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6 $HOME/.wavemonrc - wavemon configuration file
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9 wavemonrc is the per-user configuration file for wavemon(1). This page
10 describes its individual configuration options. Each corresponds to a
11 configuration item of the Preferences screen (F7 key), whose on-screen
12 name is shown in parentheses.
13 interface = <ifname>
15 (Interface)
16 Selects the wireless interface to use.
17 cisco_mac = (on|off)
19 (Cisco-style MAC addresses)
20 If enabled, display MAC addresses using lower-case hex digits
21 separated by dots rather than colons.
22 sort_order = (channel|essid|mac|signal|open|chan/sig|open/sig)
24 (Scan sort type)
25 Determines the ordering used in the scan window: channel sorts
26 by channel number, essid by access point name, mac by MAC
27 address, signal by signal strength, and open by openness. The
28 combined variants chan/sig and open/sig sort first by chan‐
29 nel/openness and then by signal strength. It also affects the
30 status line at the bottom: normally the most crowded channels
31 are listed, sorting by channel in descending order switches to
32 least crowded ones instead.
33 sort_ascending = (on|off)
35 (Scan sort direction)
36 Sets the direction of the sort_order: ascending (on) or descend‐
37 ing (off).
38 stat_updates = <n>
40 (Statistics updates)
41 Time interval for polling new statistics (including scan
42 refresh). Range: 10..4000ms.
43 lhist_slot_size = <n>
45 (Histogram update cycles)
46 Number of samples used per each histogram slot. For example, if
47 the stat_updates interval is 500ms and the histogram slot size
48 is 4, the histogram is moved one slot further every 2 seconds.
49 Range: 1..64.
50 meter_smoothness = <n>
52 (Level meter smoothness)
53 Determines the responsiveness of level meters, tracking the mov‐
54 ing average rather than following each new sample. The given
55 value specifies the percentage of the history (the 'inertia') of
56 preceding samples. A value of 0 disables this option. Range:
57 0..99%.
58 info_updates = <n>
60 (Dynamic info updates)
61 Sets refresh rate for dynamic device parameters (e.g. bitrate)
62 and the refresh interval for the Scan window (F3). Range:
63 1..60s.
64 override_auto_scale = (on|off)
66 (Override scale autodetect)
67 Override the auto-scaling of the bar graphs and histogram,
68 allowing you to set your own scales.
69 min_signal_level, max_signal_level = <n>
71 (Minimum signal level, Maximum signal level)
72 Set the left and right boundaries of the signal level scales.
73 Ranges: -100..-39 (minimum) and -40..-10dBm (maximum).
74 min_noise_level, max_noise_level = <n>
76 (Minimum noise level, Maximum noise level)
77 These work similar to the signal boundary settings. Ranges:
78 -120..-70dBm (minimum) and -69..-40dBm (maximum).
79 lo_threshold_action = (disabled|beep|flash|beep+flash)
81 (Low threshold action)
82 Issue a warning at a given threshold at the lower end of the
83 signal scale. It is meant for alarming you when a signal appears
84 at the receiver.
85 lo_threshold = <n>
87 (Low threshold)
88 Sets the threshold value for the 'Low threshold action'. Range:
89 -120..-60dBm.
90 hi_threshold_action = (disabled|beep|flash|beep+flash)
92 (High threshold action)
93 Analogous to lo_threshold_action, only this time the threshold
94 is at the upper end of the scale and the action is performed
95 when the signal level drops below it. The acoustic signal is
96 also different in order to be easily distinguishable from the
97 lower one. Correctly adjusted, this little fellow will tell you
98 when you should move closer to the base station.
99 hi_threshold = <n>
101 (High threshold)
102 Sets the threshold for the 'High threshold action'. Range:
103 -59..120dBm.
104 transparent_bg = (on|off)
106 (Use transparent background)
107 If enabled, use a transparent background instead of black. This
108 is enabled by default and can only be turned off via the startup
109 file.
110 startup_screen = (info|histogram|scan window)
112 (Startup screen)
113 Which of the screens appears at program startup.
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116 Written by Jan Morgenstern <jan@jm-music.de>.
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119 Send bug reports and/or suggestions to Gerrit Renker <ger‐
120 rit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>.
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123 This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. See file COPYING for
124 details.
125Linux December 2018 wavemonrc(5)