MovingsignApi

MovingSign Communication Protocol V2.1 Implementation in Ruby to control compatible LED signs.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'movingsign_api'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install movingsign_api

Usage

Using the MovingsignApi is straight forward.

require 'movingsign_api'

sign = MovingsignApi::Sign.new '/dev/ttyUSB0'

sign.show_text "Hello World"

There are other commands and quite a few options. See MovingsignApi::Sign or MovingsignApi::Command and it's subclasses.

Versions

A complete version history is in CHANGELOG.md.

Todo

Not all of the Movingsign protocol is implemented. Some of missing functionality include:

• Text formatting isn't supported
• Graphics commands aren't supported
• Some write control commands are not implemented:
  • Set/Change password
  • Set/Change device address
  • Changing the text file display mode
• Read control commands
  • Read clock
  • Read equipment attributes

Contributing

Make a pull request and be sure to include test cases!

Other Projects

• multi_movingsign - to drive multiple Movingsigns at the same time for an information display board