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NAME

       ncpd - Daemon which handles the serial link to a Psion

SYNOPSIS

       ncpd [-V] [-h] [-v log-class] [-d] [-e] [-p [host:]port] [-s device] [-b baud-rate] [long-options]

DESCRIPTION

       ncpd  is  the  daemon which handles the serial link to your Psion. It listens at port 7501 for local connections and provides basic PLP/NCP
       services for plpfuse and plpftp and other front-ends. It auto-connects to the psion, even after unplugging/switching off therefore  it  can
       run all the time if you can dedicate a serial device to it.

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
	      Display the version and exit

       -h, --help
	      Display a short help text and exit.

       -e, --autoexit
	      Exit automatically if the device is disconnected. Furthermore, use the current tty as I/O device. This option is intended for start-
	      ing ncpd on demand using mgetty's auto-detect function. (A patch for mgetty is needed for that).

       -v, --verbose=log-class
	      Increase the logging level of the program. the possible values for log-class are:

	      nl     Set NCP debug level to LOG

	      nd     Set NCP debug level to DEBUG

	      ll     Set Link debug level to LOG

	      ld     Set Link debug level to DEBUG

	      pl     Set Packet debug level to LOG

	      pd     Set Packet debug level to DEBUG

	      ph     Set Packet debug level to HANDSHAKE

	      m      Set overall debug level to verbose

	      all    Turn on all the above logging on.

       -d, --dontfork
	      Do not background the daemon.

       -p, --port=[host:]port
	      Specify the port to listen on - by default the value for the host is 127.0.0.1 and the value for the port is looked up in  /etc/ser-
	      vices using the key psion/tcp.  If it is not found there, a default value of 7501 is used.

       -s, --serial=device
	      Specify the serial device to use to connect to the Psion - this defaults to /dev/ttyS0

       -b, --baudrate=baud-rate
	      Specify  the  baud  rate	to use for the serial connection. If the word auto is specified, ncpd cycles through baud-rates of 115200,
	      57600, 38400, 19200 and 9600 baud. Default setting is auto.

SEE ALSO

       plpfuse(8), plpprintd(8), plpftp(1), sisinstall(1)

AUTHOR

       Fritz Elfert
       Heavily based on  p3nfsd  by  Rudolf  Koenig  (rfkoenig@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de)  and  plp_1_7	by  Philip  Proudman  (phil@proud-
       man51.freeserve.co.uk)
       Patches from Matt Gumbley (matt@gumbley.demon.co.uk)
       Man page by John Lines (john+plpman@paladin.demon.co.uk)

plptools 1.0.9							    2008/03/13								   ncpd(8)