Re: NXP 18211HDC1 tuner

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Jarryd Beck wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:09 AM,  <mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Jarryd Beck wrote:
>>  > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>  >
>>  >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Jarryd Beck <jarro.2783@xxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > >  >>
>>  >>  >  >  >> Jarryd,
>>  >>  >  >  >>
>>  >>  >  >  >> I've analyzed the snoop that you've taken of the windows
>>  driver, and I
>>  >>  >  >  >> conclude that the driver is basically doing exactly the
same
>>  that the
>>  >>  >  >  >> linux driver would do.  The only thing that I cannot verify
is
>>  whether
>>  >>  >  >  >> or not the tda18211 uses the same table values as the
>>  tda18271c1.
>>  >>  >  >  >> Based on the traffic in your snoop, it looks like the exact
>>  same
>>  >>  >  >  >> algorithm is used, but based on a new set of tables -- I
will
>>  not be
>>  >>  >  >  >> able to confirm that without a tda18211 datasheet.  The
only
>>  thing
>>  >>  >  >  >> that you can do is try the tda18271 driver and hopefully it
>>  will work.
>>  >>  >  >  >>
>>  >>  >  >  >> Have you tried to tune yet?  There is a space in your
>>  channels.conf,
>>  >>  >  >  >> "7 Digital" -- you may want to change that to something
like,
>>  >>  >  >  >> "7Digital" so that command line applications will work.
>>  >>  >  >  >>
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  > Antti Palosaari wrote:
>>  >>  >  >  > hello
>>  >>  >  >  > I looked sniffs and find correct demodulator initialization
>>  values for
>>  >>  >  >  > this NXP tuner. Copy & paste correct table from attached
file
>>  and try.
>>  >>  >  >  > Hopefully it works. I compared your sniff to mt2060 and
qt1010
>>  based
>>  >>  >  >  > devices and there was still some minor differences to check.
>>  >>  >  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  > regards,
>>  >>  >  >  > Antti
>>  >>  >  >  >
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  Antti,
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  Please remember not to top-post.
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  Jarryd,
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  I have done further analysis on the snoop logs.  Not only is
the
>>  driver
>>  >>  >  >  using the same protocol as the tda18271 linux driver, it also
>>  seems to
>>  >>  >  >  use the same table values as used with the tda18271c1 -- The
linux
>>  >>  >  >  driver should work on your tuner without any modification at
all.
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  Regards,
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >  >  Mike
>>  >>  >  >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >  I've got another tuner which works, so I know I'm tuning
correctly,
>>  it just
>>  >>  >  doesn't actually tune. I tried with mplayer, it just sat there
saying
>>  >>  >  dvb_tune Freq: 219500000 and did nothing. It also made my whole
>>  >>  >  computer go really slow, I don't know what it was actually doing.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >  Antti, as I said I've never done anything like this before so I
have
>>  no
>>  >>  >  idea what I'm doing, so I have no idea where to paste which
table.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Please try using tzap.  This will show you FE status once every
>>  >>  second.  Let it run for a whole minute -- maybe there is some noise
>>  >>  that may cause it to take a longer time to lock (if that's the case,
>>  >>  then there are some tweaks that we can do.)  Show us the femon
output
>>  >>  produced by running tzap.
>>  >>
>>  >>  -Mike
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >
>>  > $ tzap -a 2 "TEN Digital"
>>  > using '/dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter2/demux0'
>>  > tuning to 219500000 Hz
>>  > video pid 0x0200, audio pid 0x028a
>>  > status 01 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>>  >
>>  > $ femon -a 2
>>  > using '/dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0'
>>  > FE: Afatech AF9013 DVB-T (TERRESTRIAL)
>>  > 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 |
>>  > 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 |
>>  > status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>>  > status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>>  > status 01 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
>>  >
>>  > The status 00 lines were from before I started tzap, after I started
tzap
>>  > it did nothing for half a minute, then printed the status 01 line,
then
>>  > sat there for another half a minute, and I killed it at that point.
>>  > My computer was also taking quite a few seconds to respond to
>>  > me pressing the keyboard for the whole time I was tuning it.
>>  >
>>  > Jarryd.
>>  >
>>  What shows in dmesg during the above?
>>
>>  -Mike
>>
>>     
>
> nothing new
>
> Jarryd.
>   

Then, please turn ON debug, repeat your tests, and post again with 
dmesg.  I am not familiar with the af9015 driver, but for tda18271, set 
debug=1.  (you must unload all modules first -- do 'make unload' in the 
v4l-dvb dir, then replug your device)

-Mike


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