Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml

   1 <section id="frontend-properties">
   2 <title>DVB Frontend properties</title>
   3 <para>Tuning into a Digital TV physical channel and starting decoding it
   4     requires to change a set of parameters, in order to control the
   5     tuner, the demodulator, the Linear Low-noise Amplifier (LNA) and to set the
   6     antena subsystem via Satellite Equipment Control (SEC), on satellital
   7     systems. The actual parameters are specific to each particular digital
   8     TV standards, and may change as the digital TV specs evolutes.</para>
   9 <para>In the past, the strategy used were to have an union with the parameters
  10     needed to tune for DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T and ATSC delivery systems grouped
  11     there. The problem is that, as the second generation standards appeared,
  12     those structs were not big enough to contain the additional parameters.
  13     Also, the union didn't have any space left to be expanded without breaking
  14     userspace. So, the decision was to deprecate the legacy union/struct based
  15     approach, in favor of a properties set approach.</para>
  16 <para>By using a properties set, it is now possible to extend and support any
  17     digital TV without needing to redesign the API</para>
  18 <para>Example: with the properties based approach, in order to set the tuner
  19     to a DVB-C channel at 651 kHz, modulated with 256-QAM, FEC 3/4 and symbol
  20     rate of 5.217 Mbauds, those properties should be sent to
  21     <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY"><constant>FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant></link> ioctl:</para>
  22     <itemizedlist>
  23         <listitem>&DTV-FREQUENCY; = 651000000</listitem>
  24         <listitem>&DTV-MODULATION; = QAM_256</listitem>
  25         <listitem>&DTV-INVERSION; = INVERSION_AUTO</listitem>
  26         <listitem>&DTV-SYMBOL-RATE; = 5217000</listitem>
  27         <listitem>&DTV-INNER-FEC; = FEC_3_4</listitem>
  28         <listitem>&DTV-TUNE;</listitem>
  29     </itemizedlist>
  30 <para>NOTE: This section describes the DVB version 5 extension of the DVB-API,
  31 also called "S2API", as this API were added to provide support for DVB-S2. It
  32 was designed to be able to replace the old frontend API. Yet, the DISEQC and
  33 the capability ioctls weren't implemented yet via the new way.</para>
  34 <para>The typical usage for the <constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant>
  35 API is to replace the ioctl's were the <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters">
  36 struct <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link> were used.</para>
  37
  38 <section id="dtv-stats">
  39 <title>DTV stats type</title>
  40 <programlisting>
  41 struct dtv_stats {
  42         __u8 scale;     /* enum fecap_scale_params type */
  43         union {
  44                 __u64 uvalue;   /* for counters and relative scales */
  45                 __s64 svalue;   /* for 1/1000 dB measures */
  46         };
  47 } __packed;
  48 </programlisting>
  49 </section>
  50 <section id="dtv-fe-stats">
  51 <title>DTV stats type</title>
  52 <programlisting>
  53 #define MAX_DTV_STATS   4
  54
  55 struct dtv_fe_stats {
  56         __u8 len;
  57         struct dtv_stats stat[MAX_DTV_STATS];
  58 } __packed;
  59 </programlisting>
  60 </section>
  61
  62 <section id="dtv-property">
  63 <title>DTV property type</title>
  64 <programlisting>
  65 /* Reserved fields should be set to 0 */
  66
  67 struct dtv_property {
  68         __u32 cmd;
  69         __u32 reserved[3];
  70         union {
  71                 __u32 data;
  72                 struct dtv_fe_stats st;
  73                 struct {
  74                         __u8 data[32];
  75                         __u32 len;
  76                         __u32 reserved1[3];
  77                         void *reserved2;
  78                 } buffer;
  79         } u;
  80         int result;
  81 } __attribute__ ((packed));
  82
  83 /* num of properties cannot exceed DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS per ioctl */
  84 #define DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS 64
  85 </programlisting>
  86 </section>
  87 <section id="dtv-properties">
  88 <title>DTV properties type</title>
  89 <programlisting>
  90 struct dtv_properties {
  91         __u32 num;
  92         struct dtv_property *props;
  93 };
  94 </programlisting>
  95 </section>
  96
  97 <section>
  98         <title>Property types</title>
  99 <para>
 100 On <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY and FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
 101 the actual action is determined by the dtv_property cmd/data pairs. With one single ioctl, is possible to
 102 get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on the next sections.
 103 </para>
 104
 105 <para>The available frontend property types are shown on the next section.</para>
 106 </section>
 107
 108 <section id="fe_property_parameters">
 109         <title>Digital TV property parameters</title>
 110         <section id="DTV-UNDEFINED">
 111         <title><constant>DTV_UNDEFINED</constant></title>
 112         <para>Used internally. A GET/SET operation for it won't change or return anything.</para>
 113         </section>
 114         <section id="DTV-TUNE">
 115         <title><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></title>
 116         <para>Interpret the cache of data, build either a traditional frontend tunerequest so we can pass validation in the <constant>FE_SET_FRONTEND</constant> ioctl.</para>
 117         </section>
 118         <section id="DTV-CLEAR">
 119         <title><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></title>
 120         <para>Reset a cache of data specific to the frontend here. This does not effect hardware.</para>
 121         </section>
 122         <section id="DTV-FREQUENCY">
 123                 <title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
 124
 125                 <para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
 126
 127                 <para>Notes:</para>
 128                 <para>1)For satellital delivery systems, it is measured in kHz.
 129                         For the other ones, it is measured in Hz.</para>
 130                 <para>2)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz.
 131                         E.g. a valid frequency could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
 132                         the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
 133
 134                 <para>3)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
 135                         frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
 136                         central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
 137         </section>
 138         <section id="DTV-MODULATION">
 139         <title><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></title>
 140 <para>Specifies the frontend modulation type for delivery systems that supports
 141     more than one modulation type. The modulation can be one of the types
 142     defined by &fe-modulation;.</para>
 143
 144
 145 <section id="fe-modulation-t">
 146 <title>Modulation property</title>
 147
 148 <para>Most of the digital TV standards currently offers more than one possible
 149     modulation (sometimes called as "constellation" on some standards). This
 150     enum contains the values used by the Kernel. Please notice that not all
 151     modulations are supported by a given standard.</para>
 152
 153 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="fe-modulation">
 154     <title>enum fe_modulation</title>
 155     <tgroup cols="2">
 156         &cs-def;
 157         <thead>
 158         <row>
 159             <entry>ID</entry>
 160             <entry>Description</entry>
 161         </row>
 162         </thead>
 163         <tbody valign="top">
 164         <row>
 165             <entry>QPSK</entry>
 166             <entry>QPSK modulation</entry>
 167         </row><row>
 168             <entry>QAM_16</entry>
 169             <entry>16-QAM modulation</entry>
 170         </row><row>
 171             <entry>QAM_32</entry>
 172             <entry>32-QAM modulation</entry>
 173         </row><row>
 174             <entry>QAM_64</entry>
 175             <entry>64-QAM modulation</entry>
 176         </row><row>
 177             <entry>QAM_128</entry>
 178             <entry>128-QAM modulation</entry>
 179         </row><row>
 180             <entry>QAM_256</entry>
 181             <entry>256-QAM modulation</entry>
 182         </row><row>
 183             <entry>QAM_AUTO</entry>
 184             <entry>Autodetect QAM modulation</entry>
 185         </row><row>
 186             <entry>VSB_8</entry>
 187             <entry>8-VSB modulation</entry>
 188         </row><row>
 189             <entry>VSB_16</entry>
 190             <entry>16-VSB modulation</entry>
 191         </row><row>
 192             <entry>PSK_8</entry>
 193             <entry>8-PSK modulation</entry>
 194         </row><row>
 195             <entry>APSK_16</entry>
 196             <entry>16-APSK modulation</entry>
 197         </row><row>
 198             <entry>APSK_32</entry>
 199             <entry>32-APSK modulation</entry>
 200         </row><row>
 201             <entry>DQPSK</entry>
 202             <entry>DQPSK modulation</entry>
 203         </row><row>
 204             <entry>QAM_4_NR</entry>
 205             <entry>4-QAM-NR modulation</entry>
 206         </row>
 207         </tbody>
 208     </tgroup>
 209 </table>
 210 </section>
 211
 212         </section>
 213         <section id="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ">
 214                 <title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></title>
 215
 216                 <para>Bandwidth for the channel, in HZ.</para>
 217
 218                 <para>Possible values:
 219                         <constant>1712000</constant>,
 220                         <constant>5000000</constant>,
 221                         <constant>6000000</constant>,
 222                         <constant>7000000</constant>,
 223                         <constant>8000000</constant>,
 224                         <constant>10000000</constant>.
 225                 </para>
 226
 227                 <para>Notes:</para>
 228
 229                 <para>1) For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para>
 230                 <para>2) For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para>
 231                 <para>3) Bandwidth doesn't apply for DVB-C transmissions, as the bandwidth
 232                          for DVB-C depends on the symbol rate</para>
 233                 <para>4) Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from
 234                         other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX,
 235                         DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para>
 236                 <para>5) DVB-T supports 6, 7 and 8MHz.</para>
 237                 <para>6) In addition, DVB-T2 supports 1.172, 5 and 10MHz.</para>
 238         </section>
 239         <section id="DTV-INVERSION">
 240         <title><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></title>
 241
 242         <para>Specifies if the frontend should do spectral inversion or not.</para>
 243
 244 <section id="fe-spectral-inversion-t">
 245 <title>enum fe_modulation: Frontend spectral inversion</title>
 246
 247 <para>This parameter indicates if spectral inversion should be presumed or not.
 248     In the automatic setting (<constant>INVERSION_AUTO</constant>) the hardware
 249     will try to figure out the correct setting by itself. If the hardware
 250     doesn't support, the DVB core will try to lock at the carrier first with
 251     inversion off. If it fails, it will try to enable inversion.
 252 </para>
 253
 254 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="fe-spectral-inversion">
 255     <title>enum fe_modulation</title>
 256     <tgroup cols="2">
 257         &cs-def;
 258         <thead>
 259         <row>
 260             <entry>ID</entry>
 261             <entry>Description</entry>
 262         </row>
 263         </thead>
 264         <tbody valign="top">
 265         <row>
 266             <entry>INVERSION_OFF</entry>
 267             <entry>Don't do spectral band inversion.</entry>
 268         </row><row>
 269             <entry>INVERSION_ON</entry>
 270             <entry>Do spectral band inversion.</entry>
 271         </row><row>
 272             <entry>INVERSION_AUTO</entry>
 273             <entry>Autodetect spectral band inversion.</entry>
 274         </row>
 275         </tbody>
 276     </tgroup>
 277 </table>
 278 </section>
 279
 280         </section>
 281         <section id="DTV-DISEQC-MASTER">
 282         <title><constant>DTV_DISEQC_MASTER</constant></title>
 283         <para>Currently not implemented.</para>
 284         </section>
 285         <section id="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE">
 286         <title><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></title>
 287         <para>Digital TV symbol rate, in bauds (symbols/second). Used on cable standards.</para>
 288         </section>
 289         <section id="DTV-INNER-FEC">
 290         <title><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></title>
 291         <para>Used cable/satellite transmissions. The acceptable values are:
 292         </para>
 293 <section id="fe-code-rate-t">
 294 <title>enum fe_code_rate: type of the Forward Error Correction.</title>
 295
 296 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="fe-code-rate">
 297     <title>enum fe_code_rate</title>
 298     <tgroup cols="2">
 299         &cs-def;
 300         <thead>
 301         <row>
 302             <entry>ID</entry>
 303             <entry>Description</entry>
 304         </row>
 305         </thead>
 306         <tbody valign="top">
 307         <row>
 308             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</entry>
 309             <entry>Autodetect transmission mode. The hardware will try to find
 310                 the correct FFT-size (if capable) to fill in the missing
 311                 parameters.</entry>
 312         </row><row>
 313             <entry>FEC_NONE</entry>
 314             <entry>No Forward Error Correction Code</entry>
 315         </row><row>
 316             <entry>FEC_AUTO</entry>
 317             <entry>Autodetect Error Correction Code</entry>
 318         </row><row>
 319             <entry>FEC_1_2</entry>
 320             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 1/2</entry>
 321         </row><row>
 322             <entry>FEC_2_3</entry>
 323             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 2/3</entry>
 324         </row><row>
 325             <entry>FEC_3_4</entry>
 326             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 3/4</entry>
 327         </row><row>
 328             <entry>FEC_4_5</entry>
 329             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 4/5</entry>
 330         </row><row>
 331             <entry>FEC_5_6</entry>
 332             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 5/6</entry>
 333         </row><row>
 334             <entry>FEC_6_7</entry>
 335             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 6/7</entry>
 336         </row><row>
 337             <entry>FEC_7_8</entry>
 338             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 7/8</entry>
 339         </row><row>
 340             <entry>FEC_8_9</entry>
 341             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 8/9</entry>
 342         </row><row>
 343             <entry>FEC_9_10</entry>
 344             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 9/10</entry>
 345         </row><row>
 346             <entry>FEC_2_5</entry>
 347             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 2/5</entry>
 348         </row><row>
 349             <entry>FEC_3_5</entry>
 350             <entry>Forward Error Correction Code 3/5</entry>
 351         </row><row>
 352         </row>
 353         </tbody>
 354     </tgroup>
 355 </table>
 356 </section>
 357         </section>
 358         <section id="DTV-VOLTAGE">
 359         <title><constant>DTV_VOLTAGE</constant></title>
 360         <para>The voltage is usually used with non-DiSEqC capable LNBs to switch
 361         the polarzation (horizontal/vertical). When using DiSEqC epuipment this
 362         voltage has to be switched consistently to the DiSEqC commands as
 363         described in the DiSEqC spec.</para>
 364         <programlisting>
 365                 typedef enum fe_sec_voltage {
 366                 SEC_VOLTAGE_13,
 367                 SEC_VOLTAGE_18
 368                 } fe_sec_voltage_t;
 369         </programlisting>
 370         </section>
 371         <section id="DTV-TONE">
 372         <title><constant>DTV_TONE</constant></title>
 373         <para>Currently not used.</para>
 374         </section>
 375         <section id="DTV-PILOT">
 376         <title><constant>DTV_PILOT</constant></title>
 377         <para>Sets DVB-S2 pilot</para>
 378         <section id="fe-pilot-t">
 379                 <title>fe_pilot type</title>
 380                 <programlisting>
 381 typedef enum fe_pilot {
 382         PILOT_ON,
 383         PILOT_OFF,
 384         PILOT_AUTO,
 385 } fe_pilot_t;
 386                 </programlisting>
 387                 </section>
 388         </section>
 389         <section id="DTV-ROLLOFF">
 390         <title><constant>DTV_ROLLOFF</constant></title>
 391                 <para>Sets DVB-S2 rolloff</para>
 392
 393         <section id="fe-rolloff-t">
 394                 <title>fe_rolloff type</title>
 395                 <programlisting>
 396 typedef enum fe_rolloff {
 397         ROLLOFF_35, /* Implied value in DVB-S, default for DVB-S2 */
 398         ROLLOFF_20,
 399         ROLLOFF_25,
 400         ROLLOFF_AUTO,
 401 } fe_rolloff_t;
 402                 </programlisting>
 403                 </section>
 404         </section>
 405         <section id="DTV-DISEQC-SLAVE-REPLY">
 406         <title><constant>DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY</constant></title>
 407         <para>Currently not implemented.</para>
 408         </section>
 409         <section id="DTV-FE-CAPABILITY-COUNT">
 410         <title><constant>DTV_FE_CAPABILITY_COUNT</constant></title>
 411         <para>Currently not implemented.</para>
 412         </section>
 413         <section id="DTV-FE-CAPABILITY">
 414         <title><constant>DTV_FE_CAPABILITY</constant></title>
 415         <para>Currently not implemented.</para>
 416         </section>
 417         <section id="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM">
 418                 <title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title>
 419                 <para>Specifies the type of Delivery system</para>
 420                 <section id="fe-delivery-system-t">
 421                 <title>fe_delivery_system type</title>
 422                 <para>Possible values: </para>
 423 <programlisting>
 424
 425 typedef enum fe_delivery_system {
 426         SYS_UNDEFINED,
 427         SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_A,
 428         SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B,
 429         SYS_DVBT,
 430         SYS_DSS,
 431         SYS_DVBS,
 432         SYS_DVBS2,
 433         SYS_DVBH,
 434         SYS_ISDBT,
 435         SYS_ISDBS,
 436         SYS_ISDBC,
 437         SYS_ATSC,
 438         SYS_ATSCMH,
 439         SYS_DTMB,
 440         SYS_CMMB,
 441         SYS_DAB,
 442         SYS_DVBT2,
 443         SYS_TURBO,
 444         SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_C,
 445 } fe_delivery_system_t;
 446 </programlisting>
 447                 </section>
 448         </section>
 449         <section id="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION">
 450                 <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></title>
 451
 452                 <para>If <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '0' this bit-field represents whether
 453                         the channel is in partial reception mode or not.</para>
 454
 455                 <para>If '1' <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_*</constant> values are assigned to the center segment and
 456                         <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> has to be '1'.</para>
 457
 458                 <para>If in addition <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'
 459                         <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> represents whether this ISDB-Tsb channel
 460                         is consisting of one segment and layer or three segments and two layers.</para>
 461
 462                 <para>Possible values: 0, 1, -1 (AUTO)</para>
 463         </section>
 464         <section id="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING">
 465                 <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></title>
 466
 467                 <para>This field represents whether the other DTV_ISDBT_*-parameters are
 468                         referring to an ISDB-T and an ISDB-Tsb channel. (See also
 469                         <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>).</para>
 470
 471                 <para>Possible values: 0, 1, -1 (AUTO)</para>
 472         </section>
 473         <section id="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SUBCHANNEL-ID">
 474                 <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant></title>
 475
 476                 <para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para>
 477
 478                 <para>(Note of the author: This might not be the correct description of the
 479                         <constant>SUBCHANNEL-ID</constant> in all details, but it is my understanding of the technical
 480                         background needed to program a device)</para>
 481
 482                 <para>An ISDB-Tsb channel (1 or 3 segments) can be broadcasted alone or in a
 483                         set of connected ISDB-Tsb channels. In this set of channels every
 484                         channel can be received independently. The number of connected
 485                         ISDB-Tsb segment can vary, e.g. depending on the frequency spectrum
 486                         bandwidth available.</para>
 487
 488                 <para>Example: Assume 8 ISDB-Tsb connected segments are broadcasted. The
 489                         broadcaster has several possibilities to put those channels in the
 490                         air: Assuming a normal 13-segment ISDB-T spectrum he can align the 8
 491                         segments from position 1-8 to 5-13 or anything in between.</para>
 492
 493                 <para>The underlying layer of segments are subchannels: each segment is
 494                         consisting of several subchannels with a predefined IDs. A sub-channel
 495                         is used to help the demodulator to synchronize on the channel.</para>
 496
 497                 <para>An ISDB-T channel is always centered over all sub-channels. As for
 498                         the example above, in ISDB-Tsb it is no longer as simple as that.</para>
 499
 500                 <para><constant>The DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant> parameter is used to give the
 501                         sub-channel ID of the segment to be demodulated.</para>
 502
 503                 <para>Possible values: 0 .. 41, -1 (AUTO)</para>
 504         </section>
 505         <section id="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-IDX">
 506                 <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant></title>
 507                 <para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para>
 508                 <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant> gives the index of the segment to be
 509                         demodulated for an ISDB-Tsb channel where several of them are
 510                         transmitted in the connected manner.</para>
 511                 <para>Possible values: 0 .. <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> - 1</para>
 512                 <para>Note: This value cannot be determined by an automatic channel search.</para>
 513         </section>
 514         <section id="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-COUNT">
 515                 <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></title>
 516                 <para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para>
 517                 <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> gives the total count of connected ISDB-Tsb
 518                         channels.</para>
 519                 <para>Possible values: 1 .. 13</para>
 520                 <para>Note: This value cannot be determined by an automatic channel search.</para>
 521         </section>
 522         <section id="isdb-hierq-layers">
 523                 <title><constant>DTV-ISDBT-LAYER*</constant> parameters</title>
 524                 <para>ISDB-T channels can be coded hierarchically. As opposed to DVB-T in
 525                         ISDB-T hierarchical layers can be decoded simultaneously. For that
 526                         reason a ISDB-T demodulator has 3 Viterbi and 3 Reed-Solomon decoders.</para>
 527                 <para>ISDB-T has 3 hierarchical layers which each can use a part of the
 528                         available segments. The total number of segments over all layers has
 529                         to 13 in ISDB-T.</para>
 530                 <para>There are 3 parameter sets, for Layers A, B and C.</para>
 531                 <section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED">
 532                         <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></title>
 533                         <para>Hierarchical reception in ISDB-T is achieved by enabling or disabling
 534                                 layers in the decoding process. Setting all bits of
 535                                 <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant> to '1' forces all layers (if applicable) to be
 536                                 demodulated. This is the default.</para>
 537                         <para>If the channel is in the partial reception mode
 538                                 (<constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> = 1) the central segment can be decoded
 539                                 independently of the other 12 segments. In that mode layer A has to
 540                                 have a <constant>SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> of 1.</para>
 541                         <para>In ISDB-Tsb only layer A is used, it can be 1 or 3 in ISDB-Tsb
 542                                 according to <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>. <constant>SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> must be filled
 543                                 accordingly.</para>
 544                         <para>Possible values: 0x1, 0x2, 0x4 (|-able)</para>
 545                         <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[0:0]</constant> - layer A</para>
 546                         <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[1:1]</constant> - layer B</para>
 547                         <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[2:2]</constant> - layer C</para>
 548                         <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[31:3]</constant> unused</para>
 549                 </section>
 550                 <section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC">
 551                         <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_FEC</constant></title>
 552                         <para>Possible values: <constant>FEC_AUTO</constant>, <constant>FEC_1_2</constant>, <constant>FEC_2_3</constant>, <constant>FEC_3_4</constant>, <constant>FEC_5_6</constant>, <constant>FEC_7_8</constant></para>
 553                 </section>
 554                 <section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION">
 555                         <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_MODULATION</constant></title>
 556                         <para>Possible values: <constant>QAM_AUTO</constant>, QP<constant>SK, QAM_16</constant>, <constant>QAM_64</constant>, <constant>DQPSK</constant></para>
 557                         <para>Note: If layer C is <constant>DQPSK</constant> layer B has to be <constant>DQPSK</constant>. If layer B is <constant>DQPSK</constant>
 558                                 and <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>=0 layer has to be <constant>DQPSK</constant>.</para>
 559                 </section>
 560                 <section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT">
 561                         <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></title>
 562                         <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, -1 (AUTO)</para>
 563                         <para>Note: Truth table for <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> and
 564                                 <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> and <constant>LAYER</constant>*_SEGMENT_COUNT</para>
 565                         <informaltable id="isdbt-layer_seg-cnt-table">
 566                                 <tgroup cols="6">
 567                                         <tbody>
 568                                                 <row>
 569                                                         <entry>PR</entry>
 570                                                         <entry>SB</entry>
 571                                                         <entry>Layer A width</entry>
 572                                                         <entry>Layer B width</entry>
 573                                                         <entry>Layer C width</entry>
 574                                                         <entry>total width</entry>
 575                                                 </row>
 576                                                 <row>
 577                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 578                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 579                                                         <entry>1 .. 13</entry>
 580                                                         <entry>1 .. 13</entry>
 581                                                         <entry>1 .. 13</entry>
 582                                                         <entry>13</entry>
 583                                                 </row>
 584                                                 <row>
 585                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 586                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 587                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 588                                                         <entry>1 .. 13</entry>
 589                                                         <entry>1 .. 13</entry>
 590                                                         <entry>13</entry>
 591                                                 </row>
 592                                                 <row>
 593                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 594                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 595                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 596                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 597                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 598                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 599                                                 </row>
 600                                                 <row>
 601                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 602                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 603                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 604                                                         <entry>2</entry>
 605                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 606                                                         <entry>13</entry>
 607                                                 </row>
 608                                         </tbody>
 609                                 </tgroup>
 610                         </informaltable>
 611                 </section>
 612                 <section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING">
 613                         <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></title>
 614                         <para>Valid values: 0, 1, 2, 4, -1 (AUTO)</para>
 615                         <para>when DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING is active, value 8 is also valid.</para>
 616                         <para>Note: The real time interleaving length depends on the mode (fft-size). The values
 617                                 here are referring to what can be found in the TMCC-structure, as shown in the table below.</para>
 618                         <informaltable id="isdbt-layer-interleaving-table">
 619                                 <tgroup cols="4" align="center">
 620                                         <tbody>
 621                                                 <row>
 622                                                         <entry>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_TIME_INTERLEAVING</entry>
 623                                                         <entry>Mode 1 (2K FFT)</entry>
 624                                                         <entry>Mode 2 (4K FFT)</entry>
 625                                                         <entry>Mode 3 (8K FFT)</entry>
 626                                                 </row>
 627                                                 <row>
 628                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 629                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 630                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 631                                                         <entry>0</entry>
 632                                                 </row>
 633                                                 <row>
 634                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 635                                                         <entry>4</entry>
 636                                                         <entry>2</entry>
 637                                                         <entry>1</entry>
 638                                                 </row>
 639                                                 <row>
 640                                                         <entry>2</entry>
 641                                                         <entry>8</entry>
 642                                                         <entry>4</entry>
 643                                                         <entry>2</entry>
 644                                                 </row>
 645                                                 <row>
 646                                                         <entry>4</entry>
 647                                                         <entry>16</entry>
 648                                                         <entry>8</entry>
 649                                                         <entry>4</entry>
 650                                                 </row>
 651                                         </tbody>
 652                                 </tgroup>
 653                         </informaltable>
 654                 </section>
 655                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-FIC-VER">
 656                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_FIC_VER</constant></title>
 657                         <para>Version number of the FIC (Fast Information Channel) signaling data.</para>
 658                         <para>FIC is used for relaying information to allow rapid service acquisition by the receiver.</para>
 659                         <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 30, 31</para>
 660                 </section>
 661                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-PARADE-ID">
 662                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PARADE_ID</constant></title>
 663                         <para>Parade identification number</para>
 664                         <para>A parade is a collection of up to eight MH groups, conveying one or two ensembles.</para>
 665                         <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 126, 127</para>
 666                 </section>
 667                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-NOG">
 668                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_NOG</constant></title>
 669                         <para>Number of MH groups per MH subframe for a designated parade.</para>
 670                         <para>Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8</para>
 671                 </section>
 672                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-TNOG">
 673                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_TNOG</constant></title>
 674                         <para>Total number of MH groups including all MH groups belonging to all MH parades in one MH subframe.</para>
 675                         <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 30, 31</para>
 676                 </section>
 677                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SGN">
 678                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SGN</constant></title>
 679                         <para>Start group number.</para>
 680                         <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 14, 15</para>
 681                 </section>
 682                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-PRC">
 683                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PRC</constant></title>
 684                         <para>Parade repetition cycle.</para>
 685                         <para>Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8</para>
 686                 </section>
 687                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-MODE">
 688                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_MODE</constant></title>
 689                         <para>RS frame mode.</para>
 690                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 691                   <para id="atscmh-rs-frame-mode">
 692 <programlisting>
 693 typedef enum atscmh_rs_frame_mode {
 694         ATSCMH_RSFRAME_PRI_ONLY  = 0,
 695         ATSCMH_RSFRAME_PRI_SEC   = 1,
 696 } atscmh_rs_frame_mode_t;
 697 </programlisting>
 698                   </para>
 699                 </section>
 700                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-ENSEMBLE">
 701                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_ENSEMBLE</constant></title>
 702                         <para>RS frame ensemble.</para>
 703                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 704                   <para id="atscmh-rs-frame-ensemble">
 705 <programlisting>
 706 typedef enum atscmh_rs_frame_ensemble {
 707         ATSCMH_RSFRAME_ENS_PRI   = 0,
 708         ATSCMH_RSFRAME_ENS_SEC   = 1,
 709 } atscmh_rs_frame_ensemble_t;
 710 </programlisting>
 711                   </para>
 712                 </section>
 713                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-PRI">
 714                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_PRI</constant></title>
 715                         <para>RS code mode (primary).</para>
 716                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 717                   <para id="atscmh-rs-code-mode">
 718 <programlisting>
 719 typedef enum atscmh_rs_code_mode {
 720         ATSCMH_RSCODE_211_187    = 0,
 721         ATSCMH_RSCODE_223_187    = 1,
 722         ATSCMH_RSCODE_235_187    = 2,
 723 } atscmh_rs_code_mode_t;
 724 </programlisting>
 725                   </para>
 726                 </section>
 727                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-SEC">
 728                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_SEC</constant></title>
 729                         <para>RS code mode (secondary).</para>
 730                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 731 <programlisting>
 732 typedef enum atscmh_rs_code_mode {
 733         ATSCMH_RSCODE_211_187    = 0,
 734         ATSCMH_RSCODE_223_187    = 1,
 735         ATSCMH_RSCODE_235_187    = 2,
 736 } atscmh_rs_code_mode_t;
 737 </programlisting>
 738                 </section>
 739                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-BLOCK-MODE">
 740                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_BLOCK_MODE</constant></title>
 741                         <para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Block Mode.</para>
 742                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 743                   <para id="atscmh-sccc-block-mode">
 744 <programlisting>
 745 typedef enum atscmh_sccc_block_mode {
 746         ATSCMH_SCCC_BLK_SEP      = 0,
 747         ATSCMH_SCCC_BLK_COMB     = 1,
 748 } atscmh_sccc_block_mode_t;
 749 </programlisting>
 750                   </para>
 751                 </section>
 752                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-A">
 753                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_A</constant></title>
 754                         <para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
 755                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 756                   <para id="atscmh-sccc-code-mode">
 757 <programlisting>
 758 typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
 759         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
 760         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
 761 } atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
 762 </programlisting>
 763                   </para>
 764                 </section>
 765                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-B">
 766                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_B</constant></title>
 767                         <para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
 768                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 769 <programlisting>
 770 typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
 771         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
 772         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
 773 } atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
 774 </programlisting>
 775                 </section>
 776                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-C">
 777                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_C</constant></title>
 778                         <para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
 779                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 780 <programlisting>
 781 typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
 782         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
 783         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
 784 } atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
 785 </programlisting>
 786                 </section>
 787                 <section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-D">
 788                         <title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_D</constant></title>
 789                         <para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
 790                         <para>Possible values are:</para>
 791 <programlisting>
 792 typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
 793         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
 794         ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
 795 } atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
 796 </programlisting>
 797                 </section>
 798         </section>
 799         <section id="DTV-API-VERSION">
 800         <title><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></title>
 801         <para>Returns the major/minor version of the DVB API</para>
 802         </section>
 803         <section id="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP">
 804         <title><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></title>
 805         <para>Used on terrestrial transmissions.  The acceptable values are
 806             the ones described at &fe-transmit-mode-t;.
 807         </para>
 808         </section>
 809         <section id="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP">
 810         <title><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></title>
 811         <para>Used on terrestrial transmissions. The acceptable values are
 812             the ones described at &fe-transmit-mode-t;.
 813         </para>
 814
 815         </section>
 816
 817         <section id="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL">
 818                 <title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title>
 819
 820                 <para>Possible values are:</para>
 821 <programlisting>
 822 typedef enum fe_guard_interval {
 823         GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32,
 824         GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16,
 825         GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8,
 826         GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4,
 827         GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO,
 828         GUARD_INTERVAL_1_128,
 829         GUARD_INTERVAL_19_128,
 830         GUARD_INTERVAL_19_256,
 831         GUARD_INTERVAL_PN420,
 832         GUARD_INTERVAL_PN595,
 833         GUARD_INTERVAL_PN945,
 834 } fe_guard_interval_t;
 835 </programlisting>
 836
 837                 <para>Notes:</para>
 838                 <para>1) If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will
 839                         try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill
 840                         in the missing parameters.</para>
 841                 <para>2) Intervals 1/128, 19/128 and 19/256 are used only for DVB-T2 at present</para>
 842                 <para>3) DTMB specifies PN420, PN595 and PN945.</para>
 843         </section>
 844         <section id="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE">
 845                 <title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title>
 846
 847                 <para>Specifies the number of carriers used by the standard.
 848                     This is used only on OFTM-based standards, e. g.
 849                     DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T, DTMB</para>
 850
 851 <section id="fe-transmit-mode-t">
 852 <title>enum fe_transmit_mode: Number of carriers per channel</title>
 853
 854 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="fe-transmit-mode">
 855     <title>enum fe_transmit_mode</title>
 856     <tgroup cols="2">
 857         &cs-def;
 858         <thead>
 859         <row>
 860             <entry>ID</entry>
 861             <entry>Description</entry>
 862         </row>
 863         </thead>
 864         <tbody valign="top">
 865         <row>
 866             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</entry>
 867             <entry>Autodetect transmission mode. The hardware will try to find
 868                 the correct FFT-size (if capable) to fill in the missing
 869                 parameters.</entry>
 870         </row><row>
 871             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_1K</entry>
 872             <entry>Transmission mode 1K</entry>
 873         </row><row>
 874             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K</entry>
 875             <entry>Transmission mode 2K</entry>
 876         </row><row>
 877             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K</entry>
 878             <entry>Transmission mode 8K</entry>
 879         </row><row>
 880             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K</entry>
 881             <entry>Transmission mode 4K</entry>
 882         </row><row>
 883             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_16K</entry>
 884             <entry>Transmission mode 16K</entry>
 885         </row><row>
 886             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_32K</entry>
 887             <entry>Transmission mode 32K</entry>
 888         </row><row>
 889             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_C1</entry>
 890             <entry>Single Carrier (C=1) transmission mode (DTMB)</entry>
 891         </row><row>
 892             <entry>TRANSMISSION_MODE_C3780</entry>
 893             <entry>Multi Carrier (C=3780) transmission mode (DTMB)</entry>
 894         </row><row>
 895         </row>
 896         </tbody>
 897     </tgroup>
 898 </table>
 899 </section>
 900
 901
 902                 <para>Notes:</para>
 903                 <para>1) ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called
 904                         'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para>
 905
 906                 <para>2) If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the
 907                         hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will
 908                         use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para>
 909                 <para>3) DVB-T specifies 2K and 8K as valid sizes.</para>
 910                 <para>4) DVB-T2 specifies 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K and 32K.</para>
 911                 <para>5) DTMB specifies C1 and C3780.</para>
 912         </section>
 913         <section id="DTV-HIERARCHY">
 914         <title><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></title>
 915         <para>Frontend hierarchy</para>
 916         <programlisting>
 917 typedef enum fe_hierarchy {
 918          HIERARCHY_NONE,
 919          HIERARCHY_1,
 920          HIERARCHY_2,
 921          HIERARCHY_4,
 922          HIERARCHY_AUTO
 923  } fe_hierarchy_t;
 924         </programlisting>
 925         </section>
 926         <section id="DTV-STREAM-ID">
 927         <title><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></title>
 928         <para>DVB-S2, DVB-T2 and ISDB-S support the transmission of several
 929               streams on a single transport stream.
 930               This property enables the DVB driver to handle substream filtering,
 931               when supported by the hardware.
 932               By default, substream filtering is disabled.
 933         </para><para>
 934               For DVB-S2 and DVB-T2, the valid substream id range is from 0 to 255.
 935         </para><para>
 936               For ISDB, the valid substream id range is from 1 to 65535.
 937         </para><para>
 938               To disable it, you should use the special macro NO_STREAM_ID_FILTER.
 939         </para><para>
 940               Note: any value outside the id range also disables filtering.
 941         </para>
 942         </section>
 943         <section id="DTV-DVBT2-PLP-ID-LEGACY">
 944                 <title><constant>DTV_DVBT2_PLP_ID_LEGACY</constant></title>
 945                 <para>Obsolete, replaced with DTV_STREAM_ID.</para>
 946         </section>
 947         <section id="DTV-ENUM-DELSYS">
 948                 <title><constant>DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</constant></title>
 949                 <para>A Multi standard frontend needs to advertise the delivery systems provided.
 950                         Applications need to enumerate the provided delivery systems, before using
 951                         any other operation with the frontend. Prior to it's introduction,
 952                         FE_GET_INFO was used to determine a frontend type. A frontend which
 953                         provides more than a single delivery system, FE_GET_INFO doesn't help much.
 954                         Applications which intends to use a multistandard frontend must enumerate
 955                         the delivery systems associated with it, rather than trying to use
 956                         FE_GET_INFO. In the case of a legacy frontend, the result is just the same
 957                         as with FE_GET_INFO, but in a more structured format </para>
 958         </section>
 959         <section id="DTV-INTERLEAVING">
 960         <title><constant>DTV_INTERLEAVING</constant></title>
 961         <para id="fe-interleaving">Interleaving mode</para>
 962         <programlisting>
 963 enum fe_interleaving {
 964         INTERLEAVING_NONE,
 965         INTERLEAVING_AUTO,
 966         INTERLEAVING_240,
 967         INTERLEAVING_720,
 968 };
 969         </programlisting>
 970         </section>
 971         <section id="DTV-LNA">
 972         <title><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></title>
 973         <para>Low-noise amplifier.</para>
 974         <para>Hardware might offer controllable LNA which can be set manually
 975                 using that parameter. Usually LNA could be found only from
 976                 terrestrial devices if at all.</para>
 977         <para>Possible values: 0, 1, LNA_AUTO</para>
 978         <para>0, LNA off</para>
 979         <para>1, LNA on</para>
 980         <para>use the special macro LNA_AUTO to set LNA auto</para>
 981         </section>
 982 </section>
 983
 984         <section id="frontend-stat-properties">
 985         <title>Frontend statistics indicators</title>
 986         <para>The values are returned via <constant>dtv_property.stat</constant>.
 987               If the property is supported, <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant> is bigger than zero.</para>
 988         <para>For most delivery systems, <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant>
 989               will be 1 if the stats is supported, and the properties will
 990               return a single value for each parameter.</para>
 991         <para>It should be noticed, however, that new OFDM delivery systems
 992               like ISDB can use different modulation types for each group of
 993               carriers. On such standards, up to 3 groups of statistics can be
 994               provided, and <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant> is updated
 995               to reflect the "global" metrics, plus one metric per each carrier
 996               group (called "layer" on ISDB).</para>
 997         <para>So, in order to be consistent with other delivery systems, the first
 998               value at <link linkend="dtv-stats"><constant>dtv_property.stat.dtv_stats</constant></link>
 999               array refers to the global metric. The other elements of the array
1000               represent each layer, starting from layer A(index 1),
1001               layer B (index 2) and so on.</para>
1002         <para>The number of filled elements are stored at <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant>.</para>
1003         <para>Each element of the <constant>dtv_property.stat.dtv_stats</constant> array consists on two elements:</para>
1004         <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1005                 <listitem><para><constant>svalue</constant> or <constant>uvalue</constant>, where
1006                         <constant>svalue</constant> is for signed values of the measure (dB measures)
1007                         and <constant>uvalue</constant> is for unsigned values (counters, relative scale)</para></listitem>
1008                 <listitem><para><constant>scale</constant> - Scale for the value. It can be:</para>
1009                         <itemizedlist mark='bullet' id="fecap-scale-params">
1010                                 <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - The parameter is supported by the frontend, but it was not possible to collect it (could be a transitory or permanent condition)</para></listitem>
1011                                 <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_DECIBEL</constant> - parameter is a signed value, measured in 1/1000 dB</para></listitem>
1012                                 <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_RELATIVE</constant> - parameter is a unsigned value, where 0 means 0% and 65535 means 100%.</para></listitem>
1013                                 <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - parameter is a unsigned value that counts the occurrence of an event, like bit error, block error, or lapsed time.</para></listitem>
1014                         </itemizedlist>
1015                 </listitem>
1016         </itemizedlist>
1017         <section id="DTV-STAT-SIGNAL-STRENGTH">
1018                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_SIGNAL_STRENGTH</constant></title>
1019                 <para>Indicates the signal strength level at the analog part of the tuner or of the demod.</para>
1020                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1021                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1022                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1023                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_DECIBEL</constant> - signal strength is in 0.001 dBm units, power measured in miliwatts. This value is generally negative.</para></listitem>
1024                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_RELATIVE</constant> - The frontend provides a 0% to 100% measurement for power (actually, 0 to 65535).</para></listitem>
1025                 </itemizedlist>
1026         </section>
1027         <section id="DTV-STAT-CNR">
1028                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_CNR</constant></title>
1029                 <para>Indicates the Signal to Noise ratio for the main carrier.</para>
1030                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1031                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1032                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1033                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_DECIBEL</constant> - Signal/Noise ratio is in 0.001 dB units.</para></listitem>
1034                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_RELATIVE</constant> - The frontend provides a 0% to 100% measurement for Signal/Noise (actually, 0 to 65535).</para></listitem>
1035                 </itemizedlist>
1036         </section>
1037         <section id="DTV-STAT-PRE-ERROR-BIT-COUNT">
1038                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
1039                 <para>Measures the number of bit errors before the forward error correction (FEC) on the inner coding block (before Viterbi, LDPC or other inner code).</para>
1040                 <para>This measure is taken during the same interval as <constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant>.</para>
1041                 <para>In order to get the BER (Bit Error Rate) measurement, it should be divided by
1042                 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-PRE-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para>
1043                 <para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1044                       The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1045                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1046                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1047                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1048                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of error bits counted before the inner coding.</para></listitem>
1049                 </itemizedlist>
1050         </section>
1051         <section id="DTV-STAT-PRE-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT">
1052                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
1053                 <para>Measures the amount of bits received before the inner code block, during the same period as
1054                 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-PRE-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link> measurement was taken.</para>
1055                 <para>It should be noticed that this measurement can be smaller than the total amount of bits on the transport stream,
1056                       as the frontend may need to manually restart the measurement, losing some data between each measurement interval.</para>
1057                 <para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1058                       The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1059                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1060                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1061                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1062                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of bits counted while measuring
1063                                  <link linkend="DTV-STAT-PRE-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para></listitem>
1064                 </itemizedlist>
1065         </section>
1066         <section id="DTV-STAT-POST-ERROR-BIT-COUNT">
1067                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
1068                 <para>Measures the number of bit errors after the forward error correction (FEC) done by inner code block (after Viterbi, LDPC or other inner code).</para>
1069                 <para>This measure is taken during the same interval as <constant>DTV_STAT_POST_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant>.</para>
1070                 <para>In order to get the BER (Bit Error Rate) measurement, it should be divided by
1071                 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-POST-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para>
1072                 <para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1073                       The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1074                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1075                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1076                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1077                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of error bits counted after the inner coding.</para></listitem>
1078                 </itemizedlist>
1079         </section>
1080         <section id="DTV-STAT-POST-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT">
1081                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
1082                 <para>Measures the amount of bits received after the inner coding, during the same period as
1083                 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-POST-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link> measurement was taken.</para>
1084                 <para>It should be noticed that this measurement can be smaller than the total amount of bits on the transport stream,
1085                       as the frontend may need to manually restart the measurement, losing some data between each measurement interval.</para>
1086                 <para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1087                       The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1088                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1089                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1090                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1091                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of bits counted while measuring
1092                                  <link linkend="DTV-STAT-POST-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para></listitem>
1093                 </itemizedlist>
1094         </section>
1095         <section id="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT">
1096                 <title><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></title>
1097                 <para>Measures the number of block errors after the outer forward error correction coding (after Reed-Solomon or other outer code).</para>
1098                 <para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1099                       The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1100                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1101                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1102                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1103                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of error blocks counted after the outer coding.</para></listitem>
1104                 </itemizedlist>
1105         </section>
1106         <section id="DTV-STAT-TOTAL-BLOCK-COUNT">
1107                 <title><constant>DTV-STAT_TOTAL_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></title>
1108                 <para>Measures the total number of blocks received during the same period as
1109                 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></link> measurement was taken.</para>
1110                 <para>It can be used to calculate the PER indicator, by dividing
1111                 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></link>
1112                 by <link linkend="DTV-STAT-TOTAL-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV-STAT-TOTAL-BLOCK-COUNT</constant></link>.</para>
1113                 <para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1114                 <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1115                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1116                         <listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of blocks counted while measuring
1117                         <link linkend="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></link>.</para></listitem>
1118                 </itemizedlist>
1119         </section>
1120         </section>
1121
1122         <section id="frontend-property-terrestrial-systems">
1123         <title>Properties used on terrestrial delivery systems</title>
1124                 <section id="dvbt-params">
1125                         <title>DVB-T delivery system</title>
1126                         <para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-T:</para>
1127                         <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1128                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1129                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1130                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1131                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1132                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1133                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1134                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1135                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1136                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1137                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1138                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1139                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1140                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1141                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1142                         </itemizedlist>
1143                         <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1144                 </section>
1145                 <section id="dvbt2-params">
1146                         <title>DVB-T2 delivery system</title>
1147                         <para>DVB-T2 support is currently in the early stages
1148                         of development, so expect that this section maygrow and become
1149                         more detailed with time.</para>
1150                 <para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-T2:</para>
1151                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1152                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1153                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1154                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1155                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1156                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1157                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1158                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1159                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1160                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1161                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1162                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1163                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1164                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1165                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-STREAM-ID"><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1166                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1167                 </itemizedlist>
1168                 <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1169                 </section>
1170                 <section id="isdbt">
1171                 <title>ISDB-T delivery system</title>
1172                 <para>This ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb API extension should reflect all information
1173                         needed to tune any ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb hardware. Of course it is possible
1174                         that some very sophisticated devices won't need certain parameters to
1175                         tune.</para>
1176                 <para>The information given here should help application writers to know how
1177                         to handle ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb hardware using the Linux DVB-API.</para>
1178                 <para>The details given here about ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb are just enough to
1179                         basically show the dependencies between the needed parameter values,
1180                         but surely some information is left out. For more detailed information
1181                         see the following documents:</para>
1182                 <para>ARIB STD-B31 - "Transmission System for Digital Terrestrial
1183                         Television Broadcasting" and</para>
1184                 <para>ARIB TR-B14 - "Operational Guidelines for Digital Terrestrial
1185                         Television Broadcasting".</para>
1186                 <para>In order to understand the ISDB specific parameters,
1187                         one has to have some knowledge the channel structure in
1188                         ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb. I.e. it has to be known to
1189                         the reader that an ISDB-T channel consists of 13 segments,
1190                         that it can have up to 3 layer sharing those segments,
1191                         and things like that.</para>
1192                 <para>The following parameters are valid for ISDB-T:</para>
1193                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1194                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1195                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1196                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1197                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1198                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1199                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1200                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1201                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1202                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1203                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></link></para></listitem>
1204                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1205                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1206                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SUBCHANNEL-ID"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1207                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-IDX"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant></link></para></listitem>
1208                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1209                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1210                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1211                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1212                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1213                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1214                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1215                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1216                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1217                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1218                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1219                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1220                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1221                 </itemizedlist>
1222                 <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1223                 </section>
1224                 <section id="atsc-params">
1225                         <title>ATSC delivery system</title>
1226                         <para>The following parameters are valid for ATSC:</para>
1227                         <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1228                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1229                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1230                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1231                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1232                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1233                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1234                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1235                         </itemizedlist>
1236                         <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1237                 </section>
1238                 <section id="atscmh-params">
1239                         <title>ATSC-MH delivery system</title>
1240                         <para>The following parameters are valid for ATSC-MH:</para>
1241                         <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1242                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1243                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1244                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1245                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1246                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1247                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1248                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-FIC-VER"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_FIC_VER</constant></link></para></listitem>
1249                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-PARADE-ID"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PARADE_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1250                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-NOG"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_NOG</constant></link></para></listitem>
1251                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-TNOG"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_TNOG</constant></link></para></listitem>
1252                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SGN"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SGN</constant></link></para></listitem>
1253                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-PRC"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PRC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1254                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-MODE"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1255                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-ENSEMBLE"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_ENSEMBLE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1256                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-PRI"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_PRI</constant></link></para></listitem>
1257                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-SEC"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_SEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1258                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-BLOCK-MODE"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_BLOCK_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1259                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-A"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_A</constant></link></para></listitem>
1260                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-B"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_B</constant></link></para></listitem>
1261                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-C"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_C</constant></link></para></listitem>
1262                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-D"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_D</constant></link></para></listitem>
1263                         </itemizedlist>
1264                         <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1265                 </section>
1266                 <section id="dtmb-params">
1267                         <title>DTMB delivery system</title>
1268                         <para>The following parameters are valid for DTMB:</para>
1269                         <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1270                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1271                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1272                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1273                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1274                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1275                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1276                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1277                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1278                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1279                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1280                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1281                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1282                                 <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1283                         </itemizedlist>
1284                         <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1285                 </section>
1286         </section>
1287         <section id="frontend-property-cable-systems">
1288         <title>Properties used on cable delivery systems</title>
1289         <section id="dvbc-params">
1290                 <title>DVB-C delivery system</title>
1291                 <para>The DVB-C Annex-A is the widely used cable standard. Transmission uses QAM modulation.</para>
1292                 <para>The DVB-C Annex-C is optimized for 6MHz, and is used in Japan. It supports a subset of the Annex A modulation types, and a roll-off of 0.13, instead of 0.15</para>
1293                 <para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-C Annex A/C:</para>
1294                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1295                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1296                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1297                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1298                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1299                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1300                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1301                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1302                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE"><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1303                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1304                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1305                 </itemizedlist>
1306                 <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1307         </section>
1308         <section id="dvbc-annex-b-params">
1309                 <title>DVB-C Annex B delivery system</title>
1310                 <para>The DVB-C Annex-B is only used on a few Countries like the United States.</para>
1311                 <para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-C Annex B:</para>
1312                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1313                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1314                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1315                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1316                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1317                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1318                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1319                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1320                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1321                 </itemizedlist>
1322                 <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1323         </section>
1324         </section>
1325         <section id="frontend-property-satellital-systems">
1326         <title>Properties used on satellital delivery systems</title>
1327         <section id="dvbs-params">
1328                 <title>DVB-S delivery system</title>
1329                 <para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-S:</para>
1330                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1331                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1332                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1333                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1334                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1335                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1336                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1337                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE"><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1338                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1339                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-VOLTAGE"><constant>DTV_VOLTAGE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1340                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TONE"><constant>DTV_TONE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1341                 </itemizedlist>
1342                 <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1343                 <para>Future implementations might add those two missing parameters:</para>
1344                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1345                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DISEQC-MASTER"><constant>DTV_DISEQC_MASTER</constant></link></para></listitem>
1346                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DISEQC-SLAVE-REPLY"><constant>DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1347                 </itemizedlist>
1348         </section>
1349         <section id="dvbs2-params">
1350                 <title>DVB-S2 delivery system</title>
1351                 <para>In addition to all parameters valid for DVB-S, DVB-S2 supports the following parameters:</para>
1352                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1353                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1354                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-PILOT"><constant>DTV_PILOT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1355                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ROLLOFF"><constant>DTV_ROLLOFF</constant></link></para></listitem>
1356                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-STREAM-ID"><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1357                 </itemizedlist>
1358                 <para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1359         </section>
1360         <section id="turbo-params">
1361                 <title>Turbo code delivery system</title>
1362                 <para>In addition to all parameters valid for DVB-S, turbo code supports the following parameters:</para>
1363                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1364                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1365                 </itemizedlist>
1366         </section>
1367         <section id="isdbs-params">
1368                 <title>ISDB-S delivery system</title>
1369                 <para>The following parameters are valid for ISDB-S:</para>
1370                 <itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1371                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1372                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1373                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1374                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1375                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1376                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1377                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE"><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1378                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1379                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-VOLTAGE"><constant>DTV_VOLTAGE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1380                         <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-STREAM-ID"><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1381                 </itemizedlist>
1382         </section>
1383         </section>
1384 </section>