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Instead of repeating duplicate parameters to each delivery system,
just add a section for each specific delivery system, showing
what's applicable to each case. This helps userspace app developers
to know what DVB parameters are applicable to each delivery system.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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<section id="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY">
<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</title>

<title><constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant></title>
<para>This section describes the DVB version 5 extention of the DVB-API, also
called "S2API", as this API were added to provide support for DVB-S2. It was
designed to be able to replace the old frontend API. Yet, the DISEQC and
the capability ioctls weren't implemented yet via the new way.</para>
<para>The typical usage for the <constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant>
API is to replace the ioctl's were the <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters">
struct <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link> were used.</para>
<programlisting>
/* Reserved fields should be set to 0 */
struct dtv_property {
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get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on the next sections.
</para>

<para>The available frontend property types are:</para>

<para><link linkend="DTV-UNDEFINED">DTV_UNDEFINED</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE">DTV_TUNE</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR">DTV_CLEAR</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY">DTV_FREQUENCY</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION">DTV_MODULATION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ">DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION">DTV_INVERSION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-DISEQC-MASTER">DTV_DISEQC_MASTER</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-SYMBOL-RATE">DTV_SYMBOL_RATE</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-INNER-FEC">DTV_INNER_FEC</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-VOLTAGE">DTV_VOLTAGE</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-TONE">DTV_TONE</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-PILOT">DTV_PILOT</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ROLLOFF">DTV_ROLLOFF</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-DISEQC-SLAVE-REPLY">DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-FE-CAPABILITY-COUNT">DTV_FE_CAPABILITY_COUNT</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-FE-CAPABILITY">DTV_FE_CAPABILITY</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM">DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION">DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING">DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SUBCHANNEL-ID">DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-IDX">DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-COUNT">DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING">DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION">DTV_API_VERSION</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP">DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP">DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL">DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE">DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY">DTV_HIERARCHY</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED">DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBS-TS-ID">DTV_ISDBS_TS_ID</link></para>
<para><link linkend="DTV-DVBT2-PLP-ID">DTV_DVBT2_PLP_ID</link></para>
<para>The available frontend property types are shown on the next section.</para>
</section>

<section id="fe_property_parameters">
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many data types via a single multiplex. The API will soon support this
at which point this section will be expanded.</para>
</section>
<section id="frontend-property-dtv-types">
<title>Properties used by each DTV type</title>
</section>
<section id="frontend-property-terrestrial-systems">
<title>Properties used on terrestrial delivery systems</title>
<section id="dvbt-params">
<title>DVB-T delivery system</title>
<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-T:</para>
<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id="dvbt2-params">
<title>DVB-T2 delivery system</title>
<para>DVB-T2support is currently in the early stages
of development so expect this section to grow and become
more detailed with time.</para>
<para>The following parameters are valid for DVB-T2:</para>
<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DVBT2-PLP-ID"><constant>DTV_DVBT2_PLP_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id="isdbt">
<title>ISDB-T frontend</title>
<para>This section describes shortly what are the possible parameters in the Linux
DVB-API called "S2API" and now DVB API 5 in order to tune an ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb
demodulator:</para>
<title>ISDB-T delivery system</title>
<para>This ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb API extension should reflect all information
needed to tune any ISDB-T/ISDB-Tsb hardware. Of course it is possible
that some very sophisticated devices won't need certain parameters to
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Television Broadcasting" and</para>
<para>ARIB TR-B14 - "Operational Guidelines for Digital Terrestrial
Television Broadcasting".</para>
<para>In order to read this document one has to have some knowledge the
channel structure in ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb. I.e. it has to be known to
the reader that an ISDB-T channel consists of 13 segments, that it can
have up to 3 layer sharing those segments, and things like that.</para>
</section>
<section id="dvbt2-params">
<title>DVB-T2 parameters</title>
<para>This section covers parameters that apply only to the DVB-T2 delivery method. DVB-T2
support is currently in the early stages development so expect this section to grow
and become more detailed with time.</para>
<para>In order to understand the ISDB specific parameters,
one has to have some knowledge the channel structure in
ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb. I.e. it has to be known to
the reader that an ISDB-T channel consists of 13 segments,
that it can have up to 3 layer sharing those segments,
and things like that.</para>
<para>The following parameters are valid for ISDB-T:</para>
<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-API-VERSION"><constant>DTV_API_VERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM"><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SUBCHANNEL-ID"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-IDX"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SB-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-FEC"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-SEGMENT-COUNT"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-TIME-INTERLEAVING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING</constant></link></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
</section>
<section id="frontend-property-cable-systems">
<title>Properties used on cable delivery systems</title>
<para>TODO</para>
</section>
<section id="frontend-property-satellital-systems">
<title>Properties used on satellital delivery systems</title>
<para>TODO</para>
</section>
</section>

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