====== Creating Device Drivers – the Movie ======

If you wan to get started developing device drivers (or user scripts) for Blocks, here's a series of videos that walks you through the process, including a lot of tips and hints ln how to make things work. More information on how to develop device drivers can be found [[blocks:drivers:concepts|here]].

===== 1. Introduction to Drivers =====

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=== Notes and links ===

[[blocks:drivers:tools|Development Tools and Code]]

===== 2. The Purpose of a Driver =====

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===== 3. Properties and Functions =====

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===== 4. Useful Tools =====

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=== Notes and links ===

  * [[https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-telnet-2626026|Telnet on Windows]]
  * [[https://osxdaily.com/2018/07/18/get-telnet-macos/|Telnet on MacOS]]
  * [[https://www.wireshark.org/|Getting Wireshark]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zqMDzXt6k|Introduction to Wireshark]]

===== 5. Understanding a Device Protocol =====

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===== 6. Basic Driver for a Text-based Device =====

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===== 7. Blocks Server Configuration and Logging =====

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=== Notes and links ===
  * [[blocks:server_configuration_file|Blocks Server Configuration File]]

===== 8. A Simple, Bidirectional Driver =====

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=== Notes and links ===
  * [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise|Promises]]
  * [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/Arrow_functions|Arrow Functions]]
  * [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions|Regular Expressions]]
  * [[https://regex101.com/|Developing and Testing Regular Expressions]]

===== 9. Basic Driver for a Hex-based Protocol =====

This video walks you through the old, unidirectional driver for the Samsung MDC display control protocol.

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===== 10. Bidirectional Driver for a Hex-based Protocol =====

The revised, bidirectional driver for the Samsung MDC display control protocol, including support for status changes caused by controlling the display by other means.

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