Thanks Mark but that doesn't seem to help. dvbtune prints the frequency anyway so if you specify in kHz it still converts to Hz ok.
bash-2.05b# tzap 'ABC TV Melbourne' using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 226500000 Hz status 00 | signal cbcb | snr d6d6 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal cbcb | snr fefe | ber 00000002 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal cbcb | snr fefe | ber 00000004 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK bash-2.05b# dvbtune -f 226500 Using DVB card "Philips TDA10045H" tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 226500000 Hz polling.... Getting frontend event FE_STATUS: polling.... Getting frontend event FE_STATUS: FE_TIMEDOUT Not able to lock to the signal on the given frequency bash-2.05b# dvbtune -f 226500000 Using DVB card "Philips TDA10045H" tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 226500000 Hz polling.... polling.... polling.... Getting frontend event FE_STATUS: FE_TIMEDOUT FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC Not able to lock to the signal on the given frequency Hamish On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:28:28AM +1100, Mark Edwards wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:07 AM > Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] dvbtune in australia > > > > Hamish mate, try losing a few zeros off the frequency when using dvbtune > or > > stream. You'll be fine. The docco is a little misleading. > > > > i.e. > > 226500 > > 191625 > > 219500 > > > > etc. > > > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hamish Moffatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:27 AM > > Subject: [linux-dvb] dvbtune in australia > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm just starting to set up a DPANDA (Technotrends) DVB-T card in > > > Australia. I've got tzap tuning and working (budget-ci & tda1004x > > > modules), but: > > > > > > 1. /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 never returns any data; > > > > > > 2. dvbtune isn't happy either. > > > > > > ~/.tzap# tzap 'Nine Digital' > > > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > > > tuning to 191625000 Hz > > > status 00 | signal caca | snr c6c6 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000000 | > > > status 1f | signal caca | snr fefe | ber 00000230 | unc 00000000 | > > FE_HAS_LOCK > > > status 1f | signal caca | snr 0000 | ber 00000232 | unc 00000000 | > > FE_HAS_LOCK > > > status 1f | signal caca | snr 0000 | ber 0000021e | unc 00000000 | > > FE_HAS_LOCK > > > [etc] > > > > > > But: > > > > > > ~/.tzap# dvbtune -f 191625000 > > > Using DVB card "Philips TDA10045H" > > > tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 191625000 Hz > > > polling.... > > > Getting frontend event > > > FE_STATUS: FE_TIMEDOUT > > > Not able to lock to the signal on the given frequency > > > > > > Trying ABC TV Melbourne: > > > > > > ~/.tzap# tzap 'ABC TV Melbourne' > > > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > > > tuning to 226500000 Hz > > > status 00 | signal cbcb | snr c4c4 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000000 | > > > status 1f | signal cbcb | snr fefe | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > > FE_HAS_LOCK > > > status 1f | signal cbcb | snr fefe | ber 00000002 | unc 00000000 | > > FE_HAS_LOCK > > > status 1f | signal cccc | snr fefe | ber 00000004 | unc 00000000 | > > FE_HAS_LOCK > > > > > > ~/.tzap# dvbtune -f 226500000 > > > Using DVB card "Philips TDA10045H" > > > tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 226500000 Hz > > > polling.... > > > Getting frontend event > > > FE_GET_EVENT: Value too large for defined data type > > > > > > ~/.tzap# dvbtune -f 226500000 > > > Using DVB card "Philips TDA10045H" > > > tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 226500000 Hz > > > polling.... > > > Getting frontend event > > > FE_STATUS: FE_TIMEDOUT > > > Not able to lock to the signal on the given frequency > > > > > > ~/.tzap# dvbtune -i > > > <transponder type="T" freq="0"> > > > Nothing to read from fd_pat > > > Nothing to read from fd_sdt > > > </transponder> > > > > > > ~/.tzap# dvbtune --version > > > dvbtune 0.3+cvs20030922 > > > > > > (from the debian package). > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Hamish > > > -- > > > Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Info: > > > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe > > linux-dvb" as subject. > > > > > > > > > > > -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
