SYNOPSIS

galileo [-h] [-c FILENAME] [--dump-dir DIR] [--daemon-period PERIOD] [-I ID[ ID ... ] ] [-X ID[ ID ... ] ] [-v|-d|-q] [--force|--no-force] [--dump|--no-dump] [--upload|--no-upload] [--https-only|--no-https-only] [--log-size SIZE] [--syslog|--no-syslog] [sync|daemon|version]

DESCRIPTION

Synchronize Fitbit wearable fitness tracker devices with the Fitbit web service. Visit < https://www.fitbit.com >, or use a Fitbit-compatible app in order to browse your data.

MODES

sync

Perform the synchronization of all found trackers, then exit. This is the default mode if none is specified.

daemon

Periodically perform synchronization of all found trackers. galileo will periodically perform synchronization until the daemon is killed. The period can be controlled via the --daemon-period option.

version

Display the galileo version and exit.

interactive

This spawn an interactive shell to allow sending arbitrary commands to the dongle and the tracker. This is meant to allow experimenting with new commands, or different command orders. To be used by experts only.

pair

This mode, in an experimental state, allow you to link your tracker with your Fitbit online account. This is needed before being able to use any new tracker. In order to use this mode, you need an account in the Fitbit online platform, and a tracker. The parameters for this mode are taken from the hardcoded-ui section of the galileorc(5) file.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

show command-line usage and exit.

-c RCCONFIGNAME, --config RCCONFIGNAME

use RCCONFIGNAME as extra configuration file in order to allow overriding of settings.

The remaining options are first read from configuration file, and can be overridden by using command line switches. For this reason, positive and negative versions are available (--foo and --no-foo). Please see galileorc(5) for more information about the configuration files.

Logging options:

-v, --verbose

display general information on progress during synchronization.

-d, --debug

as --verbose, but also shows internal activity useful for diagnosing problems.

-q, --quiet

show no output except for errors and a summary. This is the default if no other logging options are specified.

--syslog

send logging output to the syslog facility. Due to the rate-limiting of some syslog servers, this option might not work in combination with the debug log level.

--no-syslog

send logging output to stderr.

Synchronization control options:

-I ID [ID ...], --include ID [ID ...]

list of tracker IDs to synchronize (if not set, all found trackers are synchronized).

-X ID [ID ...], --exclude ID [ID ...]

list of tracker IDs to avoid synchronizing (no trackers are excluded by default).

--force

a tracker will not be synchronized with the Fitbit web service if it reports that it was recently synchronized. This option overrides that behavior.

--no-force

if the configuration file includes the force-sync option to always force synchronization, this option will restore the default behaviour.

--daemon-period PERIOD

set the time to wait between synchronizations when running in daemon mode. The period is specified in milliseconds and defaults to 15000 (15 seconds).

Tracker data saving options:

--dump

save a copy of the tracker data. Tracker data is stored under a tracker-specific subdirectory of a directory that is set using the --dump-dir option. This is the default behavior.

--no-dump

disables the saving of tracker data.

--dump-dir DIR

the directory used to store the tracker dumps (defaults to ~/.galileo).

Data transfer options:

--upload

synchronize tracker data with the Fitbit web service. This is the default.

--no-upload

prevent the uploading of tracker data to the Fitbit web service. Data is not deleted from trackers until it is acknowledged by the fitbit server so this will not result in data loss.

--https-only

data sent to the Fitbit web service will be transferred via a secure connection using HTTPS. This is the default.

--no-https-only

if HTTPS connection is not possible, this will allow the fallback to HTTP. This should only be required if problems with encryption libraries prevent data transfer without this option.

--log-size SIZE

indicate the amount of communication that should be displayed in case of errors. Galileo will keep in memory the last SIZE communications to help debugging if an error happen. This is particularly useful in case of hard-to-reproduce issues, where it is too late to collect debug information. Default to 10. Set to 0 to disable this functionality.

REQUIREMENTS

An original Fitbit Bluetooth-LE USB synchronization dongle is required.

The Fitbit tracker must already be registered to your Fitbit account (see the BUGS section).

FILES

/etc/galileo/config, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/galileo/config, ~/.galileorc

The configuration files used for default settings. See galileorc(5) for further details about those files

AUTHOR

Written and maintained by Benoît Allard, with contributions from other authors.