NAME

       idle3ctl - disable, get or set the idle3 timer on Western Digital HDD

SYNOPSIS

       idle3ctl [ flags ] [device] ..

DESCRIPTION

       idle3ctl  can  disable, get and set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western Digital
       Hard Disk Drives.  Idle3ctl can be used  as  an  alternative  to  the  official  wdidle3.exe  proprietary
       utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environement.  Idle3ctl is an independant project, unrelated
       in any way to Western Digital Corp.

       THIS SOFTWARE IS EXPERIMENTAL, NOT WELL TESTED AND ACCESSES LOW LEVEL INFORMATION OF YOUR HARDDRIVE.  USE
       AT YOUR OWN RISK.

OPTIONS

       When no flags are given, -g is assumed.

       -h     Display help

       -V     Show version and exit

       -v     activate verbose output, mainly useful for debugging.

       --force
              force execution even if no Western Digital HDD are detected

       -g     get raw idle3 timer value

       -g100  get idle3 timer value as wdidle3 v1.00 would display it

       -g103  get idle3 timer value as wdidle3 v1.03 would display it

       -d     disable idle3 timer

       -s<value>
              set  idle3 timer raw value. Value must be an integer between 1 and 255.  The idle3 timer is set in
              0.1s for the 1-128 range, and in 30s for the 129-255 range.

BUGS

       Please       report       any       bugs        on        the        sourceforge        tracker        at
       https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=329372&atid=1381968

EXIT STATUS

       idle3ctl will return zero on success and non zero on failure.

AUTHOR

       idle3ctl has been written by Christophe Bothamy <cbothamy at users.sf.net>.

SEE ALSO

       http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net Idle3-tools website

       http://www.wdc.com/
              Western Digital website