Sigrok/dsview logic analyser J1850 VPW 1x 4x decoder

[pman92]

Antus, I've given up on fixing it myself as I've got no idea what I'm doing.
I reached out to some people on the #sigrok IRC chat (https://webchat.freenode.net/). They seem VERY interested in getting it working and included.

They suggested I clone the libsigrokdecode repo, add your 2016 version PD and commit changes, then do other changes I have done to try and get it working and commit them as well. Then connect the clone with a github account, provide the URL to the public repo in the IRC chat, and they can review and suggest changes.
The problem is I'm not very familiar with git because I've never really used it

They also requested I get plenty of example captures: "example captures go to the sigrok-dumps repo (another clone which you'd amend), see existing directories for README files that should accompany the .sr files"

There is also a new page on their wiki: https://sigrok.org/wiki/Protocol_decoder:J1850_vpw and they've given me a wiki account and asked me to add to it. If you ask for an account on their IRC chat they will give you one as well.

[antus]

Thats awesome! I actually ordered a generic $20 logic analyser today to look at this. The dslogic is dead. Dont know when i'll get a chance but i'd like to see this across the line, and im keen to help.

You should link this thread on the wiki page. Thanks

[pman92]

I think I've worked out github just enough to get this done (first time I've ever had anything to do with my own repo)
https://github.com/pman92/libsigrokdeco ... coders/vpw
https://github.com/pman92/sigrok-dumps/tree/master/vpw

And I've also updated the wiki page

[antus]

This will just be a side project when i'm board so I make no promises about how long, if at all, I get there. But the hardware arrived, and 'hello world'.

[antus]

@pman92 Ive pushed your changes in to a develop branch on bitbucket because thats whereit was, I dont mind if it ends up on github, and maybe eventaually I'll move that and a few other projects in to the same repo as pcmhammer. I will start having a play with this.

[antus]

I managed to get it loading in pulseview, but I cant figure out why the debug level switch -l 5 produces no output. Or if it does, where that output goes. The decoder throws an error so its not full ported yet, but its closer. It ended up just needing whitespace fixes, and a reset function which calls init.

https://bitbucket.org/antuspcm/sigrok-v ... ea125ad974

Edit: Found it! In the gui

[antus]

time channel is now working, getting close

[pman92]

Awesome work antus

[delcowizzid]

Antus what a machine haha good to see you still can't put something down once you get a taste haha

[Gampy]

I think I've worked out github just enough to get this done (first time I've ever had anything to do with my own repo)

Careful, you'll get hooked and wonder how you ever got along without it!

I say, Linus finally did something worthwhile, he instructed his team to create git.

That's cool Antus.