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.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
.\" vdr distribution.
.\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.13 2010/01/31 12:59:50 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 2.15 2010/02/21 14:29:06 kls Exp $
.\"
.TH vdr 5 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
.SH NAME
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ If in doubt, try 0 (off). (DVB-T only).
\fBDelivery System:\fR The satellite delivery system (0 = DVB-S, 1 = DVB-S2).
\fBPolarization:\fR Satellite antenna polarization.
-h = horizontal, v = vertical, r = circular right, l = circular left.
+H = horizontal, V = vertical, R = circular right, L = circular left.
The polarization parameters have no integer numbers following them. This is for
compatibility with files from older versions and also to keep the DVB-S entries
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ An example of a parameter field for a DVB-S channel might look like this:
An example of a parameter field for a DVB-S2 channel might look like this:
\fBhC910M2O35S1\fR
+Plugins that implement devices that need their own set of parameters may
+store those in the parameters string in arbitrary format (not necessarily
+the "character/number" format listed above). The only condition is that
+the string may not contain colons (':') or newline characters.
.TP
.B Source
The signal source of this channel, as defined in the file \fIsources.conf\fR.
-For compatibility with files from older versions numeric values will be accepted
-and also written back correctly, but they will have no meaning for the \fBDiSEqC\fR
-settings. You should replace the numerical values with the proper source identifiers
-defined in \fIsources.conf\fR.
.TP
.B Srate
The symbol rate of this channel (DVB-S and DVB-C only).
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ l l.
\fBC\fR@Cable
\fBT\fR@Terrestrial
.TE
+
and is followed by further data pertaining to that particular source. In case of
\fBS\fRatellite this is the orbital position in degrees, followed by \fBE\fR for
east or \fBW\fR for west.
@@ -452,6 +453,15 @@ l l.
There can be any number of actions in a line, including none at all - in which case
the entry would be used only to set the LOF to use for the given frequency range
and polarization.
+
+By default it is assumed that every DVB-S device can receive every satellite.
+If this is not the case in a particular setup, lines of the form
+
+\fB1 2 4:\fR
+
+may be inserted in the \fIdiseqc.conf\fR file, defining the devices that are able
+to receive the satellites following thereafter. In this case, only the devices
+1, 2 and 4 would be able to receive any satellites following this line.
.SS REMOTE CONTROL KEYS
The file \fIremote.conf\fR contains the key assignments for all remote control
units. Each line consists of one key assignment in the following format: