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Short: A tool that disables your screen blanker when certain tasks are running
Uploader: Alexander Niven-Jenkins <anj@cremlinsoftware.org>
Author: Ghandi <ghandi@cremlinsoftware.org> and Alexander Niven-Jenkins <anj@cremlinsoftware.org>
Type: util/blank
Replaces: AntiBlanker.lha
Why was it written?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Because the screen blanker we were using would eat up too much CPU time when we
were trying to burn CDRs thus ruining them, and we kept forgetting to disable
it beforehand, so we thought we would get our Amiga to do it for us.
How do I run AntiBlanker from Workbench?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just double click on the AntiBlanker icon. In order to tell AntiBlanker what
tasks to look out for you must setup it's ToolTypes as follows:
DELAY=<the delay between checks (in 1/50ths of a second)>
BLANKCODE=<the blank key code, see below>
BLANKQUALIFIER=<the blank qualifier, see below>
TASK=<the task name you would like to disable your screen blanker for>
e.g.:
DELAY=6000
BLANKCODE=0x0062
BLANKQUALIFIER=0x0004
TASK=MakeCD
TASK=PalomaTV
The above would disable your screen blanker when ever MakeCD or PalomaTV are
running, and it will check to see if they are running every 2 minutes
(6000/50/60 = 2 minutes), but
How do I run AntiBlanker from the CLI?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Type the following at a CLI prompt:
<Path>AntiBlanker <Config #1> <Config #2> ... <Config #n>
Where <Config #n> are any number of configuration files, AntiBlanker will
automatically append them all together. The format of the configuartion files
are as follows:
Line1 The delay between check (in 1/50ths of a second).
Same as DELAY tooltype.
Line2 The blank key code (see below).
Same as BLANKCODE tooltype.
Line3 The blank qualifier (see below).
Same as BLANKQUALIFIER tooltype.
Line4 .. x The task name you would like to disable your screen blanker for.
Same as TASK tooltype.
nb. When using multiple configuration files, AntiBlanker uses the DELAY,
BLANKCODE and BLANKQUALIFIER from the last configuration file specified.
What are the blank code and blank qualifier?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AntiBlanker works by putting 'fake' input events onto the input chain, thus
fooling your screen blanker into thinking you've pressed a key when you
haven't. Versions before 0.4 used the Control (Ctrl) key for this purpose as
we thought it was least likely to cause any conflicts, unfortunately we did not
fill in the input event with a single Control, but instead we accidentally set
it to <Ctrl> + <'> and this would produce 'trash' in a shell window and in some
software.
As of version 0.5 you can specify the blank code and blank qualifier (see
above), this allows you to program AntiBlanker to 'fool' the system with any
key you like. You can specify the codes as hex or decimal by copying them
exactly from the tables below (the tables are not complete, but should get you
started).
Blank codes
~~~~~~~~~~~
Key Hex Code Decimal Code
--- -------- ------------
Left Shift 0x0060 96
Right Shift 0x0061 97
Caps Lock 0x0062 98
Control 0x0063 99
Left Alt 0x0064 100
Right Alt 0x0065 101
Left Amiga 0x0066 102
Right Amiga 0x0067 103
nb. The above blank codes work on our A1200, although they may be slightly
different for other Amigas (and possibly foreign keyboards), if you get 'trash'
in a shell window while using AntiBlanker try a different code.
Blank qualifiers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Key Hex Code Decimal Code
--- -------- ------------
Left Shift 0x0001 1
Right Shift 0x0002 2
Caps Lock 0x0004 4
Control 0x0008 8
Left Alt 0x0010 16
Right Alt 0x0020 32
Left Amiga 0x0040 64
Right Amiga 0x0080 128
If you find one of the above keys conflicts with your software try another.
nb. the Caps Lock codes do not appear to actually affect the status of
Caps Lock.
Which blankers work with AntiBlanker?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AntiBlanker has been tested and proven to work with the following screen
blankers, although it should work with almost any screen blanker. If you have
tested it with a blanker not listed, please let me know the results so that we
can update the list.
Blanker AntiBlanker version
------- -------------------
extras:tools/commodities/Blanker 0.1+
util/cdity/mcx280.lha 0.1+
util/blank/ASwarmII2_0.lha 0.2+
util/blank/Auror15a.lha 0.2+
util/blank/BeyondTheDark.lha 0.2+
util/blank/Blanker2.6.lha 0.2+
util/blank/DesktopMAGIC.lha 0.2+
util/blank/GBlanker36.lha 0.2, 0.3, 0.5+
util/blank/GBlanker36_020.lha 0.2, 0.3, 0.5+
util/blank/FlyingToasters.lha 0.2+
util/blank/ShadowMaster.lha 0.2+
util/blank/StarBlanker.lha 0.2+
util/blank/SwazBlanker240.lha 0.2+
Miscellaneous notes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Task names are CASE SENSITIVE, you can find out the name of task via a tool
such as Scout.
To stop AntiBlanker, send it a CTRL-C signal either via the Break/BreakName
programs or by a tool such as Scout. Please note that AntiBlanker will not end
immediately but after it's next loop.
To get the most performance out of AntiBlanker (so that it uses the least CPU
time), put the tasks that you use most at the bottom of the configuration file
(or tool type list). Due to the way AntiBlanker stores the task names
internally it actually checks for the tasks in the reverse order to the how you
specified them.
Registration and contacting us
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AntiBlanker is 'Email Ware', this means that if you use it then you must send
us an email. As you can see this is a very small cost to pay.
Also feel free to visit our website at http://www.cremlinsoftware.org it hosts
all the latest versions of our software (including BETA releases).
AntiBlanker history
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Version Date Notes
0.1 15.06.1998 ·First public release.
0.2 15.06.1998 ·Fixed AntiBlanker so that it works with Garshneblanker.
[Luca 'Hexaae' Longone]
0.3 05.09.1998 ·Fixed an Enforcer hit that was caused by our linked
list class.
[Luca 'Hexaae' Longone]
0.4 14.09.1998 ·Added user definable blank key.
·Altered the code so it sends a KEY_UP event instead of
a KEY_DOWN. This should reduce the amount of conflicts
with existing software.
0.5 BETA 15.09.1998 ·Added The BlankCodeFinder program to the AntiBlanker
package.
·Changed user definable blank key so that it is
specified as a CODE and QUALIFIER, instead of just a
QUALIFIER.
·Altered the code so it sends a KEY_DOWN event like 0.3
did, as we had forgotten this was necessary for
Garshneblanker compatibility (oops).
1.0 15.02.2000 ·Finally fixed the Enforcer hit on startup (that only
took 1½ years).
[Luca 'Hexaae' Longone]
·Configuration file(s) are now closed properly.
·Added CTRL-C support.
·A number of internal optimisations and recompiled with
the new OS3.5 includes.
1.1 28.02.2000 ·Our linked list class has been enhanced and cleaned up
for one of our other projects, so we have recompiled
AntiBlanker to accomodate the new class.
No real changes have been made to the program itself.