[mythtv-users] NOVA-T Hauppauge testing to see if my card is working

[Stephen Kitchener]

On Thursday 01 Sep 2005 22:25, Robin Elvin wrote:
> On Thursday 01 September 2005 16:53, Stephen Kitchener wrote:
> > Forgot to say, I can send an image of the card if that would help ???
>
> Stephen,
>
> No, I don't think that's necessary as I think you have everything you need.
> It seems to me that now you have upgraded kernels and have the right
> entries in /dev/dvb you should be OK to start tuning.
>
> Try a tzap ( I presume you have the right file for your transmitter?) and
> then see if you get the FE_LOCK messages.


Ok I get

./util/szap/tzap BBC-1                                 14:06
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 578000000 Hz
video pid 0x0258, audio pid 0x0259
status 01 | signal 3232 | snr 1c1c | ber 0000ffff | unc 00000000 |
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 0000004d | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000047 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000047 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000043 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e7e7 | ber 0000004f | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000053 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000044 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 0000003d | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 0000005a | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000051 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000045 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000049 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK

root at animal:~stephen/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0# ./util/szap/tzap BBC-2                                 
14:07
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 578000000 Hz
video pid 0x0262, audio pid 0x0263
status 01 | signal 3232 | snr 1313 | ber 00007e12 | unc 00000008 |
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000047 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000048 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e7e7 | ber 00000051 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000047 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000049 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 0000004a | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000046 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000047 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 00000045 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e7e7 | ber 00000040 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e7e7 | ber 00000042 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e9e9 | ber 00000050 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 3232 | snr e8e8 | ber 0000003c | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK

Is that what I am supposed to see, I get FE_HAS_LOCK and not FE_LOCK

Steve