drop ftdi dependency and replace with "serialport"

demo.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ var A = DMX.Animation
 
 var dmx = new DMX()
 
-// var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'enttec-usb-dmx-pro', 0)
+// var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'enttec-usb-dmx-pro', '/dev/cu.usbserial-6AVNHXS8')
-// var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'enttec-open-usb-dmx', 0)
+// var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'enttec-open-usb-dmx', '/dev/cu.usbserial-6AVNHXS8')
 var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'null')
 
 universe.update({0: 1, 1: 0})

demo_simple.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var DMX = require('./dmx');
 var A = DMX.Animation;
 
 var dmx = new DMX();
-// var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'enttec-open-usb-dmx', 0)
+// var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'enttec-open-usb-dmx', '/dev/cu.usbserial-6AVNHXS8')
 var universe = dmx.addUniverse('demo', 'null')
 
 var on = false;

dmx-web-example.conf

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'office': {
 			'output': {
 				// 'driver': 'enttec-usb-dmx-pro',
+				// 'device': '/dev/cu.usbserial-6AVNHXS8'
 				'driver': 'null',
 				'device': 0
 			},

drivers/enttec-open-usb-dmx.js

@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 "use strict"
 
-var FTDI = require('ftdi')
+var SerialPort = require("serialport").SerialPort
 
-function EnttecOpenUsbDMX(device_id, cb) {
+function EnttecOpenUsbDMX(device_id, options) {
 	var self = this
+	options = options || {}
 
-	cb = cb || function() {}
 	this.universe = new Buffer(512)
 	this.universe.fill(0)
 
-	self.sleepTime = 24
+	self.interval = 23
-	self.timeout
 
-	self.dev = new FTDI.FtdiDevice(device_id)
+	this.dev = new SerialPort(device_id, {
-	self.dev.open({
 		'baudrate': 57600,
 		'databits': 8,
 		'stopbits': 2,
 		'parity': 'none'
-	}, function(err) {
+	}, true, function(err) {
-		cb(err, device_id)
 		if(!err) {
 			self.start()
 		}
@@ -27,15 +24,24 @@ function EnttecOpenUsbDMX(device_id, cb) {
 }
 
 EnttecOpenUsbDMX.prototype.send_universe = function() {
+	if(!this.dev.isOpen()) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	this.dev.write(this.universe)
+
+	// toggle break
+	this.dev.set({brk: true}, function(err, r) {
+		this.dev.set({brk: false})
+	})
 }
 
 EnttecOpenUsbDMX.prototype.start = function() {
-	this.timeout = setInterval(this.send_universe.bind(this), this.sleepTime)
+	this.interval = setInterval(this.send_universe.bind(this), this.sleepTime)
 }
 
 EnttecOpenUsbDMX.prototype.stop = function() {
-	clearInterval(this.timeout)
+	clearInterval(this.interval)
 }
 
 EnttecOpenUsbDMX.prototype.close = function(cb) {

drivers/enttec-usb-dmx-pro.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict"
 
-var FTDI = require('ftdi')
+var SerialPort = require("serialport").SerialPort
 
 var	  ENTTEC_PRO_DMX_STARTCODE = 0x00
 	, ENTTEC_PRO_START_OF_MSG  = 0x7e
@@ -9,20 +9,18 @@ var	  ENTTEC_PRO_DMX_STARTCODE = 0x00
 	, ENTTEC_PRO_RECV_DMX_PKT  = 0x05
 	;
 
-function EnttecUSBDMXPRO(device_id, cb) {
+function EnttecUSBDMXPRO(device_id, options) {
 	var self = this
-	cb = cb || function() {}
+	options = options || {}
 	this.universe = new Buffer(512)
 	this.universe.fill(0)
 	
-	this.dev = new FTDI.FtdiDevice(device_id)
+	this.dev = new SerialPort(device_id, {
-	this.dev.open({
 		'baudrate': 250000,
 		'databits': 8,
 		'stopbits': 2,
 		'parity': 'none'
-	}, function(err) {
+	}, true, function(err) {
-		cb(err, device_id)
 		if(!err) {
 			self.send_universe()
 		}
@@ -30,6 +28,9 @@ function EnttecUSBDMXPRO(device_id, cb) {
 }
 
 EnttecUSBDMXPRO.prototype.send_universe = function() {
+	if(!this.dev.isOpen()) {
+		return
+	}
 	var hdr = Buffer([
 		ENTTEC_PRO_START_OF_MSG,
 		ENTTEC_PRO_SEND_DMX_RQ,

drivers/null.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 "use strict"
 
-function Null(device_id, cb) {
+function Null(device_id, options) {
 	var self = this
-	cb = cb || function() {}
+	options = options || {}
 	this.universe = new Buffer(512)
 	this.universe.fill(0)
 	self.start()

package.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 				"light control"
 		],
 		"dependencies": {
-				"ftdi":		 "1.0.x",
+				"serialport": "2.0.x",
 				"socket.io":  "0.9.x",
 				"connect":    "2.11.x",
 				"express":    "3.4.x",

readme.md

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ DMX-512 controller library for node.js - also includes a Webinterface and HTTP A
 
 ## Install
 
-	# ftdi module requires ftd2xx headers provided by libftdxx1
-	# install info here: https://github.com/KABA-CCEAC/node-ftdi#prerequisites
-	# install script here: https://github.com/KABA-CCEAC/node-ftdi/blob/master/install.sh
 	npm install -g dmx
 
 ## Webinterface