[mythtv-users] HD Homerun and mythtv?

[Jafa]

Joe Votour wrote:
> One of the problems that I have with my current HD OTA card (FusionHDTV 5
> Lite) is that I don't get reliable signal strength information (it's
> hard-coded in the driver).  This means that I don't have any real
> indication of which way to point my antenna for optimum reception.
>
> Does the HDHomerun provide this information (either in MythTV or through
> some sort of interface)?
>   
You can get the signal strength and signal quality numbers by using 
hdhomerun_config.

For aligning the antenna you can use "watch" to query the signal 
strength every 2 seconds (default):

watch hdhomerun_config FFFFFFFF get /tuner0/status

Nick