From: "D. Ratner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > is there a utility out there that if given a > frequency, it will scan for any usable data? > > In otherwords will check all polarities and symbol > rates etc for data.
All symbol rates? Let's see: The STV0299B has 20 bits for the symbol rate setting, that's 1,048,576 possible symbol rates. Even if you spend only 10ms checking each symbol rate, it'll take 3 hours to scan all symbol rates. Add polarity and it'll be 6 hours. Add the 5 possible Viterbi FEC rates and it'll take over a day... Also, for low symbol rates, you'll have to wait much longer for a signal lock, it can sometimes take several seconds to lock. If you wait 10 seconds on each possible combination of symbol rate, polarization and FEC rate, you'll spend over a thousand days, i.e. over three years scanning just a single frequency. I don't think you really want to do this. Better find the correct parameters out from the satellite operator - they know, for sure. Regards, -- Robert Schlabbach e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berlin, Germany -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
