GP2 Blue Panel (en)

In this article you will find links for extended descriptions of the GP2 Blue Panel desktop. The successor of this Blue Panel is the GP3 Blue Panel desktop.

GP2 Blue Panel Desktop (Basis Gemini 5.x)

Softcam - Select Sofcam, enable/disable

on/off Auto Softcam - activate/deactivate the Auto Cam function

Settings - Gemini Settings

File Browser - the Gemini File Browser

Gemini Extras - Gemini Extras

Services/Daemons - activate/deactivate Services/Daemons and settings

Device Manager - Settings and informations about devices connected to the Dreambox

DVD Player - DVD Player for DVDs and ISO Files

ReZapp - ReZapp zapp back to the selected channel

Camd Selection-Activation

The cursor is on the menu entry:

Select Camd with the ← → buttons. Here you can select the installed Cams.
In the upper part, the name of the selected Camd is displayed.
If no Camd is installed the entry: "Common Interface" is displayed.
It's also possible to activate the different installed Cams (Emus).

With the green button the selected Cam is started or restarted (Camreset).

Auto-Cam activate / settings

Autocam is used when different channels are using different Cams. The Cams will be started/stopped automatically.

With the yellow button you can activate the Autocam function.

This works only when more as one Softcam was installed!

Activate Autocam

After activating the Autocam function with the yellow button of the remote control the menu appears. We continu with the Autocam settings.

Autocam settings

Here it is possible to assign a specific SoftCam for a channel.

If you want to add a new channel press the green button.

Now it is possible to navigate through the different lists (provider/satellites) with the colored buttons.

Press OK to add the selected channel.

Add over the colored buttons

Now you can: select a channel in the favoriten list with the colored buttons you can select satellites or providers to choose a channel.

Adding over colored buttons

Here you select the wanted channels, satellites or provider and assing a Softcam.

with the blue button you can delete an entry.

Settings

Infobar - Settings for the Infobar

General - General settings

EPG - Settings for the EPG

Install/Remove addons - Install/Remove Gemini addons

Automount Editor - Settings for Automatic Mounting

Create satellites.xml - Create actual transponder lists for Satellites

Password - Change the Dreambox Password (FTP/SSH/Telnet/Webinterface)

Swap file - Create/manage "Swap file"

Quickbutton - Settings for Quickbuttons

Infobar

Show Crypt symbol - Show the encryption symbol in the Infobar - on/off

Expert ECM Info - ECM timings, encryption (CAID) - Infobar/window/off

Show Softcam Name - on/off

Show Gemini Events - Mail, calender - on/off/blink

OK button for show - Infobar will be displayed/hidden with the OK button - on/off

Show Sat position - Orbital position of the Sat e.g. 19.2°E will be shown in the Infobar - on/off

Picon - Show channel symbol in the Infobar - on/off

Picon path - Path of the used Picons

Position - set the position of the Infobar

General

Show Softcam start for... - OSD message "Cam is started"

Spinner / time to show - Gears showed after x seconds

Don't rotate images - Horizontal images will not be rotated when displayed - on/off

Mark new recordings - New recordings are marked untill they are played the first time

Speed OSD fading - OSD Fading (slow fading of the OSD)

Distance for actual event

Display progress in procent - shows the progress of an event as %, in the EPG and Infobar

Save Crashlog - set the path for "bluescreens" - Attention: /tmp/ is flushed while rebooting!!!

Check for new Gemini Version automaticcally - Show if a new Release is available. A "R" blinks in the Infobar when an update is available. Check is performed between 24:00 and 01:00. Is the Box switched off the check will be performed within 1 hour after booting

EPG Setup

MediaHighway - EPG used by Canal+ and CanalDigitaal - on/off

Freesat - EPG for the English Freesat package - on/off

Private - Sky Deutschland Private EPG (EPG for subchannels) - on/off

Interval for updating - Interval in which the EPG gets "refreshed"

Keep old EPG - EPG "history" of the past (only possible in the Single EPG view)

Cache file on/off - backup of the EPG data - on/off

File name - File name of the EPG backup - name free to set

Path - Path for the EPG backup

Autosave after - timing for saving the EPG backup file

Install/Remove addons

Download Gemini Server - Addons prepared by the IHAD-Team (only available with internet connection)

Download (My Server) - install your own Addons from your Addon Server configured in the useraddon.xml

Remove - remove installed Addons

Download (Gemini Server)

A part of the list offered by the Gemini Server.

Download (My Server)

Here you have access to an extra server, if you have configured the server yourself.

This is an interface for users who want to install other Addons as offered by the Gemini Server over the BluePanel.

Therefore you need to configure the useraddon.xml to connect toy your own server. The useraddon.xml can be found in /etc.

Remove

Think twice before removing, once removed it is gone...

Automount Editor (Network...)

this is how it looks if an entry exists in the /etc/auto.network.

With the editor it is possible to add an entry with the remote control in the /etc/auto.network, or to edit.

But it's easier to edit the "auto.network" directly in "/etc" with an editor.

Create satellites.xml

Selection of the satellite region

Here you can select the desired satellite region, for creating you new satellites.xml.

Selection of the satellites

Here you can select the desired satellitsn you can receive.

With the cursor right/left you can switch the selection.

Once the seledction is made and saved with the green button, the menu for downloading appears (next image)

Menu after savin the satellite selection

Here you can start the download over the blue button

Question to confirm the download

Download and installation of the new satellites.xml

Password

Here you can change the password for the superuser "root". It's also possible to change the password over telnet: Change Password (en)

Swap file

Quickbutton

The Quickbutton is the green button on the remote control (in TV Mode). Standard only the Pluginbrowser is activated, you can add additional applications. If you have added applications a selection menu appears when pressing the green button.

Informations how to add telnet commands or scripts can be found here: Quickbutton.xml

File Browser

The File Browser is on of the most powerfull tools in Gemini. With this file browser you can navigate through the image, but it will also play media files , show text files and you can install manually all kind of Addons. And of course you can delete, rename ... files.


here you can add favorites	show text in the file browser
The rights of the file can be changed with left/right
Create a Symlink
Manual installation of a Plugins with the file browser

Gemini Extras

The control central for most of the Gemini Addons, which are integrated in the Gemini Image.

Dreamnetcast/Streamripper - Play/record Internet radio

Jukebox - Play Audio files (Playlists)

Weather - Weather prediction for the entire world

RSS Reader - Read RSS feeds

eMail-Checker - Notification when a new email is in your inbox

eTorrent - Torrent client for downloading torrents directly on your Dreambox

Webcam Viewer - View Webcams from the entire world

Calendar - an integrated calendar for Gemini

Alarm clock - an integrated alarm clock

EPG Refresh - Update your EPG data easily at a set time

EPG Search - Search the EPG for specific strings/events

Dreamnetcast / Streamripper

The Schoutcast Favorites	The "most popular" Top List
The "genre" Shoutcast list	you can change the sorting with the red button [Index] - [Bitrate] - [name]

Jukebox

The Jukebox is the integraited Gemini Musicplayer

The Info button shows the details

The menu button opens this selection

Weather

Add a city:

RSS Reader

The settings for the RSS Reader can be changed int the /etc/Favo RSS.xml with a text editor.

eMail Checker

Account settings

eTorrent


with the yellow button you can add a Torrent

Webcam Viewer

Calendar

The Gemini calendar. On the left the appointments of the month, on the right the overview of the month.

The settings of the Gemini calendars.

Alarm clock

EPG Refresh

For updating the EPG on a daily base EPG Refresh zapps during the night on the channels specified by the user (one channel of a group is required - e.g. RTL loads the EPG of the complete RTL group) This way you will have allways an updates EPG without zapping manually.

Empty EPG Refresh list without active channels.

The Bouquet/Channel/Provider/Sat list from where you can select channels.

Update EPG for SAT1 at 3:00 configured.

Here you can change every update setting for each channel.

EPG Search

Daemons

The service/daemon can be started/stopped with the OK button
green - daemon started, red - daemon stopped, blue - settings of the service.

Online Test - Checks if the Dreambox is connected to the internet

Sys/Kernel Log - creates a system and/or kernel - log (error messages)

Samba Server - green after activating the samba server

Dropbear (SSH) - SSH (SecureShell) daemon of the Dreambox

Cron - Timed processes (Crontables)

OpenVPN - Openvpn

Avahi (Zeroconf) - connecting devices in the network

InaDyn - for converting a dynamic IP adress in a subDomain

httpd (little Apache) - a small "Webserver" with limited functions

NFS Server (Network File System) - Linux "file sharing"

LPD (Line Printer Daemon) - Linux "print server"

UPnP Client - Universal Plug and Play Client

UPnP Server - Universal Plug and Play Server

TPMD Genuine Dreambox - authenticity testing of the Dreambox

Online Test

The Online test checks if the Box is connected to the internet.
The online notification is in theinfobar.

Sys/Kernel Log

Samba Server


	The configuration can also be made in /etc/samba/smb.conf For more informations coincerning the settings: look here.

Dropbear (SSH)

Following Wiki articles explain the functions and the possibilities of Dropbear.

Cron

The Cron Daemon executes user scripts at defined times

OpenVPN

der Openvpn Server

available since Gemini 5.1

here you can configure an Openvpn Server easily, both IP´s are thunnel adresses, which should be in a different range.

with save a keyfile is stored in /etc/openvpn (*.key), the server config (*.conf) and the Windows Clientconfig (*.ovpn)

.key and .ovpn need to be copied in the config map of Openvpn for Windows - in the .ovpn you need to add the IP/DynDNS adress which points to the Dreambox (connected to the router).

After the successful start of the VPN thunnel (green symbol in the Windows infobar) the Dreambox should be reachable on the thunnel adress of the server.

of course you can also use a connection with certificates - therefore you need to edit the config files manually

Avahi (Zeroconf)

Avahi is a free implementation of Zeroconf, a technology to connect devices in a local network, without manual configuration

Avahi in Wikipedia

InaDyn (dynamic DNS Client)

Here it is possible to update a DynDNS service, if this is not possible in the router

httpd (Little Apache)

A lightweight Webserver (Busybox httpd)

NFS-Server

Printer (LPD)

If the correct KernelModul is loaded and an USB printer is connected you can see the print serverwird status - green = active.

Manual to configure the Dreambox as Druckserver.

UPnP Client

UPnP Server

TPMD (Genuine Dreambox)

This service enables the "authentication" to check if your Dreambox is an "original". With the Genuine Plugin in the Pluginbrowser you can perform the check.

Device Manager

Unmount - With the red button you can unmount the device from the system

Initialise - Format the hard disk with the green button (ATTENTION ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED!!)

Settings - are opened with the blue button

Informationen - The device informations are opened with the OK button

Informations

Standby - Switches the HDD in standby immediately

Test - are opened with the blue button

HDD Temperature - can be found here.

Test menu

Speed - Measure the speed of the HDD/USB Stick

Check File System - Check the file system and fix errors

Settings/Parameters

	Hard disks: Hard Disk Standby after - Hard Disk goes into standby after the specified time
	DVD player: speed - the higher the value, the quiter the DVD device plays

HDD Temperature

If the hard disk is not recognized, read here: Hddtemp.db

HDD Speed

Initialise (Format)

Before formating the hard disk needs to be "unmounted".

Formating the hard dsik will erase all data on the disk!

DVD Player

The DVD Player can also play DVD Images, which kan be selected here

Further informations about the DVD Player and the operation can be found here: DVD Player

ReZapp

Here in this example after 5 minutes the box zapps automaticcally back to the channel RTL2. You can zapp as much as you want, after the set time the box zapps back to the channel.