1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later 2 3.. _dvb-fe-read-status: 4 5*************************************** 6Querying frontend status and statistics 7*************************************** 8 9Once :ref:`FE_SET_PROPERTY <FE_GET_PROPERTY>` is called, the 10frontend will run a kernel thread that will periodically check for the 11tuner lock status and provide statistics about the quality of the 12signal. 13 14The information about the frontend tuner locking status can be queried 15using :ref:`FE_READ_STATUS`. 16 17Signal statistics are provided via 18:ref:`FE_GET_PROPERTY`. 19 20.. note:: 21 22 Most statistics require the demodulator to be fully locked 23 (e. g. with :c:type:`FE_HAS_LOCK <fe_status>` bit set). See 24 :ref:`Frontend statistics indicators <frontend-stat-properties>` for 25 more details. 26