owserver

owserver is the most flexible part of the entire OWFS system. 

What's the point?

  • Providing a buffer between the 1-wire system, and the higher level file-system view.
  • Allowing communication over the network. (The owserver protocol)
  • Negotiating multiple users of the 1-wire system.
  • Speeding up slow 1-wire access by caching intelligently
  • Recording statistics on errors and use, and attempint automatic repair of communication
  • Allowing complex connections -- multiple 1-wire busses, owserver to owserver connections, etc.

How does it work?

  • Standard tcp server application
  • Well documented, open, non-restricted protocol
  • Accepted as a DNS SRV (RFC 2782) Service Type -- _owserver._tcp
  • Submitted to the IANA for a well known port assignment .

How can I use it?

  • owserver is run by standard means (depends on operating system -- service/daemon/command line...) under Windows,MacOSX,Linux,FreeBSD
  • owserver functions can be easily access over the network:
    • command line shell commands
    • python
    • perl
    • php
    • Visual Basic

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