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pxcontrol(1)

console control tool for Plextor optical drives

NAME

QPXTOOL - console control tool for Plextor optical drives

SYNOPSIS

pxtool [-d DEVICE] [-l] [-h|--help] [-c|--current] [-s|--supported] [--lock [on|off]] [--spdread [on|off]] [--sss [on|off]] [--hcdr [on|off]] [--powerec [on|off]] [--gigarec STATE] [--varirec-cd POWER] [--varirec-cd-strategy STRATEGY] [--varirec-dvd POWER] [--varirec-dvd-strategy STRATEGY] [--bitset+r [on|off]] [--bitset+rdl [on|off]] [--as [forced|auto|on|off]] [--dvd+testwrite [on|off]] [--silent [off] [--sm-save] [--sm-cd-rd SPEED] [--sm-cd-wr SPEED] [--sm-dvd-rd SPEED] [--sm-load SPEED] [--sm-eject SPEED] [--sm-access slow|fast] [--PlexEraser quick|full]

OPTIONS

-d DEVICE

Use this device.

-l

List drives (scan IDE/SCSI bus).

-h, --help

Show help.

-c, --current

Show current drive settings.

-s, --supported

Show supported features.

--lock [ on | off ]

Lock/unlock disc in drive.

--spdread [ on | off ]

Turn SpeedRead on/off.

--sss [ on | off ]

Turn SingleSession on/off.

--hcdr [ on | off ]

Turn Hide-CDR on/off.

--powerec [ on | off ]

Turn PoweREC on/off.

--gigarec STATE

Set GigaREC rate or turn it off; values: 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, off.

--varirec-cd POWER

Set VariREC power for CD or turn VariREC off; values: +4, +3, +2, +1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, off.

--varirec-cd-strategy STRATEGY

Set VariREC strategy for CD; values: default, azo, cya, pha, phb, phc, phd.

--varirec-dvd POWER

Set VariREC power for DVD or turn VariREC off; values: +4, +3, +2, +1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, off.

--varirec-dvd-strategy STRATEGY

Set VariREC strategy for DVD; values: default, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

--bitset+r [ on | off ]

Turn on/off setting DVD-ROM book on DVD+R media.

--bitset+rdl [ on | off ]

turn on/off setting DVD-ROM book on DVD+R DL media.

--as [ forced | auto | on | off ]

select AutoStrategy state.

--dvd+testwrite [ on | off ]

turn on/off testwrite on DVD-PLUS media.

--silent [ off ]

just turm Silent Mode on/off.

--sm-save

save Silent Mode settings to NVRAM.

--sm-cd-rd SPEED

Set max CD READ speed (default 32X); values: 4, 8, 24, 32, 40, 48.

--sm-cd-wr SPEED

Set max CD WRITE speed (default 32X); values: 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48.

--sm-dvd-rd SPEED

Set max DVD READ speed (default 12X); values: 2, 5, 8, 12, 16.

--sm-load SPEED

Set tray load speed. spd can be 0 to 80 (default 63).

--sm-eject SPEED

Set tray eject speed. spd can be 0 to 80 (default 0).

--sm-access slow | fast

Set access time, has effect only with CD/DVD speed setting.

--PlexEraser quick | full

Destruct CD/DVD recordable disc. PX-755/PX-760 only!

SEE ALSO

qpxtool(1)
Homepage: <http://qpxtool.sourceforge.net/>

AUTHOR

QPXTOOL was written by Gennady "ShultZ" Kozlov <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).