[argyllcms] Re: Wanted: Spyder 3 and ColorMunki Beta Testers

  • From: Kie <argyll@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:08:30 +0000

> With the instrument plugged in, first try running "spotread -?", and check
> that the Spyder 3 is listed in the available instruments of the usage.
> You could then try "spotread -yl" or something like "dispcal -v -yl -R test"
> (assuming you have an LCD display), and see how it goes.


Spot read looks like it is working (I guess).
However I left the dispcal running for a time but the process did not terminate
it was however was using a significant amount of CPU.

$ bin/dispcal -v -yl -R test
 PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
14205 kie       20   0  4964 1088  860 S   36  0.1  16:11.43 dispcal


best rgds
Kie


$ bin/spotread -?
Read Print Spot values, Version 1.0.4_Beta
Author: Graeme W. Gill, licensed under the GPL Version 3
usage: spotread [-options] [logfile]
 -v                   Verbose mode
 -s                   Print spectrum for each reading
 -S                   Plot spectrum for each reading
 -c listno            Set communication port from the following list (default 1)
    1 = 'usb:/bus0/dev4 (Datacolor Spyder3)'
    2 = '/dev/ttyS0'
    3 = '/dev/ttyS1'
 -t                   Use transmission measurement mode
etc.



$ bin/spotread -yl

Place instrument on spot to be measured,
and hit [A-Z] to read white and setup FWA compensation (keyed to letter)
[a-z] to read and make FWA compensated reading from keyed reference
'r' to set reference, 's' to save spectrum, 'h' to toggle high res.
Hit ESC, ^C or Q to exit, any other key to take a reading:

 Result is XYZ: 61.276108 97.322085 31.015913, D50 Lab: 98.955157 -65.618893 
53.846011

Place instrument on spot to be measured,
and hit [A-Z] to read white and setup FWA compensation (keyed to letter)
[a-z] to read and make FWA compensated reading from keyed reference
'r' to set reference, 's' to save spectrum, 'h' to toggle high res.
Hit ESC, ^C or Q to exit, any other key to take a reading:

Spot read stopped at user request!
 

>  From there on, consult the "scenarios" section and the detailed tool entries.
> 
> Graeme Gill.

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