[linux-dvb] Re: Help with USA DVB config - please!

[Jeremy Hall <jhall@maoz.com>]

You definitely want 10750.  But will it work with a DVB-T card?

_J

In the new year, Greg Herlein wrote:
> I'm a DVB newbie and could use a bit of help please!
> 
> I have a NOVA-T card.  I am using kernel 2.6.1 and the budget 
> drivers compile and load clean.
> 
> I have this dish/lnbf:
> 
> http://www.skyvision.com/store/mi1500075.html
> 
> Initially I configured a set top box to use the dish and 
> hopefully find the bird I want (AMC3).  For whatever reason, I 
> cannot get that to work and I'm wondering if the STB I bought on 
> eBay is just not happy with life.  More likely, I'm clueless on 
> how to set it upp though.
> 
> So I shifted to trying out the Nova card.  The dish vendor said 
> the LO of the LNBF is 10750.  Gee, that does not seem to match 
> anything in the lnb-type dump:
> 
> gherlein@folly:~> scan -l lnb-type help
> -l <lnb-type> or -l low[,high[,switch]] in Mhz
> where <lnb-type> is:
> UNIVERSAL
>    Europe
>    10800 to 11800 MHz and 11600 to 12700 Mhz
>    Dual LO, loband 9750, hiband 10600 MHz
> DBS
>    Expressvu, North America
>    12200 to 12700 MHz
>    Single LO, 11250 MHz
> STANDARD
>    10945 to 11450 Mhz
>    Single LO, 10000 Mhz
> ENHANCED
>    Astra
>    10700 to 11700 MHz
>    Single LO, 9750 MHz
> C-BAND
>    Big Dish
>    3700 to 4200 MHz
>    Single LO, 5150 Mhz
> 
> I'll call the dish vendor tomorrow to get the tech specs on the 
> lnbf, but if someone out there can help tell me how I need to 
> configure this bad boy I'd sure appreciate it.
> 
> Specifically, what does "-l low[,high[,switch]] in Mhz" mean?  
> What does switch mean?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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