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@@ -12,23 +12,34 @@ antenna subsystem via Satellite Equipment Control (SEC), on satellite
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systems. The actual parameters are specific to each particular digital
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TV standards, and may change as the digital TV specs evolves.
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-In the past, the strategy used was to have a union with the parameters
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-needed to tune for DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T and ATSC delivery systems grouped
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-there. The problem is that, as the second generation standards appeared,
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-those structs were not big enough to contain the additional parameters.
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-Also, the union didn't have any space left to be expanded without
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-breaking userspace. So, the decision was to deprecate the legacy
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-union/struct based approach, in favor of a properties set approach.
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+In the past (up to DVB API version 3), the strategy used was to have a
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+union with the parameters needed to tune for DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T and
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+ATSC delivery systems grouped there. The problem is that, as the second
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+generation standards appeared, the size of such union was not big
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+enough to group the structs that would be required for those new
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+standards. Also, extending it would break userspace.
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+
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+So, the legacy union/struct based approach was deprecated, in favor
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+of a properties set approach.
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+
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+This section describes the new and recommended way to set the frontend,
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+with suppports all digital TV delivery systems.
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.. note::
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- On Linux DVB API version 3, setting a frontend were done via
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- struct :c:type:`dvb_frontend_parameters`.
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- This got replaced on version 5 (also called "S2API", as this API were
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- added originally_enabled to provide support for DVB-S2), because the
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- old API has a very limited support to new standards and new hardware.
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- This section describes the new and recommended way to set the frontend,
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- with suppports all digital TV delivery systems.
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+ 1. On Linux DVB API version 3, setting a frontend was done via
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+ struct :c:type:`dvb_frontend_parameters`.
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+
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+ 2. Don't use DVB API version 3 calls on hardware with supports
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+ newer standards. Such API provides no suport or a very limited
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+ support to new standards and/or new hardware.
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+
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+ 3. Nowadays, most frontends support multiple delivery systems.
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+ Only with DVB v5 calls it is possible to switch between
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+ the multiple delivery systems supported by a frontend.
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+
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+ 4. DVB API version 5 is also called *S2API*, as the first
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+ new standard added to it was DVB-S2.
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Example: with the properties based approach, in order to set the tuner
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to a DVB-C channel at 651 kHz, modulated with 256-QAM, FEC 3/4 and
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