> Mauro,
>
> Resend of my proposed patch attached that reverts tuning regressions with
> my DViCO card, whilst still fixing the original 6Mhz tuning issue.  Please
> merge or let me know how else I should proceed to get this merged.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Rob

perhaps the attached notes will help Rob's case here.
I did a few more tests, with just one tuner.
First I changed a cable that I was suspicious of (it was way too long anyway)
but I got no significant improvement.
Then I applied the 'revert2.diff' patch that Rob sent and cold-booted.
I reran the test and got significantly lower BER and UNC values.

There is still something odd going on, in that the UNC seem to get
worse with repeated tunings to the same channel, a few minutes apart
(less than 10min). This might be a
measurement artefact, I don't know. I might try changing the channel
order - that should
test whether the trend of the UNC values is with frequency or order in
the tuning sequence.

Cheers
VInce
2009-12-07

Try signaltest.pl again.

First, with old cable and no code changes
hg identify = c57f47cfb0e8+ tip

tuner 0 is usbid 0fe9:db78
do three consecutive runs to see if things worsen with repeated tuning.

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         75.9 %           318.9           376.2
191625000         74.5 %           280.1           904.9
219500000         77.0 %           245.2          1862.2
226500000         77.0 %           186.4          3525.4
571500000         77.1 %           502.9          6161.3
578500000         77.2 %           541.1          9128.8

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         75.5 %           314.6         11219.2
191625000         74.0 %           384.3         12057.3
219500000         76.8 %           118.7         13236.9
226500000         76.8 %           173.5         15256.6
571500000         77.0 %           472.3         17930.7
578500000         77.1 %           550.0         20888.8

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         75.4 %           346.0         23052.8
191625000         73.3 %           347.5         24087.7
219500000         76.7 %           236.0         25289.0
226500000         76.8 %           190.1         27241.0
571500000         76.9 %           541.1         29910.0
578500000         77.1 %           511.7         32902.1


Now repeat with the 1.5m cable connecting wall socket to splitter.
cold boot the machine
hg identify = c57f47cfb0e8+ tip

dvb0.frontend0: usbid 0fe9:db78

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         74.0 %           288.2           784.8
191625000         73.3 %           487.2          1890.9
219500000         76.7 %           147.2          3189.8
226500000         76.8 %           202.2          5094.7
571500000         76.9 %           443.1          7640.6
578500000         76.9 %           499.9         10675.3

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         73.0 %           330.7         12795.4
191625000         72.6 %           291.8         13844.3
219500000         76.7 %           132.5         15005.5
226500000         76.8 %           136.2         16928.0
571500000         76.9 %           525.2         19480.7
578500000         77.0 %           522.7         22361.7

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         75.5 %           361.6         24584.2
191625000         73.8 %           480.9         25816.4
219500000         76.7 %           143.4         26962.2
226500000         76.8 %           187.5         28846.1
571500000         77.0 %           468.4         31448.9
578500000         77.0 %           547.3         34511.8


Now make the code change. Cold boot.
dvb0.frontend0: usbid 0fe9:db78

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         76.5 %             0.0             0.0
191625000         76.9 %           136.8           102.3
219500000         76.9 %           297.6           549.0
226500000         76.8 %           304.7          1461.4
571500000         76.9 %           505.0          3801.0
578500000         77.0 %           573.7          6818.6

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         76.4 %             0.0          8345.0
191625000         76.8 %           169.7          8476.0
219500000         76.7 %           243.8          8967.2
226500000         76.9 %           271.6          9904.7
571500000         76.9 %           525.9         12097.4
578500000         77.1 %           554.9         15364.9

Frequency       Signal          Ber             Unc
=========       ========        ========        ========
177500000         76.3 %             1.3         16835.0
191625000         76.7 %           225.0         16949.7
219500000         76.7 %           267.1         17432.5
226500000         76.8 %           254.4         18372.9
571500000         76.9 %           575.2         20573.7
578500000         77.0 %           512.7         23771.2

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