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TUHI
=====
Tuhi is a DBus session daemon that connects to and fetches the data from the
Wacom ink range (Spark, Slate, Folio, Intuos Paper, ...). The data is
provided to clients in the form of JSON, any conversion to other formats
like SVG must be done by the clients.
Tuhi is the Maori word for "to draw".
Supported Devices
-----------------
Devices tested and known to be supported:
* Bamboo Spark
* Bamboo Slate
Units used by this interface
----------------------------
* Physical distances for x/y axes are in µm from the sensor's top-right
position.
* Stylus pressure is normalized to a range of [0, 0xffff], inclusive.
* Timestamps are in seconds in unix epoch, time offsets are in ms after the
most recent timestamp.
DBus Interface
--------------
The following interfaces are provided:
```
org.freedesktop.tuhi1.Manager
Property: Devices (ao)
Array of object paths to known (previously paired, but not necessarily
connected) devices.
org.freedesktop.tuhi1.Device
Interface to a device known by tuhi. Each object in Manager.Devices
implements this interface.
Property: Name (s)
Human-readable name of the device.
Read-only
Property: Address (s)
Bluetooth address of the device.
Read-only
Property: Dimensions (uu)
The physical dimensions (width, height) in µm
Read-only
Property: DrawingsAvailable (u)
An integer indicating the number of drawings available. Drawings are
zero-indexed, see GetJSONData().
Read-only
Property: Listening (b)
Indicates whether the daemon is currently listening for the device.
This property is set to True when a Listen() request initiates the
search for device connections. When the Listen() request completes
upon timeout, the property is set to False.
Read-only
Method: Listen() -> ()
Listen for data from this device. This method starts listening for
events on the device for an unspecified timeout. When the timeout
expires, a ListenComplete signal is sent indicating success or error.
This function requires the device to be connected and may require some
interactivity (e.g. the user may need to press the sync button).
When the device connects, the daemon downloads all drawings from the
device. If successfull, the drawings are deleted from the device. The
data is held by the daemon in non-persistent storage until the daemon
is stopped or we run out of memory, whichever happens earlier. Use
GetJSONData() to retrieve the data from the daemon.
When drawings become available from the device, the DrawingsAvailable
property updates to the number of available drawings.
When this function is called multiple times, any new data is appended
to the existing list of drawings. Calling Listen() before a previous
call has completed is silently ignored and does not reset the timeout.
Returns: 0 on success or a negative errno on failure
Method: GetJSONData(index: u) -> (s)
Returns a JSON file with the drawings specified by the index argument.
Drawings are zero-indexed and the requested index must be less than
the DrawingsAvailable property value. See section JSON FILE FORMAT for
the format of the returned data.
Returns a string representing the JSON data from the last drawings or
the empty string if no data is available or the index is invalid.
```
JSON File Format
----------------
Below is the example file format (with comments, not present in the real
files). The JSON objects are "drawing" (the root object), "strokes",
"points". Pseudo-code is used to illustrate the objects in the file.
```
class Drawing {
version: uint32
devicename: string
dimensions: [uint32, uint32] // x/y physical dimensions in µm
timestamp: uint64
strokes: [ Stroke, Stroke, ...]
}
```
The **strokes** list contains all strokes of a single drawing, each stroke
consisting of a number of **points**.
```
class Stroke {
points: [Point, Point, ...]
}
```
The **points** list contains the actual pen data.
```
class Point {
toffset: uint32
position: [uint32, uint32]
pressure: uint32
}
```
An expanded file looks like this:
```
{
"version" : 1, // JSON file format version number
"devicename": "Wacom Bamboo Spark",
"dimensions": [ 100000, 200000], // width/height in µm
"timestamp" : 12345,
"strokes" : [
{
"points": [
// all items in a point are optional. Unknown dictionary
// entries must be ignored as future devices may add
// new axes.
{ "toffset" : 12366, "position" : [ 100, 200 ], "pressure" : 1000 },
{ "toffset" : 12368, "pressure" : 800 },
{ "toffset" : 12366, "position" : [ 120, 202 ] },
]
},
{ "points" : ... }
]
}
```
Device notes
============
When following any device notes below, replace the example bluetooth
addresses with your device's bluetooth address.
Bamboo Spark
------------
The Bluetooth connection on the Bamboo Spark behaves differently depending
on whether there are drawings pending or not. Generally, if no drawings are
pending, it is harder to connect to the device. Save yourself the pain and
make sure you have drawings pending while debugging.
### If the device has no drawings available:
* start `bluetoothctl`, commands below are to be issued in its interactive shell
* enable discovery mode (`scan on`)
* hold the Bamboo Spark button until the blue light is flashing
* You should see the device itself show up, but none of its services
```
[NEW] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 Bamboo Spark
```
* While the LED is still flashing, `connect E2:43:03:67:0E:01`
```
Attempting to connect to E2:43:03:67:0E:01
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 Connected: yes
... lots of services being resolved
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 ServicesResolved: yes
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 ServicesResolved: no
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 Connected: no
```
Note how the device disconnects again at the end. Doesn't matter, now you
have the services cached.
* Don't forget to eventually turn disable discovery mode off (`scan off`)
Now you have the device cached in bluez and you can work with that data.
However, you **cannot connect to the device while it has no drawings
pending**. Running `connect` and pressing the Bamboo Spark button shortly
does nothing.
### If the device has drawings available:
* start `bluetoothctl`, commands below are to be issued in its interactive shell
* enable discovery mode (`scan on`)
* press the Bamboo Spark button shortly
* You should see the device itself show up, but none of its services
```
[NEW] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 Bamboo Spark
```
* `connect E2:43:03:67:0E:01`, then press the Bamboo Spark button
```
Attempting to connect to E2:43:03:67:0E:01
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 Connected: yes
... lots of services being resolved
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 ServicesResolved: yes
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 ServicesResolved: no
[CHG] Device E2:43:03:67:0E:01 Connected: no
```
Note how the device disconnects again at the end. Doesn't matter, now you
have the services cached.
* `connect E2:43:03:67:0E:01`, then press the Bamboo Spark button re-connects to the device
The device will disconnect after approximately 10s. You need to start
issuing the commands to talk to the controller before that happens.
* Don't forget to eventually turn disable discovery mode off (`scan off`)
You **must** run `connect` before pressing the button. Just pressing the
button does nothing unless bluez is trying to connect to the device.
**Warning**: A successful communication with the controller deletes the
drawings from the controller, so you may not be able to re-connect.