iio_genxml(1)

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version 0.26 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to iio_genxml — it's a LibIIO utility that spins up an XML representation of a Libiio context. that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

iio_genxml [ options ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

iio_genxml is a utility for generating a XML representation of a Libiio context. that's it, that's the job, and it eats every single time. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — tells iio_genxml to display some help, and then quit. cute lil exit, no notes. 🫶
  • -V, --version — prints the version info for this particular copy of iio_genxml plus the version of the libiio library it's using. it's giving "am i up to date?" energy — lowkey iconic for checking whether the library and iio_genxml on your system are current. also super useful when you're reporting bugs. 🐛✨
  • -S, --scan [backends] — scan for available IIO contexts, with an optional arg naming specific backend(s): 'ip', 'usb' or 'ip:usb'. specific options for USB include Vendor ID, Product ID to limit scanning to specific devices like 'usb=0456,b673'. vid,pid are hexadecimal numbers (no prefix needed), and "*" matches any — but only for pid. if no argument is given, it checks all that are available. fr fr, no cap. 🔍
  • -u, --uri — the Uniform Resource Identifier (uri) for connecting to devices, and it can be one of these:
    • ip:[address] — a network address, either numeric (192.168.0.1) or a network hostname.
    • ip: — blank, so if it's compiled with zeroconf support, it will find an IIO device on network. main character energy, it just finds it. ✨
    • usb:[device:port:instance] — normally returned from iio_genxml -S.
    • serial:[port],[baud],[settings] — these are controlled, and need to match the iiod (or tinyiiod) on the other end of the serial port. matching outfits, basically. 👯
      • [port] is something like '/dev/ttyUSB0' on Linux, and 'COM4' on Windows.
      • [baud] is is normally one of 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 [default], 128000 or 256000, but can vary system to system.
      • [settings] would normally be configured as '8n1'. this is controlled by:
        • data_bits: — (5, 6, 7, 8 [default], or 9)
        • parity_bits: — ('n' none [default], 'o' odd, 'e' even, 'm' mark, or 's' space)
        • stop_bits: — (1 [default, or 2)
        • flow_control: — ('0' none [default], 'x' Xon Xoff, 'r' RTSCTS, or 'd' DTRDSR)
    • local: — with no address part.
no cap, that serial block is a whole meal. read it twice, bestie. 💖

💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

if the specified device is not found, a non-zero exit code is returned. so if your script is acting up... yeah. that's why. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

libiio home page: https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-software/libiio

libiio code: https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio

Doxygen for libiio https://analogdevicesinc.github.io/libiio/

🙈 BUGS 🙈

all bugs are tracked at: https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio/issues

go snitch (kindly). they wanna know. 🫶

and that's the whole page babes — libiio-0.26, dated 06 February 2026. periodt. 💅✨🎀

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