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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 soft-
     ware.

     It cannot display graphical output, but is still sufficient to run  through
     the  whole process of hardware initialization, acquisition, protocol decod-
     ing 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 for-
	    mats, output file formats, and protocol decoders.

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

     -d, --driver <drivername>
	    Unless doing a global scan, users typically select one of the avail-
	    able 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 Open-
	    bench Logic Sniffer:

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

	    Some  USB devices don't use a unique VendorID/ProductID combination,
	    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 select a specific USB de-
	    vice, 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 speci-
	    fication 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 argument
	    specifies  the samplerate in Hz. You can also specify the samplerate
	    in kHz, MHz or GHz.  The following are all equivalent:

	      $ 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 pattern=random
	    [...]

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

	       $  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 sup-
	    plied, sigrok-cli attempts to autodetect the file format of the  in-
	    put 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 input
	    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  default
	    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)  option
	    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  num-
	    ber  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 defaults
	    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 specified.

     -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 num-
	    bers the channels 0-15, that's how you must specify them  with  this
	    option. An oscilloscope's channels would generally 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 chan-
	    nels  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 manipulation
	    of multiple device options which reside in different channel 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  cor-
	    responds 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 spec-
	    ified 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-sepa-
	    rated 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 de-
	    coder. Every protocol decoder has different options it supports.

	    Any "options" specified for a protocol decoder which are  not  actu-
	    ally  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 protocol
	    decoder. Additionally, the user tells sigrok to decode the SPI  pro-
	    tocol  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 match-
	    ing". 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 de-
	    coder 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	descrip-
	    tion 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  se-
	    lected annotation classes each, by separating them with commas:

	     $ 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 output 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 binary 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 bi-
	    nary 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	informa-
	    tion.

     -l, --loglevel <level>
	    Set  the  libsigrok  and  libsigrokdecode  loglevel.  At  the moment
	    sigrok-cli doesn't support setting the two loglevels  independently.
	    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  op-
	    tions for a connected fx2lafw device:

	     $ sigrok-cli --driver fx2lafw --show

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

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

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

	     $ 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 gigasamples, re-
	    spectively.

	    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 preceeded by chan-
	    nel_group=<name> which would override the --channel-group specifica-
	    tion.   Multiple  --get  occurances  are  supported  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,  with-
	    out doing any acquisition.

EXAMPLES
     In  order	to  get exactly 100 samples from the connected fx2lafw-supported
     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 por-
     tions 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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