h6. [[Programmer's Reference Manuals]] h6(. » [[*Commands]] h2. *VCGenCmd h4. Use This *command is requires the BCMVideo module, which is part of the Raspberry Pi ROM. *VCGenCmd sends a text-based command to the VideoCore OS It reads system configuration and other parameters. See <nowiki><a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/README.md">https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/README.md</a></nowiki> for details. h4. Syntax *VCGenCmd _command_ h4. Parameters |get_config int|integer settings| |get_config str|string settings| |get_config _specific setting_|get value of the specific setting| See <nowiki><a href="https://elinux.org/RPI_vcgencmd_usage">https://elinux.org/RPI_vcgencmd_usage</a></nowiki> for further information h4. Examples *VCGenCmd get_config int *VCGenCmd get_config str *VCGenCmd get_config arm_freq *VCGenCmd measure_temp