Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] scan-s2: fixes and diseqc rotor support

["Hans Werner" <HWerner4@gmx.de>]

> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Hans Werner <HWerner4@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > I have attached two patches for scan-s2 at
> > http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/scan-s2.
> >
> > Patch1: Some fixes for problems I found. QAM_AUTO is not supported by
> all
> > drivers,
> > in particular the HVR-4000, so one needs to use QPSK as the default and
> > ensure that
> > settings are parsed properly from the network information -- the new S2
> > FECs and
> > modulations were not handled.
> >
> > Patch2: Add DiSEqC 1.2 rotor support. Use it like this to move the dish
> to
> > the correct
> > position for the scan:
> >  scan-s2 -r 19.2E -n dvb-s/Astra-19.2E
> >  or
> >  scan-s2 -R 2 -n dvb-s/Astra-19.2E
> >
> > A file (rotor.conf) listing the rotor positions is used (NB: rotors vary
> --
> > do check your
> > rotor manual).
> >
> 
> I didn't check the diff files yet, will do it when I get home.
> But I don't think QPSK should be used by default. I have a version already
> where you can specify which scan mode you want to be performed DVB-S or
> DVB-S2 by specifying S1 or S2 in freq file, also if you implicitly specify
> QPSK in frequency file the utility will not scan DVB-S2, same logic also
> for
> 8PSK that will scan only DVB-S2 and will not try to scan DVB-S.
> I'll push that version soon to the repository.
> 
> The default should stay the AUTO mode since there are cards that can
> handle
> that and their owners might have simplified frequency file version.

Perhaps I wasn't clear: I don't force scanning to be QPSK only. With just the
following one line in dvb-s/Astra-19.2E I was able to scan DVB-S and DVB-S2
(both QPSK and 8PSK) channels in one command with the HVR-4000:
S 12551500 V 22000000 5/6

The point is that some drivers and hardware (e.g. HVR-4000) cannot handle QAM_AUTO
or FEC_AUTO and will generate errors, but the necessary transponder information *is*
available to be parsed and used, so scan-s2 should do that. 

We need scan-s2 do the best possible scan in one command with the standard initial
transponder files for all cards. You can't assume the hardware has AUTO capabilities.
Perhaps the capabilities could be checked before the scan though and used if available.

Hans

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