[...] > bsrv2, bs* are all tuners from Alps , not demodulators, AFAIK. The > tuners don't do the DiSEqC but only a dedicated chip. > for example, on the Galaxis rev 1.3 FF card that i have, a LNBP13 is > used for dedicated control. > (http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/22777/STMICROELECTRONICS/LNBP13.html) > for DiSEqC. Oh yes, you're right, I messed up lnbp21 and bsbe1 :/ > The LNBP chip is never inside the tinbox itself.In some budget cases, > the demod can be made to do DiSEqC also without a dedicated chip (It can > be from other vendors as well). In this case, it is the demod which does > the DiSEqC, even in this case it is discrete electronic components that > do DiSEqC instead of the dedicated chip. > > The term frontend, comes from the term RF frontend, which refers to the > "tinbox". In many cases the tuner/frontend (tinbox) integrates the > demod, while in some cases demodulators are outside the tuner (tinbox) Well, that's why I think 'tuner-' is indeed a quite reductive prefix ... Maybe we shall have a single file by _chip_ then ??? For instance : lnb-disecq/lnbp21.h lnb-disecq/lnbp13.h tuners/bsbe1.h tuners/bsrv2.h demod/stv0299.h demod/... And then a frontend is the sum of a lnbp chip, a demod, a tuner : exactly as in the DVB API documentation... ? Perceval. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
