ola_dmxmonitor(1)

✨ ola_dmxmonitor ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and it's all about ola_dmxmonitor — your lil window into what's actually happening on a DMX512 universe. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

ola_dmxmonitor — Monitor the DMX512 values on an OLA universe.

like. it literally just watches the numbers for you. no cap. 👀

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ola_dmxmonitor [-u universe-id ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ola_dmxmonitor provides a simple monitor for DMX512 data. that's it, that's the vibe. it's giving "calm little dashboard for your lighting universe" and honestly? iconic. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -u, --universe <universe-id> — The universe ID to monitor. tell it which universe you're obsessed with rn.
• -h, --help — Displays a short help message. for when you're like "wait what do i do" 🫶

🌈 CONTROLS 🌈

Once running, the following keys control the behavior. (yes queen, you drive this thing with your keyboard, main character energy fr fr)

• m, M — Toggle display modes: hex, DMX and decimal.
• n, N — Toggle channel (slot) indexing mode. 0-indexed or 1-indexed.
• p, P — Toggle display palette.
• q, Q — Quit the program
• Arrow keys or k, j, h, l or K, J, H, L — Move the channel (slot) cursor.
• Home — Move the channel (slot) cursor to the first channel.
• End — Move the channel (slot) cursor to the last channel.

ngl the j/k thing is so vim-coded and i'm lowkey obsessed. 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ola_dmxconsole(1)
• olad(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it up. 🍓 this lil gem comes to you from March 2013 — yeah she's vintage, and vintage is highkey always in. 💖✨🎀