Em Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:26:07 -0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> Em Fri, 24 Nov 2017 10:52:04 +0200
> Maksym Veremeyenko <verem@xxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > there is a code in function *dvbsat_diseqc_set_input*:
> >
> > [...]
> > /* Negative numbers means to not use a DiSEqC switch */
> > if (parms->p.sat_number < 0)
> > return 0;
> > [...]
> >
> > if it mean /there is no DiSEqC switch/ then LNB's *polarity* and *band*
> > settings still should be applied - attached patch fixes that behavior.
> >
> > if it mean /current DVB is a slave/ i.e. it is connected to LOOP OUT of
> > another DVB, so no need to configure anything, then statement above is
> > correct and no patches from this email should be applied.
>
> No, it actually means that there's no DiSEqC at all; the LNBf
> is a bandstacking one, where different polarities use different
> LO, like on those LNBf:
>
> {
> .desc = {
> .name = N_("Big Dish - Multipoint LNBf"),
> .alias = "C-MULT",
> },
> .freqrange = {
> { 3700, 4200, 5150, 0, POLARIZATION_R },
> { 3700, 4200, 5750, 0, POLARIZATION_L }
> },
> }, {
>
> .desc = {
> .name = N_("BrasilSat Amazonas 1/2 - 2 Oscilators"),
> .alias = "AMAZONAS",
> },
> .freqrange = {
> { 11037, 11360, 9670, 0, POLARIZATION_V },
> { 11780, 12150, 10000, 0, POLARIZATION_H },
> { 10950, 11280, 10000, 0, POLARIZATION_H },
> },
> },
>
>
> The case where the LNBf accepts DiSEqC commands, but there's no
> switch will work just fine, as the switch control data will be
> silently ignored.
>
> Ok, removing them could reduce a little bit the tuning time, at
> the expense of making harder for the user, as he would need to
> select between 4 different DiSEqC situations:
>
> - no DiSEqC at all;
> - DiSEqC LNbf, no DiSEqC switch;
> - DiSEqC LNbf, DiSEqC switch with 2 ports (miniDiSEqC);
> - DiSEqC LNbf, DiSEqC switch with 4 ports.
>
> The way the code is, if DiSEqC is selected, it will send both
> mini-DiSEqC (if satellite number < 2) and DiSEqC commands, so,
> all 3 DiSEqC cases will be covered by just one configuration.
After revising this and doing some tests with the help of
Rafaël, it actually mades sense to apply something like that,
but adding an extra check for SCR/Unicable case.
Just added the patches today. Sorry for the noise.
Thanks,
Mauro
