1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
12 FE_READ_STATUS - Returns status information about the front-end. This call only requires - read-only access to the device
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, FE_READ_STATUS, unsigned int *status )
26 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <frontend_f_open>`.
29 pointer to a bitmask integer filled with the values defined by enum
36 All DVB frontend devices support the ``FE_READ_STATUS`` ioctl. It is
37 used to check about the locking status of the frontend after being
38 tuned. The ioctl takes a pointer to an integer where the status will be
43 The size of status is actually sizeof(enum fe_status), with
44 varies according with the architecture. This needs to be fixed in the
51 The fe_status parameter is used to indicate the current state and/or
52 state changes of the frontend hardware. It is produced using the enum
53 :c:type:`fe_status` values on a bitmask
57 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{3.5cm}|p{14.0cm}|
61 .. flat-table:: enum fe_status
78 - The frontend has found something above the noise level
86 - The frontend has found a DVB signal
94 - The frontend FEC inner coding (Viterbi, LDPC or other inner code)
103 - Synchronization bytes was found
111 - The DVB were locked and everything is working
119 - no lock within the last about 2 seconds
127 - The frontend was reinitialized, application is recommended to
128 reset DiSEqC, tone and parameters
134 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
135 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
136 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.