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.TH OSMO-BSC 1 "15 November 2018" "" ""
.SH NAME
\fBosmo-bsc \fP- Osmocom BSC
\fB
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBosmo-bsc\fP [\fIoptions\fP]

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.SH DESCRIPTION
This is the BSC-only version of OpenBSC. It requires a Mobile Switching Center
(MSC) to operate.
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You might rather prefer to use osmocom-nitb which is considered a
"GSM Network-in-a-Box" and does not depend on a MSC.
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Typically you start \fBosmo-bsc\fP with the \fB-c\fP option specifying where to find the
configuration file. There are example configuration files in:
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   /usr/share/doc/osmo-bsc/examples/osmo-bsc

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.SH OPTIONS
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\fB-h\fP,\fB--help\fP
this text
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\fB-D\fP,\fB--daemonize\fP
Fork the process into a background daemon
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\fB-d\fP option,\fB--debug\fP=DRLL:DCC:DMM:DRR:DRSL:DNM
enable debugging
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\fB-s\fP,\fB--disable-color\fP
.TP
.B
\fB-T\fP,\fB--timestamp\fP
Print a timestamp in the debug output.
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\fB-c\fP,\fB--config-file\fP <filename>
The config file to use.
.TP
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\fB-l\fP,\fB--local\fP=IP
The local address of the MGCP.
.TP
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\fB-e\fP,\fB--log-level\fP <number>
Set a global loglevel.
.TP
.B
\fB-r\fP,\fB--rf-ctl\fP <NAME>
A unix domain socket to listen for cmds.
.TP
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\fB-t\fP,\fB--testmode\fP
A special mode to provoke failures at the MSC.
.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
\fBosmo-nitb\fP(1)
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
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