---
name: "ola_streaming_client"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ola"
version: "0.10.9.nojsmin-7.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ola_streaming_client"
---

# ola\_streaming\_client(1)

Stream data to the OLA server.

## NAME

ola\_streaming\_client - Stream data to the OLA server.

## SYNOPSIS

**ola\_streaming\_client \[ options \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**ola\_streaming\_client** is used to stream DMX512 data to [olad(1)](/olad/1.md). If DMX512 data isn't provided, it will read from STDIN.

## OPTIONS

- \-h, --help

  Display the help message.

- \-d, --dmx \<dmx data\>

  Comma separated DMX values to send, e.g. 0,255,128 sets first channel to 0, second channel to 255 and third channel to 128.

- \-l, --log-level \<int8\_t\>

  Set the logging level 0 .. 4.

- \-u, --universe \<universe-id\>

  Id of the universe to send data for.

- \-v, --version

  Print **ola\_streaming\_client** version information

- \--syslog

  Send to syslog rather than stderr.

- \--no-use-epoll

  Disable the use of epoll(), revert to select()

- \--no-use-kqueue

  Disable the use of kqueue(), revert to select()

- \--scheduler-policy \<policy\>

  The thread scheduling policy, one of {fifo, rr}.

- \--scheduler-priority \<priority\>

  The thread priority, only used if --scheduler-policy is set.

## SEE ALSO

**[olad(1)](/olad/1.md)**,