NAME

       plcget - Qualcomm Atheros PLC Get Propery

SYNOPSIS

       plcget [options] [device] [device] [...]

DESCRIPTION

       Read  a  specific  property  value  from  a  Qualcomm  Atheros  powerline device using the
       VS_GET_PROPERTY message.  Properties are selected using their numeric property identifier.
       Property  names  are  not supported.  Property values are printed on stdout in hexadecimal
       format by default.  Alternate formats are ASCII, binary and decimal.

       Only selected properties can be read using this message type.  See  the  Qualcomm  Atheros
       Firmware Technical Reference Manual for supported properties and versions.

       This  program is part of the Qualcomm Atheros Powerline Toolkit.  See the plc man page for
       an overview and installation instructions.

OPTIONS

       -a     Display output in string format where each byte  appears  as  an  ASCII  character.
              Non-ASCII characters are displayed as a period or full-stop.  This option is useful
              for displaying HFID property values.

       -b     Display output in binary format where each byte appears as 8 bits or binary digits.
              This option is useful for interpreting bit-mapped property values.

       -d     Display  output  in decimal format where each byte appears as three decimal digits.
              This option is useful for properties with small integer values.

       -e     Redirects stderr messages to stdout.  By convention status and error  messages  are
              printed  on  stderr while primary program output is printed on stdout.  This option
              prints all output on stdout in cases where this is desired.

       -h     Display output in hexadecimal format where each byte appears as a hexadecimal octet
              consisting of two hexadecimal digits.  Hexadecimal is the default output format.

       -n number
              The property identifier or property version.  Property identifiers and versions are
              entered as 32-bit decimal integers.  Property names are not supported.  The default
              is  0.   This  option  may  appear  more  than once on the command line.  The first
              occurance specifies the property identifier.  The second occurances  specifies  the
              property version.  See the Firmware Technical Reference Manual for an list of valid
              property identifiers and versions.

       -i interface
              Select the host Ethernet interface.  All requests are sent via this  interface  and
              only reponses received via this interface are recognized.  The default interface is
              eth1 because most people use eth0 as their principle network  connection;  however,
              if  environment  string  "PLC" is defined then it takes precedence over the default
              interface.  This option then takes precedence over either default.

       -q     Suppresses status messages on stderr.

       -v     Prints additional information on stdout.  In particular, this option dumps outgoing
              Ethernet packets on stdout.

       -?,--help
              Displays program help information on stderr.  This option takes precedence over all
              other options on the command line except version information.

       -!,--version
              Displays program version information on stderr.  This option takes precedence  over
              all  other  options  on  the command line except help information.  Use this option
              when sending screen dumps to Atheros technical staff.

ARGUMENTS

       device The MAC address of some powerline device.  More than one address may be  specified.
              If  more than one address is specified then operations are performed on each device
              in turn.  The default address is local.  See DEVICES for information about symbolic
              device addresses.

DEVICES

       Powerline  devices  use Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) addresses.  A MAC address is a
       48-bit value entered as 12 hexadecimal digits in upper, lower  or  mixed  character  case.
       Octets   may   be  separated  with  colons  for  clarity.   For  example,  "00b052000001",
       "00:b0:52:00:00:01" and "00b052:000001" are valid and equivalent.

       The following MAC addresses are special and may be entered by name instead of number.

       all    Same as "broadcast".

       broadcast
              A synonym for the Ethernet  broadcast  address,  FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.   All  devices,
              whether local, remote or foreign recognize messages sent to this address.  A remote
              device is any device at the far end of a powerline connection.  A foreign device is
              any device not manufactured by Atheros.

       local  A  synonym for the Qualcomm Atheros vendor specific Local Management Address (LMA),
              00:B0:52:00:00:01.  All local Atheros devices recognize this address but remote and
              foreign  devices  do  not.   A  remote  device  is  any  device at the far end of a
              powerline connection.  A foreign device is any device not manufactured by Atheros.

REFERENCES

       See the Qualcomm Atheros HomePlug AV Firmware Technical  Reference  Manual  for  technical
       information.

DISCLAIMER

       Atheros   HomePlug  AV  Vendor  Specific  Management  Message  structure  and  content  is
       proprietary to Qualcomm Atheros, Ocala FL USA.  Consequently, public information  may  not
       be available.  Qualcomm Atheros reserves the right to modify message structure and content
       in future firmware releases without any obligation to notify or compensate users  of  this
       program.

EXAMPLES

       None.

SEE ALSO

       plc(1), getpib(1), modpib(1), plcset(1), setpib(1)

CREDITS

        Charles Maier