[mythtv-users] Hauppauge WinTV NOVA HD S2 sees signal but not channels

Sat May 29 08:08:25 UTC 2010

On 29 May 2010 08:27, Thomas Ulich <thomas at ulich.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 May 2010, Another Sillyname wrote:
>
>> Can you confirm that the LNB/Dish combination you were using were
>> previously working using a standard Sky box type receiver?
>
> Hi,
>
> yes, confirmed.  I have a digibox next to my MythTV setup, and that works
> fine with the _same_ dish and LNB offering me some 800 or so channels (incl
> encrypted), I keep changing the cable back to that box to watch TV while the
> mythtv thing isn't working yet...
>
> (And yes, I make sure it's plugged into the mythtv box when scanning ;-),
> and as posted mythbackend sees high signal levels.)
>
> You asked about the dmesg output.  See below.
>
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
>
> Thomas
>
> (Let me know if I should rather post the full dmesg output. Thanks!)
>
> $ dmesg | egrep -i 'dvb|tveeprom|dib007|2411|cx88'
> [    5.053859] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-TD-500 (84xxx)' in cold
> state, will try to load a firmware
> [    5.053863] usb 3-1: firmware: requesting dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
> [    5.158072] cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.8 loaded
> [    5.158289] cx88[0]: subsystem: 0070:6906, board: Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR4000(Lite) DVB-S/S2 [card=69,autodetected], frontend(s): 1
> [    5.158291] cx88[0]: TV tuner type -1, Radio tuner type -1
> [    5.169631] cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.8 loaded
> [    5.193478] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
> 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
> [    5.591517] tveeprom 4-0050: Hauppauge model 69100, rev B4C3, serial#
> 7084686
> [    5.591520] tveeprom 4-0050: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:6c:1a:8e
> [    5.591523] tveeprom 4-0050: tuner model is Conexant CX24118A (idx 123,
> type 4)
> [    5.591525] tveeprom 4-0050: TV standards ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x80)
> [    5.591527] tveeprom 4-0050: audio processor is None (idx 0)
> [    5.591529] tveeprom 4-0050: decoder processor is CX880 (idx 20)
> [    5.591531] tveeprom 4-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR
> transmitter
> [    5.591534] cx88[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=69100
> [    5.820647] input: cx88 IR (Hauppauge WinTV-HVR400 as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:0e.2/rc/rc0/input6
> [    5.820687] rc0: cx88 IR (Hauppauge WinTV-HVR400 as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:0e.2/rc/rc0
> [    5.820690] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
> [    5.820705] cx88-mpeg driver manager 0000:03:0e.2: PCI INT A: no GSI -
> using IRQ 5
> [    5.820717] cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:03:0e.2, rev: 5, irq: 5, latency:
> 32, mmio: 0xf9000000
> [    5.820721] IRQ 5/cx88[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
> [    5.820844] cx8800 0000:03:0e.0: PCI INT A: no GSI - using IRQ 5
> [    5.820851] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:03:0e.0, rev: 5, irq: 5, latency:
> 32, mmio: 0xfb000000
> [    5.820859] IRQ 5/cx88[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
> [    5.820890] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
> [    5.820910] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
> [    5.821054] cx88_audio 0000:03:0e.1: PCI INT A: no GSI - using IRQ 5
> [    5.821060] IRQ 5/cx88[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
> [    5.821077] cx88[0]/1: CX88x/0: ALSA support for cx2388x boards
> [    5.904715] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-TD-500 (84xxx)' in warm
> state.
> [    5.904785] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the
> software demuxer.
> [    5.904842] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-TD-500 (84xxx))
> [    6.143459] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
> [    6.353201]  [<f8424116>] fb_console_init+0x116/0x11f [fbcon]
> [    6.374802] DiB0070: successfully identified
> [    6.374805] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the
> software demuxer.
> [    6.374933] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-TD-500 (84xxx))
> [    6.518054] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
> [    6.542180] cx88/2: cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.8 loaded
> [    6.542183] cx88/2: registering cx8802 driver, type: dvb access: shared
> [    6.542186] cx88[0]/2: subsystem: 0070:6906, board: Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR4000(Lite) DVB-S/S2 [card=69]
> [    6.542189] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based DVB/ATSC card
> [    6.542191] cx8802_alloc_frontends() allocating 1 frontend(s)
> [    6.672496] DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0])
> [    6.672500] DVB: registering adapter 2 frontend 0 (Conexant
> CX24116/CX24118)...
> [    6.739175] DiB0070: successfully identified
> [    6.739298] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:03.2/usb3/3-1/input/input8
> [    6.739336] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
> [    6.739339] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-TD-500 (84xxx) successfully
> initialized and connected.
> [    6.739697] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
> [   25.588273] cx24116_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload
> (dvb-fe-cx24116.fw)...
> [   25.588278] cx88-mpeg driver manager 0000:03:0e.2: firmware: requesting
> dvb-fe-cx24116.fw
> [   25.716345] cx24116_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload(2)...
> [   31.054935] cx24116_load_firmware: FW version 1.26.90.0
> [   31.054947] cx24116_firmware_ondemand: Firmware upload complete
>
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Thomas

Please install dvbscan for the ubuntu repos and have a read of the
attached docs.

That should give you a working channels.conf