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6Querying frontend status and statistics
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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.
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14The information about the frontend tuner locking status can be queried
15using :ref:`FE_READ_STATUS`.
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17Signal statistics are provided via
18:ref:`FE_GET_PROPERTY`.
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20.. note::
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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.
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