diff --git a/ci.h b/ci.h
index c31dccf..daa18f6 100644
--- a/ci.h
+++ b/ci.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public:
        ///< The derived class must call Cancel(3) in its destructor.
   virtual bool Ready(void);
        ///< Returns 'true' if all present CAMs in this adapter are ready.
+  virtual bool SetIdle(bool Idle, bool TestOnly) { return false; }
+  virtual bool IsIdle(void) const { return false; }
   };
 
 class cTPDU;
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 60340c0..ba2a014 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -72,12 +72,22 @@ cDevice *cDevice::device[MAXDEVICES] = { NULL };
 cDevice *cDevice::primaryDevice = NULL;
 cDevice *cDevice::avoidDevice = NULL;
 cList<cDeviceHook> cDevice::deviceHooks;
+cDevice *cDevice::nextParentDevice = NULL;
 
-cDevice::cDevice(void)
+cDevice::cDevice(cDevice *ParentDevice)
 :patPmtParser(true)
-{
-  cardIndex = nextCardIndex++;
-  dsyslog("new device number %d", CardIndex() + 1);
+,isIdle(false)
+,parentDevice(ParentDevice)
+,subDevice(NULL)
+{
+  if (!ParentDevice)
+     parentDevice = nextParentDevice;
+  cDevice::nextParentDevice = NULL;
+  if (parentDevice)
+     cardIndex = parentDevice->cardIndex;
+  else
+     cardIndex = nextCardIndex++;
+  dsyslog("new %sdevice number %d", parentDevice ? "sub-" : "", CardIndex() + 1);
 
   SetDescription("receiver on device %d", CardIndex() + 1);
 
@@ -108,10 +118,14 @@ cDevice::cDevice(void)
   for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++)
       receiver[i] = NULL;
 
-  if (numDevices < MAXDEVICES)
-     device[numDevices++] = this;
+  if (!parentDevice) {
+     if (numDevices < MAXDEVICES)
+        device[numDevices++] = this;
+     else
+        esyslog("ERROR: too many devices or \"dynamite\"-unpatched device creator!");
+     }
   else
-     esyslog("ERROR: too many devices!");
+     parentDevice->subDevice = this;
 }
 
 cDevice::~cDevice()
@@ -120,6 +134,29 @@ cDevice::~cDevice()
   DetachAllReceivers();
   delete liveSubtitle;
   delete dvbSubtitleConverter;
+  if (parentDevice && (parentDevice->subDevice == this))
+     parentDevice->subDevice = NULL;
+}
+
+bool cDevice::SetIdle(bool Idle)
+{
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->SetIdle(Idle);
+  if (isIdle == Idle)
+     return true;
+  if (Receiving(false))
+     return false;
+  if (Idle) {
+     Detach(player);
+     DetachAllReceivers();
+     }
+  if (!SetIdleDevice(Idle, true))
+     return false;
+  isIdle = Idle;
+  if (SetIdleDevice(Idle, false))
+     return true;
+  isIdle = !Idle;
+  return false;
 }
 
 bool cDevice::WaitForAllDevicesReady(int Timeout)
@@ -158,6 +195,8 @@ int cDevice::NextCardIndex(int n)
 
 int cDevice::DeviceNumber(void) const
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->DeviceNumber();
   for (int i = 0; i < numDevices; i++) {
       if (device[i] == this)
          return i;
@@ -328,6 +367,8 @@ bool cDevice::HasCi(void)
 
 void cDevice::SetCamSlot(cCamSlot *CamSlot)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->SetCamSlot(CamSlot);
   camSlot = CamSlot;
 }
 
@@ -531,6 +572,10 @@ bool cDevice::SetPid(cPidHandle *Handle, int Type, bool On)
 
 void cDevice::StartSectionHandler(void)
 {
+  if (parentDevice) {
+     parentDevice->StartSectionHandler();
+     return;
+     }
   if (!sectionHandler) {
      sectionHandler = new cSectionHandler(this);
      AttachFilter(eitFilter = new cEitFilter);
@@ -542,6 +587,10 @@ void cDevice::StartSectionHandler(void)
 
 void cDevice::StopSectionHandler(void)
 {
+  if (parentDevice) {
+     parentDevice->StopSectionHandler();
+     return;
+     }
   if (sectionHandler) {
      delete nitFilter;
      delete sdtFilter;
@@ -568,12 +617,17 @@ void cDevice::CloseFilter(int Handle)
 
 void cDevice::AttachFilter(cFilter *Filter)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->AttachFilter(Filter);
+  SetIdle(false);
   if (sectionHandler)
      sectionHandler->Attach(Filter);
 }
 
 void cDevice::Detach(cFilter *Filter)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->Detach(Filter);
   if (sectionHandler)
      sectionHandler->Detach(Filter);
 }
@@ -720,6 +774,7 @@ eSetChannelResult cDevice::SetChannel(const cChannel *Channel, bool LiveView)
         sectionHandler->SetStatus(false);
         sectionHandler->SetChannel(NULL);
         }
+     SetIdle(false);
      // Tell the camSlot about the channel switch and add all PIDs of this
      // channel to it, for possible later decryption:
      if (camSlot)
@@ -766,8 +821,10 @@ void cDevice::ForceTransferMode(void)
 {
   if (!cTransferControl::ReceiverDevice()) {
      cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByNumber(CurrentChannel());
-     if (Channel)
+     if (Channel) {
+        SetIdle(false);
         SetChannelDevice(Channel, false); // this implicitly starts Transfer Mode
+        }
      }
 }
 
@@ -1138,7 +1195,10 @@ bool cDevice::Transferring(void) const
 
 bool cDevice::AttachPlayer(cPlayer *Player)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->AttachPlayer(Player);
   if (CanReplay()) {
+     SetIdle(false);
      if (player)
         Detach(player);
      DELETENULL(liveSubtitle);
@@ -1157,6 +1217,8 @@ bool cDevice::AttachPlayer(cPlayer *Player)
 
 void cDevice::Detach(cPlayer *Player)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->Detach(Player);
   if (Player && player == Player) {
      cPlayer *p = player;
      player = NULL; // avoids recursive calls to Detach()
@@ -1176,6 +1238,8 @@ void cDevice::Detach(cPlayer *Player)
 
 void cDevice::StopReplay(void)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->StopReplay();
   if (player) {
      Detach(player);
      if (IsPrimaryDevice())
@@ -1458,6 +1522,8 @@ int cDevice::PlayTs(const uchar *Data, int Length, bool VideoOnly)
 
 int cDevice::Priority(void) const
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->Priority();
   int priority = IsPrimaryDevice() ? Setup.PrimaryLimit - 1 : DEFAULTPRIORITY;
   for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++) {
       if (receiver[i])
@@ -1473,6 +1539,8 @@ bool cDevice::Ready(void)
 
 bool cDevice::Receiving(bool CheckAny) const
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->Receiving(CheckAny);
   for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++) {
       if (receiver[i] && (CheckAny || receiver[i]->priority >= 0)) // cReceiver with priority < 0 doesn't count
          return true;
@@ -1552,10 +1620,13 @@ bool cDevice::GetTSPacket(uchar *&Data)
 
 bool cDevice::AttachReceiver(cReceiver *Receiver)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->AttachReceiver(Receiver);
   if (!Receiver)
      return false;
   if (Receiver->device == this)
      return true;
+  SetIdle(false);
 // activate the following line if you need it - actually the driver should be fixed!
 //#define WAIT_FOR_TUNER_LOCK
 #ifdef WAIT_FOR_TUNER_LOCK
@@ -1594,6 +1665,8 @@ bool cDevice::AttachReceiver(cReceiver *Receiver)
 
 void cDevice::Detach(cReceiver *Receiver)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->Detach(Receiver);
   if (!Receiver || Receiver->device != this)
      return;
   bool receiversLeft = false;
@@ -1619,6 +1692,8 @@ void cDevice::Detach(cReceiver *Receiver)
 
 void cDevice::DetachAll(int Pid)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->DetachAll(Pid);
   if (Pid) {
      cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutexReceiver);
      for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++) {
@@ -1631,6 +1706,8 @@ void cDevice::DetachAll(int Pid)
 
 void cDevice::DetachAllReceivers(void)
 {
+  if (parentDevice)
+     return parentDevice->DetachAllReceivers();
   cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutexReceiver);
   for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++)
       Detach(receiver[i]);
@@ -1702,3 +1779,25 @@ uchar *cTSBuffer::Get(void)
      }
   return NULL;
 }
+
+// --- cDynamicDeviceProbe -------------------------------------------------------
+
+cList<cDynamicDeviceProbe> DynamicDeviceProbes;
+
+cList<cDynamicDeviceProbe::cDynamicDeviceProbeItem> cDynamicDeviceProbe::commandQueue;
+
+void cDynamicDeviceProbe::QueueDynamicDeviceCommand(eDynamicDeviceProbeCommand Cmd, const char *DevPath)
+{
+  if (DevPath)
+     commandQueue.Add(new cDynamicDeviceProbeItem(Cmd, new cString(DevPath)));
+}
+
+cDynamicDeviceProbe::cDynamicDeviceProbe(void)
+{
+  DynamicDeviceProbes.Add(this);
+}
+
+cDynamicDeviceProbe::~cDynamicDeviceProbe()
+{
+  DynamicDeviceProbes.Del(this, false);
+}
diff --git a/device.h b/device.h
index 1598af2..7340392 100644
--- a/device.h
+++ b/device.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ private:
   static int nextCardIndex;
   int cardIndex;
 protected:
-  cDevice(void);
   virtual ~cDevice();
   virtual bool Ready(void);
          ///< Returns true if this device is ready. Devices with conditional
@@ -190,9 +189,6 @@ protected:
          ///< A derived class must call the MakePrimaryDevice() function of its
          ///< base class.
 public:
-  bool IsPrimaryDevice(void) const { return this == primaryDevice; }
-  int CardIndex(void) const { return cardIndex; }
-         ///< Returns the card index of this device (0 ... MAXDEVICES - 1).
   int DeviceNumber(void) const;
          ///< Returns the number of this device (0 ... numDevices).
   virtual bool HasDecoder(void) const;
@@ -365,9 +361,6 @@ public:
          ///< Returns true if this device has a Common Interface.
   void SetCamSlot(cCamSlot *CamSlot);
          ///< Sets the given CamSlot to be used with this device.
-  cCamSlot *CamSlot(void) const { return camSlot; }
-         ///< Returns the CAM slot that is currently used with this device,
-         ///< or NULL if no CAM slot is in use.
 
 // Image Grab facilities
 
@@ -524,9 +517,6 @@ private:
   cTsToPes tsToPesSubtitle;
   bool isPlayingVideo;
 protected:
-  const cPatPmtParser *PatPmtParser(void) const { return &patPmtParser; }
-       ///< Returns a pointer to the patPmtParser, so that a derived device
-       ///< can use the stream information from it.
   virtual bool CanReplay(void) const;
        ///< Returns true if this device can currently start a replay session.
   virtual bool SetPlayMode(ePlayMode PlayMode);
@@ -712,6 +702,39 @@ public:
        ///< Detaches all receivers from this device for this pid.
   void DetachAllReceivers(void);
        ///< Detaches all receivers from this device.
+       
+// --- dynamite subdevice patch start ---
+  friend class cDynamicDevice;
+private:
+  static cDevice *nextParentDevice;
+         ///< Holds the parent device for the next subdevice
+         ///< so the dynamite-plugin can work with unpatched plugins
+  bool isIdle;
+protected:
+  cDevice *parentDevice;
+  cDevice *subDevice;
+  cDevice(cDevice *ParentDevice = NULL);
+  const cPatPmtParser *PatPmtParser(void) const { if (parentDevice) return parentDevice->PatPmtParser(); return &patPmtParser; }
+       ///< Returns a pointer to the patPmtParser, so that a derived device
+       ///< can use the stream information from it.
+public:
+  bool IsPrimaryDevice(void) const { if (parentDevice) return parentDevice->IsPrimaryDevice(); return this == primaryDevice; }
+  int CardIndex(void) const { if (parentDevice) return parentDevice->cardIndex; return cardIndex; }
+         ///< Returns the card index of this device (0 ... MAXDEVICES - 1).
+  cCamSlot *CamSlot(void) const { if (parentDevice) return parentDevice->CamSlot(); return camSlot; }
+         ///< Returns the CAM slot that is currently used with this device,
+         ///< or NULL if no CAM slot is in use.
+  bool IsSubDevice(void) const { return (parentDevice != NULL); }
+  bool HasSubDevice(void) const { return (subDevice != NULL); }
+  cDevice *SubDevice(void) const { return subDevice; }
+  bool IsIdle(void) const { if (parentDevice) return parentDevice->IsIdle(); return isIdle; }
+  bool SetIdle(bool Idle);
+  virtual bool SetIdleDevice(bool Idle, bool TestOnly) { return false; }
+         ///< Called by SetIdle
+         ///< if TestOnly, don't do anything, just return, if the device
+         ///< can be set to the new idle state
+  virtual bool CanScanForEPG(void) const { return !IsIdle(); }
+  // --- dynamite subdevice patch end ---
   };
 
 /// Derived cDevice classes that can receive channels will have to provide
@@ -735,4 +758,47 @@ public:
   uchar *Get(void);
   };
 
+/// A plugin that want to create devices handled by the dynamite-plugin needs to create
+/// a cDynamicDeviceProbe derived object on the heap in order to have its Probe()
+/// function called, where it can actually create the appropriate device.
+/// The cDynamicDeviceProbe object must be created in the plugin's constructor,
+/// and deleted in its destructor.
+/// The "DevPath" hasn't to be a physical device or a path in the filesystem.
+/// It can be any string a plugin may react on.
+
+#define __DYNAMIC_DEVICE_PROBE
+
+enum eDynamicDeviceProbeCommand { ddpcAttach, ddpcDetach, ddpcService };
+
+class cDynamicDeviceProbe : public cListObject {
+  friend class cDynamicDevice;
+private:
+  class cDynamicDeviceProbeItem : public cListObject {
+  public:
+    eDynamicDeviceProbeCommand cmd;
+    cString *devpath;
+    cDynamicDeviceProbeItem(eDynamicDeviceProbeCommand Cmd, cString *DevPath):cmd(Cmd),devpath(DevPath) {}
+    virtual ~cDynamicDeviceProbeItem() { if (devpath) delete devpath; }
+    };
+  static cList<cDynamicDeviceProbeItem> commandQueue;
+     ///< A list where all attach/detach commands are queued
+     ///< so they can be processed in the MainThreadHook of
+     ///< the dynamite plugin.
+public:
+  static void QueueDynamicDeviceCommand(eDynamicDeviceProbeCommand Cmd, const char *DevPath);
+     ///< Plugins which support cDynamicDeviceProbe must use this function
+     ///< to queue the devices they normally create in their Initialize method.
+     ///< These devices are created as subdevices in the Start-method of the dynamite-plugin.
+  cDynamicDeviceProbe(void);
+  virtual ~cDynamicDeviceProbe();
+  virtual cDevice *Attach(cDevice *ParentDevice, const char *DevPath) = 0;
+     ///< Probes for a device at the given device-path like /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
+     ///< or /dev/video0 etc. and creates the appropriate
+     ///< object derived from cDevice if applicable.
+     ///< Returns the device that has been created or NULL if not.
+     ///< The dynamite-plugin will delete the device if it is detached.
+  };
+
+extern cList<cDynamicDeviceProbe> DynamicDeviceProbes;
+  
 #endif //__DEVICE_H
diff --git a/dvbci.c b/dvbci.c
index 5289bbd..fea3a83 100644
--- a/dvbci.c
+++ b/dvbci.c
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
 #include "dvbci.h"
 #include <linux/dvb/ca.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include "device.h"
+#include "dvbdevice.h"
 
 // --- cDvbCiAdapter ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-cDvbCiAdapter::cDvbCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd)
+cDvbCiAdapter::cDvbCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd, int Adapter, int Frontend)
 {
   device = Device;
   SetDescription("CI adapter on device %d", device->DeviceNumber());
   fd = Fd;
+  adapter = Adapter;
+  frontend = Frontend;
+  idle = false;
   ca_caps_t Caps;
   if (ioctl(fd, CA_GET_CAP, &Caps) == 0) {
      if ((Caps.slot_type & CA_CI_LINK) != 0) {
@@ -41,10 +44,44 @@ cDvbCiAdapter::cDvbCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd)
 cDvbCiAdapter::~cDvbCiAdapter()
 {
   Cancel(3);
+  if (device->IsSubDevice() || device->HasSubDevice())
+     CloseCa();
+}
+
+bool cDvbCiAdapter::OpenCa(void)
+{
+  if (fd >= 0)
+     return true;
+  fd = cDvbDevice::DvbOpen(DEV_DVB_CA, adapter, frontend, O_RDWR);
+  return (fd >= 0);
+}
+
+void cDvbCiAdapter::CloseCa(void)
+{
+  if (fd < 0)
+     return;
+  close(fd);
+  fd = -1;
+}
+
+bool cDvbCiAdapter::SetIdle(bool Idle, bool TestOnly)
+{
+  if ((adapter < 0) || (frontend < 0))
+     return false;
+  if (TestOnly || (idle == Idle))
+     return true;
+  if (Idle)
+     CloseCa();
+  else
+     OpenCa();
+  idle = Idle;
+  return true;
 }
 
 int cDvbCiAdapter::Read(uint8_t *Buffer, int MaxLength)
 {
+  if (idle || (fd < 0))
+     return 0;
   if (Buffer && MaxLength > 0) {
      struct pollfd pfd[1];
      pfd[0].fd = fd;
@@ -61,6 +98,8 @@ int cDvbCiAdapter::Read(uint8_t *Buffer, int MaxLength)
 
 void cDvbCiAdapter::Write(const uint8_t *Buffer, int Length)
 {
+  if (idle || (fd < 0))
+     return;
   if (Buffer && Length > 0) {
      if (safe_write(fd, Buffer, Length) != Length)
         esyslog("ERROR: can't write to CI adapter on device %d: %m", device->DeviceNumber());
@@ -69,6 +108,8 @@ void cDvbCiAdapter::Write(const uint8_t *Buffer, int Length)
 
 bool cDvbCiAdapter::Reset(int Slot)
 {
+  if (idle || (fd < 0))
+     return false;
   if (ioctl(fd, CA_RESET, 1 << Slot) != -1)
      return true;
   else
@@ -78,6 +119,8 @@ bool cDvbCiAdapter::Reset(int Slot)
 
 eModuleStatus cDvbCiAdapter::ModuleStatus(int Slot)
 {
+  if (idle || (fd < 0))
+     return msNone;
   ca_slot_info_t sinfo;
   sinfo.num = Slot;
   if (ioctl(fd, CA_GET_SLOT_INFO, &sinfo) != -1) {
@@ -99,10 +142,10 @@ bool cDvbCiAdapter::Assign(cDevice *Device, bool Query)
   return true;
 }
 
-cDvbCiAdapter *cDvbCiAdapter::CreateCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd)
+cDvbCiAdapter *cDvbCiAdapter::CreateCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd, int Adapter, int Frontend)
 {
   // TODO check whether a CI is actually present?
   if (Device)
-     return new cDvbCiAdapter(Device, Fd);
+     return new cDvbCiAdapter(Device, Fd, Adapter, Frontend);
   return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/dvbci.h b/dvbci.h
index adbe40d..6d117b2 100644
--- a/dvbci.h
+++ b/dvbci.h
@@ -16,16 +16,24 @@ class cDvbCiAdapter : public cCiAdapter {
 private:
   cDevice *device;
   int fd;
+  int adapter;
+  int frontend;
+  bool idle;
+
+  bool OpenCa(void);
+  void CloseCa(void);
 protected:
   virtual int Read(uint8_t *Buffer, int MaxLength);
   virtual void Write(const uint8_t *Buffer, int Length);
   virtual bool Reset(int Slot);
   virtual eModuleStatus ModuleStatus(int Slot);
   virtual bool Assign(cDevice *Device, bool Query = false);
-  cDvbCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd);
+  cDvbCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd, int Adapter = -1, int Frontend = -1);
 public:
   virtual ~cDvbCiAdapter();
-  static cDvbCiAdapter *CreateCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd);
+  virtual bool SetIdle(bool Idle, bool TestOnly);
+  virtual bool IsIdle(void) const { return idle; }
+  static cDvbCiAdapter *CreateCiAdapter(cDevice *Device, int Fd, int Adapter = -1, int Frontend = -1);
   };
 
 #endif //__DVBCI_H
diff --git a/dvbdevice.c b/dvbdevice.c
index f32b350..755d9e0 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.c
+++ b/dvbdevice.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ private:
   int device;
   int fd_frontend;
   int adapter, frontend;
+  cDvbDevice *dvbdevice;
   int tuneTimeout;
   int lockTimeout;
   time_t lastTimeoutReport;
@@ -269,30 +270,37 @@ private:
   cMutex mutex;
   cCondVar locked;
   cCondVar newSet;
+  bool isIdle;
+  bool OpenFrontend(void);
+  bool CloseFrontend(void);
   bool GetFrontendStatus(fe_status_t &Status, int TimeoutMs = 0);
   bool SetFrontend(void);
   virtual void Action(void);
 public:
-  cDvbTuner(int Device, int Fd_Frontend, int Adapter, int Frontend, fe_delivery_system FrontendType);
+  cDvbTuner(int Device, int Fd_Frontend, int Adapter, int Frontend, fe_delivery_system FrontendType, cDvbDevice *Dvbdevice);
   virtual ~cDvbTuner();
   const cChannel *GetTransponder(void) const { return &channel; }
   bool IsTunedTo(const cChannel *Channel) const;
   void Set(const cChannel *Channel);
   bool Locked(int TimeoutMs = 0);
+  bool SetIdle(bool Idle);
+  bool IsIdle(void) const { return isIdle; }
   };
 
-cDvbTuner::cDvbTuner(int Device, int Fd_Frontend, int Adapter, int Frontend, fe_delivery_system FrontendType)
+cDvbTuner::cDvbTuner(int Device, int Fd_Frontend, int Adapter, int Frontend, fe_delivery_system FrontendType, cDvbDevice *Dvbdevice)
 {
   device = Device;
   fd_frontend = Fd_Frontend;
   adapter = Adapter;
   frontend = Frontend;
   frontendType = FrontendType;
+  dvbdevice = Dvbdevice;
   tuneTimeout = 0;
   lockTimeout = 0;
   lastTimeoutReport = 0;
   diseqcCommands = NULL;
   tunerStatus = tsIdle;
+  isIdle = false;
   if (frontendType == SYS_DVBS || frontendType == SYS_DVBS2)
      CHECK(ioctl(fd_frontend, FE_SET_VOLTAGE, SEC_VOLTAGE_13)); // must explicitly turn on LNB power
   SetDescription("tuner on frontend %d/%d", adapter, frontend);
@@ -305,6 +313,8 @@ cDvbTuner::~cDvbTuner()
   newSet.Broadcast();
   locked.Broadcast();
   Cancel(3);
+  if (dvbdevice && dvbdevice->IsSubDevice())
+     CloseFrontend();
 }
 
 bool cDvbTuner::IsTunedTo(const cChannel *Channel) const
@@ -339,8 +349,49 @@ bool cDvbTuner::Locked(int TimeoutMs)
   return tunerStatus >= tsLocked;
 }
 
+bool cDvbTuner::SetIdle(bool Idle)
+{
+  if (isIdle == Idle)
+     return true;
+  isIdle = Idle;
+  if (Idle)
+     return CloseFrontend();
+  return OpenFrontend();
+}
+
+bool cDvbTuner::OpenFrontend(void)
+{
+  if (fd_frontend >= 0)
+     return true;
+  cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutex);
+  fd_frontend = cDvbDevice::DvbOpen(DEV_DVB_FRONTEND, adapter, frontend, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
+  if (fd_frontend < 0)
+     return false;
+  if (frontendType == SYS_DVBS || frontendType == SYS_DVBS2)
+#ifdef LNB_SHARING_VERSION
+     if (lnbSendSignals)
+#endif
+     CHECK(ioctl(fd_frontend, FE_SET_VOLTAGE, SEC_VOLTAGE_13)); // must explicitly turn on LNB power
+  isIdle = false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool cDvbTuner::CloseFrontend(void)
+{
+  if (fd_frontend < 0)
+     return true;
+  cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutex);
+  tunerStatus = tsIdle;
+  newSet.Broadcast();
+  close(fd_frontend);
+  fd_frontend = -1;
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool cDvbTuner::GetFrontendStatus(fe_status_t &Status, int TimeoutMs)
 {
+  if (!OpenFrontend())
+     return false;
   if (TimeoutMs) {
      cPoller Poller(fd_frontend);
      if (Poller.Poll(TimeoutMs)) {
@@ -367,6 +418,8 @@ static unsigned int FrequencyToHz(unsigned int f)
 
 bool cDvbTuner::SetFrontend(void)
 {
+  if (!OpenFrontend())
+     return false;
 #define MAXFRONTENDCMDS 16
 #define SETCMD(c, d) { Frontend[CmdSeq.num].cmd = (c);\
                        Frontend[CmdSeq.num].u.data = (d);\
@@ -526,9 +579,11 @@ void cDvbTuner::Action(void)
   bool LostLock = false;
   fe_status_t Status = (fe_status_t)0;
   while (Running()) {
-        fe_status_t NewStatus;
-        if (GetFrontendStatus(NewStatus, 10))
-           Status = NewStatus;
+        if (!isIdle) {
+           fe_status_t NewStatus;
+           if (GetFrontendStatus(NewStatus, 10))
+              Status = NewStatus;
+           }
         cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutex);
         switch (tunerStatus) {
           case tsIdle:
@@ -661,7 +716,8 @@ const char *DeliverySystems[] = {
   NULL
   };
 
-cDvbDevice::cDvbDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend)
+cDvbDevice::cDvbDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend, cDevice *ParentDevice)
+:cDevice(ParentDevice)
 {
   adapter = Adapter;
   frontend = Frontend;
@@ -678,7 +734,7 @@ cDvbDevice::cDvbDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend)
 
   fd_ca = DvbOpen(DEV_DVB_CA, adapter, frontend, O_RDWR);
   if (fd_ca >= 0)
-     ciAdapter = cDvbCiAdapter::CreateCiAdapter(this, fd_ca);
+     ciAdapter = cDvbCiAdapter::CreateCiAdapter(parentDevice ? parentDevice : this, fd_ca, Adapter, Frontend);
 
   // The DVR device (will be opened and closed as needed):
 
@@ -718,7 +774,7 @@ cDvbDevice::cDvbDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend)
         else
            p = (char *)"unknown modulations";
         isyslog("frontend %d/%d provides %s with %s (\"%s\")", adapter, frontend, DeliverySystems[frontendType], p, frontendInfo.name);
-        dvbTuner = new cDvbTuner(CardIndex() + 1, fd_frontend, adapter, frontend, frontendType);
+        dvbTuner = new cDvbTuner(CardIndex() + 1, fd_frontend, adapter, frontend, frontendType, this);
         }
      }
   else
@@ -823,6 +879,31 @@ bool cDvbDevice::Ready(void)
   return true;
 }
 
+bool cDvbDevice::SetIdleDevice(bool Idle, bool TestOnly)
+{
+  if (TestOnly) {
+     if (ciAdapter)
+        return ciAdapter->SetIdle(Idle, true);
+     return true;
+     }
+  if (!dvbTuner->SetIdle(Idle))
+     return false;
+  if (ciAdapter && !ciAdapter->SetIdle(Idle, false)) {
+     dvbTuner->SetIdle(!Idle);
+     return false;
+     }
+  if (Idle)
+     StopSectionHandler();
+  else
+     StartSectionHandler();
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool cDvbDevice::CanScanForEPG(void) const
+{
+  return !IsIdle() && !dvbTuner->IsIdle() && ((ciAdapter == NULL) || !ciAdapter->IsIdle());
+}
+
 bool cDvbDevice::HasCi(void)
 {
   return ciAdapter;
diff --git a/dvbdevice.h b/dvbdevice.h
index ff606fd..7ca1a87 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.h
+++ b/dvbdevice.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class cDvbTuner;
 /// The cDvbDevice implements a DVB device which can be accessed through the Linux DVB driver API.
 
 class cDvbDevice : public cDevice {
-protected:
+public:
   static cString DvbName(const char *Name, int Adapter, int Frontend);
   static int DvbOpen(const char *Name, int Adapter, int Frontend, int Mode, bool ReportError = false);
 private:
@@ -123,10 +123,13 @@ private:
   fe_delivery_system frontendType;
   int fd_dvr, fd_ca;
 public:
-  cDvbDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend);
+  cDvbDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend, cDevice *ParentDevice = NULL);
   virtual ~cDvbDevice();
   virtual bool Ready(void);
 
+  virtual bool SetIdleDevice(bool Idle, bool TestOnly);
+  virtual bool CanScanForEPG(void) const;
+
 // Common Interface facilities:
 
 private:
diff --git a/eitscan.c b/eitscan.c
index 2b43e71..ff5e3e4 100644
--- a/eitscan.c
+++ b/eitscan.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void cEITScanner::Process(void)
            bool AnyDeviceSwitched = false;
            for (int i = 0; i < cDevice::NumDevices(); i++) {
                cDevice *Device = cDevice::GetDevice(i);
-               if (Device) {
+               if (Device && Device->CanScanForEPG()) {
                   for (cScanData *ScanData = scanList->First(); ScanData; ScanData = scanList->Next(ScanData)) {
                       const cChannel *Channel = ScanData->GetChannel();
                       if (Channel) {