[linux-dvb] Re: DishNetwork switch support (was: problems with NEWSTRUCT)

[jhall@UU.NET (Jeremy Hall)]

Hi,

Did this get implemented?

_J

In the new year, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
> 
> Jeremy Hall wrote:
> > I tried a test program and indeed it works, but because of userspace
> > jitter, the results are not quite reliable.  I'd like to get this
> > implemented in the driver both on the NEWSTRUCT and standard branches.  I
> > don't think it would be very hard to do. (previously I had a () mishap in
> > the open statement that made fd always be 0, causing all the ioctl's to
> > fail)
> 
> I'll implement this next days, but only in the NEWSTRUCT branch. CVS 
> head is stable, there we are very careful to implement new features or 
> change the API.
> 
> The jitter you are talking about is probably caused by delays on the i2c 
> bus.
> 
> 
> > I based it on the output shown below.
> > 
> > Because of my setup here, it will be necessary to send multiple commands
> > at once, because I have multiple switches now--the sw-21 is connected to
> > the sw-64 as a client on one terminal, and another LNB as its other
> > terminal. (so if you want a signal behind the sw-64, you must first
> > command the sw-21 to give you the correct input source so you can command
> > the sw-64 through the sw-21)
> 
> This problem you have too when you use DiSEqC, the zap application 
> should know your setup and has to order/repeat messages appropriately.
> 
> Holger
> 



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