[alsa-devel] [PATCH v6 1/2] amidi: add delay option

Felipe Ferreri Tonello eu at felipetonello.com
Tue Aug 30 12:19:40 CEST 2016


Hi Takashi,

On 30/08/16 00:19, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Aug 23 2016 23:09, Felipe F. Tonello wrote:
>> This patch adds a new options to amidi tool to add a delay (in milliseconds)
>> to each SysEx message.
>>
>> This is very useful when sending firmware updates to a remote device via SysEx
>> or any other use that requires this delay in between messages.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Felipe F. Tonello <eu at felipetonello.com>
>> ---
>>  amidi/amidi.1 | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>  amidi/amidi.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/amidi/amidi.1 b/amidi/amidi.1
>> index 86beb27a1e3b..4ca2164788f1 100644
>> --- a/amidi/amidi.1
>> +++ b/amidi/amidi.1
>> @@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ received MIDI commands.
>>  Does not ignore Clock bytes (F8h) when saving or printing received
>>  MIDI commands.
>>  
>> +.TP
>> +.I \-D, \-\-delay=mseconds
>> +Adds a delay in between each SysEx message sent to a device. It is
>> +useful when sending firmware updates via SysEx messages to a remote
>> +device.
>> +
> 
> I think it's helpful to name this option so that it keeps intervals
> somewhat between each system exclusives. For example, how do you think
> about using 'sysex-interval'?

Sure.

> 
>>  .SH EXAMPLES
>>  
>>  .TP
>> @@ -130,6 +136,14 @@ to port
>>  .I hw:0.
>>  
>>  .TP
>> +.B amidi \-p hw:1,0,0 -s firmware.syx \-D 100
>> +will send the MIDI commands in
>> +.I firmware.syx
>> +to port
>> +.I hw:1,0,0
>> +with 100 milliseconds delay in between each SysEx message.
>> +
>> +.TP
>>  .B amidi \-S 'F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7'
>>  sends an XG Reset to the default port.
>>  
>> diff --git a/amidi/amidi.c b/amidi/amidi.c
>> index c20512cc96a7..d0dbb322f80a 100644
>> --- a/amidi/amidi.c
>> +++ b/amidi/amidi.c
>> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int receive_file;
>>  static int dump;
>>  static float timeout;
>>  static int stop;
>> +static int delay;
>>  static snd_rawmidi_t *input, **inputp;
>>  static snd_rawmidi_t *output, **outputp;
>>  
>> @@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ static void usage(void)
>>  		"-t, --timeout=seconds  exits when no data has been received\n"
>>  		"                       for the specified duration\n"
>>  		"-a, --active-sensing   include active sensing bytes\n"
>> -		"-c, --clock            include clock bytes\n");
>> +		"-c, --clock            include clock bytes\n"
>> +		"-D, --delay=mseconds   delay in between each SysEx message\n");
>>  }
>>  
>>  static void version(void)
>> @@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ static void add_send_hex_data(const char *str)
>>  
>>  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>  {
>> -	static const char short_options[] = "hVlLp:s:r:S::dt:ac";
>> +	static const char short_options[] = "hVlLp:s:r:S::dt:acD:";
>>  	static const struct option long_options[] = {
>>  		{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
>>  		{"version", 0, NULL, 'V'},
>> @@ -425,6 +427,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>  		{"timeout", 1, NULL, 't'},
>>  		{"active-sensing", 0, NULL, 'a'},
>>  		{"clock", 0, NULL, 'c'},
>> +		{"delay", 1, NULL, 'D'},
>>  		{ }
>>  	};
>>  	int c, err, ok = 0;
>> @@ -474,6 +477,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>  		case 'c':
>>  			ignore_clock = 0;
>>  			break;
>> +		case 'D':
>> +			delay = atoi(optarg);
>> +			break;
>>  		default:
>>  			error("Try `amidi --help' for more information.");
>>  			return 1;
>> @@ -549,9 +555,51 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>  			error("cannot set blocking mode: %s", snd_strerror(err));
>>  			goto _exit;
>>  		}
>> -		if ((err = snd_rawmidi_write(output, send_data, send_data_length)) < 0) {
>> -			error("cannot send data: %s", snd_strerror(err));
>> -			goto _exit;
>> +		if (!delay) {
>> +			if ((err = snd_rawmidi_write(output, send_data, send_data_length)) < 0) {
>> +				error("cannot send data: %s", snd_strerror(err));
>> +				return err;
>> +			}
>> +		} else {
>> +			char *data = send_data;
>> +			size_t buffer_size;
>> +			snd_rawmidi_params_t *param;
>> +			snd_rawmidi_status_t *st;
>> +
>> +			snd_rawmidi_status_malloc(&st);
>> +
>> +			snd_rawmidi_params_malloc(&param);
>> +			snd_rawmidi_params_current(output, param);
>> +			buffer_size = snd_rawmidi_params_get_buffer_size(param);
>> +			snd_rawmidi_params_free(param);
>> +
>> +			while (data < (send_data + send_data_length)) {
>> +				int len = send_data + send_data_length - data;
>> +				char *temp;
>> +
>> +				if (data > send_data) {
>> +					snd_rawmidi_status(output, st);
>> +					do {
>> +						/* 320 µs per byte as noted in Page 1 of MIDI spec */
>> +						usleep((buffer_size - snd_rawmidi_status_get_avail(st)) * 320);
>> +						snd_rawmidi_status(output, st);
>> +					} while(snd_rawmidi_status_get_avail(st) < buffer_size);
>> +					usleep(delay * 1000);
>> +				}
>> +
>> +				/* find end of SysEx */
>> +				if ((temp = memchr(data, 0xf7, len)) != NULL)
>> +					len = temp - data + 1;
>> +
>> +				if ((err = snd_rawmidi_write(output, data, len)) < 0) {
>> +					error("cannot send data: %s", snd_strerror(err));
>> +					return err;
>> +				}
>> +
>> +				data += len;
>> +			}
>> +
>> +			snd_rawmidi_status_free(st);
>>  		}
>>  	}
> 
> In my opinion, it's better to split function specific to this purpose
> and call it here. An appropriate name of the function might help readers.

Right. It will make the code cleaner.

-- 
Felipe
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