OLA Command Line Tools

For information on all OLA commands, see the man pages.

ola_artnet

This tool queries and sets the ArtNet node's parameters.

Options:

• -d, --dev <device_id> The device id to configure.
• -l, --long_name <long_name> Set the long name of the ArtNet device
• -n, --name <name> Set the name of the ArtNet device
• -s, --subnet <subnet> Set the subnet of the ArtNet device

$ ola_artnet -d 1
Name: ola - ArtNet node
Long Name: ola - ArtNet node
Subnet: 0

$ ola_artnet -d 1 -n "new name" -s 1
Name: new name
Long Name: ola - ArtNet node
Subnet: 1

It can also be used to list the IP addresses of the ArtNet devices listening to a particular universe:

$ ola_artnet  -u 0 -d 1 
10.0.0.88

ola_dmxconsole

Send data to the OLA service, for more information, see the man page.

ola_dmxmonitor

Monitor the values on a DMX512 universe, for more information, see the man page.

ola_e131

Manage E1.31 options.

Option:

• -d, --dev Id of the device to control.
• -h, --help Display this help message and exit.
• -i Input port
• -p, --port_id Id of the port to control
• --preview_mode Set the preview mode bit

# turn preview mode on
$ ola_e131 -d X -p 1 --preview_mode

ola_patch

Control OLA port bindings, for more information, see the man page.

ola_set_priority

Sets the priorities for ports. See OLA Merging Algorithms for more information on what the does.

Options:

• -d, --device <device> Id of device to patch.
• -h, --help Display this help message and exit.
• -i, --input Set an input port
• -o, --override <value> Set the port priority to a static value.
• -p, --port <port> Id of the port to patch.

# Override an input port's priority
$ ola_set_priority -d X -p 1 -i -o 50
# Reset an output port to inherit mode
$ ola_set_priority -d X -p 1 

ola_streaming_client

Stream data to the OLA server.

Options:

• -d, --dmx <dmx_data> DMX512 data, e.g. '1,240,0,255'
• -h, --help Display this help message and exit.
• -u, --universe <universe_id> Id of universe to send data for.

# send a single update
$ ola_streaming_client  -u 1 -d 1,2,255,255
# read data from stdin
$ dmx_generator | ola_streaming_client  -u 1

ola_uni_info

Display the active universes in OLA, for more information, see the man page.

ola_usbpro

This tools queries and control the parameters of the Enttec USB Pro devices.

Options:

• -d, --dev <dev_id> The device id to configure.
• -s, --serial Show the serial number for this device.
• -b, --brk <brk> Set the break time in 10.67 microseconds steps (9 - 127)
• -m, --mab <mab> Set the make after-break-time in 10.67 microseconds steps (1 - 127)
• -r, --rate <rate> Set the transmission rate to <rate> frames per second (1-40)
• -s, --serial Get the serial number.

$ ola_usbpro -d 5
Device: 5
Firmware: 1.44
Break Time: 96.03us
MAB Time: 96.03us
Packet Rate: 40 packets/sec

$ ola_usbpro -d 5 -s
Device: 5
Serial: 02050016

$ ola_usbpro -d 5 -m 1 -b 9 -r 30
Device: 5
Firmware: 1.44
Break Time: 96.03us
MAB Time: 10.67us
Packet Rate: 30 packets/sec