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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
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- RETURN VALUE
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- SEE ALSO
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- BUGS
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