Luc Brosens wrote: > hello, > > I've just put two of these card in my machine, and seem to run into the tuner issue described at > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TerraTec_Cinergy_1200_DVB-S_budget/Typhoon/KNC1_DVB-S_budget > > has anybody gotten these cards to work ? > any pointers on how to get tuning to work ? > I'm new to dvb-driver development, suggestions on how to get started are welcome too > > below are lspci output, dmesg output and scan output : > > DMESG > saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'. > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:10.1 to 64 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] enabled at IRQ 16 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:08.0[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 > saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem ffffc20010606000 (revision 1, irq 16) (0x1894,0x0016). > saa7146 (0): dma buffer size 192512 > DVB: registering new adapter (KNC TV STAR DVB-S) > adapter failed MAC signature check > encoded MAC from EEPROM was ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > KNC1-0: MAC addr = 00:09:d6:65:9d:14 > DVB: registering frontend 0 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)... > budget-av: ci interface initialised. The initialisation of the first card looks ok. > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] enabled at IRQ 17 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:09.0[A] -> Link [APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem ffffc2001061c000 (revision 1, irq 17) (0x1894,0x0016). > saa7146 (1): dma buffer size 192512 > DVB: registering new adapter (KNC TV STAR DVB-S) > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > Couldn't read from EEPROM: not there? > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > saa7146 (1) saa7146_i2c_writeout [irq]: timed out waiting for end of xfer > KNC1-1: Could not read MAC from KNC1 card > DVB: registering frontend 1 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)... > budget-av: ci interface initialised. > budget-av: cam inserted B > saa7146: register extension 'dvb'. > dvb_ca adaptor 1: PC card did not respond :( > > not all of these messages seem positive, should I worry ? Yes. The second card does not work properly (I2C bus errors). > SCAN > silverstar:/home/myth # scan -vvv -a 1 /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E > scanning /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E > using '/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0' > initial transponder 12551500 V 22000000 5 > >>> >>> tune to: 12551:v:0:22000 > DiSEqC: switch pos 0, 13V, hiband (index 2) > diseqc_send_msg:56: DiSEqC: e0 10 38 f1 00 00 > DVB-S IF freq is 1951500 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x03 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x03 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! > >>> >>> tune to: 12551:v:0:22000 (tuning failed) > DiSEqC: switch pos 0, 13V, hiband (index 2) > diseqc_send_msg:56: DiSEqC: e0 10 38 f1 00 00 > DVB-S IF freq is 1951500 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x01 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x01 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > >>> >>> tuning status == 0x02 > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! > ERROR: initial tuning failed > dumping lists (0 services) > Done. scan works with the first card ('-a 0'), correct? > the signal from the satellite is fine, have been using a settop box for several months > a Skystar 2 card in the same machine scanned successfully and gave access to the FTA channels > > I'm using OpenSUSE 10.3, kernel version 2.6.22.12, dvb archive 816f256c2973 (downloaded it yesterday) Swap the cards. - If the errors moves to saa7146(0), the card might be broken. - If the errors still come from saa7146(1), try a different PCI slot. (I2C errors might be caused by noise on power supply lines.) CU Oliver -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- VDR Remote Plugin 0.4.0: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/vdr/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb