[linux-dvb] Re: Newbie questions

[Bruno Prior <bruno@rpgd.uklinux.net>]

Gavin Hamill wrote:
> Could you do this:
>
> $ dvbtune -f 505833 -qam 16 -cr 3_4 
> to tune the card.. and then this:
>
> $ dvbtune -f 505833 -qam 16 -cr 3_4 -m
>
> for a few seconds to let us see the signal strengths, etc.
[root@mars dvbtune]# ./dvbtune -f 505833 -qam 16 -cr 3_4
Using DVB card "Grundig 29504-401"
tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 505833000 Hz
polling....
Getting frontend event
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI 
FE_HAS_SYNC
Event:  Frequency: 505833000
        SymbolRate: 0
        FEC_inner:  3
Bit error rate: 264
Signal strength: 11822
SNR: 59881
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI 
FE_HAS_SYNC

[root@mars dvbtune]# ./dvbtune -f 505833 -qam 16 -cr 3_4 -m
Signal=12079, Verror=233, SNR=59624dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
Signal=12079, Verror=142, SNR=59881dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
Signal=12079, Verror=134, SNR=59624dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
Signal=11822, Verror=120, SNR=59624dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
Signal=12079, Verror=131, SNR=59881dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
Signal=12079, Verror=188, SNR=59881dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)

> Oh I see :/ Are you definately using dvbtune and dvbstream downloaded from 
> the CVS respository on sourceforge.net ?
Definitely. Checked out two days ago.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Bruno Prior



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