Moin,

This simple plugin displays the status of all available dvb devices. This could in case of driver problems. It should works with vdr 1.6.x and maybe 1.7.x, but not with 1.5.x or earlier.

For every dvb device known to vdr it shows * its type (DVB-T, DVB-C (not tested), DVB-S) * its name * its /dev path (/dev/dvb/adapter*) * its current recordings with their start time and title. Selecting a recording and pressing 'ok' starts it for timeshift viewing.

Press the red key to toggle the recordings display.

* the channels the device is currently tuned to. The provider of every channel is also shown.

The live channel is marked with a plus sign. Crypted channels are marked with a "x". There are also marks for radio channels ("r"), tv channels ("t"), video only channels ("v") and payload free channels("?").

The channels are selectable; pressing OK switches to this channel (without exiting the plugin). Pressing the keys "7" or "9" will change to the closest transponder with lower or higher frequency. Attention: This will break a current recordind on this device!

Press the yellow key to show/hide this channel display.

* the signal strength and the signal / noise ratio of the device. Note: Some dvb device driver do not provide this info.

Press the green key to toggle the signal display. Press the blue key to refresh the screen (and thus the values)

* The device which delivers the live view is marked with the text "live" * the settings are retained between sessions * there is also a small setup page

This plugin is heavily based on the recstatus plugin by Christian Wieninger and Mike Constabel (http://www.constabel.net/vdr/plugins.de.htm).

Joe_D at vdr-portal.de implemented the automatic repaint of the screen as soon as channel are switched or recording starts or stops. Thanks.

I used also some code from the femon plugin (http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/).

Example OSD output:

Device status

--- Device 1 (device with decoder, primary device) --- satellite card (ST STV0299 DVB-S) - /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 frequency: 12070 MHz, signal: 65%, s/n: 81% currently no recordings 1045 t x PREMIERE START (PREMIERE) 3080 t x TNT SERIE (PREMIERE) 3133 t x BLUE MOVIE Extra () 3134 t x BLUE MOVIE Gay () 3135 t x BLUE MOVIE () 3326 t x GOLDSTAR TV (PREMIERE) 3337 t x HEIMATKANAL (PREMIERE) 3342 t x HIT24 (PREMIERE) 3468 t x RTL CRIME (PREMIERE) 3471 t x RTL PASSION (PREMIERE) 3684 r x P-60ER/70ER (PREMIERE) 3685 r x P-80ER/90ER (PREMIERE) 3686 r x P-COUNTRY (PREMIERE) 3687 r x P-DEUTSCHE CHARTS (PREMIERE) 3689 r x P-LOVE SONGS (PREMIERE) 3690 r x P-RnB/HIP HOP (PREMIERE) 3691 r x P-ROCK HYMNEN (PREMIERE)

--- Device 2 -- Live --- terrestrial card (Philips TDA10045H DVB-T) - /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 frequency: 706 MHz, signal: 80%, s/n: 99% currently no recordings 101 t + Das Erste (ARD) 104 t arte (ARD) 118 t EinsFestival (ARD) 120 t Phoenix (ARD)

--- Device 3 --- terrestrial card (Afatech AF9013 DVB-T) - /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0 frequency: 746 MHz, signal: 100%, s/n: 0% currently no recordings 107 t SAT.1 (ProSiebenSat.1) 108 t ProSieben (ProSiebenSat.1) 109 t kabel eins (ProSiebenSat.1) 121 t N24 (ProSiebenSat.1)

no recordings no strength no channels Refresh display

Example SVDRP-Session:

PLUG devstatus 214-Plugin devstatus v0.3.0 - Status of dvb devices 214-SVDRP commands: 214- DEVSTAT RECNUMBER 214 End of HELP info

PLUG devstatus RECNUMBER 900-Number of concurrent recordings: 900- Device 1: 0 900- 900- Device 2: 0 900

PLUG devstatus DEVSTAT 900-List of DVB devices: 900- --- Device 1 (device with decoder, primary device) ---: 900- currently no recordings 900- 900- --- Device 2 ---: 900- currently no recordings 900

Gruss, Walter