Advanced Users
Advanced Users
Command line arguments are provided with both a long switch and a short switch where shown.
Nomenclature
Italic
– Information you must supply.
Bold – Elements that must be typed exactly as shown.
Between brackets [ ] – Optional items
Between braces { } Set of choices (separated by | ) from which you must choose only one.
Information Commands
Long Switch
Short
Switch
Description/Example
-help
-?
Displays a list of available command line arguments and some examples.
-exitcodes
-ec
Displays a list of all known exit codes.
-layouts
-l
Displays a list of all layouts on the server.
-providers
-prs
Displays a list of all providers installed in the system.
-openwindows
-ow
Displays a list of all windows currently open on the wall.
-inputs
Displays a list of available inputs in the following format:
Alias=”friendly name”, Provider=”web”, Input=”http://xxxxxxxx”
Action Commands
Long Switch
Short
Switch
Description/Example
-addinput
-ai
Add a new source. Currently only available for IPDecode and Web sources.
addinput=”rtsp://10.0.0.1:522/Ch2”addinput=”http://www.google.com”
-alias
-a
Use in conjunction with -addinput to allocate a friendly name. -alias=”Camera
1”
-shared
-sh
Use in conjunction with -addinput.
-shared=”true” Places the source in the Global Media Store.
-shared=”false” Places the source in the Local Wall Content Store.
-deleteinput
-di
Deletes a specified input from the Global or Local source repository.
-deleteinput=<input url>
-ReadOnly
-ro
Use in conjunction with –addinput to specify if the source alias is edita
-
ble.-readonly=”true” Renders the input alias uneditable.
-readonly=”false” Renders the input alias editable.
-deletelayout
-dl
Delete a specific layout file. If the layout name contains spaces then enclose
the name in quotes, for example: -deletelayout=”CCTV One”
or
-deletelayout=”c:\mylayoutfolder\CCTV One.dpl”
-audio
-au
Enables or Disables audio for selected inputs.
-machine
-m
-machine
=IP address:port-number}
Specifies the machine that you want to connect to.
-machine=10.0.0.21:8099
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