LCDncid

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NAME

LCDncid - LCDproc Network Caller ID Client  

SYNOPSIS

lcdncid [options] Options: 
[-D <1-9>           | --debug <1-9> ]
[-d <seconds>       | --delay <seconds> ]
[-h                 | --help ]
[-l <[host][:port]> | --lcdhost <[host][:port]> ]
[-n <[host][:port]> | --ncidhost <[host][:port]> ]
[-p <filename>      | --pidfile <filename> ]
[-r                 | --retry ]
[-t <seconds>       | --timeout <seconds> ]
[-u                 | --usage ]
[-v                 | --version ]
 

DESCRIPTION

LCDncid Displays Caller ID information, on a LCD display, using LCDproc. See http://lcdproc.org for LCD hardware, and the LCDproc software. If either the LCDproc server or the NCID server connection is broken, or not available on startup, lcdncid will abort, but if the -t option is given lcdncid will make another connection attempt after a time delay. It will keep trying, until the program is terminated, or it connects with the server. The default wait delay is 60 seconds.  

Options

-D 0-9
Set the debugging level between 0 and 9.
Default: 0 (no debugging) 
Debug Modes:
  0: Off
  1: Show server connect, disconnect, and retry messages
  2: Include LCDproc lines sent and received
  3: Include NCID lines received
  4: Include poll() wait and poll() event
-d <seconds> | --delay <seconds>
Set the server reconnect delay time between 1 and 3600 seconds.
Default: 60 seconds
-h | --help
Displays this help
-l <[host][:port]> | --lcdhost <[host][:port]>
Set the LCDproc server IP address or hostname.
Default: localhost:13666
-n <[host][:port]> | --ncidhost <[host][:port]>
Set the NCID server IP address or hostname.
Default: localhost:3333
-p <filename> | --pidfile <filename>
Specifies the pidfile name to write. The program will still run if it does not have permission to write a pidfile. There is no default, if pidfile is not set, no pid file will be used.
Default: no pid file
-r | --retry
Retry a server failed connection, every DELAY seconds, see the -d option).
Default: abort on a server failed connection.
-t <seconds> | --timeout <seconds>
Set the display time between 1 and 300 seconds.
Default: 10 seconds
-u | --usage
Displays usage
-v | --version
Displays the version number
 

EXAMPLES

# display Caller ID for 30 seconds
lcdncid --timeout 30

# connect to NCID at 192.168.77.1, port 3333
lcdncid --ncidhost 192.168.77.1

# connect to NCID at localhost, port 3000
lcdncid --ncidhost :3000

# connect to NCID at ncid.target.home, port 3000
lcdncid --ncidhost ncid.target.home:3000
 

SEE ALSO

ncidd.8, ncidd.conf.5, ncidd.alias.5, LCDd.8, lcdproc.1

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Options
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
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