1<section id="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY">
2<title><constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant></title>
3<para>This section describes the DVB version 5 extension of the DVB-API, also
4called "S2API", as this API were added to provide support for DVB-S2. It was
5designed to be able to replace the old frontend API. Yet, the DISEQC and
6the capability ioctls weren't implemented yet via the new way.</para>
7<para>The typical usage for the <constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant>
8API is to replace the ioctl's were the <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters">
9struct <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link> were used.</para>
10<section id="dtv-stats">
11<title>DTV stats type</title>
12<programlisting>
13struct dtv_stats {
14	__u8 scale;	/* enum fecap_scale_params type */
15	union {
16		__u64 uvalue;	/* for counters and relative scales */
17		__s64 svalue;	/* for 1/1000 dB measures */
18	};
19} __packed;
20</programlisting>
21</section>
22<section id="dtv-fe-stats">
23<title>DTV stats type</title>
24<programlisting>
25#define MAX_DTV_STATS   4
26
27struct dtv_fe_stats {
28	__u8 len;
29	struct dtv_stats stat[MAX_DTV_STATS];
30} __packed;
31</programlisting>
32</section>
33
34<section id="dtv-property">
35<title>DTV property type</title>
36<programlisting>
37/* Reserved fields should be set to 0 */
38
39struct dtv_property {
40	__u32 cmd;
41	__u32 reserved[3];
42	union {
43		__u32 data;
44		struct dtv_fe_stats st;
45		struct {
46			__u8 data[32];
47			__u32 len;
48			__u32 reserved1[3];
49			void *reserved2;
50		} buffer;
51	} u;
52	int result;
53} __attribute__ ((packed));
54
55/* num of properties cannot exceed DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS per ioctl */
56#define DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS 64
57</programlisting>
58</section>
59<section id="dtv-properties">
60<title>DTV properties type</title>
61<programlisting>
62struct dtv_properties {
63	__u32 num;
64	struct dtv_property *props;
65};
66</programlisting>
67</section>
68
69<section id="FE_GET_PROPERTY">
70<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY</title>
71<para>DESCRIPTION
72</para>
73<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
74 align="char">
75<para>This ioctl call returns one or more frontend properties. This call only
76 requires read-only access to the device.</para>
77</entry>
78 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
79<para>SYNOPSIS
80</para>
81<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
82 align="char">
83<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>,
84 dtv_properties &#x22C6;props);</para>
85</entry>
86 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
87<para>PARAMETERS
88</para>
89<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char">
90<para>int fd</para>
91</entry><entry
92 align="char">
93<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
94</entry>
95 </row><row><entry
96 align="char">
97<para>int num</para>
98</entry><entry
99 align="char">
100<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para>
101</entry>
102 </row><row><entry
103 align="char">
104<para>struct dtv_property *props</para>
105</entry><entry
106 align="char">
107<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para>
108</entry>
109 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
110&return-value-dvb;
111<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
112  <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry>
113  <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry>
114 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
115</section>
116
117<section id="FE_SET_PROPERTY">
118<title>FE_SET_PROPERTY</title>
119<para>DESCRIPTION
120</para>
121<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
122 align="char">
123<para>This ioctl call sets one or more frontend properties. This call
124 requires read/write access to the device.</para>
125</entry>
126 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
127<para>SYNOPSIS
128</para>
129<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
130 align="char">
131<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
132 dtv_properties &#x22C6;props);</para>
133</entry>
134 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
135<para>PARAMETERS
136</para>
137<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char">
138<para>int fd</para>
139</entry><entry
140 align="char">
141<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
142</entry>
143 </row><row><entry
144 align="char">
145<para>int num</para>
146</entry><entry
147 align="char">
148<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para>
149</entry>
150 </row><row><entry
151 align="char">
152<para>struct dtv_property *props</para>
153</entry><entry
154 align="char">
155<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para>
156</entry>
157 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
158&return-value-dvb;
159<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
160  <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry>
161  <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry>
162 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
163</section>
164
165<section>
166	<title>Property types</title>
167<para>
168On <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>/<link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
169the actual action is determined by the dtv_property cmd/data pairs. With one single ioctl, is possible to
170get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on the next sections.
171</para>
172
173<para>The available frontend property types are shown on the next section.</para>
174</section>
175
176<section id="fe_property_parameters">
177	<title>Digital TV property parameters</title>
178	<section id="DTV-UNDEFINED">
179	<title><constant>DTV_UNDEFINED</constant></title>
180	<para>Used internally. A GET/SET operation for it won't change or return anything.</para>
181	</section>
182	<section id="DTV-TUNE">
183	<title><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></title>
184	<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>
185	</section>
186	<section id="DTV-CLEAR">
187	<title><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></title>
188	<para>Reset a cache of data specific to the frontend here. This does not effect hardware.</para>
189	</section>
190	<section id="DTV-FREQUENCY">
191		<title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
192
193		<para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
194
195		<para>Notes:</para>
196		<para>1)For satellital delivery systems, it is measured in kHz.
197			For the other ones, it is measured in Hz.</para>
198		<para>2)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz.
199			E.g. a valid frequency could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
200			the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
201
202		<para>3)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
203			frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
204			central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
205	</section>
206	<section id="DTV-MODULATION">
207	<title><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></title>
208<para>Specifies the frontend modulation type for cable and satellite types. The modulation can be one of the types bellow:</para>
209<programlisting>
210 typedef enum fe_modulation {
211	QPSK,
212	QAM_16,
213	QAM_32,
214	QAM_64,
215	QAM_128,
216	QAM_256,
217	QAM_AUTO,
218	VSB_8,
219	VSB_16,
220	PSK_8,
221	APSK_16,
222	APSK_32,
223	DQPSK,
224	QAM_4_NR,
225 } fe_modulation_t;
226</programlisting>
227	</section>
228	<section id="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ">
229		<title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></title>
230
231		<para>Bandwidth for the channel, in HZ.</para>
232
233		<para>Possible values:
234			<constant>1712000</constant>,
235			<constant>5000000</constant>,
236			<constant>6000000</constant>,
237			<constant>7000000</constant>,
238			<constant>8000000</constant>,
239			<constant>10000000</constant>.
240		</para>
241
242		<para>Notes:</para>
243
244		<para>1) For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para>
245		<para>2) For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para>
246		<para>3) Bandwidth doesn't apply for DVB-C transmissions, as the bandwidth
247			 for DVB-C depends on the symbol rate</para>
248		<para>4) Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from
249			other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX,
250			DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para>
251		<para>5) DVB-T supports 6, 7 and 8MHz.</para>
252		<para>6) In addition, DVB-T2 supports 1.172, 5 and 10MHz.</para>
253	</section>
254	<section id="DTV-INVERSION">
255	<title><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></title>
256	<para>The Inversion field can take one of these values:
257	</para>
258	<programlisting>
259	typedef enum fe_spectral_inversion {
260		INVERSION_OFF,
261		INVERSION_ON,
262		INVERSION_AUTO
263	} fe_spectral_inversion_t;
264	</programlisting>
265	<para>It indicates if spectral inversion should be presumed or not. In the automatic setting
266	(<constant>INVERSION_AUTO</constant>) the hardware will try to figure out the correct setting by
267	itself.
268	</para>
269	</section>
270	<section id="DTV-DISEQC-MASTER">
271	<title><constant>DTV_DISEQC_MASTER</constant></title>
272	<para>Currently not implemented.</para>
273	</section>
274	<section id="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE">
275	<title><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></title>
276	<para>Digital TV symbol rate, in bauds (symbols/second). Used on cable standards.</para>
277	</section>
278	<section id="DTV-INNER-FEC">
279	<title><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></title>
280	<para>Used cable/satellite transmissions. The acceptable values are:
281	</para>
282	<programlisting>
283typedef enum fe_code_rate {
284	FEC_NONE = 0,
285	FEC_1_2,
286	FEC_2_3,
287	FEC_3_4,
288	FEC_4_5,
289	FEC_5_6,
290	FEC_6_7,
291	FEC_7_8,
292	FEC_8_9,
293	FEC_AUTO,
294	FEC_3_5,
295	FEC_9_10,
296	FEC_2_5,
297} fe_code_rate_t;
298	</programlisting>
299	<para>which correspond to error correction rates of 1/2, 2/3, etc.,
300	no error correction or auto detection.</para>
301	</section>
302	<section id="DTV-VOLTAGE">
303	<title><constant>DTV_VOLTAGE</constant></title>
304	<para>The voltage is usually used with non-DiSEqC capable LNBs to switch
305	the polarzation (horizontal/vertical). When using DiSEqC epuipment this
306	voltage has to be switched consistently to the DiSEqC commands as
307	described in the DiSEqC spec.</para>
308	<programlisting>
309		typedef enum fe_sec_voltage {
310		SEC_VOLTAGE_13,
311		SEC_VOLTAGE_18
312		} fe_sec_voltage_t;
313	</programlisting>
314	</section>
315	<section id="DTV-TONE">
316	<title><constant>DTV_TONE</constant></title>
317	<para>Currently not used.</para>
318	</section>
319	<section id="DTV-PILOT">
320	<title><constant>DTV_PILOT</constant></title>
321	<para>Sets DVB-S2 pilot</para>
322	<section id="fe-pilot-t">
323		<title>fe_pilot type</title>
324		<programlisting>
325typedef enum fe_pilot {
326	PILOT_ON,
327	PILOT_OFF,
328	PILOT_AUTO,
329} fe_pilot_t;
330		</programlisting>
331		</section>
332	</section>
333	<section id="DTV-ROLLOFF">
334	<title><constant>DTV_ROLLOFF</constant></title>
335		<para>Sets DVB-S2 rolloff</para>
336
337	<section id="fe-rolloff-t">
338		<title>fe_rolloff type</title>
339		<programlisting>
340typedef enum fe_rolloff {
341	ROLLOFF_35, /* Implied value in DVB-S, default for DVB-S2 */
342	ROLLOFF_20,
343	ROLLOFF_25,
344	ROLLOFF_AUTO,
345} fe_rolloff_t;
346		</programlisting>
347		</section>
348	</section>
349	<section id="DTV-DISEQC-SLAVE-REPLY">
350	<title><constant>DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY</constant></title>
351	<para>Currently not implemented.</para>
352	</section>
353	<section id="DTV-FE-CAPABILITY-COUNT">
354	<title><constant>DTV_FE_CAPABILITY_COUNT</constant></title>
355	<para>Currently not implemented.</para>
356	</section>
357	<section id="DTV-FE-CAPABILITY">
358	<title><constant>DTV_FE_CAPABILITY</constant></title>
359	<para>Currently not implemented.</para>
360	</section>
361	<section id="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM">
362		<title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title>
363		<para>Specifies the type of Delivery system</para>
364		<section id="fe-delivery-system-t">
365		<title>fe_delivery_system type</title>
366		<para>Possible values: </para>
367<programlisting>
368
369typedef enum fe_delivery_system {
370	SYS_UNDEFINED,
371	SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_A,
372	SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B,
373	SYS_DVBT,
374	SYS_DSS,
375	SYS_DVBS,
376	SYS_DVBS2,
377	SYS_DVBH,
378	SYS_ISDBT,
379	SYS_ISDBS,
380	SYS_ISDBC,
381	SYS_ATSC,
382	SYS_ATSCMH,
383	SYS_DTMB,
384	SYS_CMMB,
385	SYS_DAB,
386	SYS_DVBT2,
387	SYS_TURBO,
388	SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_C,
389} fe_delivery_system_t;
390</programlisting>
391		</section>
392	</section>
393	<section id="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION">
394		<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></title>
395
396		<para>If <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '0' this bit-field represents whether
397			the channel is in partial reception mode or not.</para>
398
399		<para>If '1' <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_*</constant> values are assigned to the center segment and
400			<constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> has to be '1'.</para>
401
402		<para>If in addition <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'
403			<constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> represents whether this ISDB-Tsb channel
404			is consisting of one segment and layer or three segments and two layers.</para>
405
406		<para>Possible values: 0, 1, -1 (AUTO)</para>
407	</section>
408	<section id="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING">
409		<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></title>
410
411		<para>This field represents whether the other DTV_ISDBT_*-parameters are
412			referring to an ISDB-T and an ISDB-Tsb channel. (See also
413			<constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>).</para>
414
415		<para>Possible values: 0, 1, -1 (AUTO)</para>
416	</section>
417	<section id="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SUBCHANNEL-ID">
418		<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant></title>
419
420		<para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para>
421
422		<para>(Note of the author: This might not be the correct description of the
423			<constant>SUBCHANNEL-ID</constant> in all details, but it is my understanding of the technical
424			background needed to program a device)</para>
425
426		<para>An ISDB-Tsb channel (1 or 3 segments) can be broadcasted alone or in a
427			set of connected ISDB-Tsb channels. In this set of channels every
428			channel can be received independently. The number of connected
429			ISDB-Tsb segment can vary, e.g. depending on the frequency spectrum
430			bandwidth available.</para>
431
432		<para>Example: Assume 8 ISDB-Tsb connected segments are broadcasted. The
433			broadcaster has several possibilities to put those channels in the
434			air: Assuming a normal 13-segment ISDB-T spectrum he can align the 8
435			segments from position 1-8 to 5-13 or anything in between.</para>
436
437		<para>The underlying layer of segments are subchannels: each segment is
438			consisting of several subchannels with a predefined IDs. A sub-channel
439			is used to help the demodulator to synchronize on the channel.</para>
440
441		<para>An ISDB-T channel is always centered over all sub-channels. As for
442			the example above, in ISDB-Tsb it is no longer as simple as that.</para>
443
444		<para><constant>The DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant> parameter is used to give the
445			sub-channel ID of the segment to be demodulated.</para>
446
447		<para>Possible values: 0 .. 41, -1 (AUTO)</para>
448	</section>
449	<section id="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-IDX">
450		<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant></title>
451		<para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para>
452		<para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant> gives the index of the segment to be
453			demodulated for an ISDB-Tsb channel where several of them are
454			transmitted in the connected manner.</para>
455		<para>Possible values: 0 .. <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> - 1</para>
456		<para>Note: This value cannot be determined by an automatic channel search.</para>
457	</section>
458	<section id="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-COUNT">
459		<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></title>
460		<para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para>
461		<para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> gives the total count of connected ISDB-Tsb
462			channels.</para>
463		<para>Possible values: 1 .. 13</para>
464		<para>Note: This value cannot be determined by an automatic channel search.</para>
465	</section>
466	<section id="isdb-hierq-layers">
467		<title><constant>DTV-ISDBT-LAYER*</constant> parameters</title>
468		<para>ISDB-T channels can be coded hierarchically. As opposed to DVB-T in
469			ISDB-T hierarchical layers can be decoded simultaneously. For that
470			reason a ISDB-T demodulator has 3 Viterbi and 3 Reed-Solomon decoders.</para>
471		<para>ISDB-T has 3 hierarchical layers which each can use a part of the
472			available segments. The total number of segments over all layers has
473			to 13 in ISDB-T.</para>
474		<para>There are 3 parameter sets, for Layers A, B and C.</para>
475		<section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED">
476			<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></title>
477			<para>Hierarchical reception in ISDB-T is achieved by enabling or disabling
478				layers in the decoding process. Setting all bits of
479				<constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant> to '1' forces all layers (if applicable) to be
480				demodulated. This is the default.</para>
481			<para>If the channel is in the partial reception mode
482				(<constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> = 1) the central segment can be decoded
483				independently of the other 12 segments. In that mode layer A has to
484				have a <constant>SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> of 1.</para>
485			<para>In ISDB-Tsb only layer A is used, it can be 1 or 3 in ISDB-Tsb
486				according to <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>. <constant>SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> must be filled
487				accordingly.</para>
488			<para>Possible values: 0x1, 0x2, 0x4 (|-able)</para>
489			<para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[0:0]</constant> - layer A</para>
490			<para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[1:1]</constant> - layer B</para>
491			<para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[2:2]</constant> - layer C</para>
492			<para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[31:3]</constant> unused</para>
493		</section>
494		<section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC">
495			<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_FEC</constant></title>
496			<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>
497		</section>
498		<section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION">
499			<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_MODULATION</constant></title>
500			<para>Possible values: <constant>QAM_AUTO</constant>, QP<constant>SK, QAM_16</constant>, <constant>QAM_64</constant>, <constant>DQPSK</constant></para>
501			<para>Note: If layer C is <constant>DQPSK</constant> layer B has to be <constant>DQPSK</constant>. If layer B is <constant>DQPSK</constant>
502				and <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>=0 layer has to be <constant>DQPSK</constant>.</para>
503		</section>
504		<section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT">
505			<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></title>
506			<para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, -1 (AUTO)</para>
507			<para>Note: Truth table for <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> and
508				<constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> and <constant>LAYER</constant>*_SEGMENT_COUNT</para>
509			<informaltable id="isdbt-layer_seg-cnt-table">
510				<tgroup cols="6">
511					<tbody>
512						<row>
513							<entry>PR</entry>
514							<entry>SB</entry>
515							<entry>Layer A width</entry>
516							<entry>Layer B width</entry>
517							<entry>Layer C width</entry>
518							<entry>total width</entry>
519						</row>
520						<row>
521							<entry>0</entry>
522							<entry>0</entry>
523							<entry>1 .. 13</entry>
524							<entry>1 .. 13</entry>
525							<entry>1 .. 13</entry>
526							<entry>13</entry>
527						</row>
528						<row>
529							<entry>1</entry>
530							<entry>0</entry>
531							<entry>1</entry>
532							<entry>1 .. 13</entry>
533							<entry>1 .. 13</entry>
534							<entry>13</entry>
535						</row>
536						<row>
537							<entry>0</entry>
538							<entry>1</entry>
539							<entry>1</entry>
540							<entry>0</entry>
541							<entry>0</entry>
542							<entry>1</entry>
543						</row>
544						<row>
545							<entry>1</entry>
546							<entry>1</entry>
547							<entry>1</entry>
548							<entry>2</entry>
549							<entry>0</entry>
550							<entry>13</entry>
551						</row>
552					</tbody>
553				</tgroup>
554			</informaltable>
555		</section>
556		<section id="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING">
557			<title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></title>
558			<para>Valid values: 0, 1, 2, 4, -1 (AUTO)</para>
559			<para>when DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING is active, value 8 is also valid.</para>
560			<para>Note: The real time interleaving length depends on the mode (fft-size). The values
561				here are referring to what can be found in the TMCC-structure, as shown in the table below.</para>
562			<informaltable id="isdbt-layer-interleaving-table">
563				<tgroup cols="4" align="center">
564					<tbody>
565						<row>
566							<entry>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_TIME_INTERLEAVING</entry>
567							<entry>Mode 1 (2K FFT)</entry>
568							<entry>Mode 2 (4K FFT)</entry>
569							<entry>Mode 3 (8K FFT)</entry>
570						</row>
571						<row>
572							<entry>0</entry>
573							<entry>0</entry>
574							<entry>0</entry>
575							<entry>0</entry>
576						</row>
577						<row>
578							<entry>1</entry>
579							<entry>4</entry>
580							<entry>2</entry>
581							<entry>1</entry>
582						</row>
583						<row>
584							<entry>2</entry>
585							<entry>8</entry>
586							<entry>4</entry>
587							<entry>2</entry>
588						</row>
589						<row>
590							<entry>4</entry>
591							<entry>16</entry>
592							<entry>8</entry>
593							<entry>4</entry>
594						</row>
595					</tbody>
596				</tgroup>
597			</informaltable>
598		</section>
599		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-FIC-VER">
600			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_FIC_VER</constant></title>
601			<para>Version number of the FIC (Fast Information Channel) signaling data.</para>
602			<para>FIC is used for relaying information to allow rapid service acquisition by the receiver.</para>
603			<para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 30, 31</para>
604		</section>
605		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-PARADE-ID">
606			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PARADE_ID</constant></title>
607			<para>Parade identification number</para>
608			<para>A parade is a collection of up to eight MH groups, conveying one or two ensembles.</para>
609			<para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 126, 127</para>
610		</section>
611		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-NOG">
612			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_NOG</constant></title>
613			<para>Number of MH groups per MH subframe for a designated parade.</para>
614			<para>Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8</para>
615		</section>
616		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-TNOG">
617			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_TNOG</constant></title>
618			<para>Total number of MH groups including all MH groups belonging to all MH parades in one MH subframe.</para>
619			<para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 30, 31</para>
620		</section>
621		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SGN">
622			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SGN</constant></title>
623			<para>Start group number.</para>
624			<para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 14, 15</para>
625		</section>
626		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-PRC">
627			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PRC</constant></title>
628			<para>Parade repetition cycle.</para>
629			<para>Possible values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8</para>
630		</section>
631		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-MODE">
632			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_MODE</constant></title>
633			<para>RS frame mode.</para>
634			<para>Possible values are:</para>
635		  <para id="atscmh-rs-frame-mode">
636<programlisting>
637typedef enum atscmh_rs_frame_mode {
638	ATSCMH_RSFRAME_PRI_ONLY  = 0,
639	ATSCMH_RSFRAME_PRI_SEC   = 1,
640} atscmh_rs_frame_mode_t;
641</programlisting>
642		  </para>
643		</section>
644		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-ENSEMBLE">
645			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_ENSEMBLE</constant></title>
646			<para>RS frame ensemble.</para>
647			<para>Possible values are:</para>
648		  <para id="atscmh-rs-frame-ensemble">
649<programlisting>
650typedef enum atscmh_rs_frame_ensemble {
651	ATSCMH_RSFRAME_ENS_PRI   = 0,
652	ATSCMH_RSFRAME_ENS_SEC   = 1,
653} atscmh_rs_frame_ensemble_t;
654</programlisting>
655		  </para>
656		</section>
657		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-PRI">
658			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_PRI</constant></title>
659			<para>RS code mode (primary).</para>
660			<para>Possible values are:</para>
661		  <para id="atscmh-rs-code-mode">
662<programlisting>
663typedef enum atscmh_rs_code_mode {
664	ATSCMH_RSCODE_211_187    = 0,
665	ATSCMH_RSCODE_223_187    = 1,
666	ATSCMH_RSCODE_235_187    = 2,
667} atscmh_rs_code_mode_t;
668</programlisting>
669		  </para>
670		</section>
671		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-SEC">
672			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_SEC</constant></title>
673			<para>RS code mode (secondary).</para>
674			<para>Possible values are:</para>
675<programlisting>
676typedef enum atscmh_rs_code_mode {
677	ATSCMH_RSCODE_211_187    = 0,
678	ATSCMH_RSCODE_223_187    = 1,
679	ATSCMH_RSCODE_235_187    = 2,
680} atscmh_rs_code_mode_t;
681</programlisting>
682		</section>
683		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-BLOCK-MODE">
684			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_BLOCK_MODE</constant></title>
685			<para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Block Mode.</para>
686			<para>Possible values are:</para>
687		  <para id="atscmh-sccc-block-mode">
688<programlisting>
689typedef enum atscmh_sccc_block_mode {
690	ATSCMH_SCCC_BLK_SEP      = 0,
691	ATSCMH_SCCC_BLK_COMB     = 1,
692} atscmh_sccc_block_mode_t;
693</programlisting>
694		  </para>
695		</section>
696		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-A">
697			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_A</constant></title>
698			<para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
699			<para>Possible values are:</para>
700		  <para id="atscmh-sccc-code-mode">
701<programlisting>
702typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
703	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
704	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
705} atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
706</programlisting>
707		  </para>
708		</section>
709		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-B">
710			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_B</constant></title>
711			<para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
712			<para>Possible values are:</para>
713<programlisting>
714typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
715	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
716	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
717} atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
718</programlisting>
719		</section>
720		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-C">
721			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_C</constant></title>
722			<para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
723			<para>Possible values are:</para>
724<programlisting>
725typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
726	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
727	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
728} atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
729</programlisting>
730		</section>
731		<section id="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-D">
732			<title><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_D</constant></title>
733			<para>Series Concatenated Convolutional Code Rate.</para>
734			<para>Possible values are:</para>
735<programlisting>
736typedef enum atscmh_sccc_code_mode {
737	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_HLF     = 0,
738	ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_QTR     = 1,
739} atscmh_sccc_code_mode_t;
740</programlisting>
741		</section>
742	</section>
743	<section id="DTV-API-VERSION">
744	<title><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></title>
745	<para>Returns the major/minor version of the DVB API</para>
746	</section>
747	<section id="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP">
748	<title><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></title>
749	<para>Used on terrestrial transmissions. The acceptable values are:
750	</para>
751	<programlisting>
752typedef enum fe_code_rate {
753	FEC_NONE = 0,
754	FEC_1_2,
755	FEC_2_3,
756	FEC_3_4,
757	FEC_4_5,
758	FEC_5_6,
759	FEC_6_7,
760	FEC_7_8,
761	FEC_8_9,
762	FEC_AUTO,
763	FEC_3_5,
764	FEC_9_10,
765} fe_code_rate_t;
766	</programlisting>
767	</section>
768	<section id="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP">
769	<title><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></title>
770	<para>Used on terrestrial transmissions. The acceptable values are:
771	</para>
772	<programlisting>
773typedef enum fe_code_rate {
774	FEC_NONE = 0,
775	FEC_1_2,
776	FEC_2_3,
777	FEC_3_4,
778	FEC_4_5,
779	FEC_5_6,
780	FEC_6_7,
781	FEC_7_8,
782	FEC_8_9,
783	FEC_AUTO,
784	FEC_3_5,
785	FEC_9_10,
786} fe_code_rate_t;
787	</programlisting>
788	</section>
789	<section id="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL">
790		<title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title>
791
792		<para>Possible values are:</para>
793<programlisting>
794typedef enum fe_guard_interval {
795	GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32,
796	GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16,
797	GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8,
798	GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4,
799	GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO,
800	GUARD_INTERVAL_1_128,
801	GUARD_INTERVAL_19_128,
802	GUARD_INTERVAL_19_256,
803	GUARD_INTERVAL_PN420,
804	GUARD_INTERVAL_PN595,
805	GUARD_INTERVAL_PN945,
806} fe_guard_interval_t;
807</programlisting>
808
809		<para>Notes:</para>
810		<para>1) If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will
811			try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill
812			in the missing parameters.</para>
813		<para>2) Intervals 1/128, 19/128 and 19/256 are used only for DVB-T2 at present</para>
814		<para>3) DTMB specifies PN420, PN595 and PN945.</para>
815	</section>
816	<section id="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE">
817		<title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title>
818
819		<para>Specifies the number of carriers used by the standard</para>
820
821		<para>Possible values are:</para>
822<programlisting>
823typedef enum fe_transmit_mode {
824	TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K,
825	TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K,
826	TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO,
827	TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K,
828	TRANSMISSION_MODE_1K,
829	TRANSMISSION_MODE_16K,
830	TRANSMISSION_MODE_32K,
831	TRANSMISSION_MODE_C1,
832	TRANSMISSION_MODE_C3780,
833} fe_transmit_mode_t;
834</programlisting>
835		<para>Notes:</para>
836		<para>1) ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called
837			'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para>
838
839		<para>2) If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the
840			hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will
841			use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para>
842		<para>3) DVB-T specifies 2K and 8K as valid sizes.</para>
843		<para>4) DVB-T2 specifies 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K and 32K.</para>
844		<para>5) DTMB specifies C1 and C3780.</para>
845	</section>
846	<section id="DTV-HIERARCHY">
847	<title><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></title>
848	<para>Frontend hierarchy</para>
849	<programlisting>
850typedef enum fe_hierarchy {
851	 HIERARCHY_NONE,
852	 HIERARCHY_1,
853	 HIERARCHY_2,
854	 HIERARCHY_4,
855	 HIERARCHY_AUTO
856 } fe_hierarchy_t;
857	</programlisting>
858	</section>
859	<section id="DTV-STREAM-ID">
860	<title><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></title>
861	<para>DVB-S2, DVB-T2 and ISDB-S support the transmission of several
862	      streams on a single transport stream.
863	      This property enables the DVB driver to handle substream filtering,
864	      when supported by the hardware.
865	      By default, substream filtering is disabled.
866	</para><para>
867	      For DVB-S2 and DVB-T2, the valid substream id range is from 0 to 255.
868	</para><para>
869	      For ISDB, the valid substream id range is from 1 to 65535.
870	</para><para>
871	      To disable it, you should use the special macro NO_STREAM_ID_FILTER.
872	</para><para>
873	      Note: any value outside the id range also disables filtering.
874	</para>
875	</section>
876	<section id="DTV-DVBT2-PLP-ID-LEGACY">
877		<title><constant>DTV_DVBT2_PLP_ID_LEGACY</constant></title>
878		<para>Obsolete, replaced with DTV_STREAM_ID.</para>
879	</section>
880	<section id="DTV-ENUM-DELSYS">
881		<title><constant>DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</constant></title>
882		<para>A Multi standard frontend needs to advertise the delivery systems provided.
883			Applications need to enumerate the provided delivery systems, before using
884			any other operation with the frontend. Prior to it's introduction,
885			FE_GET_INFO was used to determine a frontend type. A frontend which
886			provides more than a single delivery system, FE_GET_INFO doesn't help much.
887			Applications which intends to use a multistandard frontend must enumerate
888			the delivery systems associated with it, rather than trying to use
889			FE_GET_INFO. In the case of a legacy frontend, the result is just the same
890			as with FE_GET_INFO, but in a more structured format </para>
891	</section>
892	<section id="DTV-INTERLEAVING">
893	<title><constant>DTV_INTERLEAVING</constant></title>
894	<para id="fe-interleaving">Interleaving mode</para>
895	<programlisting>
896enum fe_interleaving {
897	INTERLEAVING_NONE,
898	INTERLEAVING_AUTO,
899	INTERLEAVING_240,
900	INTERLEAVING_720,
901};
902	</programlisting>
903	</section>
904	<section id="DTV-LNA">
905	<title><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></title>
906	<para>Low-noise amplifier.</para>
907	<para>Hardware might offer controllable LNA which can be set manually
908		using that parameter. Usually LNA could be found only from
909		terrestrial devices if at all.</para>
910	<para>Possible values: 0, 1, LNA_AUTO</para>
911	<para>0, LNA off</para>
912	<para>1, LNA on</para>
913	<para>use the special macro LNA_AUTO to set LNA auto</para>
914	</section>
915</section>
916
917	<section id="frontend-stat-properties">
918	<title>Frontend statistics indicators</title>
919	<para>The values are returned via <constant>dtv_property.stat</constant>.
920	      If the property is supported, <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant> is bigger than zero.</para>
921	<para>For most delivery systems, <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant>
922	      will be 1 if the stats is supported, and the properties will
923	      return a single value for each parameter.</para>
924	<para>It should be noticed, however, that new OFDM delivery systems
925	      like ISDB can use different modulation types for each group of
926	      carriers. On such standards, up to 3 groups of statistics can be
927	      provided, and <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant> is updated
928	      to reflect the "global" metrics, plus one metric per each carrier
929	      group (called "layer" on ISDB).</para>
930	<para>So, in order to be consistent with other delivery systems, the first
931	      value at <link linkend="dtv-stats"><constant>dtv_property.stat.dtv_stats</constant></link>
932	      array refers to the global metric. The other elements of the array
933	      represent each layer, starting from layer A(index 1),
934	      layer B (index 2) and so on.</para>
935	<para>The number of filled elements are stored at <constant>dtv_property.stat.len</constant>.</para>
936	<para>Each element of the <constant>dtv_property.stat.dtv_stats</constant> array consists on two elements:</para>
937	<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
938		<listitem><para><constant>svalue</constant> or <constant>uvalue</constant>, where
939			<constant>svalue</constant> is for signed values of the measure (dB measures)
940			and <constant>uvalue</constant> is for unsigned values (counters, relative scale)</para></listitem>
941		<listitem><para><constant>scale</constant> - Scale for the value. It can be:</para>
942			<itemizedlist mark='bullet' id="fecap-scale-params">
943				<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>
944				<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_DECIBEL</constant> - parameter is a signed value, measured in 1/1000 dB</para></listitem>
945				<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_RELATIVE</constant> - parameter is a unsigned value, where 0 means 0% and 65535 means 100%.</para></listitem>
946				<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>
947			</itemizedlist>
948		</listitem>
949	</itemizedlist>
950	<section id="DTV-STAT-SIGNAL-STRENGTH">
951		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_SIGNAL_STRENGTH</constant></title>
952		<para>Indicates the signal strength level at the analog part of the tuner or of the demod.</para>
953		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
954		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
955			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
956			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_DECIBEL</constant> - signal strength is in 0.0001 dBm units, power measured in miliwatts. This value is generally negative.</para></listitem>
957			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_RELATIVE</constant> - The frontend provides a 0% to 100% measurement for power (actually, 0 to 65535).</para></listitem>
958		</itemizedlist>
959	</section>
960	<section id="DTV-STAT-CNR">
961		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_CNR</constant></title>
962		<para>Indicates the Signal to Noise ratio for the main carrier.</para>
963		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
964		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
965			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
966			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_DECIBEL</constant> - Signal/Noise ratio is in 0.0001 dB units.</para></listitem>
967			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_RELATIVE</constant> - The frontend provides a 0% to 100% measurement for Signal/Noise (actually, 0 to 65535).</para></listitem>
968		</itemizedlist>
969	</section>
970	<section id="DTV-STAT-PRE-ERROR-BIT-COUNT">
971		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
972		<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>
973		<para>This measure is taken during the same interval as <constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant>.</para>
974		<para>In order to get the BER (Bit Error Rate) measurement, it should be divided by
975		<link linkend="DTV-STAT-PRE-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para>
976		<para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
977		      The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
978		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
979		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
980			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
981			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of error bits counted before the inner coding.</para></listitem>
982		</itemizedlist>
983	</section>
984	<section id="DTV-STAT-PRE-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT">
985		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
986		<para>Measures the amount of bits received before the inner code block, during the same period as
987		<link linkend="DTV-STAT-PRE-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link> measurement was taken.</para>
988		<para>It should be noticed that this measurement can be smaller than the total amount of bits on the transport stream,
989		      as the frontend may need to manually restart the measurement, losing some data between each measurement interval.</para>
990		<para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
991		      The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
992		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
993		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
994			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
995			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of bits counted while measuring
996				 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-PRE-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_PRE_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para></listitem>
997		</itemizedlist>
998	</section>
999	<section id="DTV-STAT-POST-ERROR-BIT-COUNT">
1000		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
1001		<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>
1002		<para>This measure is taken during the same interval as <constant>DTV_STAT_POST_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant>.</para>
1003		<para>In order to get the BER (Bit Error Rate) measurement, it should be divided by
1004		<link linkend="DTV-STAT-POST-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para>
1005		<para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1006		      The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1007		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1008		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1009			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1010			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of error bits counted after the inner coding.</para></listitem>
1011		</itemizedlist>
1012	</section>
1013	<section id="DTV-STAT-POST-TOTAL-BIT-COUNT">
1014		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_TOTAL_BIT_COUNT</constant></title>
1015		<para>Measures the amount of bits received after the inner coding, during the same period as
1016		<link linkend="DTV-STAT-POST-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link> measurement was taken.</para>
1017		<para>It should be noticed that this measurement can be smaller than the total amount of bits on the transport stream,
1018		      as the frontend may need to manually restart the measurement, losing some data between each measurement interval.</para>
1019		<para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1020		      The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1021		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1022		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1023			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1024			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of bits counted while measuring
1025				 <link linkend="DTV-STAT-POST-ERROR-BIT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_POST_ERROR_BIT_COUNT</constant></link>.</para></listitem>
1026		</itemizedlist>
1027	</section>
1028	<section id="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT">
1029		<title><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></title>
1030		<para>Measures the number of block errors after the outer forward error correction coding (after Reed-Solomon or other outer code).</para>
1031		<para>This measurement is monotonically increased, as the frontend gets more bit count measurements.
1032		      The frontend may reset it when a channel/transponder is tuned.</para>
1033		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1034		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1035			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1036			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of error blocks counted after the outer coding.</para></listitem>
1037		</itemizedlist>
1038	</section>
1039	<section id="DTV-STAT-TOTAL-BLOCK-COUNT">
1040		<title><constant>DTV-STAT_TOTAL_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></title>
1041		<para>Measures the total number of blocks received during the same period as
1042		<link linkend="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></link> measurement was taken.</para>
1043		<para>It can be used to calculate the PER indicator, by dividing
1044		<link linkend="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></link>
1045		by <link linkend="DTV-STAT-TOTAL-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV-STAT-TOTAL-BLOCK-COUNT</constant></link>.</para>
1046		<para>Possible scales for this metric are:</para>
1047		<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
1048			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_NOT_AVAILABLE</constant> - it failed to measure it, or the measurement was not complete yet.</para></listitem>
1049			<listitem><para><constant>FE_SCALE_COUNTER</constant> - Number of blocks counted while measuring
1050			<link linkend="DTV-STAT-ERROR-BLOCK-COUNT"><constant>DTV_STAT_ERROR_BLOCK_COUNT</constant></link>.</para></listitem>
1051		</itemizedlist>
1052	</section>
1053	</section>
1054
1055	<section id="frontend-property-terrestrial-systems">
1056	<title>Properties used on terrestrial delivery systems</title>
1057		<section id="dvbt-params">
1058			<title>DVB-T delivery system</title>
1059			<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-T:</para>
1060			<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1061				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1062				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1063				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1064				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1065				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1066				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1067				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1068				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1069				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1070				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1071				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1072				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1073				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1074				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1075			</itemizedlist>
1076			<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1077		</section>
1078		<section id="dvbt2-params">
1079			<title>DVB-T2 delivery system</title>
1080			<para>DVB-T2 support is currently in the early stages
1081			of development, so expect that this section maygrow and become
1082			more detailed with time.</para>
1083		<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-T2:</para>
1084		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1085			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1086			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1087			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1088			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1089			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1090			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1091			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1092			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1093			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1094			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
1095			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1096			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1097			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1098			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-STREAM-ID"><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1099			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1100		</itemizedlist>
1101		<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1102		</section>
1103		<section id="isdbt">
1104		<title>ISDB-T delivery system</title>
1105		<para>This ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb API extension should reflect all information
1106			needed to tune any ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb hardware. Of course it is possible
1107			that some very sophisticated devices won't need certain parameters to
1108			tune.</para>
1109		<para>The information given here should help application writers to know how
1110			to handle ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb hardware using the Linux DVB-API.</para>
1111		<para>The details given here about ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb are just enough to
1112			basically show the dependencies between the needed parameter values,
1113			but surely some information is left out. For more detailed information
1114			see the following documents:</para>
1115		<para>ARIB STD-B31 - "Transmission System for Digital Terrestrial
1116			Television Broadcasting" and</para>
1117		<para>ARIB TR-B14 - "Operational Guidelines for Digital Terrestrial
1118			Television Broadcasting".</para>
1119		<para>In order to understand the ISDB specific parameters,
1120			one has to have some knowledge the channel structure in
1121			ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb. I.e. it has to be known to
1122			the reader that an ISDB-T channel consists of 13 segments,
1123			that it can have up to 3 layer sharing those segments,
1124			and things like that.</para>
1125		<para>The following parameters are valid for ISDB-T:</para>
1126		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1127			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1128			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1129			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1130			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1131			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1132			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1133			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1134			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1135			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1136			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></link></para></listitem>
1137			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1138			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1139			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SUBCHANNEL-ID"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1140			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-IDX"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant></link></para></listitem>
1141			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1142			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1143			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1144			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1145			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1146			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1147			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1148			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1149			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1150			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1151			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1152			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1153			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1154		</itemizedlist>
1155		<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1156		</section>
1157		<section id="atsc-params">
1158			<title>ATSC delivery system</title>
1159			<para>The following parameters are valid for ATSC:</para>
1160			<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1161				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1162				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1163				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1164				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1165				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1166				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1167				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1168			</itemizedlist>
1169			<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1170		</section>
1171		<section id="atscmh-params">
1172			<title>ATSC-MH delivery system</title>
1173			<para>The following parameters are valid for ATSC-MH:</para>
1174			<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1175				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1176				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1177				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1178				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1179				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1180				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1181				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-FIC-VER"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_FIC_VER</constant></link></para></listitem>
1182				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-PARADE-ID"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PARADE_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1183				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-NOG"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_NOG</constant></link></para></listitem>
1184				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-TNOG"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_TNOG</constant></link></para></listitem>
1185				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SGN"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SGN</constant></link></para></listitem>
1186				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-PRC"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_PRC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1187				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-MODE"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1188				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-FRAME-ENSEMBLE"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_FRAME_ENSEMBLE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1189				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-PRI"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_PRI</constant></link></para></listitem>
1190				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-RS-CODE-MODE-SEC"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_RS_CODE_MODE_SEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1191				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-BLOCK-MODE"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_BLOCK_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1192				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-A"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_A</constant></link></para></listitem>
1193				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-B"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_B</constant></link></para></listitem>
1194				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-C"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_C</constant></link></para></listitem>
1195				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ATSCMH-SCCC-CODE-MODE-D"><constant>DTV_ATSCMH_SCCC_CODE_MODE_D</constant></link></para></listitem>
1196			</itemizedlist>
1197			<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1198		</section>
1199		<section id="dtmb-params">
1200			<title>DTMB delivery system</title>
1201			<para>The following parameters are valid for DTMB:</para>
1202			<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1203				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1204				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1205				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1206				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1207				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1208				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1209				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
1210				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1211				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1212				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
1213				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1214				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
1215				<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1216			</itemizedlist>
1217			<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1218		</section>
1219	</section>
1220	<section id="frontend-property-cable-systems">
1221	<title>Properties used on cable delivery systems</title>
1222	<section id="dvbc-params">
1223		<title>DVB-C delivery system</title>
1224		<para>The DVB-C Annex-A is the widely used cable standard. Transmission uses QAM modulation.</para>
1225		<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>
1226		<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-C Annex A/C:</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-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1235			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE"><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1236			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1237			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1238		</itemizedlist>
1239		<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1240	</section>
1241	<section id="dvbc-annex-b-params">
1242		<title>DVB-C Annex B delivery system</title>
1243		<para>The DVB-C Annex-B is only used on a few Countries like the United States.</para>
1244		<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-C Annex B:</para>
1245		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1246			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1247			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1248			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1249			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1250			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1251			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1252			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1253			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-LNA"><constant>DTV_LNA</constant></link></para></listitem>
1254		</itemizedlist>
1255		<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1256	</section>
1257	</section>
1258	<section id="frontend-property-satellital-systems">
1259	<title>Properties used on satellital delivery systems</title>
1260	<section id="dvbs-params">
1261		<title>DVB-S delivery system</title>
1262		<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-S:</para>
1263		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1264			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1265			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1266			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1267			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1268			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1269			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1270			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE"><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1271			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1272			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-VOLTAGE"><constant>DTV_VOLTAGE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1273			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TONE"><constant>DTV_TONE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1274		</itemizedlist>
1275		<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1276		<para>Future implementations might add those two missing parameters:</para>
1277		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1278			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DISEQC-MASTER"><constant>DTV_DISEQC_MASTER</constant></link></para></listitem>
1279			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DISEQC-SLAVE-REPLY"><constant>DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1280		</itemizedlist>
1281	</section>
1282	<section id="dvbs2-params">
1283		<title>DVB-S2 delivery system</title>
1284		<para>In addition to all parameters valid for DVB-S, DVB-S2 supports the following parameters:</para>
1285		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1286			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1287			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-PILOT"><constant>DTV_PILOT</constant></link></para></listitem>
1288			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ROLLOFF"><constant>DTV_ROLLOFF</constant></link></para></listitem>
1289			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-STREAM-ID"><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1290		</itemizedlist>
1291		<para>In addition, the <link linkend="frontend-stat-properties">DTV QoS statistics</link> are also valid.</para>
1292	</section>
1293	<section id="turbo-params">
1294		<title>Turbo code delivery system</title>
1295		<para>In addition to all parameters valid for DVB-S, turbo code supports the following parameters:</para>
1296		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1297			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1298		</itemizedlist>
1299	</section>
1300	<section id="isdbs-params">
1301		<title>ISDB-S delivery system</title>
1302		<para>The following parameters are valid for ISDB-S:</para>
1303		<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
1304			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1305			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
1306			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1307			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
1308			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
1309			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
1310			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE"><constant>DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1311			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC"><constant>DTV_INNER_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
1312			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-VOLTAGE"><constant>DTV_VOLTAGE</constant></link></para></listitem>
1313			<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-STREAM-ID"><constant>DTV_STREAM_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
1314		</itemizedlist>
1315	</section>
1316	</section>
1317</section>
1318