PANELCTL(1) User Commands PANELCTL(1)NAME
panelctl - manual page for panelctl (libavc1394) 0.1
SYNOPSIS
panelctl [OPTION] <channel|command>
DESCRIPTION
panelctl is a command line tool to send control commands via an IEEE1394 link to an AV/C Panel such as the Motorola Digital Consumer Termi-
nal (DCT) series. Or for the non-techies: panelctl lets you remote control your digital cable box via a Firewire cable.
OPTIONS -d, --debug
Display debug information
-h, --help
Display this help and exit
-v, --version
Output version information and exit
Channels:
001 - 999
Tune directly to a specific channel
Commands:
ok Select the highlighted item
up Move up in the menu or guide
down Move down in the menu or guide
left Move left in the menu or guide
right Move right in the menu or guide
menu Enter or Exit the Main Menu
lock Bring up Parental Control screen
guide Bring up Listings By Time screen
favorite
Scan through just your favorite channels
exit Return to live TV from the menu or guide
enter Enter the digital Music menu
channelup
Change channel up
channeldown
Change channel down
last Return to the previous menu or channel
info See a description of the current show
help See helpful information
pageup Move up one page in the menu or guide
pagedown
Move down one page in the menu or guide
power Toggle the device on or off
volumeup
Change volume up
volumedown
Change volume down
mute Toggle sound on or off
play Play DVR or On-Demand content
stop Stop DVR or On-Demand content
pause Pause DVR or On-Demand content
record Record content on the DVR
rewind Rewind DVR or On-Demand content
fastforward
Fast Forward DVR or On-Demand content
soundoff
Turn sound off
soundon
Turn sound on
num0 - num9
Emulate a number key pressed
AUTHOR
Written by Stacey Son, John Woodell, and Dan Dennedy.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004-2006
SEE ALSO
dvcont
panelctl (libavc1394) 0.1 April 2006 PANELCTL(1)
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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)