PANELCTL(1) User Commands PANELCTL(1)NAMEpanelctl - manual page for panelctl 0.2
SYNOPSISpanelctl [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 con‐
trol 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 Copy‐
right (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.
panelctl 0.2 November 2009 PANELCTL(1)
