TADPOLECTL(8) | System Manager's Manual (sparc) | TADPOLECTL(8)

# NAME

`tadpolectl` —
get or set tadpole microcontroller state

# SYNOPSIS

`tadpolectl` | [`-n`] name ...

`tadpolectl` | [`-n`] `-w` name=value ...

`tadpolectl` | [`-n`] `-a`

# DESCRIPTION

The `tadpolectl` utility retrieves values from the ts102 microcontroller and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set some values. The state to be retrieved or set is described using a ``Management Information Base'' (``MIB'') style name, described as a dotted set of components. The `-a` flag can be used to list all the currently available string or integer values.

The `-n` flag specifies that the printing of the field name should be suppressed and that only its value should be output. This flag is useful for setting shell variables. For example, to save the mains power status in variable mains, use:

    set mains=`tadpolectl -n hw.power.mains`

If just a MIB style name is given, the corresponding value is retrieved. If a value is to be set, the `-w` flag must be specified and the MIB name followed by an equal sign and the new value to be used.

The information available from `tadpolectl` consists of only integers. Some registers can be modified, but have no way of reading what the current value is. Those registers will always display “0”.

The changeable column indicates whether a process with appropriate privilege can change the value, and if a displayed value is valid.

Name | Changeable | Valid
hw.microcontroller.version | no | yes
hw.version | no | yes
hw.poweroncycles | no | yes
hw.poweronseconds | no | yes
hw.power.mains | no | yes
hw.power.battery.int | no | yes
hw.power.battery.ext | no | yes
hw.power.battery.chargedisabled | yes | yes
hw.power.battery.int.chargerate | yes | yes
hw.power.battery.ext.chargerate | yes | yes
hw.power.battery.int.chargelevel | no | yes
hw.power.battery.ext.chargelevel | no | yes
hw.video.external | no | yes
hw.video.lid | no | yes
hw.video.syncinva | yes | yes
hw.video.syncinvb | yes | yes
hw.video.compsync | yes | yes
hw.video.tft.brightness | yes | yes
hw.speaker.freq | yes | no
hw.speaker.volume | yes | yes
hw.kbd.repeat.delay | yes | yes
hw.kbd.repeat.speed | yes | yes
hw.kbd.click | yes | yes
hw.mouse.recalibrate | yes | no
hw.mouse.disable | yes | yes
hw.mouse.intclick | yes | yes
hw.mouse.extclick | yes | yes
hw.mouse.sensitivity | yes | yes
hw.serial.power | yes | yes

# EXAMPLES

For example, to retrieve the current internal battery charge level, one would use the following request:

    tadpolectl hw.power.battery.int.chargelevel

To set the speaker beep frequency of the system to 1000, one would use the following request:

    tadpolectl -w hw.speaker.freq=1000

# SEE ALSO

sysctl(8)

# HISTORY

`tadpolectl` first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.

December 16, 1999 | NetBSD 10.0