On Monday 15 March 2004 00:13, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Holger Waechtler wrote: > > > > The DiSEqC spec requires you to set the appropriate bus voltage before a > > DiSEqC command is sent. It also requires that the old-style SEC and > > DiSEqC commands are sent compatibly, the behaviour of switches, rotors > > and LNBs is not defined if the content of SEC and DiSEqC sequence don't > > match. The SEC sequence is mandatory (Voltage, tone and burst). See the > > DiSEqC Update and Recommendations for Implementations on the Eutelsat > > website: > > http://www.eutelsat.org/satellites/pdf/Diseqc/associated > > docs/update_recomm_for_implim.pdf, page 36. > > > > Also check out dvb-apps/test/diseqc.c for a reference implementation. > > But my DiSEqC equipment _does_ work fine with the DVB driver and sending > plain hex codes (like [E0 10 38 F3]). The LNB power issue has been resolved > by explicitly turning it on in VDR, so I would expect the DiSEqC equipment > to work with dvb-kernel - but it doesn't (at least not reliably)
if it worked before it was pure luck -- if you prefer deterministic behaviour should follow the spec... Holger -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
