Commit 2258ee77 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab

media: frontend.rst: convert SEC note into footnote

The description of what SEC means fits well as a footnote.
That makes the need of saying that SEC is only for Satellite
when it was mentioned, as the footnote already says that.
Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
parent 3430b8e9
...@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The DVB frontend controls several sub-devices including: ...@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The DVB frontend controls several sub-devices including:
- Low noise amplifier (LNA) - Low noise amplifier (LNA)
- Satellite Equipment Control (SEC) hardware (only for Satellite). - Satellite Equipment Control (SEC) [#f1]_.
The frontend can be accessed through ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/frontend?``. The frontend can be accessed through ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/frontend?``.
Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including
...@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including ...@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including
Transmission via the internet (DVB-IP) is not yet handled by this Transmission via the internet (DVB-IP) is not yet handled by this
API but a future extension is possible. API but a future extension is possible.
On Satellite systems, the API support for the Satellite Equipment
Control (SEC) allows to power control and to send/receive signals to .. [#f1]
control the antenna subsystem, selecting the polarization and choosing
the Intermediate Frequency IF) of the Low Noise Block Converter Feed On Satellite systems, the API support for the Satellite Equipment
Horn (LNBf). It supports the DiSEqC and V-SEC protocols. The DiSEqC Control (SEC) allows to power control and to send/receive signals to
(digital SEC) specification is available at control the antenna subsystem, selecting the polarization and choosing
`Eutelsat <http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_5_5.html>`__. the Intermediate Frequency IF) of the Low Noise Block Converter Feed
Horn (LNBf). It supports the DiSEqC and V-SEC protocols. The DiSEqC
(digital SEC) specification is available at
`Eutelsat <http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_5_5.html>`__.
.. toctree:: .. toctree::
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