[linux-dvb] scan not working on hotbird/sirius?

[Josef Wolf]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:07:00PM +0100, Josef Wolf wrote:

> I have some troubles to scan the satellites for available channels.
> I have 3 LNB's connected via a diseqc switch The positions are:
> 
>  diseqc-pos 0: astra-e19.2
>  diseqc-pos 1: hotbird-e13.0
>  diseqc-pos 2: sirius-e5.0
> 
> I have installed ubuntu-gutsy with two TT-budget cards.  Then I do:
> 
>   # cd /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-s
>   # scanopts="-U -p -e3 -o vdr"
>   # scan -s0 $scanopts Astra-19.2E    >~/astra.out
>   # scan -s1 $scanopts Hotbird-13.0E  >~/hotbird.out
>   # scan -s2 $scanopts Sirius-5.0E    >~/sirius.out
> 
> For astra, this seems to work as expected and finds 1138 channels.
> 
> But for hotbird, only transponders explicitly mentioned in the
> initial-tuning-data-file are actually scanned.  If I add more
> transponders (data found from lyngsat)to the initial-tuning file,
> more channels are found.
> 
> This is what I get for hotbird:
> 
>   # scan -s1 $scanopts Hotbird-13.0E >hotbird.scan
>   scanning /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-s/Hotbird-13.0E
>   using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>   initial transponder 12539000 H 27500000 3
>   initial transponder 12558000 V 27500000 3
>   initial transponder 11034000 V 27500000 3
>   >>> tune to: 12539:h:S0.0W:27500:
>   0x0000 0x227c: pmt_pid 0x0000 MultiProgram -- CARPE DIEM (running)
>   [ ... ]
>   0x0000 0x227e: pmt_pid 0x120c MultiProgram -- LA 8 (running)
>   Network Name 'EUTELSAT 13EAST'
>   >>> tune to: 12558:v:S0.0W:27500:
>   0x0000 0x238d: pmt_pid 0x0000 EUTELSAT -- SKYPLEX TXP92 (running)
>   [ ... ]
>   0x0000 0x272a: pmt_pid 0x0000 VFSAT3 -- SIMS Signaling (running, scrambled)
>   Network Name 'Skyplex'
>   WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0e2f
>   WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0e33
>   >>> tune to: 11034:v:S0.0W:27500:
>   Network Name 'GCP'
>   0x0000 0x06a5: pmt_pid 0x0064 Globecast -- W9 (running, scrambled)
>   [ ... ]
>   0x0000 0x06ad: pmt_pid 0x0384 GLOBECAST -- EURONEWS-FRANCE (running)
>   dumping lists (74 services)
>   Done.
>   #   
> 
> So it looks like scan don't really recognize the satellite, since it
> tries to tune to S0.0W.  But nevertheless, I have given -s1, so scan
> should know that it should use diseqc position 1.

No ideas on this one?