List of Telnet Commands for Enigma2 Receivers

**master G** · Jun 14th 2018

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1. I would like to access "List of Telnet commands for Enigma 2 Boxes" but the link seems to be broken.

Link and commands have been fixed.

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2. What plugin do I need to do I do a full image backup on my Zgemma H2S please?

Depends which image is being used. Some have built-in backup plugins, other you need to use backupsuite.

sbilge · Oct 21st 2018

Hello,

I have a modul on ET8500. Sometimes modul stopping. When I clicked reset via web panel like a uploaded picture. Modul is starting to work again.

How to work this command via telnet script or etc?

This is very important me. I' m rebooting box every 12 hours with crontab. But sometimes stopping after the reboot.

Sincerely,

**thatfellow** · Jan 7th 2019

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List of Telnet commands for Enigma 2 BoxesPlease post below and we will build a master list on this thread... This list is for E2 Specific telnet commandsFor Common Unix/Linux Commands used via Telnet for pc's & stb's, see this very complete list by Master G Common Unix/Linux Commands used via Telnet for pc's & stb's Installing a tar.gz file to the boxFTP the tar.gz file to folder /tmpExecute the command below replacing filename with the actual filename tar -xzvf /tmp/filename.tar.gz -C /…

balanga · Feb 12th 2019

How do I list/delete/install plugins from the command line?

And is it possible to launch the Youtube plugin, if possible with a particular video?

**master G** · Feb 12th 2019

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How do I list/delete/install plugins from the command line?

opkg list

opkg install plugin.name

opkg remove plugin.name

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And is it possible to launch the Youtube plugin, if possible with a particular video?

Launch youtube with video from command line? Dunno if thats possible.

balanga · Feb 12th 2019

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Quote from balanga

How do I list/delete/install plugins from the command line?

opkg list

opkg install plugin.name

opkg remove plugin.name

Quote from balanga

And is it possible to launch the Youtube plugin, if possible with a particular video?

Launch youtube with video from command line? Dunno if thats possible.

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Actually...

opkg list | grep enigma2-plugins

although does this show what is installed or what is available for download?

I did notice something called python-youtube-dl which is described as a command line to download videos, so that needs some investigation....

Don't suppose there is a manpage for it.... ::derpthink:

balanga · Feb 13th 2019

Is it possible to change channels from the command line?

**jenseneverest** · Feb 13th 2019

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Is it possible to change channels from the command line?

open command line, type:

help

and a full list of possible commands will be presented to you, then try find the one you require.

balanga · Feb 18th 2019

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Is it possible to change channels from the command line?

open command line, type:

help

and a full list of possible commands will be presented to you, then try find the one you require.

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Since I don't know if such a command actually exists, typing

help

is not very useful. Most of the commands shown don't mean anything to me.

**master G** · Feb 18th 2019

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is not very useful. Most of the commands shown don't mean anything to me.

typing help gives you a list of functions

type help then the function name for more info

first funtion in the list is alias

type help alias

do the same for the rest of the functions for more understanding, then use google for further info.

gadio · Feb 21st 2019

Quote from balanga

Is it possible to change channels from the command line?

Yes. You can do this with following command:

wget -q -O - http://127.0.0.1/web/zap?sRef=1:0:1:3EB:1:1:1862FEF:0:0:0:

were 1:0:1:3EB:1:1:1862FEF:0:0:0: is the channel reference. You can see them in userbouquets which are at /etc/enigma2 folder.

If you have password protection add it like this:

wget -q -O - http://user:password@127.0.0.1/web/zap?sRef=1:0:1:3EB:1:1:1862FEF:0:0:0:

For more info see this page:

https://wiki.tuxbox-neutrino.org/wiki/Enigma2:WebInterface

I use this function as alias (placed in .profile file in home directory) to see whether receiver is sleeping or which channel is running.

function channel () { wget -O - -q http://user:pass@127.0.0.1/web/getcurrent | grep "\(<\|</\)e2servicename" | tr -d '\n' | sed "s/.*<e2servicename>\(.*\)<\/e2servicename.*/\\1\n/"; }

So when I write channel in telnet it shows me empty space if receiver is sleeping or the channel name if it is on.

s3n0 · Feb 21st 2019

Hello.

Checking the standby mode via an open channel is stupid, because the channel (device tuner) can be active while the TV can be turned off. For example, during EPG night scanning with EPG-refresh plug-in or streaming channels on the network (if set-bop-box is used only as streaming device for other boxes). Therefore, it is more efficient to detect the power status through the OpenWebif particular function. Otherwise, the set top box may not be in the standby mode and the tuner may be active (some channel can still be tuned).

See a snippet of my bash script:

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webif_enigma="http://localhost:80"         # "http://127.0.0.1:PORT"  or  "http://LOGIN:PASSWORD@127.0.0.1:PORT"
log_file="/dev/null"

#### function to check the Standby (e2/OpenWebif power-state)
function is_standby(){
    [ "$(wget -q -O - $webif_enigma/web/powerstate | grep '</e2instandby>' | cut -f 1)" == "true" ]
}

#### if the Enigma is not standby, exit the script
if ! is_standby; then echo `date`": Enigma2 is not in Standby. Script canceled." >> $log_file; exit; fi

For a better understanding, you can try this command only:

Code

wget -q -O - http://localhost/web/powerstate | grep '</e2instandby>' | cut -f 1

gadio · Feb 22nd 2019

For me it's enough to know if some channel is running or not. Anyway I also made and this script to check stb status and turn it off or on:

Bash

#!/bin/bash

if [ $(wget -O - -q http://127.0.0.1/web/powerstate | grep "\(<\|</                                                                                        \)e2instandby" | tr -d '\n' | sed "s/.*<e2instandby>\(.*\)<\/e2instandby.*/\\1\n                                                                                        /g") = true ]; then

while true
do
        read -p "The receiver is on standby mode. Do you want to turn it on? Yes/                                                                                        No: " answer1

   case $answer1 in
   [yY]* ) wget -O - -q http://127.0.0.1/web/powerstate?newstate=4                                                                                         2>&1 1>/dev/null;
           echo "The receiver is on!"
           break;;

   [nN]* ) exit;;

   * )     echo "Dude, just enter Y or N, please."
           ;;
   esac

done

else

while true
do

        read -p "The receiver is running. Do you want to put receiver in standby m                                                                                        ode? Yes/No: " answer2

  case $answer2 in
   [yY]* ) wget -O - -q http://127.0.0.1/web/powerstate?newstate=5                                                                                         2>&1 1>/dev/null;
           echo "The receiver is going on standby mode!"
           break;;

   [nN]* ) exit;;

   * )     echo "Dude, just enter Y or N, please."
           ;;

  esac
done

fi

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Powerstate can be changed to deep standby or reboot enigma or receiver.

dacorsa · Jul 22nd 2019

Quote from gadio

For me it's enough to know if some channel is running or not. Anyway I also made and this script to check stb status and turn it off or on:

Bash

#!/bin/bash

if [ $(wget -O - -q http://127.0.0.1/web/powerstate | grep "\(<\|</                                                                                        \)e2instandby" | tr -d '\n' | sed "s/.*<e2instandby>\(.*\)<\/e2instandby.*/\\1\n                                                                                        /g") = true ]; then

while true
do
        read -p "The receiver is on standby mode. Do you want to turn it on? Yes/                                                                                        No: " answer1

   case $answer1 in
   [yY]* ) wget -O - -q http://127.0.0.1/web/powerstate?newstate=4                                                                                         2>&1 1>/dev/null;
           echo "The receiver is on!"
           break;;

   [nN]* ) exit;;

   * )     echo "Dude, just enter Y or N, please."
           ;;
   esac

done

else

while true
do

        read -p "The receiver is running. Do you want to put receiver in standby m                                                                                        ode? Yes/No: " answer2

  case $answer2 in
   [yY]* ) wget -O - -q http://127.0.0.1/web/powerstate?newstate=5                                                                                         2>&1 1>/dev/null;
           echo "The receiver is going on standby mode!"
           break;;

   [nN]* ) exit;;

   * )     echo "Dude, just enter Y or N, please."
           ;;

  esac
done

fi

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Powerstate can be changed to deep standby or reboot enigma or receiver.

on my mutant hd51tells me always :

root@mutant51:~# checkE2.sh

The receiver is running. Do you want to put receiver in standby m ode? Yes/No: n

root@mutant51:~# checkE2.sh

The receiver is running. Do you want to put receiver in standby m ode? Yes/No: y

The receiver is going on standby mode!

root@mutant51:~# checkE2.sh

The receiver is running. Do you want to put receiver in standby m ode? Yes/No: n

WHY?

Mat123 · Apr 8th 2020

what command to use in telnet to get info about the update date and image version?

green-bright-eyes · Jun 23rd 2020

Hello, is there a command to check if flash has got corrupted sectors?

apoklyps3 · Feb 14th 2021

is there a command that does a settings backup like you can you perform manually from software manager?

**master G** · Feb 14th 2021

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is there a command that prompt a settings backup

Which settings do you want to backup? All settings or something specific like channel list?

apoklyps3 · Feb 14th 2021

the same you do from the enigma2 interface: channel list, sat settings(LNB settings), oscam config files, installed plugins.

**master G** · Feb 14th 2021

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channel list, sat settings(LNB settings), oscam config files, installed plugins.

Figure out where everything lives then copy to another directory.

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channel list & cable / satellites.xml files - /etc/enigma2 & /etc/tuxbox
sat settings (LNB settings) - /etc/enigma2/settings.xml (config.NIMS)
oscam config files - /etc/tuxbox/config
install plugins - /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions
installed skins - /usr/share/enigma2

Create a new directory for your backup. For example a directory named mybackups on HDD.

cd /media/hdd

mkdir mybackups

Then copy everything to the mybackups directory.

cp -r /etc/enigma2 /etc/tuxbox /etc/tuxbox/config /usr/share/enigma2 /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions /media/hdd/mybackups/

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