# Method DVB.dvb()->fe_status()

Method fe_status

  `mapping|int fe_status()`

Description

  Return status of a DVB object's frondend device.

Returns

  The resulting mapping contains the following fields:

  `"power" : string` | If 1 the frontend is powered up and is ready to be used.
  `"signal" : string` | If 1 the frontend detects a signal above a normal noise level
  `"lock" : string` | If 1 the frontend successfully locked to a DVB signal
  `"carrier" : string` | If 1 carrier dectected in signal
  `"biterbi" : string` | If 1 then lock at viterbi state
  `"sync" : string` | If 1 then TS sync byte detected
  `"tuner_lock" : string` | If 1 then tuner has a frequency lock