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 .. cpp:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request, unsigned int *status )
25 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <frontend_f_open>`.
31 pointer to a bitmask integer filled with the values defined by enum
32 :ref:`fe_status <fe-status>`.
38 All DVB frontend devices support the ``FE_READ_STATUS`` ioctl. It is
39 used to check about the locking status of the frontend after being
40 tuned. The ioctl takes a pointer to an integer where the status will be
43 .. note:: The size of status is actually sizeof(enum fe_status), with
44 varies according with the architecture. This needs to be fixed in the
53 The fe_status parameter is used to indicate the current state and/or
54 state changes of the frontend hardware. It is produced using the enum
55 :ref:`fe_status <fe-status>` values on a bitmask
60 .. flat-table:: enum fe_status
77 - The frontend has found something above the noise level
85 - The frontend has found a DVB signal
93 - The frontend FEC inner coding (Viterbi, LDPC or other inner code)
102 - Synchronization bytes was found
110 - The DVB were locked and everything is working
118 - no lock within the last about 2 seconds
126 - The frontend was reinitialized, application is recommended to
127 reset DiSEqC, tone and parameters
133 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
134 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
135 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.