1PANELCTL(1)                      User Commands                     PANELCTL(1)
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NAME

6       panelctl - manual page for panelctl 0.2
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SYNOPSIS

9       panelctl [OPTION...] <channel|command>
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DESCRIPTION

12       AV/C panelctl - change channels on, or issue commands to, a firewire AV
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15       -c, --commands
16              Print command list (requires a dummy argument)
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18       -d, --debug
19              Debug mode
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21       -g, --guid=GUID
22              Specify GUID for the STB to control
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24       -n, --swversion=SW_VERSION Specify sofware version of STB
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26       -s, --specid=SPEC_ID
27              Specify spec_id of STB to control
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29       -v, --verbose
30              Produce verbose output
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32       -?, --help
33              Give this help list
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35       --usage
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38       -V, --version
39              Print program version
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41       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also  mandatory  or
42       optional for any corresponding short options.
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44       This  program is mostly useful for a firewire tuner or set-top box with
45       an AV interface. Use it to issue a command (panelctl <command>)  or  to
46       change  channels  on  the tuner (panelctl <channel>).  To get a list of
47       legal commands, use the --commands switch.
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49       By default, panelctl  will  control  the  first  Motorola  STB  on  the
50       firewire  chain.   This will only work with some Motorola STBs. To con‐
51       trol any other STB, or to control multiple STBs, specify  the  GUID  or
52       both  the spec_id and software version for the desired STB. This can be
53       found out by running "panelctl -v -g 1 1". Because there won't be a STV
54       with  GUID of 1, it will run through all possible devices and print the
55       info for each one. Once the GUID, or the spec_id and sw_version of  the
56       desired  device has been learned, it can be used in following commands,
57       e.g. "panelctl -g  0x123456  666".  Generally,  it  will  be  a  better
58       approach to use guid, since this will be unique to each STB.
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60       By:  Stacey  D. Son, John Woodell, Dan Dennedy, and Jerry Fiddler Copy‐
61       right (C) 2004-2009
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SEE ALSO

64       The full documentation for panelctl is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.
65       If  the info and panelctl programs are properly installed at your site,
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70       should give you access to the complete manual.
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