NAME¶
panelctl - remote control for set-top boxes
SYNOPSIS¶
panelctl [
OPTION...]
<channel|command>
DESCRIPTION¶
AV/C panelctl - change channels on, or issue commands to, a firewire AV device
- -c, --commands
- Print command list (requires a dummy argument)
- -d, --debug
- Debug mode
- -g, --guid=GUID
- Specify GUID for the STB to control
-n,
--swversion=SW_VERSION Specify sofware version of STB
- -s, --specid=SPEC_ID
- Specify spec_id of STB to control
- -v, --verbose
- Produce verbose output
- -?, --help
- Give this help list
- --usage
- Give a short usage message
- -V, --version
- Print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
This program is mostly useful for a firewire tuner or set-top box with an AV
interface. Use it to issue a command (panelctl <command>) or to change
channels on the tuner (panelctl <channel>). To get a list of legal
commands, use the
--commands switch.
By default, panelctl will control the first Motorola STB on the firewire chain.
This will only work with some Motorola STBs. To control any other STB, or to
control multiple STBs, specify the GUID or both the spec_id and software
version for the desired STB. This can be found out by running "panelctl
-v -g 1 1". Because there won't be a STV with GUID of 1, it
will run through all possible devices and print the info for each one. Once
the GUID, or the spec_id and sw_version of the desired device has been
learned, it can be used in following commands, e.g. "panelctl
-g
0x123456 666". Generally, it will be a better approach to use guid, since
this will be unique to each STB.
By: Stacey D. Son, John Woodell, Dan Dennedy, and Jerry Fiddler Copyright (C)
2004-2009
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
panelctl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
panelctl programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info panelctl
should give you access to the complete manual.