NAME

       panelctl - remote control for set-top boxes

SYNOPSIS

       panelctl [OPTION...] <channel|command>

DESCRIPTION

       AV/C panelctl - change channels on, or issue commands to, a firewire AV device

       -c, --commands
              Print command list (requires a dummy argument)

       -d, --debug
              Debug mode

       -g, --guid=GUID
              Specify GUID for the STB to control

       -n, --swversion=SW_VERSION Specify sofware version of STB

       -s, --specid=SPEC_ID
              Specify spec_id of STB to control

       -v, --verbose
              Produce verbose output

       -?, --help
              Give this help list

       --usage
              Give a short usage message

       -V, --version
              Print program version

       Mandatory  or  optional  arguments  to  long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding
       short options.

       This program is mostly useful for a firewire tuner or set-top box with an AV interface. Use it to issue a
       command  (panelctl  <command>) or to change channels on the tuner (panelctl <channel>).  To get a list of
       legal commands, use the --commands switch.

       By default, panelctl will control the first Motorola STB on the firewire chain.  This will only work with
       some  Motorola  STBs. To control any other STB, or to control multiple STBs, specify the GUID or both the
       spec_id and software version for the desired STB. This can be found out by running "panelctl -v -g 1  1".
       Because  there won't be a STV with GUID of 1, it will run through all possible devices and print the info
       for each one. Once the GUID, or the spec_id and sw_version of the desired device has been learned, it can
       be  used  in following commands, e.g. "panelctl -g 0x123456 666". Generally, it will be a better approach
       to use guid, since this will be unique to each STB.

       By: Stacey D. Son, John Woodell, Dan Dennedy, and Jerry Fiddler Copyright (C) 2004-2009

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for panelctl is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and panelctl programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              info panelctl

       should give you access to the complete manual.