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<blockquote data-quote="htpcoz" data-source="post: 124658" data-attributes="member: 13987"><p>I've done a bit more investigation with scanchannelsbda, and it appears that the values coming back from the card are consistent, but just very different from other drivers.</p><p></p><p>In my case I tried in the same PC another card (DNTV live). This reports 0 when no antenna is connected, and goes up to 90% with "bunny ears", and 100 with the external antenna.</p><p></p><p>When I do the same with the DVICO I get 80000 with no antenna connected (consistent). With "bunny ears" I get -5300 (approx, value varies +/- 500), when I connect the external antenna this values goes to about -6300. So it seems to me that perhaps the value quoted is a gain figure or some such value for the signal, rather than a percentage figure. My signal is strong, with no stutter or dropout (even with bunny ears).</p><p></p><p>So now I'm wondering if perhaps these non-standard values are the source of the problem. If so, I then wonder if it would be feasible to make the channel locking algorithm flexible enough to support different signal strength reporting mechanisms. Or perhaps just ignore signal strength and use signal quality (which strangely is in my driver a 0-100 percentage value).</p><p></p><p>Interestingly the scanchannelsBDA has an option to change the "locking" algorithm, to use either signal strength or signal quality to indicate a lock. Perhaps that is an indication that other BDA drivers also behave differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="htpcoz, post: 124658, member: 13987"] I've done a bit more investigation with scanchannelsbda, and it appears that the values coming back from the card are consistent, but just very different from other drivers. In my case I tried in the same PC another card (DNTV live). This reports 0 when no antenna is connected, and goes up to 90% with "bunny ears", and 100 with the external antenna. When I do the same with the DVICO I get 80000 with no antenna connected (consistent). With "bunny ears" I get -5300 (approx, value varies +/- 500), when I connect the external antenna this values goes to about -6300. So it seems to me that perhaps the value quoted is a gain figure or some such value for the signal, rather than a percentage figure. My signal is strong, with no stutter or dropout (even with bunny ears). So now I'm wondering if perhaps these non-standard values are the source of the problem. If so, I then wonder if it would be feasible to make the channel locking algorithm flexible enough to support different signal strength reporting mechanisms. Or perhaps just ignore signal strength and use signal quality (which strangely is in my driver a 0-100 percentage value). Interestingly the scanchannelsBDA has an option to change the "locking" algorithm, to use either signal strength or signal quality to indicate a lock. Perhaps that is an indication that other BDA drivers also behave differently. [/QUOTE]
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