[mythtv-users] 6200ch and new STB (Arris DCX3200-M)

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:38:41 -0800, you wrote:

>Hi all -
>I haven't posted in quite a while because I haven't needed to.  Currently,
>I have a fully-updated v31 BE/FE running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
>
>Recently, however, my old Motorola STB, which had worked fine with 6200ch,
>took a dump and had to be replaced (now using an Arris DCX3200-M).  The
>previously-working compiled 6200ch binary does not recognize it.
>
>6200ch -v -v 750
>starting with node: 0
>rom1394_1 warning: read failed: 0x0000fffff000040c
>rom1394_1 warning: read failed: 0x0000fffff0000410
>Could not find Motorola DCT-6200 on the 1394 bus.
>
>In the code I see posted on the wiki, it appears that this STB is supported:
>
>#define DCX3200M_VENDOR_ID1 0x000024a1
>#define DCX3200M_MODEL_ID1  0x0000fa01
>#define DCX3200M_VENDOR_ID2 0x00cc7d37
>#define DCX3200M_MODEL_ID2  0x0000fa05
>
>Do I need to recompile it, or should this version from several years ago
>work?
>
>When I did try to recompile it, it failed, saying that it couldn't find
>files associated with the libavc1394 and libraw1394 libraries, but they are
>installed (though the names appear to have changed, maybe that's the issue
>- it appears that I have the libavc1394-0, libavc1394-dev, libraw1394-11,
>libraw1394-11, and libraw1394-tools packages installed).  Is there a newer
>version of the source code available, or am I missing a package here?
>
>Please advise - much appreciated - thanks!

I just compiled 6200ch on my Ubuntu 20.04 box.  I had to install two
libraries:

apt install lib1394-dev libraw1394-dev