nxtctl

About

nxtctl is a simple libusb based program to control Lego Mindstorms NXT via USB. The following operations are implemented:

• list files
• upload/download/delete files
• start/stop programs
• get firmware and battery info

Building

You need libusb-1.0 to build nxtctl. After extracting the tarball, build nxtctl with:

    $ make
    $ make install

nxtctl should build and work on at least OpenBSD/amd64, OpenBSD/sparc64, Debian 7.0 (amd64).

Usage

    nxtctl [-BbdfghilpsSv] [filename/pattern]
     -B             boot (disabled by default)
     -b             print battery level
     -d [filename]  delete file
     -f             print firmware version
     -g [filename]  get file
     -p [filename]  put file
     -i             print device info
     -l [pattern]   list files
     -s [filename]  start program
     -S             stop running program
     -v             verbose debug output

Download

• nxtctl-0.1.tar.gz (.asc), 8.7K, 2014-01-17
  • initial release
• https://github.com/ra1fh/nxtctl
  • Git repository with latest development version.