Dvb constellation

Receiving I&Q data from DVB demodulator

dvb_const -f /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1 -o iq_dvbc_qam256.txt -p 100000

received data (100000 points) will be saved into iq_dvbc_qam256.txt file. File format is simple text csv. Example of received data:

-175,-45
-46,110
-241,-178
176,11
-50,173
16,44

Values are signed. First I part, second Q part.

dvb_const_plot utility build PNG image with constellation:

dvb_const_plot -i iq_dvbc_qam256.txt -o iq_dvbc_qam256.png -c "SNR=38dB QAM256"

resulting image will be saved into iq_dvbc_qam256.png. Here is example of images received with NetUP Dual DVB-T/C-CI RF and NetUP Dual DVB S2 CI cards.