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SIGROK-CLI(1)		    General Commands Manual		 SIGROK-CLI(1)

NAME
       sigrok-cli - Command-line client	for the	sigrok software

SYNOPSIS
       sigrok-cli [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION
       sigrok-cli  is  a  cross-platform  command  line	utility	for the	sigrok
       software.

       It cannot display graphical output, but	is  still  sufficient  to  run
       through the whole process of hardware initialization, acquisition, pro-
       tocol decoding and saving the session.

       It is useful for	running	on remote or embedded systems, netbooks, PDAs,
       and  for	 various  other	 use-cases. It can display samples on standard
       output or save them in various file formats.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Show a help text and exit.

       -V, --version
	      Show sigrok-cli version and the versions of libraries used.

       -L, --list-supported
	      Show information about supported hardware	 drivers,  input  file
	      formats, output file formats, and	protocol decoders.

       --list-supported-wiki
	      Show  information	about supported	protocol decoders in MediaWiki
	      syntax.  This is generally only used by developers to easily up-
	      date the list of supported protocol decoders in the sigrok wiki.

       -d, --driver <drivername>
	      Unless doing a global scan, users	typically select  one  of  the
	      available	drivers. This can speedup program start, and can avoid
	      false  matches  for ambiguous configurations. Selecting a	driver
	      also allows to pass more driver specific	options.  Use  the  -L
	      (--list-supported) option	to get a list of available drivers.

	      Drivers  can  take  options,  in the form	key=value separated by
	      colons.

	      Drivers communicating with hardware via  a  serial  port	always
	      need  the	port specified as the conn option. For example,	to use
	      the Openbench Logic Sniffer:

		$ sigrok-cli --driver=ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0 [...]

	      Some USB devices don't use a unique VendorID/ProductID  combina-
	      tion,  and  thus need that specified as well. Notice that	colons
	      are used to separate the driver name from	the conn option,  thus
	      colons  cannot be	used within the	conn option's argument.	To se-
	      lect a specific USB device,  use	either	VendorID.ProductID  or
	      bus.address:

	      USB VendorID.ProductID example:

		$ sigrok-cli --driver=uni-t-ut61e:conn=1a86.e008 [...]

	      USB bus.address example:

		$ sigrok-cli --driver=uni-t-ut61e:conn=4.6 [...]

       -D, --dont-scan
	      Do not automatically scan	for device drivers in the absence of a
	      -d (--driver) specification.

       -c, --config <deviceoption>
	      A	 colon-separated  list	of  device  options, where each	option
	      takes the	form key=value.	 Multiple occurances of	 the  --config
	      option are supported.  The first item in the list	of options can
	      take  the	 form  channel_group=<name>  which  would override the
	      --channel-group specification for	this list  of  options.	 Other
	      option  lists  in	 other --config	occurances are not affected by
	      this list's channel group	name.

	      For example, to set the samplerate to 1MHz on a device supported
	      by the fx2lafw driver, you might specify

		$ sigrok-cli -d	fx2lafw	--config samplerate=1m [...]

	      Samplerate is an option common to	most logic analyzers. The  ar-
	      gument  specifies	the samplerate in Hz. You can also specify the
	      samplerate in kHz, MHz or	GHz.  The following  are  all  equiva-
	      lent:

		$ sigrok-cli -d	fx2lafw	--config samplerate=1000000 [...]

		$ sigrok-cli -d	fx2lafw	--config samplerate=1m [...]

		$ sigrok-cli -d	fx2lafw	--config "samplerate=1 MHz" [...]

	      These  examples  specify	options	 within	 a channel group.  The
	      first two	are equivalent.

		$ sigrok-cli  -d  demo	--channel-group	 Logic	--config  pat-
	      tern=random [...]

		$ sigrok-cli -d	demo --config channel_group=Logic:pattern=ran-
	      dom [...]

		 $  sigrok-cli	-d  demo --config samplerate=1m	--config chan-
	      nel_group=Logic:pattern=random [...]

       -i, --input-file	<filename>
	      Load input from a	file instead of	a  hardware  device.  You  can
	      specify  "-" to use stdin	as input. If the --input-format	option
	      is not supplied, sigrok-cli attempts to autodetect the file for-
	      mat of the input file.

	      Example for loading a sigrok session file:

		$ sigrok-cli -i	example.sr [...]

	      Example for loading a WAV	file (autodetection of input format):

		$ sigrok-cli -i	example.wav [...]

	      Example for loading a VCD	file from stdin	(autodetection of  in-
	      put format):

		$ cat example.vcd | sigrok-cli -i - [...]

       -I, --input-format <format>
	      When loading an input file, assume it's in the specified format.
	      If  this	option	is not supplied	(in addition to	--input-file),
	      sigrok-cli attempts to autodetect	the file format	of  the	 input
	      file.  Use  the  -L  (--list-supported)  option to see a list of
	      available	input formats.

	      The format name may optionally be	followed by a  colon-separated
	      list of options, where each option takes the form	key=value.

	      Example for loading a binary file	with options:

		$ sigrok-cli -i	example.bin
			     -I	binary:numchannels=4:samplerate=1mhz [...]

       -o, --output-file <filename>
	      Save  output  to a file instead of writing it to stdout. The de-
	      fault format used	when saving is the sigrok session file format.
	      This can be changed with the --output-format option.

	      Example for saving data in the sigrok session format:

		$ sigrok-cli [...] -o example.sr

       -O, --output-format <format>
	      Set the output format to use. Use	the -L (--list-supported)  op-
	      tion to see a list of available output formats.

	      The  format name may optionally be followed by a colon-separated
	      list of options, where each option takes the form	key=value.

	      For example, the bits or hex formats, for	an ASCII bit or	 ASCII
	      hexadecimal  display,  can take a	"width"	option,	specifying the
	      number of	samples	 (in  bits)  to	 display  per  line.  Thus  -O
	      hex:width=128 will display 128 bits per line, in hexadecimal:

	       0:ffff ffff ffff	ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
	       1:ff00 ff00 ff00	ff00 ff00 ff00 ff00 ff00

	      The  lines always	start with the channel number (or name,	if de-
	      fined), followed by a colon. If no format	is specified,  it  de-
	      faults to	bits:width=64, like this:

	       0:11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 [...]
	       1:11111111 00000000 11111111 00000000 [...]

	      Example for saving data in the CSV format	with options:

		$ sigrok-cli [...] -o example.csv -O csv:dedup:header=false

	      Notice  that  boolean options are	true when no value gets	speci-
	      fied.

       -C, --channels <channellist>
	      A	comma-separated	list of	channels to be used in the session.

	      Note that	sigrok always names  the  channels  according  to  how
	      they're  shown  on  the enclosure	of the hardware. If your logic
	      analyzer numbers the channels 0-15, that's how you must  specify
	      them  with  this option. An oscilloscope's channels would	gener-
	      ally be referred to as "CH1", "CH2", and so on.  Use the	--show
	      option to	see a list of channel names for	your device.

	      The  default  is	to use all the channels	available on a device.
	      You can name a channel like this:	1=CLK.	A  range  of  channels
	      can also be given, in the	form 1-5.

	      Example:

		$ sigrok-cli --driver fx2lafw --samples	100
			     --channels	1=CLK,2-4,7
	       CLK:11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 [...]
		 2:11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 [...]
		 3:11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 [...]
		 4:11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 [...]
		 7:11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111 [...]

	      The  comma-separated  list is processed from left	to right, i.e.
	      items farther to the right override previous items. For  example
	      1=CS,CS=MISO will	set the	name of	channel	1 to MISO.

       -g, --channel-group <channel group>
	      Specify  the  channel group to operate on. Some devices organize
	      channels into groups, the	settings of which can only be  changed
	      as  a  group.  The  list of channel groups, if any, is displayed
	      with the --show command.

	      Examples:

		$ sigrok-cli -g	CH1 [...]

		$ sigrok-cli -d	demo -g	Logic -c pattern=graycode [...]

	      Channel group specifications in --get or --config	 options  take
	      precedence over channel group names in --channel-group so	that a
	      single  sigrok-cli invocation can	support	the query or manipula-
	      tion of multiple device options which reside in different	 chan-
	      nel groups.

       -t, --triggers <triggerlist>
	      A	 comma-separated  list	of triggers to use, of the form	<chan-
	      nel>=<trigger>.  You can use the name or number of the  channel,
	      and the trigger itself is	a series of characters:

	      0	or 1: A	low or high value on the pin.
	      r	 or  f:	A rising or falling value on the pin. An r effectively
	      corresponds to 01.
	      e: Any kind of change on a pin (either a	rising	or  a  falling
	      edge).

	      Not  every  device  supports all of these	trigger	types. Use the
	      --show command to	see which triggers your	device supports.

       -w, --wait-trigger
	      Don't output any sample data (even  if  it's  actually  received
	      from the hardware) before	the trigger condition is met. In other
	      words, do	not output any pre-trigger data. This option is	useful
	      if  you  don't  care about the data that came before the trigger
	      (but the hardware	delivers this data to sigrok nonetheless).

       -P, --protocol-decoders <list>
	      This option allows the user to specify a comma-separated list of
	      protocol decoders	to be used in this session. The	 decoders  are
	      specified	 by  their  ID,	 as shown in the -L (--list-supported)
	      output.

	      Example:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c

	      Each protocol decoder can	optionally be followed by a colon-sep-
	      arated list  of  options,	 where	each  option  takes  the  form
	      key=value.

	      Example:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr>
			    -P uart:baudrate=115200:parity_type=odd

	      The  list	 of supported options depends entirely on the protocol
	      decoder. Every protocol decoder has different  options  it  sup-
	      ports.

	      Any "options" specified for a protocol decoder which are not ac-
	      tually  supported	 options, will be interpreted as being channel
	      name/number assignments.

	      Example:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr>
			    -P spi:wordsize=9:miso=1:mosi=5:clk=3:cs=0

	      In this example, wordsize	is an option supported by the spi pro-
	      tocol decoder. Additionally, the user tells sigrok to decode the
	      SPI protocol using channel 1 as MISO signal for SPI,  channel  5
	      as MOSI, channel 3 as CLK, and channel 0 as CS# signal.

	      Notice  that  the	 sigrok-cli application	does not support "name
	      matching". Instead it's assumed that the	traces	in  the	 input
	      stream  match  the order of the decoder's	input signals, or that
	      users explicitly specify the input  channel  to  decoder	signal
	      mapping.

	      When multiple decoders are specified in the same -P option, they
	      will be stacked on top of	each other in the specified order.

	      Example:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c,eeprom24xx
	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P uart:baudrate=31250,midi

	      When multiple -P options are specified, each of them creates one
	      decoder  stack,  which  executes	in  parallel  to other decoder
	      stacks.

	      Example:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P uart:tx=D0:rx=D1 -P	timing:data=D2

       -A, --protocol-decoder-annotations <annotations>
	      By default, all annotation output	of all	protocol  decoders  is
	      shown.  With this	option a specific decoder's annotations	can be
	      selected for display, by specifying the decoder ID:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c,i2cfilter,edid -A i2c

	      If a protocol decoder has	multiple annotation classes,  you  can
	      also  specify  which one of them to show by specifying its short
	      description like this:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c,i2cfilter,edid
			    -A i2c=data-read

	      Select multiple annotation classes by  separating	 them  with  a
	      colon:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c,i2cfilter,edid
			    -A i2c=data-read:data-write

	      Annotation  row  names  will resolve to their respective list of
	      classes.	Row and	class names can	be used	in  combination.  When
	      names are	ambiguous then class names take	precedence.

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c
			    -A i2c=addr-data:warnings

	      You  can also select multiple protocol decoders, with optionally
	      selected annotation classes each,	by separating them  with  com-
	      mas:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -P i2c,i2cfilter,edid
			    -A i2c=data-read:data-write,edid

       -M, --protocol-decoder-meta <pdname>
	      When given, show protocol	decoder	meta output instead of annota-
	      tions.   The argument is the name	of the decoder whose meta out-
	      put to show.

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -M i2c

	      Not every	decoder	generates meta output.

       -B, --protocol-decoder-binary <binaryspec>
	      When given, decoder "raw"	data of	various	kinds  is  written  to
	      stdout instead of	annotations (this could	be raw binary UART/SPI
	      bytes,  or  WAV  files, PCAP files, PNG files, or	anything else;
	      this is entirely dependent on the	decoder	and what kinds of  bi-
	      nary output make sense for that decoder).

	      No  other	 information is	printed	to stdout, so this is suitable
	      for piping into other programs or	saving to a file.

	      Protocol decoders	that support binary output publish a  list  of
	      binary classes, for example the UART decoder might have "TX" and
	      "RX". To select TX for output, the argument to this option would
	      be:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -B uart=tx

	      If only the protocol decoder is specified, without binary	class,
	      all classes are written to stdout:

	       $ sigrok-cli -i <file.sr> -B uart

	      (this  is	only useful in rare cases, generally you would specify
	      a	certain	binary class you're interested in)

	      Not every	decoder	generates binary output.

       --protocol-decoder-samplenum
	      When given, decoder annotations  will  include  sample  numbers,
	      too.   This  allows consumers to receive machine readable	timing
	      information.

       -l, --loglevel <level>
	      Set the libsigrok	and libsigrokdecode loglevel.  At  the	moment
	      sigrok-cli  doesn't  support  setting the	two loglevels indepen-
	      dently. The higher the number, the more  debug  output  will  be
	      printed. Valid loglevels are:

	      0	  None
	      1	  Error
	      2	  Warnings
	      3	  Informational
	      4	  Debug
	      5	  Spew

       --show
	      Show  information	about the selected option. For example,	to see
	      options for a connected fx2lafw device:

	       $ sigrok-cli --driver fx2lafw --show

	      In order to properly get device options for your hardware,  some
	      drivers might need a serial port specified:

	       $ sigrok-cli --driver ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0 --show

	      This  also works for protocol decoders, input modules and	output
	      modules:

	       $ sigrok-cli --protocol-decoders	i2c --show
	       $ sigrok-cli --input-format csv --show
	       $ sigrok-cli --output-format bits --show

	      This also	works for input	files, including optional input	format
	      specifications:

	       $ sigrok-cli --input-file <file.sr> --show
	       $ sigrok-cli --input-file <file.vcd> --input-format vcd --show

       --scan Scan for devices that can	be detected automatically.

	      Example:

	       $ sigrok-cli --scan
	       The following devices were found:
	       demo - Demo device with 12 channels: D0 D1 D2 D3	D4 D5 D6 D7 A0
	      A1 A2 A3
	       fx2lafw:conn=3.26 - CWAV	USBee SX with 8	channels: 0 1 2	3 4  5
	      6	7

	      However,	not  all devices are auto-detectable (e.g. serial port
	      based ones).  For	those you'll have to provide  a	 conn  option,
	      see above.

	       $ sigrok-cli --driver digitek-dt4000zc:conn=/dev/ttyUSB0	--scan
	       The following devices were found:
	       Digitek DT4000ZC	with 1 channel:	P1

       --time <ms>
	      Sample for <ms> milliseconds, then quit.

	      You can optionally follow	the number by s	to specify the time to
	      sample in	seconds.

	      For example, --time 2s will sample for two seconds.

       --samples <numsamples>
	      Acquire <numsamples> samples, then quit.

	      You  can	optionally  follow the number by k, m, or g to specify
	      the number of samples in kilosamples, megasamples,  or  gigasam-
	      ples, respectively.

	      For example, --samples 3m	will acquire 3000000 samples.

       --frames	<numframes>
	      Acquire <numframes> frames, then quit.

       --continuous
	      Sample continuously until	stopped. Not all devices support this.

       --get <variable>
	      Get  the value of	<variable> from	the specified device and print
	      it.  Multiple variable names can be specified and	get  separated
	      by  colon.   The	list  of variable names	optionally can be pre-
	      ceeded by	channel_group=<name> which would override the  --chan-
	      nel-group	 specification.	  Multiple  --get  occurances are sup-
	      ported in	a single sigrok-cli invocation.

	       $ sigrok-cli -d demo  --get  samplerate:averaging  --get	 chan-
	      nel_group=Logic:pattern

       --set  Set  one	or  more variables specified with the --config option,
	      without doing any	acquisition.

EXAMPLES
       In order	to get exactly 100 samples  from  the  connected  fx2lafw-sup-
       ported logic analyzer hardware, run the following command:

	 sigrok-cli --driver fx2lafw --samples 100

       If you want to sample data for 3	seconds	(3000 ms), use:

	 sigrok-cli --driver fx2lafw --time 3000

       Alternatively, you can also use:

	 sigrok-cli --driver fx2lafw --time 3s

       To capture data from the	first 4	channels using the Openbench Logic
       Sniffer lasting 100ms at	10 MHz starting	at the trigger condition
	      0:high, 1:rising,	2:low, 3:high, use:

       sigrok-cli --driver ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0 --config samplerate=10m \
	      --output-format bits --channels 0-3 --wait-trigger \
	      --triggers 0=1,1=r,2=0,3=1 --time	100

       To turn on internal logging on a	Lascar EL-USB series device:

       sigrok-cli --driver lascar-el-usb:conn=10c4.0002	\
	      --config datalog=on --set

EXIT STATUS
       sigrok-cli exits	with 0 on success, 1 on	most failures.

SEE ALSO
       pulseview(1)

BUGS
       Please  report any bugs via Bugzilla (http://sigrok.org/bugzilla) or on
       the sigrok-devel	mailing	list (sigrok-devel@lists.souceforge.net).

LICENSE
       sigrok-cli is covered by	the GNU	General	 Public	 License  (GPL).  Some
       portions	 are  licensed under the "GPL v2 or later", some under "GPL v3
       or later".

AUTHORS
       Please see the individual source	code files.

       This manual page	was written by Uwe Hermann  <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.   It
       is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or	later).

				March 28, 2019			 SIGROK-CLI(1)

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