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Tools

There are several included tools that can be used to manage the VidRedi system.

Since VidRedi is designed to be run headless (without a GUI) and the Decklink driver software package does not contain any CLI tools to manage the card, there is a simple CLI that is designed for basic tasks included with VidRedi, utilizing the bmd-node node package.

To access this tool:

# Show the help
/opt/vidredi/current/scripts/decklink-cli.js

# Some common tasks you may want to complete are
## Show the devices and their current duplex mode and SDI level, if applicable
/opt/vidredi/current/scripts/decklink-cli.js devices

## Change SDI level from A to B
/opt/vidredi/current/scripts/decklink-cli.js get -d 0 -p sdi-level # Current
/opt/vidredi/current/scripts/decklink-cli.js set -d 0 -p sdi-level -v A # Set to A

## Get Current Decklink card temp
/opt/vidredi/current/scripts/decklink-cli.js get -d 0 -p temperature

Updater​

Installing the Decklink driver package includes the BlackmagicFirmwareUpdater tool, which can be run from the command line. The Decklink card will not work if it is not updated to the driver version installed.