Hi,
My Airstar2 card can not tune at all when installed in my htpc.
It works in my friends computer so the card should be ok (He does not
have any other DVB cards installed).
I have tested two Airstar2 cards with the same result.
The antenna should also be ok because I have another DVB-T card
installed at the same time using the same antenna and it works all the
time.
Hardware configuration:
Technisat Airstar2
Technotrend DVB-T 1300
Technotrend DVB-S 1.6 FF with CI-interface
Asrock K7S8X motherboard
AMD Athlon XP2500+ cpu
Nvidia Gforce FX5200
300W power supply
Linux distribution: Fedora Core 2
Kernel version: 2.6.10-1.770_FC2
I have tried the modules in 2.6.10 and dvb-kernel cvs from 2005-04-09
but the result is the same :-(
I get the following messages when using scan:
scanning /tmp/dvb-t/se-Skelleftea
using '/dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter2/demux0'
initial transponder 490000000 0 2 0 3 1 2 0
initial transponder 514000000 0 2 0 3 1 2 0
initial transponder 778000000 0 2 0 3 1 2 0
initial transponder 650000000 0 2 0 3 1 2 0
>>> tune to: 490000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500:
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 490000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500: (tuning failed)
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 514000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500:
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 514000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500: (tuning failed)
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 778000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500:
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 778000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500: (tuning failed)
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 650000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500:
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 650000:I999B8C23D0M64T8G8Y0:T:27500: (tuning failed)
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
ERROR: initial tuning failed
dumping lists (0 services)
Done.
If I use the femon plugin in vdr I get 99% signal strength and 0% signal
noice ratio on the Airstar2 card all the time (with or without the
antenna connected).
The other DVT-T card and the DVB-S card works with both scan and vdr.
I had an interrupt conflict when the cards was inserted in an other
order and then the computer froze when loading the skystar2 module but
now the cards do not share interrupts with eachother.
[root@htpc root]# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 168735984 XT-PIC timer
1: 26 XT-PIC i8042
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 1 XT-PIC ohci_hcd
4: 10302 XT-PIC lirc_serial
5: 6109 XT-PIC ehci_hcd, Skystar2
7: 11 XT-PIC parport0
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9: 0 XT-PIC acpi
10: 10241402 XT-PIC SiS SI7012, saa7146 (1)
11: 199512811 XT-PIC ohci_hcd, eth0, nvidia, saa7146 (0)
12: 345 XT-PIC i8042
14: 870447 XT-PIC ide0
15: 6773 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
/var/log/messages when loading cvs dvb-kernel modules from 2005-04-09:
Apr 12 13:22:06 htpc kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Apr 12 13:22:08 htpc kernel: saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
Apr 12 13:22:08 htpc kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Apr 12 13:22:08 htpc kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e095cc00 (revision 1, irq 11) (0x13c2,0x0000).
Apr 12 13:22:08 htpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Technotrend/Hauppauge WinTV DVB-S rev1.X).
Apr 12 13:22:08 htpc kernel: adapter has MAC addr = 00:d0:5c:02:e0:4b
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: info @ card 0: firm f0240009, rtsl b0250018, vid 71010068, app 8000261c
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: firmware @ card 0 supports CI link layer interface
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: saa7146_vv: saa7146 (0): registered device video0 [v4l2]
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA8083 DVB-S)...
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: found av7110-0.
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget dvb'.
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e0980e00 (revision 1, irq 10) (0x13c2,0x1011).
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T^I PCI).
Apr 12 13:22:09 htpc kernel: adapter has MAC addr = 00:d0:5c:22:2d:59
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: DVB: registering frontend 1 (Philips TDA10045H DVB-T)...
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget dvb /w video in'.
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: usbcore: registered new driver Technotrend/Hauppauge USB-Nova
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: usbcore: registered new driver ttusb-dec
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: usbcore: registered new driver DiBcom based USB Budget DVB-T device
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV receiver chip loaded successfully
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: usbcore: registered new driver Technisat/B2C2 FlexCop II/IIb/III USB
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: flexcop-pci: card revision 2
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device).
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:0b:86:46
Apr 12 13:22:10 htpc kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Apr 12 13:22:11 htpc kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
Apr 12 13:22:11 htpc kernel: b2c2-flexcop: found the mt352 at i2c address: 0x0f
Apr 12 13:22:11 htpc kernel: DVB: registering frontend 2 (Zarlink MT352 DVB-T)...
Apr 12 13:22:11 htpc kernel: b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'AirStar 2 DVB-T' at the 'PCI' bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete
Apr 12 13:22:11 htpc kernel: usbcore: registered new driver cinergyT2
/var/log/messages when loading 2.6.10 kernel modules:
Apr 12 13:31:53 htpc kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e08b0c00 (revision 1, irq 11) (0x13c2,0x0000).
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Technotrend/Hauppauge WinTV DVB-S rev1.X).
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: adapter has MAC addr = 00:d0:5c:02:e0:4b
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: info @ card 0: firm f0240009, rtsl b0250018, vid 71010068, app 8000261c
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: firmware @ card 0 supports CI link layer interface
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: saa7146_vv: saa7146 (0): registered device video0 [v4l2]
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA8083 DVB-S)...
Apr 12 13:31:54 htpc kernel: dvb-ttpci: found av7110-0.
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e0928e00 (revision 1, irq 10) (0x13c2,0x1011).
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T PCI).
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: adapter has MAC addr = 00:d0:5c:22:2d:59
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: DVB: registering frontend 1 (Philips TDA10045H DVB-T)...
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/skystar2.c: FlexCopIIB(rev.195) chip found
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/skystar2.c: the chip has 38 hardware filters
Apr 12 13:31:55 htpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (SkyStar2).
Apr 12 13:31:56 htpc kernel: DVB: registering frontend 2 (Zarlink MT352 DVB-T)...
