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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b5365f61 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml @@ -0,0 +1,590 @@ +<section id="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY"> +<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</title> + +<programlisting> +/* Reserved fields should be set to 0 */ +struct dtv_property { + __u32 cmd; + union { + __u32 data; + struct { + __u8 data[32]; + __u32 len; + __u32 reserved1[3]; + void *reserved2; + } buffer; + } u; + int result; +} __attribute__ ((packed)); + +/* num of properties cannot exceed DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS per ioctl */ +#define DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS 64 + +struct dtv_properties { + __u32 num; + struct dtv_property *props; +}; +</programlisting> + +<section id="FE_GET_PROPERTY"> +<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY</title> +<para>DESCRIPTION +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>This ioctl call returns one or more frontend properties. This call only + requires read-only access to the device.</para> +</entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +<para>SYNOPSIS +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>, + dtv_properties ⋆props);</para> +</entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +<para>PARAMETERS +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> +<para>int fd</para> +</entry><entry + align="char"> +<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> +</entry> + </row><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>int num</para> +</entry><entry + align="char"> +<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para> +</entry> + </row><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>struct dtv_property *props</para> +</entry><entry + align="char"> +<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para> +</entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +<para>ERRORS</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row> + <entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Invalid parameter(s) received or number of parameters out of the range.</para></entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char"><para>ENOMEM</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Out of memory.</para></entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char"><para>EFAULT</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Failure while copying data from/to userspace.</para></entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +</section> + +<section id="FE_SET_PROPERTY"> +<title>FE_SET_PROPERTY</title> +<para>DESCRIPTION +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>This ioctl call sets one or more frontend properties. This call only + requires read-only access to the device.</para> +</entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +<para>SYNOPSIS +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>, + dtv_properties ⋆props);</para> +</entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +<para>PARAMETERS +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> +<para>int fd</para> +</entry><entry + align="char"> +<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para> +</entry> + </row><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>int num</para> +</entry><entry + align="char"> +<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para> +</entry> + </row><row><entry + align="char"> +<para>struct dtv_property *props</para> +</entry><entry + align="char"> +<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para> +</entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +<para>ERRORS +</para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row> + <entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Invalid parameter(s) received or number of parameters out of the range.</para></entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char"><para>ENOMEM</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Out of memory.</para></entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char"><para>EFAULT</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Failure while copying data from/to userspace.</para></entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry> + <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry> + </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> +</section> + +<section> + <title>Property types</title> +<para> +On <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>/<link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>, +the actual action is determined by the dtv_property cmd/data pairs. With one single ioctl, is possible to +get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on the next sections. +</para> + +<para>The available frontend property types are:</para> +<programlisting> +#define DTV_UNDEFINED 0 +#define DTV_TUNE 1 +#define DTV_CLEAR 2 +#define DTV_FREQUENCY 3 +#define DTV_MODULATION 4 +#define DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ 5 +#define DTV_INVERSION 6 +#define DTV_DISEQC_MASTER 7 +#define DTV_SYMBOL_RATE 8 +#define DTV_INNER_FEC 9 +#define DTV_VOLTAGE 10 +#define DTV_TONE 11 +#define DTV_PILOT 12 +#define DTV_ROLLOFF 13 +#define DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY 14 +#define DTV_FE_CAPABILITY_COUNT 15 +#define DTV_FE_CAPABILITY 16 +#define DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM 17 +#define DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION 18 +#define DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING 19 +#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID 20 +#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX 21 +#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT 22 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC 23 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION 24 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT 25 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING 26 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC 27 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION 28 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT 29 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING 30 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC 31 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION 32 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT 33 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING 34 +#define DTV_API_VERSION 35 +#define DTV_CODE_RATE_HP 36 +#define DTV_CODE_RATE_LP 37 +#define DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL 38 +#define DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE 39 +#define DTV_HIERARCHY 40 +#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED 41 +#define DTV_ISDBS_TS_ID 42 +</programlisting> +</section> + +<section id="fe_property_common"> + <title>Parameters that are common to all Digital TV standards</title> + <section id="DTV_FREQUENCY"> + <title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title> + + <para>Central frequency of the channel, in HZ.</para> + + <para>Notes:</para> + <para>1)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. + E.g. a valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of + the channel which is 6MHz.</para> + + <para>2)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the + frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the + central frequency of the channel is expected.</para> + </section> + + <section id="DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ"> + <title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></title> + + <para>Bandwidth for the channel, in HZ.</para> + + <para>Possible values: + <constant>1712000</constant>, + <constant>5000000</constant>, + <constant>6000000</constant>, + <constant>7000000</constant>, + <constant>8000000</constant>, + <constant>10000000</constant>. + </para> + + <para>Notes:</para> + + <para>1) For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para> + <para>2) For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para> + <para>3) Bandwidth doesn't apply for DVB-C transmissions, as the bandwidth + for DVB-C depends on the symbol rate</para> + <para>4) Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from + other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX, + DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para> + <para>5) DVB-T supports 6, 7 and 8MHz.</para> + <para>6) In addition, DVB-T2 supports 1.172, 5 and 10MHz.</para> + </section> + + <section id="DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM"> + <title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title> + + <para>Specifies the type of Delivery system</para> + + <para>Possible values: </para> +<programlisting> +typedef enum fe_delivery_system { + SYS_UNDEFINED, + SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_AC, + SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B, + SYS_DVBT, + SYS_DSS, + SYS_DVBS, + SYS_DVBS2, + SYS_DVBH, + SYS_ISDBT, + SYS_ISDBS, + SYS_ISDBC, + SYS_ATSC, + SYS_ATSCMH, + SYS_DMBTH, + SYS_CMMB, + SYS_DAB, + SYS_DVBT2, +} fe_delivery_system_t; +</programlisting> + + </section> + + <section id="DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE"> + <title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title> + + <para>Specifies the number of carriers used by the standard</para> + + <para>Possible values are:</para> +<programlisting> +typedef enum fe_transmit_mode { + TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K, + TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K, + TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO, + TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K, + TRANSMISSION_MODE_1K, + TRANSMISSION_MODE_16K, + TRANSMISSION_MODE_32K, +} fe_transmit_mode_t; +</programlisting> + + <para>Notes:</para> + <para>1) ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called + 'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para> + + <para>2) If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the + hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will + use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para> + <para>3) DVB-T specifies 2K and 8K as valid sizes.</para> + <para>4) DVB-T2 specifies 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K and 32K.</para> + </section> + + <section id="DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL"> + <title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title> + + <para>Possible values are:</para> +<programlisting> +typedef enum fe_guard_interval { + GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32, + GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16, + GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8, + GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4, + GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO, + GUARD_INTERVAL_1_128, + GUARD_INTERVAL_19_128, + GUARD_INTERVAL_19_256, +} fe_guard_interval_t; +</programlisting> + + <para>Notes:</para> + <para>1) If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will + try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill + in the missing parameters.</para> + <para>2) Intervals 1/128, 19/128 and 19/256 are used only for DVB-T2 at present</para> + </section> +</section> + +<section id="isdbt"> + <title>ISDB-T frontend</title> + <para>This section describes shortly what are the possible parameters in the Linux + DVB-API called "S2API" and now DVB API 5 in order to tune an ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb + demodulator:</para> + + <para>This ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb API extension should reflect all information + needed to tune any ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb hardware. Of course it is possible + that some very sophisticated devices won't need certain parameters to + tune.</para> + + <para>The information given here should help application writers to know how + to handle ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb hardware using the Linux DVB-API.</para> + + <para>The details given here about ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb are just enough to + basically show the dependencies between the needed parameter values, + but surely some information is left out. For more detailed information + see the following documents:</para> + + <para>ARIB STD-B31 - "Transmission System for Digital Terrestrial + Television Broadcasting" and</para> + <para>ARIB TR-B14 - "Operational Guidelines for Digital Terrestrial + Television Broadcasting".</para> + + <para>In order to read this document one has to have some knowledge the + channel structure in ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb. I.e. it has to be known to + the reader that an ISDB-T channel consists of 13 segments, that it can + have up to 3 layer sharing those segments, and things like that.</para> + + <para>Parameters used by ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb.</para> + + <section id="isdbt-new-parms"> + <title>ISDB-T only parameters</title> + + <section id="isdbt-part-rec"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></title> + + <para><constant>If DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '0' this bit-field represents whether + the channel is in partial reception mode or not.</para> + + <para>If '1' <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_*</constant> values are assigned to the center segment and + <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> has to be '1'.</para> + + <para>If in addition <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1' + <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> represents whether this ISDB-Tsb channel + is consisting of one segment and layer or three segments and two layers.</para> + + <para>Possible values: 0, 1, -1 (AUTO)</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-sound-bcast"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></title> + + <para>This field represents whether the other DTV_ISDBT_*-parameters are + referring to an ISDB-T and an ISDB-Tsb channel. (See also + <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>).</para> + + <para>Possible values: 0, 1, -1 (AUTO)</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-sb-ch-id"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant></title> + + <para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para> + + <para>(Note of the author: This might not be the correct description of the + <constant>SUBCHANNEL-ID</constant> in all details, but it is my understanding of the technical + background needed to program a device)</para> + + <para>An ISDB-Tsb channel (1 or 3 segments) can be broadcasted alone or in a + set of connected ISDB-Tsb channels. In this set of channels every + channel can be received independently. The number of connected + ISDB-Tsb segment can vary, e.g. depending on the frequency spectrum + bandwidth available.</para> + + <para>Example: Assume 8 ISDB-Tsb connected segments are broadcasted. The + broadcaster has several possibilities to put those channels in the + air: Assuming a normal 13-segment ISDB-T spectrum he can align the 8 + segments from position 1-8 to 5-13 or anything in between.</para> + + <para>The underlying layer of segments are subchannels: each segment is + consisting of several subchannels with a predefined IDs. A sub-channel + is used to help the demodulator to synchronize on the channel.</para> + + <para>An ISDB-T channel is always centered over all sub-channels. As for + the example above, in ISDB-Tsb it is no longer as simple as that.</para> + + <para><constant>The DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant> parameter is used to give the + sub-channel ID of the segment to be demodulated.</para> + + <para>Possible values: 0 .. 41, -1 (AUTO)</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-sb-seg-idx"> + + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant></title> + + <para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para> + + <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant> gives the index of the segment to be + demodulated for an ISDB-Tsb channel where several of them are + transmitted in the connected manner.</para> + + <para>Possible values: 0 .. <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> - 1</para> + + <para>Note: This value cannot be determined by an automatic channel search.</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-sb-seg-cnt"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></title> + + <para>This field only applies if <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> is '1'.</para> + + <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> gives the total count of connected ISDB-Tsb + channels.</para> + + <para>Possible values: 1 .. 13</para> + + <para>Note: This value cannot be determined by an automatic channel search.</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdb-hierq-layers"> + <title>Hierarchical layers</title> + + <para>ISDB-T channels can be coded hierarchically. As opposed to DVB-T in + ISDB-T hierarchical layers can be decoded simultaneously. For that + reason a ISDB-T demodulator has 3 viterbi and 3 reed-solomon-decoders.</para> + + <para>ISDB-T has 3 hierarchical layers which each can use a part of the + available segments. The total number of segments over all layers has + to 13 in ISDB-T.</para> + + <section id="isdbt-layer-ena"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></title> + + <para>Hierarchical reception in ISDB-T is achieved by enabling or disabling + layers in the decoding process. Setting all bits of + <constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant> to '1' forces all layers (if applicable) to be + demodulated. This is the default.</para> + + <para>If the channel is in the partial reception mode + (<constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> = 1) the central segment can be decoded + independently of the other 12 segments. In that mode layer A has to + have a <constant>SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> of 1.</para> + + <para>In ISDB-Tsb only layer A is used, it can be 1 or 3 in ISDB-Tsb + according to <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>. <constant>SEGMENT_COUNT</constant> must be filled + accordingly.</para> + + <para>Possible values: 0x1, 0x2, 0x4 (|-able)</para> + + <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[0:0]</constant> - layer A</para> + <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[1:1]</constant> - layer B</para> + <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[2:2]</constant> - layer C</para> + <para><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED[31:3]</constant> unused</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-layer-fec"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_FEC</constant></title> + + <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> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-layer-mod"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_MODULATION</constant></title> + + <para>Possible values: <constant>QAM_AUTO</constant>, QP<constant>SK, QAM_16</constant>, <constant>QAM_64</constant>, <constant>DQPSK</constant></para> + + <para>Note: If layer C is <constant>DQPSK</constant> layer B has to be <constant>DQPSK</constant>. If layer B is <constant>DQPSK</constant> + and <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant>=0 layer has to be <constant>DQPSK</constant>.</para> + </section> + + <section id="isdbt-layer-seg-cnt"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></title> + + <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, -1 (AUTO)</para> + + <para>Note: Truth table for <constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant> and + <constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant> and <constant>LAYER</constant>*_SEGMENT_COUNT</para> + + <informaltable id="isdbt-layer_seg-cnt-table"> + <tgroup cols="6"> + + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>PR</entry> + <entry>SB</entry> + <entry>Layer A width</entry> + <entry>Layer B width</entry> + <entry>Layer C width</entry> + <entry>total width</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>1 .. 13</entry> + <entry>1 .. 13</entry> + <entry>1 .. 13</entry> + <entry>13</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>1 .. 13</entry> + <entry>1 .. 13</entry> + <entry>13</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>2</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>13</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + + </tgroup> + </informaltable> + + </section> + + <section id="isdbt_layer_t_interl"> + <title><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER*_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></title> + + <para>Possible values: 0, 1, 2, 3, -1 (AUTO)</para> + + <para>Note: The real inter-leaver depth-names depend on the mode (fft-size); the values + here are referring to what can be found in the TMCC-structure - + independent of the mode.</para> + </section> + </section> + </section> + <section id="dvbt2-params"> + <title>DVB-T2 parameters</title> + + <para>This section covers parameters that apply only to the DVB-T2 delivery method. DVB-T2 + support is currently in the early stages development so expect this section to grow + and become more detailed with time.</para> + + <section id="dvbt2-plp-id"> + <title><constant>DTV_DVBT2_PLP_ID</constant></title> + + <para>DVB-T2 supports Physical Layer Pipes (PLP) to allow transmission of + many data types via a single multiplex. The API will soon support this + at which point this section will be expanded.</para> + </section> + </section> +</section> +</section> |