[ sorry for breaking thread - but people don't seem to honor CC ] On 04/08/08 22:49, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: <snip> > > And explanation: > > After a reset CAM is "absent" for a very short time (<14ms == less than > > a scheduler tick) and then it takes ~1.7s to become ready again. (The > > intervall between reset and status query seems to be a bit bigger in vdr > > - so we only see the 3-->1 change == 3-->2 in vdr numbers). > > > > It's an endless loop: cam detection --> cam reset --> cam not > > present/ready for a short while --> vdr thinks cam has been physically > > removed --> cam detection --> cam reset etc. > > > > Big thanks to Christoph for assistance. > > > > Is it realistic to hope for a workaround/solution for this kind of CAMs > > (Technotrend CX at my case)? > > Since this apparently happens also without VDR, I guess it will have to > be fixed in the driver. No. If you issue a reset, you have to deal with its consequences. And one obvious consequence is that the cam is unusable for a certain time (and thus reports not-ready). > Klaus Christoph _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
