Re: DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T Nano

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I can confirm that this procedure works for the dvico fusionhdtv dual 
digital 4 card. I have two of these working nicely in my mythtv box.
Many thanks to Shannon Wynter for putting this howto together.

Thanks agian Stuart Cosh



Michael Krufky wrote:
> Adam Harvey wrote:
>   
>> Quoting Michael Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>     
>>> This looks like the FX2 usb controller is in an unstable state...  
>>> First, try a
>>> cold reboot.  If that doesnt help, then boot into windows and give it
>>> a quick
>>> test, then warm boot back into linux.  If that still doesnt help, 
>>> please let me
>>> know.
>>>       
>> Well, bad news and slightly less bad news. The bad news: a cold boot
>> had the same result. The dmesg output:
>>
>> [   34.337117] check for warm 1660 932
>> [   34.337121] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   34.337124] check for cold fe9 d500
>> [   34.337126] check for warm fe9 d501
>> [   34.337128] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   34.337131] check for cold fe9 db50
>> [   34.337132] check for warm fe9 db51
>> [   34.337134] check for cold fe9 db54
>> [   34.337136] check for warm fe9 db55
>> [   34.337138] check for cold fe9 db58
>> [   34.337140] check for warm fe9 db59
>> [   34.337141] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   34.337144] check for cold fe9 db00
>> [   34.337146] check for warm fe9 db01
>> [   34.337147] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   34.337150] check for cold fe9 db10
>> [   34.337152] check for warm fe9 db11
>> [   34.337154] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   34.337156] check for warm fe9 db78
>> [   34.337158] check for warm fe9 db70
>> [   34.337160] dvb-usb: found a 'DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T NANO2' in warm
>> state.
>> [   34.337173] power control: 1
>> [   34.337175] >>> de 00
>> [   34.337178] dvb-usb: bulk message failed: -22 (2/0)
>> [   34.337235] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream
>> to the software demuxer.
>> [   34.337407] all in all I will use 40960 bytes for streaming
>> [   34.337409] allocating buffer 0
>> [   34.337419] buffer 0: ffff81003223a000 (dma: 841195520)
>> [   34.337421] allocating buffer 1
>> [   34.337430] buffer 1: ffff810031858000 (dma: 830832640)
>> [   34.337432] allocating buffer 2
>> [   34.337439] buffer 2: ffff810031842000 (dma: 830742528)
>> [   34.337441] allocating buffer 3
>> [   34.337449] buffer 3: ffff81003229e000 (dma: 841605120)
>> [   34.337451] allocating buffer 4
>> [   34.337459] buffer 4: ffff8100325ae000 (dma: 844816384)
>> [   34.337461] allocation successful
>> [   34.337467] DVB: registering new adapter (DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T
>> NANO2)
>> [   34.338098] >>> 51
>> [   36.337886] dvb-usb: bulk message failed: -110 (1/0)
>> [   36.337893] >>> 05 fd 00
>> [   38.334831] dvb-usb: bulk message failed: -110 (3/0)
>> [   38.478625] gpio_write failed.
>> [   38.478627] >>> 05 fd 02
>> [   40.475720] dvb-usb: bulk message failed: -110 (3/0)
>> [   40.656584] >>> 09 01 01 0f 7f
>> [   42.656427] dvb-usb: bulk message failed: -110 (5/0)
>> [   42.656493] dvb-usb: no frontend was attached by 'DViCO FusionHDTV
>> DVB-T NANO2'
>> [   42.656670] power control: 0
>> [   42.656672] dvb-usb: DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T NANO2 successfully
>> initialized and connected.
>> [   42.656688] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_cxusb
>>
>> A warm boot from Windows, however, resulted in success:
>>
>> [   33.991423] check for warm 1660 932
>> [   33.991427] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   33.991430] check for cold fe9 d500
>> [   33.991432] check for warm fe9 d501
>> [   33.991434] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   33.991436] check for cold fe9 db50
>> [   33.991438] check for warm fe9 db51
>> [   33.991440] check for cold fe9 db54
>> [   33.991442] check for warm fe9 db55
>> [   33.991443] check for cold fe9 db58
>> [   33.991445] check for warm fe9 db59
>> [   33.991447] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   33.991450] check for cold fe9 db00
>> [   33.991451] check for warm fe9 db01
>> [   33.991453] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   33.991456] check for cold fe9 db10
>> [   33.991457] check for warm fe9 db11
>> [   33.991459] something went very wrong, device was not found in
>> current device list - let's see what comes next.
>> [   33.991462] check for warm fe9 db78
>> [   33.991463] check for warm fe9 db70
>> [   33.991466] dvb-usb: found a 'DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T NANO2' in warm
>> state.
>> [   33.991483] power control: 1
>> [   33.991486] >>> de 00
>> [   33.991621] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream
>> to the software demuxer.
>> [   34.022650] all in all I will use 40960 bytes for streaming
>> [   34.022655] allocating buffer 0
>> [   34.022667] buffer 0: ffff810032ece000 (dma: 854384640)
>> [   34.022669] allocating buffer 1
>> [   34.022678] buffer 1: ffff810032ee2000 (dma: 854466560)
>> [   34.022680] allocating buffer 2
>> [   34.022689] buffer 2: ffff81003241a000 (dma: 843161600)
>> [   34.022691] allocating buffer 3
>> [   34.022700] buffer 3: ffff810032f60000 (dma: 854982656)
>> [   34.022702] allocating buffer 4
>> [   34.022710] buffer 4: ffff81003626a000 (dma: 908500992)
>> [   34.022712] allocation successful
>> [   34.022718] DVB: registering new adapter (DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T
>> NANO2)
>> [   34.023541] >>> 51
>> [   34.023663] >>> 05 fd 00
>> [   34.023888] <<< d9
>> [   34.343458] >>> 05 fd 02
>> [   34.344561] <<< db
>> [   34.624077] <<< 01 14
>> [   34.624083] DVB: registering frontend 0 (Zarlink ZL10353 DVB-T)...
>> [   34.636468]  ok
>> [   34.637412] input: bttv IR (card=34) as /class/input/input5
>> [   34.700797] power control: 0
>> [   34.700803] dvb-usb: DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T NANO2 successfully
>> initialized and connected.
>> [   34.700822] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_cxusb
>>
>> The problem now is that nothing seems to be able to tune in a channel.
>> (If this is off-topic here, please let me know.) The antenna
>> connection is fine, since it works in Windows, and I have a correct
>> channels.conf file for my area, but something's still not quite right.
>> Scan output:
>>
>> adam@lawngnome:/tmp$ scan
>> /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/au-Perth
>> scanning /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/au-Perth
>> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>> initial transponder 226500000 1 3 9 3 1 1 0
>> initial transponder 177500000 1 2 9 3 1 2 0
>> initial transponder 191625000 1 3 9 3 1 1 0
>> initial transponder 219500000 1 3 9 3 1 1 0
>> initial transponder 536625000 1 2 9 3 1 2 0
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 177500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 177500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 191625000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 191625000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 219500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 219500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 536625000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>     
>>>>> tune to:
>>>>> 536625000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
>>>>> (tuning failed)
>>>>>           
>> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>> ERROR: initial tuning failed
>> dumping lists (0 services)
>> Done.
>>
>>
>> Running tzap shows:
>>
>> adam@lawngnome:/tmp$ tzap -c ~/.mplayer/channels.conf "7 Digital" -r
>> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>> tuning to 177500000 Hz
>> video pid 0x0301, audio pid 0x0302
>> status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>> status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>> status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>> status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>> status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>> status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>>
>> And so on. MPlayer seems to have the same issue.
>>
>>     
>>> BTW, Markus emailed you asking you to try his repository -- this 
>>> problem here is
>>> with the usb controller, so trying his repository will not help you.
>>>       
>> I did try Markus's repository just for the sake of completeness, but
>> the results are the same.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adam
>>     
> Ah,  this is good news -- and the problem was exactly as I had thought
> -- the fx2 firmware needed a refresher.  (thanks to the windows driver)
>
> I'll release that firmware as soon as I receive my ATSC Nano.
>
> Meanwhile... your problem is consistent with the AU tuning problem of
> the XC3028 -- I have been too busy lately to take care of this, and i
> lost my test box in AU, but a user has posted patches to the linux-dvb
> list that should be applied on top of my xc-bluebird.patch, in addition
> to a new firmware image, that fixes the AU tuning problems.
>
> Somebody wrote a how-to for using this device in AU:
>
> http://fremnet.net/article/228/dvico-fusionhdtv-dual-digital-4-under-linux
>
> ...FYI, the DVB-T NANO is identical hardware to that which is used in
> the dual digital 4.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
> -Mike
>
>
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