Re: Some tests on Avermedia A700

[Eduard Huguet <eduardhc@xxxxxxxxx>]

2008/2/17, Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008, Eduard Huguet wrote:
>
> OK, I don't know exactly what you mean, but I'll try to measure the
> output voltage of the input connector. I think you mean this, don't you?
>
> BTW, ¿where is the set_voltage app? I have media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-apps
> package installed and there is nothing with that name...
>

Another thing you can try is:
Boot windows and look at the GPIO values. (See v4l wiki for how to do this
using regspy).

Use my latest diff, and try loading saa7134 with use_frontend=1 to use the
alternative zl10313 driver.

Regards
Matthias

--
Matthias Schwarzott (zzam)

Hi,
    I've tried regspy (and regmon from sysinternals), but I really haven't found anything relevant. ¿What exactly should I look for? The V4L wiki is not very clear about it...

Anyway, I also tried the use_frontend=1 option for saa7134-dvb and I got more or less the same results:

$ dvbscan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E
scanning /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
initial transponder 12551500 V 22000000 5
>>> tune to: 12551:v:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1951500
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 12551:v:0:22000 (tuning failed)
DVB-S IF freq is 1951500
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
ERROR: initial tuning failed
dumping lists (0 services)
Done.

The only difference with this frontend is that in Kaffeine I'm getting now a 0% signal level and a 99% SNR level. No idea why...

BTW, I've checked again the dmesg output of modprobe saa7134 after a cold boot (full power cycle: powering off, unplugged power cord and pressed power button to ensure the capacitors are emptied, so there is absolutely no remanent voltage in the motherboard...), and this is what I get:

[  116.429358] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
[  116.431261] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[  116.431369] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:00:09.0, rev: 209, irq: 23, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf7ffa800
[  116.431435] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1461:a7a1, board: Avermedia DVB-S Pro A700 [card=133,autodetected]
[  116.431519] saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 202f600
[  116.696295] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 61 14 a1 a7 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696321] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696358] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696372] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696386] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696400] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696415] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696429] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696443] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696456] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696469] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696482] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696498] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696513] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696535] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: 00 01 81 af ea b5 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.696557] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[  116.700280] saa7133[0]: i2c scan: found device @ 0x1c  [???]
[  116.713245] saa7133[0]: i2c scan: found device @ 0xa0  [eeprom]
[  116.723550] saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[  116.725685] saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
[  117.256803] demodulator: zl10313: Demodulator attached @ i2c address 0x0e
[  117.284726] zl1003x: zl1003x: Power-On-Reset bit enabled - may need to reinitialize tuner
[  117.284743] zl1003x: zl10036_init_regs
[  117.302667] zl1003x_attach: tuner initialization (Zarlink ZL10036 addr=0x60) ok
[  117.302687] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7133[0])
[  117.302719] DVB: registering frontend 0 (Zarlink ZL10313 DVB-S)...
[  117.335612] zl1003x: zl1003x_sleep


As you can see, the initial gpio value is different from what is listed in the wiki for my card (2f200). Also the contents of the eeprom are also different, and surprisingly matches the ones listed for the hybrid version. I suppose that this is mistake in the wiki entry, as I can assure you that my card is the standard DVB-S Pro...

Best regards,
  Eduard

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