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NAME

       irattach - binds the Linux-IrDA stack to a IrDA port

SYNOPSIS

       irattach [ <dev> ] [ -s ] [ -d dongle ] [ -v ] [ -h ]

DESCRIPTION

       irattach  binds  the  Linux-IrDA stack to an IrDA port. It configures the low level of the
       Linux-IrDA  stack  in  the  kernel.  This  step  is  usually  necessary  before  you   (or
       applications) can use the higher layer of the IrDA stack.

       The  irattach  command  loads  the  necessary Linux-IrDA driver, which configures the IrDA
       hardware, and configures the IrDA stack to operate on the new  IrDA  port.  Multiple  IrDA
       ports can be activated through multiple irattach commands.

       irattach  by  default  uses the irtty driver which connects to the Linux TTY subsystem and
       use  the  standard  Linux  serial  driver.  This  works  well  for   most   machines   and
       configurations,  but  limits  the  baud  rate  to  115200bps  (IrDA SIR mode). The mode of
       operation will work with most FIR hardware (as found in  laptops  -  they  provide  serial
       emulation)  and most serial dongles (provided the proper dongle type is specified), making
       it a safe choice. However, USB dongles  and  a  few  FIR  hardware  don't  support  serial
       emulation and can't be used with the irtty driver.

       irattach  can also use one of the Linux FIR drivers (including USB dongle drivers) instead
       of the irtty driver. Most FIR drivers require proper configuration  of  module  parameters
       (this  is  documented below). FIR drivers allow you to use higher baud rates (generally up
       to 4Mbps). In general, Linux FIR support is not as stable and mature, due to lack of  time
       and documentation.

       irattach  must be run as root or installed setuid root, as it requires root privileges. If
       you have compiled the IrDA stack as modules (recommended), then you will need to edit  the
       /etc/modules.conf file.  See the Infrared-HOWTO for details.

OPTIONS

       <dev>  :  this is the name of a TTY, an IrDA interface or IrDA driver. irattach decides to
       use the irtty driver or one of the FIR drivers based on this argument.

       • TTY name : this is the serial port to be configured using  the  irtty  driver,  such  as
         /dev/ttyS0.  irattach will use the irtty driver, so only SIR will be available. You need
         to check your serial configuration or BIOS to know which serial port is  the  IrDA  port
         that need to be passed to irattach.

       • interface  name  : this is the device name of an IrDA interface, such as irda0. irattach
         will use one of the FIR drivers (including USB dongle drivers). The selected FIR  driver
         must  be  loaded  prior to the call to irattach, or the proper alias for the device name
         must be set in /etc/modules.conf.

       • module name : this is the name of an FIR driver  module,  such  as  nsc-ircc  (see  list
         below).  All new IrDA interfaces created after loading the module will be configured, so
         this won't work if the module is already loaded. This feature is still experimental.

       -s : starts discovery of remote IrDA devices (note that the  form  "-s  1"  is  no  longer
       supported)

       -v : shows version information (this happens, when no option is given, too)

       -h : shows help information.

       -d dongle : attaches an additional dongle driver to the IrDA port.

       You  need  a dongle driver if you have an infrared device that connects to your computer's
       serial port (normal 9-pin serial port connector). These devices are  called  dongles,  and
       can  currently be used by any SIR driver (IrTTY or irport).  This option is not compatible
       with FIR drivers, and only works with the irtty and irport drivers.

       The currently known (serial) dongles are:

       • esi        Extended Systems JetEye PC ESI-9680

       • tekram     Tekram IrMate IR-210B dongle

       • actisys    ACTiSYS IR-220L dongle

       • actisys+   ACTiSYS IR-220L+ dongle

       • girbil     Greenwich GIrBIL dongle

       • litelink   Parallax LiteLink dongle & Extended Systems JetEye PC ESI-9680B

       • airport    N.N.

       • old_belkin Belkin (old) SmartBeam dongle or any dongle only capable of 9600 bauds

       • ep7211     IR port driver for the Cirrus Logic EP7211 processor (ARM based)

       • mcp2120    Dongles based on the MCP2120 (Microchip)

       • act200l    ACTiSYS Ir-200L dongles

       • ma600      Mobile Action ma600 dongles

       • toim3232   Vishay/Temic TOIM3232 and TOIM4232 based dongles

FIR DRIVER MODULES

       If you are one of the lucky people which  have  a  FIR  chipset  or  USB  dongle  that  is
       supported  by  one of the Linux-IrDA drivers, you can use irattach with the interface name
       of the IrDA port to configure. You will need to configure /etc/conf.modules appropriately,
       with  at  least  an  alias  of  irda0  to  the  driver  name,  or load the driver manually
       beforehand.

       You don't strictly need to use irattach with FIR drivers, you can use modprobe to load the
       driver,  ifconfig  to  bring  up  the  interface  and  set the various sysctl by hand, but
       irattach offer a convenient way to do it.

       Of course, you need to know which FIR driver  applies  to  your  hardware.   You  may  use
       findchip  to  get information about the FIR chip. If this doesn't help, the Infrared-HOWTO
       shows other means to retrieve these data.

       Also, you often need to configure  the  Linux-serial  driver  to  ignore  the  IrDA  port,
       otherwise  both  drivers will conflict. This can usually be done with setserial /dev/ttySx
       uart none.

       The currently known FIR drivers are:

       • ali-ircc ALi FIR Controller Driver for ALi M5123 (options: io, irq, dma).   This  driver
         supports SIR, MIR and FIR (4Mbps) speeds.  This chipset is used by e.g.:

         The  ALi  M5123  FIR Controller is embedded in ALi M1543C, M1535, M1535D, M1535+, M1535D
         South Bridge.

       • irda-usb IrDA-USB device driver, for USB devices/dongles that comply with  the  official
         IrDA-USB  class  specification. Note: USB 2.0 is not yet tested.  (options: qos_mtt_bits
         int, description "Minimum Turn Time").  This is used, for e.g.:

         ACTiSYS ACT-IR2000U

         KC Technology KC-180

         Extended Systems XTNDAccess ESI-9685

         Note that there is another USB driver for those  devices  called  ir-usb  which  is  NOT
         compatible  with  the  IrDA  stack  and  conflict with irda-usb. Because it always loads
         first, you have to remove ir-usb completely.

         Devices based on the SigmaTel chip  are  not  not  compliant  with  the  IrDA-USB  class
         specification and therfore not supported by this driver.

       • nsc-ircc  NSC IrDA device driver (options: io, irq, dma, dongle_id, qos_mtt_bits).  This
         chipset is used by e.g.:

         IBM ThinkPad  dongle_id=0x09

         HP OmniBook 6000 dongle_id=0x08

       • sa1100_ir  Infrared  driver  for  devices  based  on  the  StrongARM   SA1100   embedded
         microprocessor  (options:  power_level, tx_lpm).  This driver may support FIR on devices
         that can do it.  This chipset is used by e.g.:

         Samsung YOPY, COMPAQ iPAQ, SHARP Zaurus SL5000/5500

       • smc-ircc SMC IrCC controller driver (options: ircc_dma, ircc_irq).  This chipset is used
         by e.g.:

         Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook 635t Sony PCG-505TX

       • w83977af_ir  Winbond W83977AF IrDA device driver (options: io, irq, qos_mtt_bits).  This
         chipset is used by e.g.:

         Corel NetWinder

       • toshoboe Toshiba OBOE IrDA device driver, supports Toshiba Type-O IR chipset.  (options:
         max_baud).  This chipset is used by e.g.:

         Toshiba Libretto 100CT., and many more old Toshiba laptops.

       • donauboe  is  a  new version of toshoboe and has better FIR support and compability with
         the Donauoboe chip http://libxg.free.fr/lib-irda.html (options: ..).   This  chipset  is
         used by e.g.:

         Toshiba Libretto 100CT., Tecra 8100, Portege 7020 and many more Toshiba laptops.

       • vlsi_ir VLSI 82C147 SIR/MIR/FIR device driver This chipset is used by e.g.:

         HP Omnibook 800

         (options: ..).

         • clksrc int, description "clock input source selection"

         • ringsize int array (min = 1, max = 2), description "tx, rx ring descriptor size"

         • sirpulse int, description "sir pulse width tuning"

         • mtt_bits int, description "IrLAP bitfield representing min-turn-time"

EXAMPLES

       Attach  the  IrDA  stack  to  the  second  serial  port (integrated IrDA port using serial
       emulation) and start discovery:

       • irattach /dev/ttyS1 -s

       Attach the IrDA stack to the first serial port where you have an external  ACTiSYS  serial
       dongle and start discovery:

       • irattach /dev/ttyS0 -d actisys+ -s

       Attach the IrDA stack to the first IrDA-USB dongle and start discovery:

       • modprobe irda-usb ; irattach irda0 -s

       Attach the IrDA stack to the NSC FIR (4Mbps) device driver on a Thinkpad laptop:

       • modprobe nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x9 ; irattach irda0 -s.

       Attach the IrDA stack to the NSC FIR (4Mbps) device driver on a Thinkpad laptop:

       • irattach irda0 -s.

         This assume that you have added the following entries to /etc/conf.modules:

         options nsc-ircc dongle_id=0x09

         alias irda0 nsc-ircc

CAVEATS

       The following hints are a very short introduction into the configuration of Linux/IrDA. If
       this doesn't help  read  the  Linux/IrDA-Tutorial  and/or  the  Infrared-HOWTO  .   Before
       configuring  Linux/IrDA  make  sure  whether  you  want  to  configure  SIR  or  FIR. It's
       recommended to try SIR first, unless your device is not compatible with SIR  (for  example
       USB dongles).

       To get the SIR "serial" device have a look into the BIOS. Then run dmesg | grep tty to get
       a survey of tty devices supported by your machine. Now try to choose  the  one,  which  is
       probably the IrDA device and use irattach /dev/ttySx -s.

       If you don't succeed with SIR (which seems a rare case) you may try FIR. First look up the
       BIOS. Then run findchip to get information about the IrDA controller chip.  Use  setserial
       /dev/ttySx  uart  none   to  avoid  conflicts  with  the  serial  driver.  Note: don't use
       setserial if you configure SIR.  Now you may use irattach.

       Finally irdadump should show at least your computer itself. If it  doesn't  start  at  the
       beginning.

       This  man  page  deal  only  with  the  low  level  of the IrDA stack (IrDA ports and IrDA
       drivers). After this step is done, you usually need to setup your favorite application  to
       access  the  high  level  IrDA stack (via IrCOMM, IrLPT, IrNET, IrLAN or IrSOCK), which is
       documented elsewhere.

       This man page doesn't document the usage of the irport driver. The irport  driver  support
       the same hardware as the irtty driver, but is configured like a FIR driver.

DIAGNOSTICS

       This section currently contains the raw error messages from source code only.

       "ioctl(TIOCGETD): %m"

       "irattach: tty: set_disc(%d): %s"

       "tcsetattr: %m"

       "Failed to open %s: %m"

       "Couldn't get device fd flags: %m"

       "Couldn't set device to non-blocking mode: %m"

BUGS

       N.N.

SEE ALSO

       irattach(8), irdaping(8), irdadump(8), findchip(8), irpsion5(8), modprobe(8)

       Linux/IrDA      Project      http://irda.sourceforge.net      -*-      Linux/IrDA-Tutorial
       http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/IrDA/index.html     -*-      Infrared-HOWTO
       http://tuxmobil.org/howtos.html                -*-                Infrared-Hardware-Survey
       http://tuxmobil.org/ir_misc.html

AUTHOR

       This manual page is written by Werner Heuser  <wehe@tuxmobil.org>.  It  is  based  on  the
       READMEs  from  irda-utils  by  the Linux/IrDA Project and the Linux/IrDA-Tutorial.  It was
       subsequently updated and modified by Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001 Werner Heuser Copyright (c) 2002 Jean Tourrilhes

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the  terms  of
       the  GNU  Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1 or any later version published by
       the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,  no  Front-Cover  Texts  and  no
       Back-Cover Texts.

                                           03 July 2006                               IRATTACH(8)