Manual Vp100/Net Display Configuration - Meinberg LANTIME/GPS Operating Instructions Manual

Manual VP100/NET Display configuration

send2display Version 0.1
usage:
send2display -h hostname -s serialnumber [options]
Valid options are:
-h, --host H
-s, --serialnumber S
-c, --clear M
-b, --beep
-a, --clearall
-m, --message M
-e, --executions E
-q, --quiet
-v, --verbose
-?, --help
Defining messages
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a) Static or flashing text:
You can define a maximum of 9 lines for a message.
Start with -(x) "text", where (x) represents the line number.
-1, --line1 "text"
-2, --line2 "text"
...
You can set the duration and mode for each line separately. Specifiy the following
options directly after the text-definition of a line:
-f, --noflash
-d, --duration X Set the duration of the line to x seconds (default is 3 seconds)
b) Scrolling text:
You can define a maximum of 241 characters per scrolling message. If you want
the message to "softly" end, simply add some spaces to the end of your text
(attention: text and spaces must be no more than 241 chars in length).
-t, --scrolltext "text"
Uses H as the hostname of the display unit
Uses S as the serialnumber of the display (e.g.
03A00C7F)
Clear message M (0-31)
Beeper sound while showing the message
Clear all messages of the display
Create/change message M (0-31, default = 0)
Sets number of consecutive executions to E (1-9, default
= 1)
Quiet mode (no program output to stdout/stderr)
Verbose mode (output of debugging info on stdout)
Show help message
Set text for line 1
Set text for line 2
Change line mode to static (default is flashing)
Set scrolltext
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