Hi all. As a follow-up to the remote control support issue for the Kworld ATSC 120, Geniatech sent me a very encouraging reply today. Anyone want to take Fang up on his offer? ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: 答复: Technical request regarding the HDTV Thriller X8000A Date: Monday 13 April 2009 From: "Fang" <Fjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Vanessa Ezekowitz'" <vanessaezekowitz@xxxxxxxxx> Dear Vanessa Ezekowitz: Thanks for your inquiry. My name is Fang, product manager of Geniatech. 1st, we can provide you the remote decoder IC information, including I2C address, r/w API, it is simple, read I2C address every 150ms, and you can get the the key stroke decoding value. 2nd, we have step products and both follow this protocol, so it is useful for all our products. 3rd, we'd like to support you directly from the Geniatech, that card is designed by us. Finnally, I'd like to ask you if you can port more linux drivers if we send you samples and tech informations for our other 2 ATSC products: X8350 and X8550. I will send you more detailed tech information to you about the remote IC whatever your answer is. Best Regards Fang -----邮件原件----- 发件人: Vanessa Ezekowitz [mailto:vanessaezekowitz@xxxxxxxxx] 发送时间: 2009年4月10日 5:36 收件人: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 主题: Technical request regarding the HDTV Thriller X8000A THIS IS NOT A USER SUPPORT OR DRIVER REQUEST - WE ALREADY HAVE DRIVERS. THIS IS A PROGRAMMER'S REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION. To whom it may concern, Some time back, I wrote you asking about technical information regarding the Thriller X8000A board. I never received a reply, so I am writing again. I own a card that is a chip-for-chip, wire-for-wire clone of the Thriller X8000A, the Kworld HD PCI 120 (also called the "ATSC 120" for short) - it is programmatically indistinguishable from your card. My apologies in advance if I have mistaken which company first made this particular card. Anyway... The manufacturer of my card is refusing to answer my question, claiming that the data I request has been outright lost and can't even be communicated between departments within the company. So now, I turn to you, as the maker of a 100% compatible card. We of the Linux community have successfully written open-source drivers for most of the ATSC120/X8000A's features, except for one: we wish to add support for this card's remote control unit. The Linux Community, whom I am sure you are aware represents a very large, rapidly growing market, cannot in good conscience recommend any cards, Geniatech or otherwise, which lack complete programming information. QUESTION: On my particular card, this appears to be a 20 pin SMD IC near the IR sensor connector. the manufacturer of my cloned card has deliberately removed all the markings from the chip, save for a single green dot of paint, and users who own your card have reported similar circumstances. Is this mystery chip the remote decoder/receiver chip as I suspect? What is the part number of this chip? What I2C address does it occupy? Where can I acquire a datasheet for it? I await your reply. -- "There are some things in life worth obsessing over. Most things aren't, and when you learn that, life improves." http://starbase.globalpc.net/~vanessa/ Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
