On 10/30/11 10:01, Michael Krufky wrote:
> The patch is actually OK with me, except that i disagree
> with the -2 parameter choice.  I propose instead, to use a lowercase
> 'h' ...


diff -r d4e8bf5658ce util/femon/femon.c
--- a/util/femon/femon.c        Fri Oct 07 01:26:04 2011 +0530
+++ b/util/femon/femon.c        Mon Oct 31 12:29:14 2011 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * James Lockie: Oct. 2011
+ * modified to add a switch (-h) to show signal/snr in dB
  */
 
 
@@ -37,11 +40,16 @@
 
 #include <libdvbapi/dvbfe.h>
 
+/* the s5h1409 delivers both fields in 0.1dB increments, while
+ * some demods expect signal to be 0-65535 and SNR to be in 1/256 increments
+*/
+
 #define FE_STATUS_PARAMS 
(DVBFE_INFO_LOCKSTATUS|DVBFE_INFO_SIGNAL_STRENGTH|DVBFE_INFO_BER|DVBFE_INFO_SNR|DVBFE_INFO_UNCORRECTED_BLOCKS)
 
 static char *usage_str =
     "\nusage: femon [options]\n"
-    "     -H        : human readable output\n"
+    "     -H        : human readable output: (signal: 0-65335, snr: 1/256 
increments)\n"
+    "     -h        : human readable output: (signal and snr in .1 dB 
increments)\n"
     "     -A        : Acoustical mode. A sound indicates the signal quality.\n"
     "     -r        : If 'Acoustical mode' is active it tells the 
application\n"
     "                 is called remotely via ssh. The sound is heard on the 
'real'\n"
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@
 
 
 static
-int check_frontend (struct dvbfe_handle *fe, int human_readable, unsigned int 
count)
+int check_frontend (struct dvbfe_handle *fe, int human_readable, int 
db_readable, unsigned int count)
 {
        struct dvbfe_info fe_info;
        unsigned int samples = 0;
@@ -93,31 +101,32 @@
                        fprintf(stderr, "Problem retrieving frontend 
information: %m\n");
                }
 
+               //  print the status code
+               printf ("status %c%c%c%c%c | ",
+                       fe_info.signal ? 'S' : ' ',
+                       fe_info.carrier ? 'C' : ' ',
+                       fe_info.viterbi ? 'V' : ' ',
+                       fe_info.sync ? 'Y' : ' ',
+                       fe_info.lock ? 'L' : ' ' );
 
+               if (db_readable) {
+                       printf ("signal %3.0fdB | snr %3.0fdB",
+                               (fe_info.signal_strength * 0.1),
+                               (fe_info.snr * 0.1) );
+               } else if (human_readable) {
+                       printf ("signal %3u%% | snr %3u%%",
+                               (fe_info.signal_strength * 100) / 0xffff,
+                               (fe_info.snr * 100) / 0xffff );
+               } else {
+                       printf ("signal %04x | snr %04x",
+                               fe_info.signal_strength,
+                               fe_info.snr );
+               }
 
-               if (human_readable) {
-                       printf ("status %c%c%c%c%c | signal %3u%% | snr %3u%% | 
ber %d | unc %d | ",
-                               fe_info.signal ? 'S' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.carrier ? 'C' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.viterbi ? 'V' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.sync ? 'Y' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.lock ? 'L' : ' ',
-                               (fe_info.signal_strength * 100) / 0xffff,
-                               (fe_info.snr * 100) / 0xffff,
-                               fe_info.ber,
-                               fe_info.ucblocks);
-               } else {
-                       printf ("status %c%c%c%c%c | signal %04x | snr %04x | 
ber %08x | unc %08x | ",
-                               fe_info.signal ? 'S' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.carrier ? 'C' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.viterbi ? 'V' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.sync ? 'Y' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.lock ? 'L' : ' ',
-                               fe_info.signal_strength,
-                               fe_info.snr,
-                               fe_info.ber,
-                               fe_info.ucblocks);
-               }
+               /* always print ber and ucblocks */
+               printf (" | ber %08x | unc %08x | ",
+                       fe_info.ber,
+                       fe_info.ucblocks);
 
                if (fe_info.lock)
                        printf("FE_HAS_LOCK");
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@
 
 
 static
-int do_mon(unsigned int adapter, unsigned int frontend, int human_readable, 
unsigned int count)
+int do_mon(unsigned int adapter, unsigned int frontend, int human_readable, 
int db_readable, unsigned int count)
 {
        int result;
        struct dvbfe_handle *fe;
@@ -175,7 +184,7 @@
        }
        printf("FE: %s (%s)\n", fe_info.name, fe_type);
 
-       result = check_frontend (fe, human_readable, count);
+       result = check_frontend (fe, human_readable, db_readable, count);
 
        dvbfe_close(fe);
 
@@ -186,9 +195,10 @@
 {
        unsigned int adapter = 0, frontend = 0, count = 0;
        int human_readable = 0;
+       int db_readable = 0;
        int opt;
 
-       while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "rAHa:f:c:")) != -1) {
+       while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "rAHha:f:c:")) != -1) {
                switch (opt)
                {
                default:
@@ -206,6 +216,9 @@
                case 'H':
                        human_readable = 1;
                        break;
+               case 'h':
+                       db_readable = 1;
+                       break;
                case 'A':
                        // Acoustical mode: we have to reduce the delay between
                        // checks in order to hear nice sound
@@ -218,7 +231,7 @@
                }
        }
 
-       do_mon(adapter, frontend, human_readable, count);
+       do_mon(adapter, frontend, human_readable, db_readable, count);
 
        return 0;
 }


On 10/30/11 11:42, Antti Palosaari wrote:
> 
> 
> You should take look to demod drivers and check what those are returning. I 
> have strong feeling that most drivers returns SNR as 10xdB. And SS as 
> 0-0xffff. I think there is good consensus of SNR unit, but for SS it is not 
> so clear. For my drivers I have used SNR 10xdB and SS 0-0xffff. That's why, 
> giving only those two alternatives is not suitable. Maybe it is better to set 
> own param for SNR and SS?

Good point.

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