Nova-S-Plus Locking Issues

["Dark Dragon" <darkdrgn2k@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have been fiddling with this set up for some time. 

I have a Nova-S-Plus in a P4 1.7 running Fedora Core 6

 

When i first got it running everythign worked great.  Tried it with 1 lnb. Got Good Signal, Good Locks and channels Scanned.

The kernel that comes with Fedora Core 6 is 2.6.18-1.2798

 

Apperntly there are problems with diseqc, so i decided before moving to a deseqc i shouls try upgradeing the kernel.

I tried pulling linux tv hg but it would not compile under that kernel.

 

I updated to kernel 2.6.20-1.2948 from the repositories. I noticed after this kernel was loaded that my card would no longer lock. I saw that the Signal had fallen, previously grater then ff00 now at 6800 and less.I also noticed the quality was irratic.

When downgrading to 2.6.18 i found the card would once again lock.

 

Fianlly i tried upgrading and pulling the latest HG drivers, but found myself in the same position.  Can some one please shine some light on this.

 

DMESG:

Linux video capture interface: v2.00
cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded
cx88[0]: subsystem: 0070:9202, board: Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus DVB-S [card=37,autodetected]
cx88[0]: TV tuner type 4, Radio tuner type -1
cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded
tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 92001, rev B1B1, serial# 295008
tveeprom 1-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-04-80-60
tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Conexant_CX24109 (idx 111, type 4)
tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x80)
tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is CX883 (idx 32)
tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is CX883 (idx 22)
tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
cx88[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=92001
input: cx88 IR (Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus  as /class/input/input3
cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.2[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:09.2, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe3000000
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:09.0, rev: 5, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe5000000
cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88/2: cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.6 loaded
cx88/2: registering cx8802 driver, type: dvb access: shared
cx88[0]/2: subsystem: 0070:9202, board: Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus DVB-S [card=37]
cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based DVB/ATSC card
DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0])
DVB: registering frontend 0 (Conexant CX24123/CX24109)...
 

LSPCI:

00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Nova-S-Plus DVB-S
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Unknown device 9202
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Unknown device 9202
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at e3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:09.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Unknown device 9202
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

 

SZAP ATTEMPT

[root@localhost szap]# ./szap -l DBS CHAN01
reading channels from file '/root/.szap/channels.conf'
zapping to 151 'CHAN01':
sat 0, frequency = 12442 MHz H, symbolrate 20000000, vpid = 0x1321, apid = 0x1322
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
status 01 | signal 6800 | snr a2c2 | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe |
status 01 | signal 5b00 | snr a2dc | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe |
status 01 | signal 5b00 | snr a284 | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe |
status 01 | signal 5b00 | snr a3c0 | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe |

 

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