lcm_source - Transmit random messages over the LC Communications library
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Copyright
lcm-source is part of the Lightweight Communications and Marshalling (LCM) project. Permission is
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Description
lcm_source is a utility for testing the Lightweight Communications library (LC). lcm_source transmits
random messages on either a specified LC channel or random LC channels. Messages can be randomly sized,
or a specified fixed size.
Name
lcm_source - Transmit random messages over the LC Communications library
Options
The following options are provided by lcm_source:
-mCHAN
Transmits messages on channel CHAN (default: random channels)
-pDELAY
Wait DELAY microseconds between transmissions (default: 10000)
-sSIZE
Transmit packets of size SIZE bytes. If SIZE is 0 (default), then packets are randomly sized
between 1 and 65,000 bytes
-v verbose mode. Prints a summary of each packet
-h Prints this help text and exits.
Synopsis
lcm_source[options]
