anyremote - Man Page
control PC with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi cell phone
Synopsis
anyremote [-f file] [-s peer[,peer ...]] [-log] [-a]
[-fe port] [-u username] [-name SDP service name] [-password]
anyremote -h|-v
Description
anyRemote is remote control software for applications using WiFi or Bluetooth.
anyRemote was developed as thin "communication" layer between device with WiFi or Bluetooth support (which can be cell phone or tablet computer) and Linux PC.
In theory anyRemote could be configured to manage almost any kind of software.
anyRemote is console application, but in addition there are GUI frontends for Gnome and KDE.
Options
-h
print short help and exit
-v
print version number and exit
-f /path/to/configuration/file
By default anyremote will try to find and use $HOME/.anyremote.cfg, then ./.anyremote.cfg. It is possible to specify configuration file directly with -f option.
-s peer[,peer ...]
where peer can be one of:
tcp:_port_ (Server mode - TCP/IP connection)
bluetooth:_channel_ (Server mode - bluetooth connection)
web:_port_ (Server mode - Web interface)
cmxml:_port_ (Server mode - XML services interface)
local:/dev/ircommX (Server mode - IR connection)
rfcomm:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:CC (AT mode - bluetooth connection,
where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is bluetooth device address and
CC is channel number - integer from 1 to 32)
/dev/ttyACM# (AT mode - cable connection)
/dev/ircomm# (AT mode - IR connection)
ilirc:_AF_LOCAL socket file_ (use with inputlircd)
stdin
avahi - register SDP service using Avahi
Default peer value is bluetooth,tcp:5197,web:5080,avahi
It is possible to specify several peers for Server mode configuration files only.
It is possible to specify only single peer of web: or cmxml: type.
-log
print verbose logging information to $HOME/.anyRemote/anyremote.log
-a
reconnect automatically in case of connection failure, used only in AT mode
-fe _port_
Work as backend for GUI frontend. Use specified port to connect to frontend.
-name SDP_service_name
if bluetooth or TCP/IP connection is used, allows one to specify SDP service name.
Default value for SDP service name is "anyRemote"
-password
If this option is specified, then anyRemote will ask the client for the password.
Password phrase should be stored in $HOME/.anyRemote/password file in a plain text.
-cfgdir _directory_
override default location of directory with configuration files
-tmpdir _directory_
override default location of directory to store temporary files
-u|--user _username_
if started from root, allows one to set effective user ID to specified user
Authors
Mikhail Fedotov anyremote@mail.ru
Bugs
If you find any bugs, please report to anyremote@mail.ru
Licence
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3+http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.