<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <!-- $Id: header.html 8799 2010-06-28 04:12:42Z jpgr87 $ --> <HEAD> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=utf-8"> <meta name="keywords" content="stage, robot, simulation, player, player/stage"> <link href="doxygen.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> .floatright { float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; } body { font-family: sans-serif; #font-family: Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #FFF; color:#000; } a:link { color: #A00; } a:visited { color: #800; } a { text-decoration: none; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } .timestamp { text-align:right; background-color: #DDD; font-size:75%;} h1 { font-size:160%; } h2 { font-size:110%; #color: #FFF; #background-color: #666; #padding:3px; } h3 { text-align:left; } img { border: 0; } ul.menu { position:relative; left:-2.5em; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; } ul.menu1 { position:relative; left:-2.1em; margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; } li.menu { list-style-type: none; position:relative; #left:-0.5em; } #sidebar { position: absolute; left:0px; padding:2em; top:0em; width:12em;} #content { position: absolute; left:12em; top:0em; padding-left:3em; padding-right:3em; padding-bottom:2em; margin-top:1em; margin-right:2em; } div.box { background-color:#EEE; border: 1px solid #000; padding: 0.5ex 0.4em 0.5ex 0.6em; margin:1em; } div.title { font-weight:bold; background-color:#eee; margin-bottom:2px;} div.topbar { position: absolute; top:0px; left:9em; margin:1em; } </style> <TITLE>Player Manual</TITLE> </HEAD> <body> <div id="sidebar"> <h2 style="text-align:center;"> <a href="index.html"> <img width=140 src="http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/images/player_button_v3.png" alt="Player logo"><br></a> </h2> <div class="box"> <div class=title>Player</div> <ul class=menu> <li class=menu><a href="index.html">Frontpage</a> <li class=menu><a href="modules.html">Contents</a> </ul> </div> <div class="box"> <div class=title>User</div> <ul class=menu> <li class=menu><a href="install.html">Installation</a> <li class=menu><a href="start.html">Quick start</a> <li class=menu><a href="supported_hardware.html">Supported devices</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__tutorials.html">Tutorials</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__utils.html">Utilities</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__clientlibs.html">Client libraries</a> <li class=menu><a href="http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/wiki/Basic_FAQ">FAQ</a> <li class=menu><a href="help.html">Help</a> </ul> </div> <div class=box> <div class="title">Developer</div> <ul class=menu> <li class=menu><a href="architecture.html">Architecture</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayercore.html">libplayercore</a> <ul class=menu1> <li class=menu><a href="group__interfaces.html">interfaces</a></li> </ul> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayerdrivers.html">libplayerdrivers</a> <ul class=menu1> <li class=menu><a href="group__drivers.html">drivers</a></li> </ul> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayercommon.html">libplayercommon</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayerutils.html">libplayerutils</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayersd.html">libplayersd</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayertcp.html">libplayertcp</a> <li class=menu><a href="group__libplayerxdr.html">libplayerxdr</a> <li class=menu><a href="todo.html">TODO</a> </ul> </div> <div class=box> <!-- <a href="http://sourceforge.net"><img border=0 src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=42445&type=1"></a> --> <div class="title">Online</div> <a href="http://playerstage.sourceforge.net">Homepage</a><br> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42445">Download</a><br> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/playerstage">Project</a><br> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=42445">Bugs</a><br> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=42445">Help</a> </div> </div> <div id="content" > <!-- Generated by Doxygen 1.7.1 --> <div class="header"> <div class="headertitle"> <h1>player server<br/> <small> [<a class="el" href="group__utils.html">Player utilities</a>]</small> </h1> </div> </div> <div class="contents"> <p>TCP server that allows remote access to Player devices. <a href="#_details">More...</a></p> <table class="memberdecls"> </table> <p>TCP server that allows remote access to Player devices. </p> <p>The most commonly-used of the Player utilities, <b>player</b> is a TCP server that allows remote access to devices. It is normally executed on-board a robot, and is given a configuration file that maps the robot's hardware to Player devices, which are then accessible to client programs. The situation is essentially the same when running a simulation.</p> <h2><a class="anchor" id="Usage"></a> Usage</h2> <div class="fragment"><pre class="fragment">player [-q] [-d <level>] [-p <port>] [-h] <cfgfile> </pre></div><p> Arguments:</p> <ul> <li>-h : Give help info; also lists drivers that were compiled into the server.</li> <li>-q : Quiet startup</li> <li>-d <level> : Set the debug level, 0-9. 0 is only errors, 1 is errors + warnings, 2 is errors + warnings + diagnostics, higher levels may give more output. Default: 1.</li> <li>-p <port> : Establish the default TCP port, which will be assigned to any devices in the configuration file without an explicit port assignment. Default: 6665.</li> <li>-l <logfile>: File to log messages to (default stdout only)</li> <li><cfgfile> : The configuration file to read.</li> </ul> <h2><a class="anchor" id="Example"></a> Example</h2> <div class="fragment"><pre class="fragment">$ player pioneer.cfg Part of the Player/Stage/Gazebo Project [http:<span class="comment">//playerstage.sourceforge.net].</span> Copyright (C) 2000 - 2005 Brian Gerkey, Richard Vaughan, Andrew Howard, Nate Koenig, and contributors. Released under the GNU General Public License. Player comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see COPYING <span class="keywordflow">for</span> details. 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