rotctl - control antenna rotators

rotctl [OPTION]... [COMMAND]...

Control antenna rotators. rotctl accepts commands from command line as well as in interactive mode if none provided in command line.

Keep in mind that Hamlib is still ALPHA level software. A lof of stuff hasn't been tested thoroughly, and the API may change without publicized notice. Please report bugs and feedback at the e-mail address given in the REPORTING BUGS section.

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-m, --model=id

Select rotator model number. See model list.

-r, --rot-file=device

Use device as the file name of the rotator to operate. Default is /dev/rotator (may be a symbolic link to the actual device).

-s, --serial-speed=baud

Set serial speed to baud rate. Uses maximum serial speed from rotator backend capabilites as default.

-L, --show-conf

List all config parameters.

-C, --set-conf=parm=val[,parm=val]*

Set config parameter.

-l, --list

List all model numbers and exit.

-v, --verbose

Set verbose mode, cumulative (BUG, ERR, WARN, VERBOSE, TRACE).

-h, --help

Show summary of options and exit.

-V, --version

Show version of program and exit.

NOTE! Some options may not be implemented by a given backend and will return an error. This is most likely to occur with the --set-conf and --show-conf options.

Commands can be entered either as a single char, or as a long command name. Basically, the commands do not take a dash in front of them, as the options usually do. They may be typed in when in interactive mode or provided as argument in command line interface mode. Since most of the Hamlib operations have a set and a get method, upper case letter will be used for set method whereas the corresponding lower case letter refers to the get method.

Please note that the backend for the rotator to be controlled, or the rotator itself may not support some commands. In that case, the operation will fail with a standard error message.

A summary of commands is included below.

P, set_pos

Set position: azimuth and elevation.

p, get_pos

Get position: azimuth and elevation.

K, park

Park the antenna.

S, stop

Stop the rotator.

R, reset

Reset the rotator.

M, move

Move the rotator in a spesific direction.

C, set_conf

Set a configuration parameter. It is safe to give "Token" a value of '0' (zero). "Value" may be a string up to 20 characters.

_, get_info

Get misc information on the rotator.

rotctl exits with: 0 if all operations went fine; 1 if there was an invalid command line option or arg; or 2 if an error was returned by Hamlib.

Written by Stephane Fillod.

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Copyright © 2000-2005 Stephane Fillod.

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