[linux-dvb] Re: Full featured card summary

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Sunday 14 March 2004 13:35, you wrote:
> Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> > > The two combinations below are working with the _unmodified_ ves1x93
> > > code and also with my alps_bsvr2 mod.
> > >
> > > S13E    11700 V  9750 v [E0 10 38 F0]
> > > S13E    99999 V 10600 v [E0 10 38 F1]
> > > S13E    11700 H  9750 v [E0 10 38 F2]
> > > S13E    99999 H 10600 v [E0 10 38 F3]
> > > S19.2E  11700 V  9750 v [E0 10 38 F4]
> > > S19.2E  99999 V 10600 v [E0 10 38 F5]
> > > S19.2E  11700 H  9750 v [E0 10 38 F6]
> > > S19.2E  99999 H 10600 v [E0 10 38 F7]
> > >
> > > S13E    11700 V  9750 v [E0 10 38 F0] [E1 10 38 F0] [E1 10 38 F0]
> > > S13E    99999 V 10600 v [E0 10 38 F1] [E1 10 38 F1] [E1 10 38 F1]
> > > S13E    11700 H  9750 v [E0 10 38 F2] [E1 10 38 F2] [E1 10 38 F2]
> > > S13E    99999 H 10600 v [E0 10 38 F3] [E1 10 38 F3] [E1 10 38 F3]
> > > S19.2E  11700 V  9750 v [E0 10 38 F4] [E1 10 38 F4] [E1 10 38 F4]
> > > S19.2E  99999 V 10600 v [E0 10 38 F5] [E1 10 38 F5] [E1 10 38 F5]
> > > S19.2E  11700 H  9750 v [E0 10 38 F6] [E1 10 38 F6] [E1 10 38 F6]
> > > S19.2E  99999 H 10600 v [E0 10 38 F7] [E1 10 38 F7] [E1 10 38 F7]
> > >
> > >
> > > @Andrew: Thanks for code-digging that much. Do you understand the
> > > difference?
> >
> > I get you, its the 'v'. Previously the driver was turning voltage on when
> > it started up, so power was being supplied, whereas now by default leaves
> > it off.
>
> So this means VDR should turn the voltage _on_ upon startup, right?
> I don't think having to do this via the DiSEqC configuration is the
> way to go...

Yeah, looks like it should really. I can see why the driver was changed; no 
point in turning on the power until the multiswitch is actually needed.

> > One question though (I've never had any experience with VDR/DISEQC2.0),
> > what does the frequency of 99999 do? is it for when switching away from a
> > channel?
>
> man 5 vdr:
>
>        ...
>        Following  is  the  "switch  frequency" of the LNB (slof), which is
> the transponder frequency up to which this entry shall be used;  the  first
> entry  with  an slof greater than the actual transponder frequency will be
> used. Typically there is only one  slof  per  LNB,  but  the  syntax allows
>  any  number of frequency ranges to be defined.  Note that there should be
> a last entry with the value 99999 for each  satellite,  which covers the
> upper frequency range.

Thanks, that makes sense.


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