Here is a trivial example of the automation interface, using telnet to establish an interactive session. Commands typed by the user are shown in bold.
sos@thing1:~$ telnet localhost 2468 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. enable R get_clip_info * 1 Blue Marble - Hi-Res 2 Hurricane Season - 2005 3 Sea Surface Currents 4 Sea Surface Temperature NOAA Model (black land) 5 Sun: X-Ray - 2003 6 Mars 7 Tsunami Wave Propagation: Indian Ocean - December 26, 2004 8 Aerosols: Black Carbon and Sulfate 9 Climate Model: Temperature Change (GFDL a1b) - 1870 - 2100 10 Nighttime Lights 11 Air Traffic 12 NOAA Logo 13 Fossil Fuel: CO2 Release - 2011-2012 14 Surface Temperature R get_clip_number 1 get_frame_count 3600 get_frame_number 179 get_frame_number 504 exit Connection closed by foreign host. sos@thing1:~$