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x_buttontest

x_buttontest(6) 						  Games and Demos						   x_buttontest(6)

NAME

       x_buttontest - Xview demonstration and test program for SunButtons

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/demo/BUTTONBOX/x_buttontest

DESCRIPTION

       x_buttontest  is an Xview application that displays a window  with thirty two buttons, corresponding to those on the  SunButtons buttonbox.
       To determine if the buttonbox has been set up correctly, select the Diagnostic button on the panel. If the buttonbox is functional and cor-
       rectly  interfaced,  each of the buttons will light in  sequence for about 1 second. Then "OK." is sent to the  standard output of the demo
       program. x_buttontest is now in its (default) interactive mode. Pressing a button on the buttonbox highlights the corresponding	button	on
       the  screen.  Additionally, x_buttontest sends a BDIOBUTLITE ioctl to the buttonbox in response to each key press and key  release, so that
       the button light is illuminated while the  button is held down.

       If the serial communications become confused, as can happen when both the buttonbox and the dialbox are operated at the same time,  one	or
       more button lights may remain on after the button is released.  Clicking on the Reset button on the panel will unconditionally turn all the
       button lights off.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |SPARC			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       bdconfig(1M), attributes(5), x_dialtest(6), bd(7M), streamio(7I)

SunOS 5.10							    1 Jan 1997							   x_buttontest(6)

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