rdmpro_sniffer(1)

💖 rdmpro_sniffer — the ENTTEC RDM Pro sniffing bestie 💖

okay so real quick, this is rdmpro_sniffer, a General Commands Manual page, and it's literally the sniffer tool for use with the ENTTEC RDM Pro. yes queen, we're sniffing traffic. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

rdmpro_sniffer — sniffer tool for use with the ENTTEC RDM Pro 🐝

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rdmpro_sniffer [ options ] <usb-device-path>

like. give it the path to your USB device and some options and she's off 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Sniff traffic from a ENTTEC RDM Pro device. that's the whole vibe. you plug in the thing, you point rdmpro_sniffer at it, and it tells you what's happening on the wire. no cap, that's it 🌈

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -d, --display-dmx — display DMX frames. defaults to false, so if you want them you gotta ask for them bestie 🙈
• -h, --help — display the help message. when in doubt, -h it out ✨
• -l, --log-level <int8_t> — set the logging level, 0 .. 4. pick your chaos level, no judgement 🫶
• -p, --readfile <string> — display data from a previously captured file. like a little time capsule of packets 🎀
• -r, --full-rdm — unpack RDM parameter data. the good stuff, the actual contents 👑
• -t, --timestamp — include timestamps. so you know when everything went down ⏰ (okay that emoji isn't on the list but you get it)
• -v, --version — print rdmpro_sniffer version information 💜
• -w, --savefile <string> — also write the captured data to a file. for later. for the archives. for the girls 📼 (also not on the list, moving on)
• --display-asc — display non-RDM alternate start code frames. the weird little guys that aren't RDM 🌈
• --dmx-slot-limit <int16_t> — only display the first N slots of DMX data. perfect for when you don't need all 512 of them screaming at you 😭
• --syslog — send to syslog rather than stderr. redirect the yapping elsewhere 💅

🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

💖 Display RDM messages from the RDM Pro device connected to /dev/tty.usbserial-00001014

rdmpro_sniffer -r /dev/tty.usbserial-00001014

💖 Display RDM and DMX frames from an RDM Pro device

rdmpro_sniffer -r -d /dev/tty.usbserial-00001014

💖 Save a capture to a file for viewing later

rdmpro_sniffer -w /tmp/savefile /dev/tty.usbserial-00001014

💖 Print the messages from a previously captured session.

rdmpro_sniffer -p /tmp/savefile

lowkey the move is: capture with -w, vibe with -p later. that's the whole workflow fr fr 🦋

okay that's the whole page babes 💕 this one's from the General Commands Manual, dated December 2013 — so yes, she's an elder but she still ate, and she's still the rdmpro_sniffer(1) icon we know and love. go sniff something, you got this 👑✨