[mythtv-users] Problems with NOVA-TD USB Stick

[Nicolas Will]

On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 10:01 +0100, Gordon McCrae wrote:
> I have existing NOVA-T USB Sticks working fine on my existing OpenSuSE 
> 10.3 based backend server.
> 
> The existing cards work fine and produce output such as this when the 
> system boots:
> 
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: new high speed USB device using 
> ehci_hcd and address 4
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device found, idVendor=2040, 
> idProduct=7060
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device strings: Mfr=1, 
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: Product: Nova-T Stick
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: SerialNumber: 4028656163
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
> choice


Old v4l-dvb driver code.




> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' 
> in cold state, will try to load a firmware
> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 
> 'dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw'

Very old and problematic firmware.




> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: dib0700: firmware started successfully.
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' 
> in warm state.
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: i2c-adapter i2c-6: SMBus Quick command 
> not supported, can't probe for chips
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 
> transport stream to the software demuxer.
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge 
> Nova-T Stick).
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: i2c-adapter i2c-7: SMBus Quick command 
> not supported, can't probe for chips
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: DVB: registering frontend 2 (DiBcom 
> 7000PC)...
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick 
> successfully initialized and connected.
> 
> However, when I plug in a Nova-TD stick, all I get is:
> 
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: new high speed USB device using 
> ehci_hcd and address 5
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device found, idVendor=2040, 
> idProduct=9580
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device strings: Mfr=1, 
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: Product: NovaT 500Stick
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: SerialNumber: 4028639788
> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
> choice
> May 10 08:55:43 server kernel: usb 4-6: USB disconnect, address 5


Again, old driver and firmware.

You have to upgrade them both.

All the good information in order to do that and get good hardware
support is here:

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-TD-Stick




> 
> There are numerous posting on the web, some stating that the -TD sticks 
> work with Linux, some that they stopped working last January, others 
> this year saying they work fine. 

It works fine. There was just a "glitch" in the USB2 code of 2.6.24
kernels that made it difficult for a while, but it has been fixed. Make
sure you get a recent kernel if you are running 2.6.24.



> The link from the MythTV site for the 
> -TD card seems to indicate support is there.

Support for DVB stuff should be checked on the appropriate web site.

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php





> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
> 
> I've explicitly bought this stick so that I can put together a test 
> bench for Myth 0.21, as my previous upgrade went really badly

Run a better distro, or do not break your installation beyond states
that allow proper upgrades.

Nico