tools: Add general purpose tool for USRP configuration

Over the years the UHD code base got a whole bunch of tools to
control and configure devices. This is an attempt to unify these
tools into one.

Co-authored-by: Alexander Weber <alexander.weber@ni.com>

22 files changed, 510 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f6b1eb2b..fc1d2f928 100644
--- a/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ set(man_page_sources
     usrp2_card_burner.1
 )
 
+if (ENABLE_PYTHON_API)
+    set(man_page_sources
+        usrpctl.1
+    )
+endif(ENABLE_PYTHON_API)
+
 ########################################################################
 # Setup man pages
 ########################################################################
diff --git a/host/docs/devices.dox b/host/docs/devices.dox
index b081a03d5..f65d48960 100644
--- a/host/docs/devices.dox
+++ b/host/docs/devices.dox
@@ -56,5 +56,9 @@ unless stated otherwise, they will still work with this version of UHD.
 
 \li \subpage page_octoclock
 
+## Usrpctl
+
+\li \subpage page_usrpctl
+
 */
 // vim:ft=doxygen:
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance.1 b/host/docs/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance.1
index df77afb2c..3ca187bd2 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset(1) uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance(1)
 This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms and Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2012 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset.1 b/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset.1
index 50d3899e8..4830b7161 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance(1) uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance(1)
 This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms and Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2012 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance.1 b/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance.1
index 859cf9a84..accba9f6a 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset(1) uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance(1)
 This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms and Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2012 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_config_info.1 b/host/docs/uhd_config_info.1
index edc1b7532..adc6cb859 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_config_info.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_config_info.1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ This manual page was written by Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2015 National Instruments Corp.
+Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_find_devices.1 b/host/docs/uhd_find_devices.1
index c628a2d86..15e94a1f1 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_find_devices.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_find_devices.1
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ uhd_usrp_probe(1)
 This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms and Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2010-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_image_loader.1 b/host/docs/uhd_image_loader.1
index 982784f9e..f3b033a70 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_image_loader.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_image_loader.1
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ uhd_images_downloader(1) usrp2_card_burner(1)
 This manual page was written by Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2015 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_images_downloader.1 b/host/docs/uhd_images_downloader.1
index 19f109ec5..1f9fbc875 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_images_downloader.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_images_downloader.1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ usrp2_card_burner(1) usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner(1) usrp_x3xx_fpga_burner(1) oct
 This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms and Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2012,2014 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/uhd_usrp_probe.1 b/host/docs/uhd_usrp_probe.1
index 7d72b32fb..48f2d8667 100644
--- a/host/docs/uhd_usrp_probe.1
+++ b/host/docs/uhd_usrp_probe.1
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ uhd_find_devices(1)
 This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms and Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2010-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/usrp2_card_burner.1 b/host/docs/usrp2_card_burner.1
index b43484b99..ebf5f560d 100644
--- a/host/docs/usrp2_card_burner.1
+++ b/host/docs/usrp2_card_burner.1
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ uhd_images_downloader(1) usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner(1) usrp_x3xx_fpga_burner(1)
 This manual page was written by Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2012,2014 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner.1 b/host/docs/usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner.1
index 85538ee22..719edc76c 100644
--- a/host/docs/usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner.1
+++ b/host/docs/usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner.1
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ uhd_images_downloader(1) usrp2_card_burner(1) usrp_x3xx_fpga_burner(1) octoclock
 This manual page was written by Nicholas Corgan
 for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2012,2014 Ettus Research LLC
+Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
 .LP
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/host/docs/usrpctl.1 b/host/docs/usrpctl.1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cf0f01eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/docs/usrpctl.1
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+.TH "usrpctl" 1 "4.0.0" UHD "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+usrpctl \- USRP Hardware Driver Peripheral Configuration Tool
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Report detailed information on UHD-supported Software Radio Peripherals
+attached by USB, network, or embedded configuration.
+Allows update and configuration of attached devices.
+.LP
+The UHD package is the universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products. The goal
+is to provide a host driver and API for current and future Ettus Research products.
+Users will be able to use the UHD driver standalone or with 3rd party applications.
+.LP
+Details include unit names, revision numbers, and available sensors on all attached
+USRP motherboards and daughterboards.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B  usrpctl [ID] COMMAND [OPTIONS]
+.SH ID
+ID is the optional device argument. It is used to define a set
+of USRP devices that COMMAND should be applied to. If ID is omitted
+COMMAND is applied to all reachable devices.
+
+usrpctl understands the device args argument used by other UHD
+tools like uhd_find_devices.
+
+.SH COMMAND
+Is the action the tool is to take. Every command can be either applied to a
+single device or a group of devices. Commands that run on a group of
+devices repeat the command for every device.
+
+- Single device commands:
+    - config: Read/write configuration variables (e.g., IP address)
+    - probe: reads extended information about the USRP
+- Multi device commands:
+    - update: Update binaries (e.g., FPGA image)
+    - reset: Reset the device or parts thereof (e.g., only reset MPM)
+    - find: finds all available USRPs in this network
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+The options are not always mandatory. It depends on the given COMMAND.
+
+.SH find command
+
+The find command takes no further options. If ID is not given it scans the
+system for available, supported devices and prints a list of discovered devices.
+The print out is compatible to uhd_find_devices.
+ID can be used to narrow down the list of discovered devices.
+
+.SH probe command
+.IP "Print a complete property tree:"
+-tree
+.TP
+The probe command can only be applied to a single device so make sure that
+ID identifies exactly one device. Without arguments it displays detailed
+information about the device such as name, serial, revision numbers,
+firmware version sensor information on attached motherboard and daughterboards.
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP \w'usrpctl\ 'u
+.BI usrpctl\ find
+find all supported devices
+.TP
+.BI usrpctl\ type=x300,product=X310 find
+find all x310 devices
+.TP
+.BI usrpctl\ name=my_usrp\ find
+find a device named my_usrp
+.TP
+.BI usrpctl\ addr=192.168.10.2\ find
+find a device with the given IP.
+.TP
+.BI usrpctl\ addr=192.168.10.2\ probe
+display device information for USRP with the given ID
+.TP
+.BI usprctl\ name=my_usrp\ probe\ \-tree
+display property tree of device with the name my_usrp
+.TP
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+UHD documentation:
+.B http://files.ettus.com/manual/
+.LP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+.LP
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+.LP
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
diff --git a/host/docs/usrpctl.dox b/host/docs/usrpctl.dox
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..431f2ee66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/docs/usrpctl.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*! \page page_usrpctl Usrpctl
+
+\tableofcontents
+
+\section usrpctl_description Description
+
+usrpctl is the central and universal tool to 
+query, update or configure USRP devices. The command structure is:
+
+    usrpctl $ID $COMMAND $OPTIONS
+
+`usrpctl` will run $COMMAND on the devices identified by $ID. $OPTIONS
+is dependend on the chosen command.
+
+\section usrpctl_id $ID
+
+$ID is the optional device argument. It is used to define a set
+of USRP devices that `$COMMAND` should be applied to. If `$ID` is omitted
+$COMMAND is applied to all reachable devices.
+
+`usrpctl` understands the device args argument used by other UHD
+tools like `uhd_find_devices`.
+
+\section usrpctl_command $COMMAND
+Is the action the tool is to take. Every command can be either applied to a
+single device or a group of devices. Commands that run on a group of
+devices repeat the command for every device.
+
+- Single device commands:
+    - `config`: Read/write configuration variables (e.g., IP address)
+    - `probe`: reads extended information about the USRP
+- Multi device commands:
+    - `update`: Update binaries (e.g., FPGA image)
+    - `reset`: Reset the device or parts thereof (e.g., only reset MPM)
+    - `find`: finds all available USRPs in this network
+
+\section usrpctl_options $OPTIONS
+
+The options depend on the chosen command. Optional arguments are prepended
+with a dash, mandatory are not.
+
+\section usrpctl_commands Available commands
+
+\section usrpctl_find find
+
+The find command takes no further options. If `$ID` is not given it scans the
+system for available, supported devices and prints a list of discovered devices.
+The print out is compatible to \ref id_identifying_cmdline "`uhd_find_devices`".
+`$ID` can be used to narrow down the list of discovered devices.
+
+Examples:
+
+- `usrpctl find` find all supported devices
+- `usrpctl type=x300,product=X310 find` find all x310 devices
+- `usrpctl name=my_usrp find` find a device named my_usrp
+- `usrpctl addr=192.168.10.2 find` find a device with the given IP.
+
+\subsection usrpctl_probe probe
+Arguments:
+-`-tree`: print a list of the device property tree
+ 
+The probe command can only be applied to a single device so make sure that
+$ID identifies exactly one device. Without arguments it displays detailed
+information about the device such as name, serial, revision numbers, 
+firmware version sensor information on attached motherboard and daughterboards.
+
+Examples:
+- `usrpctl addr=192.168.10.2 probe` display device information for USRP with the given ID
+- `usprctl name=my_usrp probe -tree` display property tree of device with the name my_usrp
+
+*/
+// vim:ft=doxygen:
diff --git a/host/python/uhd/__init__.py b/host/python/uhd/__init__.py
index bfbe9a57f..b825cfa2e 100644
--- a/host/python/uhd/__init__.py
+++ b/host/python/uhd/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ UHD Python API module
 
 from . import types
 from . import usrp
+from . import usrpctl
 from . import filters
 from . import rfnoc
 from . import dsp
diff --git a/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/__init__.py b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c16e1823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+
+from . import commands
diff --git a/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/__init__.py b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a8fd045e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+
+from .command import BaseCommand
+from .find import FindCommand
+from .probe import ProbeCommand
diff --git a/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/command.py b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/command.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f19d33a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/command.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+
+import functools
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+SSH_COMMAND = 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 {user}@{host}'
+SCP_COMMAND = 'scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 {src} {user}@{host}:{dest}'
+
+REBOOT_SCRIPT = r'''
+max_timeout=600
+
+function ssh_cmd() {{
+  ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 {user}@{host} $1
+}}
+
+if ! {{ boot_id=$(ssh_cmd "cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id") \
+    && [[ $boot_id ]]; }}; then
+  echo "Unable to retrieve boot ID" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+ssh_cmd "reboot"
+
+timeout_at=$(( SECONDS + max_timeout ))
+until new_boot_id=$(ssh_cmd "cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id") \
+    && [[ $new_boot_id != "$boot_id" ]]; do
+  if (( SECONDS > timeout_at )); then
+    echo "System did not reboot within timeout" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  sleep 5
+done
+
+echo "System successfully rebooted" >&2
+'''
+
+class BaseCommand:
+    """
+    Base class for all usrpctl commands
+
+    Implements some helper useful for all command classes.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def command_name(cls):
+        """
+        By default the command name is the class name (lowercase) without
+        the trailing "Command"
+        """
+        return re.sub("(.*)Command$", r"\1", cls.__name__).lower()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_parser(cls, parser):
+        """
+        add_parser is used to tell usrpctl argparse which command line
+        argument the command accepts.
+        """
+
+    def _to_arg_list(self, args):
+        """
+        Takes parsed arguments from argparse and converts it to
+        a flat list of key value pairs where the key is prepended with
+        two dashes. If value is falsy the pair is ommitted.
+        This is suitable to pass parsed arguments into another process.
+        Example: Suppose args is:
+        Namespace(foo='fval', bar=2, baz=None)
+        then this would result in this list:
+        ['--foo', 'fval', '--bar', 2]
+        """
+        arg_list = {f"--{key}": value for key, value in vars(args).items() if value}
+        return list(functools.reduce(
+                lambda left, right: left + right, arg_list.items())) if arg_list else []
+
+    def _external_process(self, command):
+        """
+        Run command in an external process.
+
+        stderr is redirected into stdout and the oupput is
+        yielded while the process is running.
+        throws CalledProcessError on non zero returncode
+        """
+        with subprocess.Popen(command, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True) as process:
+            for line in iter(process.stdout.readline, ""):
+                yield line.rstrip()
+            returncode = process.wait()
+            if returncode != 0:
+                raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(returncode, command)
+
+    def _reboot(self, user, host):
+        cmd = REBOOT_SCRIPT.format(user=user, host=host)
+        yield from self._external_process(["bash", "-c", cmd])
+
+    def _remote_cmd(self, user, host, cmd):
+        """
+        Executes a command via SSH.
+        """
+        ssh_cmd = SSH_COMMAND.format(user=user, host=host)
+        yield from self._external_process(ssh_cmd.split(' ') + [cmd])
+
+    def _remote_copy(self, user, host, src, dest):
+        """
+        Uses scp to copy a file to a remote host
+        """
+        cp_cmd = SCP_COMMAND.format(user=user, host=host, src=src, dest=dest)
+        yield from self._external_process(cp_cmd.split(' '))
+
+    def _process_output(self, line):
+        print(line)
+
+    def _run_commands(self, usrp, args):
+        print(f"{self.__class__.__name__} is not yet implemented."
+              f"arguments usrp: {usrp} args: {args}")
+
+    def is_multi_device_capable(self):
+        """
+        Tell whether this command can serve multiple USRPs at once
+        """
+        return False
+
+    def run(self, usrps, args):
+        """
+        Run the command
+        """
+        for usrp in usrps:
+            print(f'{self.command_name()} {usrp.to_string()}')
+            for line in self._run_commands(usrp, args):
+                self._process_output(line)
diff --git a/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/find.py b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/find.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a07a73c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/find.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+
+from .command import BaseCommand
+
+class FindCommand(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Class that finds USRP devices
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_parser(cls, parser):
+        """
+        Adding subparser for find command
+        """
+        parser.add_parser(cls.command_name(),
+                help="print devices found using id parameter")
+
+    def is_multi_device_capable(self):
+        """
+        Can handle multiple USRPs
+        """
+        return True
+
+    def run(self, usrps, args):
+        """
+        Because usrpctl issued find to build the usrps list
+        from the id argument the only thing left to do is
+        print the found devices. Print mimics the behaviour
+        of uhd_find_devices.
+        """
+        for index, usrp in enumerate(usrps):
+            print('--------------------------------------------------')
+            print(f"-- UHD Device {index}")
+            print('--------------------------------------------------')
+            print('Device Address:')
+            for key, value in usrp.to_dict().items():
+                print(f"    {key}: {value}")
+            print()
+            print()
diff --git a/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/probe.py b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/probe.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..486844a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/python/uhd/usrpctl/commands/probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+
+from .command import BaseCommand
+
+class ProbeCommand(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Command that uses uhd_usrp_probe to query device properties.
+    Acts on single devices only.
+    """
+    @classmethod
+    def add_parser(cls, parser):
+        """
+        Allow -tree as argument. other uhd_usrp_probe arguments
+        are not supported right now
+        """
+        subparser = parser.add_parser(cls.command_name(),
+                help="report detailed information on USRP device")
+        subparser.add_argument("-tree", const="tree", action="store_const",
+                help="reads the device tree")
+
+    def _run_commands(self, usrp, args):
+        """
+        probe the device
+        """
+        yield from self._external_process(
+                ["uhd_usrp_probe", f"--args={usrp.to_string()}"] +
+                self._to_arg_list(args))
diff --git a/host/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/host/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ac0b1c99..fcb4fd9b0 100644
--- a/host/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ UHD_INSTALL(PROGRAMS
     DESTINATION ${RUNTIME_DIR}
     COMPONENT utilities
 )
+configure_file(
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/usrpctl.py"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/usrpctl"
+)
+UHD_INSTALL(PROGRAMS
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/usrpctl
+    RENAME usrpctl
+    DESTINATION ${RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT utilities
+)
 
 ########################################################################
 # Utilities that get installed into the share path
diff --git a/host/utils/usrpctl.py b/host/utils/usrpctl.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c184befee
--- /dev/null
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2022 Ettus Research, A National Instruments Brand
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import inspect
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+import uhd
+import uhd.usrpctl.commands
+
+def get_commands():
+    """
+    Returns a dictionary of all subclasses of BaseCommand
+
+    Classes are searched in uhd.usrpctl.commands module.
+    Key is the command name of the command class.
+    Value is the command class itself.
+
+    BaseCommand is not part of the resulting dictionary
+    """
+    return {command[1].command_name(): command[1] for command in
+            inspect.getmembers(uhd.usrpctl.commands, inspect.isclass)
+            if issubclass(command[1], uhd.usrpctl.commands.BaseCommand)
+            and command[1] != uhd.usrpctl.commands.BaseCommand}
+
+def parse_args(commands):
+    """
+    parse command line arguments and return USRPs to search for as well
+    as command to execute and command arguments
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("id", nargs="?",
+            help="identifies USRPs devices utilizing dev_addr_type")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", action="count", default=0,
+            help="increase verbosity level ranging from -v to -vvvvv")
+
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command",
+            help="supported commands, detailed help with usrpctl <cmd> --help")
+
+    for command, cls in commands.items():
+        cls.add_parser(subparsers)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    script_args = argparse.Namespace()
+    script_args.id = args.id
+    script_args.v = args.v
+    command = args.command
+    del args.id
+    del args.v
+    del args.command
+    return (script_args, command, args)
+
+def find_usrps(id_args):
+    """
+    Find USRPs based on the given id_args.
+    """
+    return uhd.find(id_args or "")
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Control all the USRPs!
+    """
+    commands = get_commands()
+    script_args, cmd_name, cmd_args = parse_args(commands)
+    env = os.environ
+    env['UHD_LOG_CONSOLE_LEVEL'] = str(max(0, 5 - script_args.v))
+    usrps = find_usrps(script_args.id)
+
+    if not usrps:
+        print(f"No USRP found to act on (id={script_args.id})")
+        return 1
+
+    command = commands[cmd_name]()
+
+    if not command.is_multi_device_capable():
+        if len(usrps) > 1:
+            print(f"Found {len(usrps)} USRPs but {cmd_name} "
+                    "can only act on single device")
+            return 2
+
+    return command.run(usrps, cmd_args)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())