lgdt330x signal strength WAS Re: [linux-dvb] AirStar HD5000-PCI signal strength

[Mac Michaels]

My question/complaint level is exceeded. Time to do 
something to reduce these questions. Lets hack this to so 
it can be used. This proposal is a total hack to report 
signal strength. 

If we have FE_LOCK return a signal strength of say 42 or 100 
or 0x7FFF or 0xFFFF (pick one) otherwise return 0. This 
will allow applications to use signal strength to determine 
if the ATSC/QAM receiver has acquired a signal. Signal 
strength will return either 0 or whatever was picked and 
not the actual signal strength. This hack is not so good 
for antenna aiming.

Humm, if this is a settable parameter, the user could pick 
any return value for the FE_LOCK condition. This would be 
the maximum value that can be returned. This is the "100%" 
value for signal strength.

--Mac

On Monday 03 April 2006 04:26 pm, Michael Krufky wrote:
> However, this will not answer your original question
> about signal strength -- The lgdt330x driver does not
> report signal strength due to the ambiguity of the
> spec... For further info, google the following:
> "linux-dvb signal strength mac michaels"
>
> You didn't do anything wrong -- the driver just doesn't
> report it.
>
> HTH,