summary | shortlog | log | commit | commitdiff | tree
raw | patch | inline | side by side (parent: 5397a47)
raw | patch | inline | side by side (parent: 5397a47)
author | Florian Forster <octo@collectd.org> | |
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 06:14:16 +0000 (08:14 +0200) | ||
committer | Florian Forster <octo@collectd.org> | |
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 06:14:16 +0000 (08:14 +0200) |
src/collectd.conf.pod | patch | blob | history |
diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index a673a584982842b0985e36ad9f845b5167e92cca..7b9a5598b77c65fae169edc835295c0d2801b15a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
=back
-=head2 Plugin "sigrok"
+=head2 Plugin C<sigrok>
-The I<sigrok> plugin uses libsigrok to retrieve measurements from any device
+The I<sigrok plugin> uses I<libsigrok> to retrieve measurements from any device
supported by the L<sigrok|http://sigrok.org/> project.
B<Synopsis>
LogLevel 3
<Device "AC Voltage">
Driver "fluke-dmm"
- MinimumInterval 10
- Conn "/dev/ttyUSB2"
+ MinimumInterval 10
+ Conn "/dev/ttyUSB2"
</Device>
<Device "Sound Level">
Driver "cem-dt-885x"
- Conn "/dev/ttyUSB1"
+ Conn "/dev/ttyUSB1"
</Device>
</Plugin>
=item B<LogLevel> B<0-5>
-The sigrok logging level to pass on to the collectd log, as a number 0-5.
-These levels correspond to None, Errors, Warnings, Informational, Debug
-and Spew, respectively. The default is 2 (Warnings). The sigrok log messages,
-regardless of their level, are always submitted to collectd at its INFO
-log level.
+The I<sigrok> logging level to pass on to the I<collectd> log, as a number
+between B<0> and B<5> (inclusive). These levels correspond to C<None>,
+C<Errors>, C<Warnings>, C<Informational>, C<Debug >and C<Spew>, respectively.
+The default is B<2> (C<Warnings>). The I<sigrok> log messages, regardless of
+their level, are always submitted to I<collectd> at its INFO log level.
-=item E<lt>B<Device> I<name>E<gt>
+=item E<lt>B<Device> I<Name>E<gt>
A sigrok-supported device, uniquely identified by this section's options. The
-I<name> is passed to collectd as the I<plugin instance>.
+I<Name> is passed to I<collectd> as the I<plugin instance>.
-=item B<Driver>
+=item B<Driver> I<DriverName>
The sigrok driver to use for this device.
-=item B<Conn>
+=item B<Conn> I<ConnectionSpec>
If the device cannot be auto-discovered, or more than one might be discovered
-by the driver, I<Conn> specifies the connection string to the device. It can
-be of the form of a serial port (I</dev/ttyUSB2>), or, in case of a non-serial
-USB-connected device, the USB VendorID/ProductID separated by a period
-(I<0403.6001>). A USB device can also be specified as bus.address
-(I<1.41>).
+by the driver, I<ConnectionSpec> specifies the connection string to the device.
+It can be of the form of a device path (e.g.E<nbsp>C</dev/ttyUSB2>), or, in
+case of a non-serial USB-connected device, the USB I<VendorID>B<.>I<ProductID>
+separated by a period (e.g.E<nbsp>C<0403.6001>). A USB device can also be
+specified as I<Bus>B<.>I<Address> (e.g.E<nbsp>C<1.41>).
-=item B<SerialComm>
+=item B<SerialComm> I<SerialSpec>
For serial devices with non-standard port settings, this option can be used
-to specify them in the form I<9600/8n1>. This should not be necessary; drivers
-know how to communicate with devices they support.
+to specify them in a form understood by I<sigrok>, e.g.E<nbsp>C<9600/8n1>.
+This should not be necessary; drivers know how to communicate with devices they
+support.
-=item B<MinimumInterval>
+=item B<MinimumInterval> I<Seconds>
-Specifies the minimum time between measurement dispatches to collectd, in
-seconds. Since some sigrok-supported devices can acquire measurements many
+Specifies the minimum time between measurement dispatches to I<collectd>, in
+seconds. Since some I<sigrok> supported devices can acquire measurements many
times per second, it may be necessary to throttle these. For example, the
-RRD plugin cannot process writes more than once per second.
+I<RRD plugin> cannot process writes more than once per second.
-The default MinimumInterval is 0, meaning measurements received from the
-device are always dispatched to collectd. When throttled, unused measurements
-are discarded.
+The default B<MinimumInterval> is B<0>, meaning measurements received from the
+device are always dispatched to I<collectd>. When throttled, unused
+measurements are discarded.
=back