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I have used 6200ch for many years to change channels on my STB. My channel changing script has always been:
First, send a menu command to the STB to make sure it is not in standby mode (e.g., ./6200ch -g### -m), wait 3 seconds (sleep 3), then issue a channel change (./6200ch -g### ).

After updating to Fedora 16 I realized I accidentally erased 6200ch (which had been in the "contribs" directory of mythtv). Since the code is no longer bundled with mythtv, I discovered it here and downloaded the code.

However, my old channel script no longer works, and the STB would occasionally be left in standby mode. After a little exploring, I discovered that issuing the menu command (or the exit command) without a channel number at the end of the command fails. This is the output I get for the menu command:

$ ./6200ch -g#### -m
Usage: 6200ch [-v] [-s] [-w] [-m] [-e] [-4] [-q] [-n NODE] [-g GUID] [-p PORT] [-d DELAY] <channel_num|key_name>
-v print additional verbose output
-s use single packet method. Cannot be used with -4.
-w toggle power state
-m Sends "Menu" command. Needed for some Motorola QIP series STB's.
-e Sends "Exit" command. Needed for some Motorola QIP series STB's.
-4 Enable 4 digit channel number support. Cannot be used with -s.
-d inter-digit delay in ms (default 500) Cannot be used with -s.
-n NODE node to start device scanning on (default:1)
-p PORT port/adapter to use (default:0)
-g GUID GUID to use, -n switch, if present, will be ignored.
-q query current state

Note, that I've obscured the GUID of the STB.

In fact, all commands other than -q or -w require a channel number. Was this an intentional change?

George