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Product: |
CAPI4Linux, Modul: K ADSL Watch |
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Operating system: |
Linux - K Desktop Environment 3 (KDE 3.x) |
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Version: |
01.00.06 |
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05.07.21 |
K ADSL Watch is a universal ADSL monitor for KDE 3, and can be used with the AVM DSL/ISDN-Controller and the CAPI4Linux driver. K ADSL Watch is an "open source" program: the complete source code is available under the GNU Public License. The program is based on the ISDN monitor "kimon", written by Markus Dahlweid for I4L and the HiSax driver. K ADSL Watch can be used in all Linux distributions.
Features of K ADSL Watch include:
If you also want to monitor the AVM DSL/ISDN-Controller's ISDN
operation, K ISDN Watch is available from AVM's FTP server:
ftp://ftp.avm.de/tools/k_isdn_watch.linux
Both utilities can be used simultaneously. For further information on K ISDN Watch, see the documents in the FTP directory.
K ADSL Watch is based on the CAPI 2.0 standard interface. The program uses the "capi_manufacturer" call defined in CAPI 2.0 to display certain AVM-specific information about the DSL/ISDN-Controller status. For this reason, K ADSL Watch works only with the AVM DSL/ISDN-Controller.
NOTE: In SUSE 8.2 or higher K ADSL Watch is included on the SUSE installation CDs. You may install the DSL monitor easily through YaST (Install and Remove Software).
ATTENTION: Before installing K ADSL Watch remove any previous version and make sure to that the development environment packets for X, QT and KDE are present for compilation. Error messages like the following indicate that files or directories required by the system are missing: "In the prefix you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail. So, check this please and use another prefix!".
To check whether the necessary files are present in your system, open in SUSE 9.2 the "KDE Control Center", click "YaST2 modules", then "Software", and select "Install/Remove Software". Administrator or super user rights are required! After the packet information has been read, confirm in the "Package Groups" window the pre-selected path "System/GUI/KDE". Double-click "kdelibs3-devel" to select it as the packet to be installed and confirm installation of subordinated packets. For further information on installation of packets please contact the SUSE support.
Start installation by setting the environment variables "KDEDIR" and "QTDIR" appropriately to avoid the error messages indicating that files or directories were not found.
Set these variables in the shell as follows:
export KDEDIR=/opt/kde3
export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3
(1) Log in as "root" and start KDE 3. Open a terminal window.
(2) At the shell prompt, copy the archive "kadslwatch-yy.yy.yy.tar.gz"
to your hard drive (you may want to use the command "mcopy" to
copy it from a floppy disk). Unpack the archive using the command
tar -xzvf kadslwatch-yy.yy.yy.tar.gz
where YY.YY.YY is the given K ADSL Watch version.
A directory is created with the name "kadslwatch-yy.yy.yy".
(3) Change to the new directory "kadslwatch-yy.yy.yy".
(4) Run the file "./configure".
(5) Then enter the command "make".
(6) Finally, run "make install". (This command requires superuser access rights!)
After the installation has been completed, the "Internet" menu in the KDE Application Starter (the "K button") contains a link to K ADSL Watch. In SUSE 8.0 the default KDE menu settings must be activated in order for the icon to be displayed. Open the Control Center and select "Look & Feel: Menu settings", "Standard KDE menu".
NOTE for developers: If you want to regenerate the installation scripts, you must have "autoconf" version 2.59 or higher and "automake" version 1.9.1 or higher.
NOTE: All users who are to operate K ADSL must have access rights to /dev/capi20! If the current user does not have the necessary access rights, the icon in the KDE panel is crossed out.
After the program has been compiled and installed, start K ADSL Watch by selecting the link in the "Internet" menu in the Application Starter (the "K button"). The program starts minimized as an icon in the KDE panel. If you click with the *right* mouse button on the K ADSL Watch icon in the KDE panel, a context menu appears offering the following commands:
The LEDs indicate the status of the DSL connection. If both the "ADSL" and "ATM" LEDs are green, the DSL access is installed correctly. If the PPP LED is green, a connection to the Internet has been established. If fastpath is activated, the Fast LED is always green.
If no CAPI 2.0 driver is active in the system, then the icon in the KDE panel is crossed out.
Log File
The first time an DSL connection is established, K ADSL Watch
automatically creates a log file (kadslwatch.log) in the user's home
directory. The date, time and duration of the connection and amount of
data transferred will be recorded as long as K ADSL Watch is in operation.
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Note: |
This feature requires a CAPI-based DSL connection, is designed for
single-user mode only and is not exhaustive. |
To remove K ADSL Watch from the system, change to the source directory and run the command "make uninstall". (You must have super user access rights!). If K ADSL Watch was installed through YaST, simply use YaST to remove the apllication.
© 2005 AVM GmbH. All rights reserved.
This software is protected by copyright. AVM provides this software free of charge, and provides no support services for it. AVM Berlin disclaims all liability and warranties, whether express or implied, relating to this product's quality, performance or suitability for any particular purpose which deviates from the performance specifications contained in the product description.
AVM will not be liable for damages arising directly or indirectly from the use of the software, nor for incidental or consequential damages. AVM further disclaims all liability for loss of or damage to hardware, software or data as a result of direct or indirect errors or destruction and for any costs, including ISDN connection charges, related to the software and due to incorrect installations not performed by AVM itself. The information contained in this documentation and the software it describes are subject to change without notice for the purpose of technical improvement.
© Markus Dahlweid. All rights reserved.
This products contains the "kimon" software developed by Markus Dahlweid under the GNU General Public License.
Please observe the details of the license conditions at the following
URL:
http://www.gnu.org
We are happy to receive feedback on K ADSL Watch at the following
e-mail-address:
info@avm.de
Information About the CAPI 2.0 Specification
The CAPI 2.0 specification can be downloaded from the following web
site:
http://www.capi.org
Other questions regarding the CAPI 2.0 specification are discussed on
Usenet in the following newsgroup:
news:comp.dcom.isdn.capi
(2) Other Newsgroups
Issues concerning ISDN and Linux are discussed in
news:de.comp.os.unix.linux.isdn
DSL issues are discussed in
news:de.comm.technik.dsl
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SAS, TC, 07/2005