This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).

Written by:                  Walter Koch <koch @ u32 dot de>

Project's homepage:          http://www.u32.de/vdr.html#devstatus

Latest version available at: http://www.u32.de/vdr.html#devstatus

See the file COPYING for license information.

Description:

This is a simple plugin, that displays the status of the
available dvb devices. This maybe helps in case of driver
problems. 
For every device it is shown
* its type (DVB-T, DVB-C (not tested), DVB-S)
* its name 
* its current recordings with their start time and title. 
  Selecting a recording and pressing 'ok' starts it for
  timeshift viewing.
  Press the red key to toggle the recordings display. 
* the channels the device is currently tuned to. 
  Press the yellow key to toggle the channel display. 
* the signal strength and the signal / noise ratio of
  the device. Hint: Some devices do not provide this info.
  Press the green key to toggle the signal display. 
  
This plugin is heavily based  on the recstatus plugin by 
Christian Wieninger and Mike Constabel 
(http://www.constabel.net/vdr/plugins.de.htm). 
To be honest: devstatus is a renamed version with only 
few additional code. I changed the name to "devstatus" 
because three of four information this plugin provides 
aren't connected to recordings anymore.

I used also some code from the femon plugin 
(http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/).


Example output:
                                    Device status

    --- Device 1  (device with decoder, primary device) ---
    satellite card (ST STV0299 DVB-S)
    signal: 72 %, s/n: 85 %
    currently no recordings
      tuned to  4 - arte
      tuned to  23 - EinsFestival
      tuned to  24 - EinsExtra
      tuned to  25 - EinsPlus
      tuned to  29 - Phoenix

    --- Device 2  ---
    terrestrial card (Philips TDA10045H DVB-T)
    signal: 80 %, s/n: 99 %
    Sat 15.11. 15:43 @Sehnsucht nach Sandin Spielfilm Deutschland 2001
    Sat 15.11. 15:46 @Das Schweigen der Quandts Dokumentation Deutschland 2007
      tuned to  101 - Das Erste
      tuned to  104 - arte
      tuned to  118 - EinsFestival
      tuned to  120 - Phoenix

    --- Device 3  ---
    terrestrial card (Afatech AF9013 DVB-T)
    signal: 100 %, s/n: 0 %
    Sat 15.11. 15:47 @Unbekanntes Ruhrgebiet
      tuned to  103 - WDR Dsseldorf
      tuned to  125 - WDR Duisburg
      tuned to  126 - WDR Wuppertal *
      tuned to  136 - SWR Fernsehen RP
      tuned to  137 - NDR FS NDS *
      tuned to  138 - MDR S-Anhalt


    no recordings         no strength          no channels


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Some words from the original author:

> The purpose for writing this, was for special testing of my
> configuration. So its unlikely that this plugin will be maintained,
> atleast not from me ;-) But perhaps, someone will find it useful.
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> Christian Wieninger
