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NAME

6       aconnect - ALSA sequencer connection manager
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SYNOPSIS

10       aconnect [-d] [-options] sender receiver
11       aconnect -i|-o [-options]
12       aconnect -x
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DESCRIPTION

16       aconnect  is  a utility to connect and disconnect two existing ports on
17       ALSA sequencer system.  The ports with the arbitrary subscription  per‐
18       mission, such as created by aseqview(1), can be connected to any (MIDI)
19       device ports using aconnect.  For example, to connect from port 64:0 to
20       65:0, run as follows:
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24       The connection is one-way, and the whole data to the sender port (64:0)
25       is redirected to the receiver port (65:0).   When  another  port  (e.g.
26       65:1)  is  attached  to  the same sender port, the data is sent to both
27       receiver ports.  For disconnection, use -d option.
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29       % aconnect -d 64:0 65:0
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31       The address can be given using the client's name.
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33       % aconnect External:0 Emu8000:1
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35       Then the port 0 of the client matching with the  string  "External"  is
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38       Another  function of aconnect is to list the present ports on the given
39       condition.  The input ports, which may  become  sender  ports,  can  be
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42       % aconnect -i
43       client 0: 'System' [type=kernel]
44           0 'Timer           '
45           1 'Announce        '
46       client 64: 'External MIDI-0' [type=kernel]
47           0 'MIDI 0-0        '
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49       Similarly, to see the output ports, use -o flag.
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51       You can remove all existing exported connections using -x option.  This
52       function is useful for terminating the ALSA drivers, because  the  mod‐
53       ules with sequencer connections cannot be unloaded unless their connec‐
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OPTIONS

58   CONNECTION MANAGEMENT
59       -d, --disconnect
60              Disconnect the given subscription.
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62       -e, --exclusive
63              Connect ports with exclusive mode.   Both  sender  and  receiver
64              ports can be no longer connected by any other ports.
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66       -r, --real queue
67              Convert time-stamps of event packets to the current value of the
68              given real-time queue.  This is option is, however, not so  use‐
69              ful,  since the receiver port must use (not necessarily own) the
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73              Like -r option, but time-stamps are  converted  to  the  current
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77   LIST PORTS
78       -i, --input
79              List  existing input (readable) ports.  This option is exclusive
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83              List existing output (writable) ports.  This option is exclusive
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86       -l, --list
87              List  the current connection status.  The connected and connect‐
88              ing ports from/to each port are  listed  together.   The  suffix
89              flag  [ex]  means  the connection is exclusive.  The suffix flag
90              [real:#] and [tick:#] mean the connection includes real-time and
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94   REMOVE ALL CONNECTIONS
95       -x, --removeall
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SEE ALSO

100       aseqnet(1), aseqview(1)
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AUTHOR

104       Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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108                                August 31, 2000                    aconnect(1)