added some ducumentation, shortened the ROM command decoder code

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diff --git a/decoders/onewire/__init__.py b/decoders/onewire/__init__.py
index 54eb65f..b58dde7 100644
--- a/decoders/onewire/__init__.py
+++ b/decoders/onewire/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,44 @@
 '''
 1-Wire protocol decoder.
 
+The 1-Wire protocol enables bidirectional communication over a single wire (and
+ground) between a single master and one or multiple slaves. The protocol is
+layered, the provided parser decodes the next layers:
+- Link layer (reset, presence detection, reading/writing bits)
+- Network layer (skip, search, match device ROM addresses)
+The higher layers (transport, presentation) are not decoded, since they are
+mostly device specific and it would take a lot of code to interpret them.
+
+Probes:
+1-Wire requires a single signal, but some master implementations might have a
+separate signal use to deliver power to the bus during temperature conversion
+as an example. This power signal is currently not parsed.
+- owr (1-Wire bus)
+- pwr (1-Wire power)
+
+Options:
+1-Wire is an asynchronous protocol, so the decoder must know the sample rate.
+The timing for sampling bits, presence and reset is calculated by the decoder,
+but in case the user wishes to use different values, it is possible to
+configure the next timing values (number of sample rate periods):
+- overdrive              (if active the decoder will be prepared for overdrive)
+- cnt_normal_bit         (time for normal mode sample bit)
+- cnt_normal_presence    (time for normal mode sample presence)
+- cnt_normal_reset       (time for normal mode reset)
+- cnt_overdrive_bit      (time for overdrive mode sample bit)
+- cnt_overdrive_presence (time for overdrive mode sample presence)
+- cnt_overdrive_reset    (time for overdrive mode reset)
+This options should be configured only on very rare cases and the user should
+read the decoder source code to understand them correctly.
+
+Annotations:
+Annotations can be shown for each layer of the protocol separately:
+- link (the value of each transmitted bit is shown separately)
+- network (the ROM command, and address are shown)
+- transport (only transport layer byte transfers are shown)
+If link layer annotations are shown, possible issues with sample rate and sample
+timing are also shown.
+
 TODO:
 - fix annotations to have event duration instead of begin end time
 - add CRC checks for network layer