Owl Positioning System Client
OwlPS {{OWLPS_VERSION}}
11 January 2013


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= Synopsis =

**owlps-client** [ **-v** | **-q** ] **-i** dest_ip [ **-p** //dest_port// ] [ **-I** //iface// ]
             [ **-t** //delay// ] [ **-n** //nb_packets// ] [ **-s** //packet_size// ]
             [ **-F** [ //delay// ] [ **-N** //nb_requests// ] [ **-D** ] ] [ **-l** [ //port// ] ]

**owlps-client** [ **-v** | **-q** ] **-i** dest_ip [ **-p** //dest_port// ] [ **-I** //iface// ]
             [ **-t** //delay// ] [ **-n** //nb_packets// ] [ **-s** //packet_size// ]
             [ **-F** [ //delay// ] [ **-N** //nb_requests// ] [ **-D** ] ] //direction x y z//




= Description =

FIXME




= Positioning request =

The positioning request sent by OwlPS Client is a simple buffer
represented as the following:

```
              Byte: |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |
        +-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
        | Offset: 0 |  T  |  Pkt ID   |  Nb pkts  |                 |
        +-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+                 |
        |         8 |                                               |
        +-----------+                                               |
        |        16 |           Request time (seconds)              |
        +-----------+                                               |
        |        24 |                                               |
        +-----------                              +-----+-----+-----+
        |        32 |                             |                 |
        +-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+                 |
        |        40 |                                               |
        +-----------+                                               |
        |        48 |         Request time (nanoseconds)            |
        +-----------+                                               |
        |        56 |                                               |
        +-----------+                             +-----+-----+-----+
        |        64 |                             |  D  |     X     |
        +-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
        |        72 | X (cont.) |           Y           |     Z     |
        +-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
        |        80 | Z (cont.) |                                   |
        +-----------+-----+-----+        Padding                    +
        |       ... |                                               |
        +-----------+           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
        |      1448 |           |
        +-----------+-----+-----+
```

Where:
- **T** is the request type;
- **Pkt ID** is the current packet's number;
- **Nb pkts** is the number of packets sent for this request;
- **Request time (seconds)** and **Request time (nanoseconds)** are the
  two fields of an //owl_timestamp// structure – see owlps.h;
- **D**, **X**, **Y** and **Z** are calibration information present only
  for calibration requests:
  - **D** is the direction (orientation) of the mobile,
  - **X**, **Y** and **Z** are the coordinates of the mobile;
- **Padding** are optional extra bytes added at the end of the packet,
  for a maximal size of 1450 bytes.




= Options =

: **-h**
  Print help message.
: **-V**
  Print version information.
: **-v**
  Turn on verbose mode (default).
: **-q**
  Do not print informational messages and some (less important)
  warnings.
: **-i** //dest_ip//
  Destination IP address of the localisation request.
: **-p** //dest_port//
  Destination port of the localisation request (default: 9900).
: **-t** //delay//
  Time between each packet transmission in milliseconds (default: 25 ms
  for a normal request, 50 ms for a calibration request).
: **-n** //nb_packets//
  Number of packet transmitted for the request (default: 10 for a normal
  request, 20 for a calibration request).
: **-s** //packet_size//
  Data size of the transmitted packets. The minimal value is the size of
  the request's data fields; if //packet_size// is less than this size,
  it is ignored. Note that this size does not take into account the
  headers, so the whole 802.11 frame will be bigger.
: **-I** //iface//
  Name of the network interface used to transmit the request (e.g.
  "eth2"). If this option is absent, the interface is selected
  automatically. You must be root to use this option.
: **-F** [ //delay// ]
  "Flood mode": loop indefinitely, sending a new request every //delay//
  milliseconds (default: 1000 ms).
: **-N** //nb_requests//
  With -F, stop after //nb_requests// requests transmitted instead of
  looping indefinitely.
: **-D**
  Daemon mode. Useful only in flood mode.
: **-l** [ //port// ]
  Wait for the computed position and display it. The optional argument
  //port// allows to specify the listening port (default: 9910).
  Available only if the program was compiled with the compilation-time
  option ENABLE_RECEIVE_POSITION.




= See also =

owlps.t2t