Turn fan on during start to set the driver to a known state

README.md

+# elphel-apps-tempmon
+Temperature monitoring script

eclipse_project_setup/.externalToolBuilders/SCP apps-tempmon to target.launch

+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ProgramBuilderLaunchConfigurationType">
+<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.ATTR_LAUNCH_IN_BACKGROUND" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_LOCATION" value="${workspace_loc:/elphel-apps-tempmon/run_bitbake.sh}"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_RUN_BUILD_KINDS" value="full,incremental,"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TOOL_ARGUMENTS" value="apps-tempmon -c target_scp -f"/>
+<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TRIGGERS_CONFIGURED" value="true"/>
+</launchConfiguration>

src/Makefile

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ PROGS      =
 PHPCLI     =
 CONFIGS    =
 
-SRCS = imgsrv.py
-OBJS =
+SRCS       = tempmon.py
+OBJS       =
 
 INSTALL    = install
 INSTMODE   = 0755
 INSTDOCS   = 0644
 
-OWN = -o root -g root
+OWN        = -o root -g root
 
 CFLAGS     =
 

src/tempmon.py

@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         out_path_pref = ""
     tm = temp_monitor(ctrl_path_pref, ctrl_fn, hwmon_path_pref, hwmon_fn, out_path_pref, out_fn)
     if tm.check_files():
+        # unconditionally turn the fan on to set the driver to a known state
+        tm.fan_ctrl("on")
         tm.monitor()
     else:
         sys.exit(1)