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 here.
1. Introduction to Drivers
Notes and links
2. The Purpose of a Driver
3. Properties and Functions
4. Useful Tools
Notes and links
5. Understanding a Device Protocol
6. Basic Driver for a Text-based Device
7. Blocks Server Configuration and Logging
Notes and links
8. A Simple, Bidirectional Driver
Notes and links
9. Basic Driver for a Hex-based Protocol
This video walks you through the old, unidirectional driver for the Samsung MDC display control protocol.
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.