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# iio_genxml

Section: LibIIO Utilities (1)
Updated: 30 April 2026
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## NAME

iio_genxml - Generate XML representation of a Libiio context

## SYNOPSIS

iio_genxml [ options ]

## DESCRIPTION

iio_genxml is a utility for generating a XML representation of a Libiio context.

## OPTIONS

-h, --help
  Tells iio_genxml to display some help, and then quit.
-V, --version
  Prints the version information for this particular copy of iio_genxml and the version of the libiio library it is using. This is useful for knowing if the version of the library and iio_genxml on your system are up to date. This is also useful when reporting bugs.
-S, --scan [backends]
  Scan for available IIO contexts, optional arg of specific backend(s) 'ip', 'usb' or 'ip,usb'. Specific options for USB include Vendor ID, Product ID to limit scanning to specific devices 'usb=0456:b673'. vid,pid are hexadecimal numbers (no prefix needed), "*" (match any for pid only) If no argument is given, it checks all that are available.
-u, --uri
  The Uniform Resource Identifier (uri) for connecting to devices, can be one of:
    ip:[address]
      network address, either numeric (192.168.0.1) or network hostname
    ip:
      blank, if compiled with zeroconf support, will find an IIO device on network
    usb:[device:port:instance]
      normally returned from iio_genxml -S
    serial:[port],[baud],[settings]
      which are controlled, and need to match the iiod (or tinyiiod) on the other end of the serial port.
        [port]
          is something like '/dev/ttyUSB0' on Linux, and 'COM4' on Windows.
        [baud]
          is is normally one of 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 [default], 128000 or 256000, but can vary system to system.
        [settings]
          would normally be configured as '8n1' this is controlled by:
            data_bits:
              (5, 6, 7, 8 [default], or 9)
            parity_bits:
              ('n' none [default], 'o' odd, 'e' even, 'm' mark, or 's' space)
            stop_bits:
              (1 [default, or 2)
            flow_control:
              ('0' none [default], 'x' Xon Xoff, 'r' RTSCTS, or 'd' DTRDSR)
    local:
      with no address part.
-T, --timeout <arg>
  Context timeout in milliseconds. 0 = no timeout (wait forever). Default is 0.
-e, --emulator
  Include current attribute values in the generated XML output.

## RETURN VALUE

If the specified device is not found, a non-zero exit code is returned.

## SEE ALSO

iio_attr(1), iio_info(1), iio_rwdev(1), iio_reg(1), libiio(3)

libiio home page: https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-software/libiio

libiio code: https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio

Doxygen for libiio https://analogdevicesinc.github.io/libiio/

## BUGS

All bugs are tracked at: https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio/issues

## Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
RETURN VALUE
SEE ALSO
BUGS

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