--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use warnings;
+use FileHandle;
+use Time::HiRes qw( usleep );
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Data::TreeDumper;
+use HADES::TrbNet;
+use Date::Format;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use File::chdir;
+use FindBin qw($RealBin);
+
+my $help = 0;
+my $verbose = 0;
+
+Getopt::Long::Configure(qw(gnu_getopt));
+GetOptions(
+ 'help|h' => \$help,
+ 'verbose|v+' => \$verbose,
+ ) or pod2usage(2);
+pod2usage(1) if $help;
+
+
+
+if(!defined $ENV{'DAQOPSERVER'}) {
+ die "DAQOPSERVER not set in environment";
+}
+
+if (!defined &trb_init_ports()) {
+ die("can not connect to trbnet-daemon on the $ENV{'DAQOPSERVER'}");
+}
+
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+get.pl - Access TrbNet elements with speaking names and formatted output
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+get.pl
+get.pl address entity name
+
+ Options:
+ -h, --help brief help message
+ -v, --verbose be verbose to STDERR
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<--help>
+
+Print a brief help message and exits.
+
+=item B<--verbose>
+
+Print some information what is going on.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+=cut