PANELCTL(1)							   User Commands						       PANELCTL(1)

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.

panelctl 0.2							   November 2009						       PANELCTL(1)