devices. The default baud rate, 38400bps, allows for touch-only or pen and touch devices; for pen-only devices, "--baud 19200" must be specified.
- -wacom_iv, --wacom_iv
Wacom protocol IV tablet.
- -war, --warrior
WingMan Warrior.
- -zhen, --zhen-hua
Zhen Hua 5-byte protocol.
Authors
inputattach was written by Vojtech Pavlik and Arndt Schoenewald, and improved by many others; see the linuxconsole tools documentation for details.
This manual page was written by Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).