---
name: "robot-player"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "robot-player"
version: "3.0.2+dfsg-4+b1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/robot-player"
---

# robot-player(1)

robot device interface server

## NAME

robot-player - robot device interface server

## SYNOPSIS

**robot-player** \[options\] \[\<configfile\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

**robot-player** is the server program in the Player robot device interface framework.  With robot-player running on the Robot local and remote programs can access the robots hardware.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Output a brief help message.

- **-d** *level*

  debug message *level* (0 = none, 1 = default, 9 = all).

- **-p** *port*

  port where Player will listen. Default: 6665

- **-q**

  quiet mode: minimizes the console output on startup.

## AUTHOR

**Player** was written by Brian Gerkey \<gerkey@users.sourceforge.net\> and contributors. This manual page was written by Daniel Hess for the Debian Project.

## SEE ALSO

The HTML documentation in **/usr/share/doc/player/html** of the  **robot-player-doc** package.