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1.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
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3.. _lirc_set_wideband_receiver:
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5********************************
6ioctl LIRC_SET_WIDEBAND_RECEIVER
7********************************
8
9Name
10====
11
12LIRC_SET_WIDEBAND_RECEIVER - enable wide band receiver.
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14Synopsis
15========
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17.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, LIRC_SET_WIDEBAND_RECEIVER, __u32 *enable )
18 :name: LIRC_SET_WIDEBAND_RECEIVER
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20Arguments
21=========
22
23``fd``
24 File descriptor returned by open().
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26``enable``
27 enable = 1 means enable wideband receiver, enable = 0 means disable
28 wideband receiver.
29
30
31Description
32===========
33
34Some receivers are equipped with special wide band receiver which is
35intended to be used to learn output of existing remote. This ioctl
36allows enabling or disabling it.
37
38This might be useful of receivers that have otherwise narrow band receiver
39that prevents them to be used with some remotes. Wide band receiver might
40also be more precise. On the other hand its disadvantage it usually
41reduced range of reception.
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43.. note::
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45 Wide band receiver might be implictly enabled if you enable
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46 carrier reports. In that case it will be disabled as soon as you disable
47 carrier reports. Trying to disable wide band receiver while carrier
48 reports are active will do nothing.
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50
51Return Value
52============
53
54On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
55appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
56:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
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