NAME

radioctl — control radio tuners

SYNOPSIS

radioctl

[-f file] [-n] -a

radioctl

[-f file] [-n] name

radioctl

[-f file] [-n] -w name=value

DESCRIPTION

The radioctl command displays or sets various variables that affect the radio tuner behavior. If a variable is present on the command line, radioctl prints the current value of this variable for the specified device. By default, radioctl operates on the /dev/radio device.

The options are as follows:

-a

Print all device variables and their current values.

-w name=value

Attempt to set the specified variable name to value.

-f file

Specify an alternative radio tuner device.

-n

Suppress printing of the variable name.

Values may be specified in either absolute or relative forms. The relative form is indicated by a prefix of ‘+’ or ‘-’ to denote an increase or decrease, respectively.

The exact set of controls that can be manipulated depends on the tuner. The general format (in both getting and setting a value) is

name = value

The name indicates what part of the tuner the control affects.

Write only controls:

search

Only for cards that allow hardware search. Can be ‘up’ or ‘down’.

Read-write controls:

frequency

Float value from 87.5 to 108.0.

volume

Integer value from 0 to 255.

mute

Mutes the card (volume is not affected), ‘on’ or ‘off’.

mono

Forces card output to mono, ‘on’ or ‘off’. Only for cards that allow forced mono.

reference

Reference frequency. Can be 25 kHz, 50 kHz and 100 kHz. Not all cards allow to change the reference frequency.

sensitivity

Station locking sensitivity. Can be 5 mkV, 10 mkV, 30 mkV and 150 mkV. Not all cards allow to change the station locking sensitivity.

All the remaining controls (signal, stereo and card capabilities) are read-only and can be viewed using option -a.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variable affects the execution of radioctl:

RADIODEVICE

The radio tuner device to use.

FILES

/dev/radio

radio tuner device

EXAMPLES

The command

radioctl -a

can produce

volume=255 
frequency=106.30MHz 
mute=off 
reference=50kHz 
signal=on 
stereo=on 
card capabilities: 
        manageable mono/stereo

SEE ALSO

radio(4)

HISTORY

radioctl command first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0 and NetBSD 1.6.