
DIRECTV Set-top box information for the installer
DIRECTV Proprietary November 17, 2005
Version 1.1.a Page 21 of 49 DTV-MD-0058
Description Command Initializer Command ID
Return Data – 0xF0 0xF2 0x1 0x14 0xFF 0xFF 0xF4
Input 0xF0 0xF2 0x114 0xF4
Description Command
acknowledgements Channel Command
successful
Command Label GetSignalQuality
Command Byte 0x90
Input Parameter(s) None
Return Data Stream [SignalQuality] Signal Quality:
0x00 – 0x64 ( 0x00=FEC unlocked and 0x64=max signal strength)
Return Response ACK_FCNOK : Success
NACK_FCNOK : Failure – STB not tuned to a DIRECTV System channel
Return Value 0x0000 : Success
Non-Zero : Failure – STB not tuned to a DIRECTV System channel
Description The STB will execute a GetSignalQuality command by providing the signal quality in
the Return Data Stream.
Command Label GetCurrentTime
Command Byte 0x91
Input Parameter(s) None
Return Data Stream [Year][Month][Date][Hour][Minute][Second][DayOfWeek]
Year: 0x00 – 0xFF (# of years after 1993)
Month: 0x01 – 0x0C
Date: 0x01 – 0x1F
Hour: 0x00 – 0x17
Minute: 0x00 – 0x3B