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welle.io command line interface

Synopsis

welle-cli [OPTION]
welle-cli -w <port> [OPTION]

Description

welle-cli is welle.io's command line interface.

Options

Tuning

-c channel

Tune to <channel> (eg. 10B, 5A, LD...).

-p programme

Play <programme> with ALSA (text name of the radio: eg. GRIFF).

Dumping

-D

Dump FIC and all programmes to files (cannot be used with -C). This generates: dump.fic; <programme_name.msc> files; <programme_name.wav> files.

-d

Dump programme to <programme_name.msc> file.

Web server mode

-w port

Enable web server on port <port>.

-C number

Number of programmes to decode in a carousel (to be used with -w, cannot be used with -D). This is useful if your machine cannot decode all programmes simultaneously, but you still want to get an overview of the ensemble.

-P

Without the -P option, welle-cli will switch every 10 seconds. With the -P option, welle-cli will switch once DLS and a slide were decoded, staying at most 80 seconds on a given programme.

Backend and input options

-f file

Read an IQ file <file> and play with ALSA IQ file format is u8, unless the file ends with FORMAT.iq

-u

Disable coarse corrector, for receivers who have a low frequency offset.

-g gain

Set input gain to <gain> or -1 for auto gain.

-F driver

Set input driver and arguments. Default: "auto". Valid drivers depending on compilation options at build time are: airspy, rtl_sdr, android_rtl_sdr, rtl_tcp, soapysdr. With "rtl_tcp", host IP and port can be specified as "rtl_tcp,<HOST_IP>:<PORT>".

-s args

SoapySDR Driver arguments.

-A antenna

Set input antenna to ANT (for SoapySDR input only).

-T

Disable TII decoding to reduce CPU usage.

Other options

-t test_id

Run test <test_id>. To understand what the tests do, please see source code.

-h

Display this help and exit.

-v

Output version information and exit.

Examples

welle-cli -c 10B -p GRRIF

Receive 'GRRIF' on channel '10B' using 'auto' driver, and play with ALSA.

welle-cli -f ./ofdm.iq -p GRRIF

Read IQ file './ofdm.iq' (in u8 format) and play programme 'GRIFF' with ALSA.

welle-cli -f ./ofdm.iq -t 1

Read IQ file './ofdm.iq' (in u8 format), and run test 1.

welle-cli -c 10B -D

Dump FIC and all programmes of channel 10B to files.

welle-cli -c 10B -w 8000

Enable web server on port 8000, decode programmes on channel 10B on demand (http://localhost:8000).

welle-cli -c 10B -Dw 8000

Enable web server on port 8000, decode all programmes on channel 10B.

welle-cli -c 10B -C 1 -w 8000

Enable web server on port 8000, decode programmes one by one in a carousel on channel 10B; welle-cli will switch every 10 seconds.

welle-cli -c 10B -PC 1 -w 8000

Enable web server on port 8000, decode programmes one by one in a carousel on channel 10B; welle-cli will switch once DLS and a slide were decoded, staying at most 80 seconds on a given programme.

Author

Written by: Albrecht Lohofener & Matthias P. Braendli. Other contributors: <https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io/blob/master/AUTHORS>

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to: <https://github.com/AlbrechtL/welle.io/issues>

Info

November 2021 welle-cli 2.4