On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 13:13 -0400, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM, wk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > While trying to update an application to API v5 some question arised.
> >
> > Which type of "delivery_system" should be set for ATSC?
> > <frontend.h> says...
> >
> > SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_AC, <- european DVB-C
> > SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B, <- american ATSC QAM
> > ..
> > SYS_ATSC, <- oops, here we have ATSC again, cable and terrestrial not
> > named? Is this VSB *only*?
> >
> >
> >
> > Which one should i choose, "SYS_ATSC" for both (VSB and QAM),
> > or should i choose SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B for ATSC cable and SYS_ATSC for VSB?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Winfried
>
> I'm pretty sure it's SYS_ATSC for both VSB and QAM.
>
> Devin
Hmmm...
The compatability code between the API v5 property cache and the API v3
frontend parameters use...
a. This code for translating v3 parameters into the v5 cache:
static void dtv_property_cache_sync(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
struct dvb_frontend_parameters *p)
{
struct dtv_frontend_properties *c = &fe->dtv_property_cache;
c->frequency = p->frequency;
c->inversion = p->inversion;
switch (fe->ops.info.type) {
...
case FE_ATSC:
c->modulation = p->u.vsb.modulation;
if ((c->modulation == VSB_8) || (c->modulation == VSB_16))
c->delivery_system = SYS_ATSC;
else
c->delivery_system = SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B;
break;
}
}
b. This code for translating v5 cache into the v3 parameters:
static void dtv_property_legacy_params_sync(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
{
struct dtv_frontend_properties *c = &fe->dtv_property_cache;
struct dvb_frontend_private *fepriv = fe->frontend_priv;
struct dvb_frontend_parameters *p = &fepriv->parameters;
p->frequency = c->frequency;
p->inversion = c->inversion;
switch (fe->ops.info.type) {
...
case FE_ATSC:
dprintk("%s() Preparing VSB req\n", __func__);
p->u.vsb.modulation = c->modulation;
if ((c->modulation == VSB_8) || (c->modulation == VSB_16))
c->delivery_system = SYS_ATSC;
else
c->delivery_system = SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B;
break;
}
}
So it would seem the code to fill out v3 parameter structures uses
SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B as the "delivery system" for ATSC FE's that aren't
using VSB modulation.
Not that SYS_ATSC nor SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B are used/checked as a delivery
system by any driver (yet.)
I've checked DVB-C (ETSI EN 300 429 v1.2.1) Annex B and it really
doesn't mention or reference ATSC QAM explicitly, but it does have a
table of QAM modulations useful in 8 MHz BWs down to a 2 MHz BW.
I've also looked at A/53 Part 2 which only talks about VSB modulations.
I couldn't find any free NCTA documents on QAM for American cable
systems.
I did find that ITU-T J.83 Annex B describes the framing structure,
channel coding, and modulation schemes for digital cable service in
North America. And that J.83 Annex A and J.83 Annex C defines the cable
modulation schemes for Japanese and European regions, respectively.
I'm trying to dig up a free copy if I can.
I suspect SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B and SYS_DVB_ANNEX_AC in the Linux enumeration
don't refer to the DVB C standard Annexes, but refer to ITU-T J.83
Annexes.
So I'm assumming SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B *is* the Linux delivery system
enumaeration value you want for North American Cable QAM modulations
with FE_ATSC.
Anyone got the ITU-T J.83 document to confirm or refute?
BTW, I plan on starting to documenting the API v5 changes in the Linux
DVB spec within the next week or so.
Regards,
Andy
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