[vdr] Re: split up channels.conf

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Rene Bartsch wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>
> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:38 PM
> Subject: [vdr] Re: split up channels.conf
> 
> > Rene Bartsch wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>
> > > To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:07 PM
> > > Subject: [vdr] Re: split up channels.conf
> > >
> > > > Rene Bartsch wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > How are you going to decide between LNB A,B,C, ...?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The parameters 'source', 'frequency' and 'polarization' will be
> used
> > > to
> > > > > > look up an entry in the new file 'diseqc.conf', which will define
> the
> > > > > entire
> > > > > > DiSEqC sequence to send for this combination of the three
> parameters,
> > > as
> > > > > > well as the LOF to be used.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you mean we can define different LOFs for any DVB-card?
> > > > > This would make it possible to use VDR with frequency-shifting
> > > single-cable
> > > > > solutions!
> > > >
> > > > If I understand it correctly, a frequency-shifting single-cable
> solution
> > > would require
> > > > separate LOFs for each of the four combinations of low/hor, low/ver,
> > > hi/hor and hi/ver,
> > > > right? The mechanism I have in mind would be flexible enough to
> support
> > > that.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I don't know if we need separate LOFs for each combination.
> > > When I called Technisat because of the DisiCon-LNB I was told a receiver
> > > would need a Diseq-menue to define a seperate LOF for any receiver.
> > > I'll send an email to Technisat and ask for further information ...
> >
> > If you have only one cable and want to connect several receivers to it,
> none
> > of these receivers can be allowed to set the hi/low frequency or the
> hor/ver
> > voltage control. Therefore these four bands will need to be placed into
> > separate frequency ranges, which means that we will need a separate LOF
> for
> > each of them - unless I'm totally misunderstanding the whole idea.
> >
> 
> Unfortunately I only got this answer from Technisat:
> 
> "Unsere Disicon -Lösung arbeitet insgesammt mit 3 verschiedenen LOF auf den
> Ebenen.Ã?ber die Diseqc Funktion werden
> 
> einfach zwei weitere Satelliten mit den beiden zusätzlichen LOF angelegt. Es
> genügt also eine DVB Karte.
> 
> Weitere Fragen bitte über unsere Hotline unter 0190/151576 (0,62â,¬/min)"
> 
> Translation to english:
> 
> "Our Disicon-solution all in all works with 3 different LOF on the levels.
> By the Diseqc-function two satellites with the two additional LOF are simply
> added. So one DVB-card suffices.
> 
> Further questions at our hotline at 0190/151576 (0,62â,¬/min), please."
> 
> As I didn't dive into Diseqc, really, I'm not clear how it really works.
> Maybe someone with more knowledge may enlighten me ... ;o)
> 
> Rene

I'll start working on this next weekend, and I strongly believe that it
should be possible to use a Disicon with the new DiSEqC handling in VDR.

Klaus
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