<div dir="ltr"><div>i have procurred a tbs 6982 card in order to have a myth-based pvr for fta broadcasts.</div><div><br></div><div>i have two dishes set up, one aimed at 125w amc21, the other pointed to 87w ses2.</div><div><br></div><div>each dish has an "Avenger PLL322S-2 Dual LNB"; one output goes to a geosatpro microhd fta receiver attached to my toshiba flat-panel, the other output to the tbs card.</div><div><br></div><div>diseqc switches used are "b.e.s.t. germany" 4x1 units. one unit is for the microhd receiver, the other is for the mythtv pvr.</div><div>on both diseqc switches, port 1 is for 125w, port 2 is for 87w.</div><div><br></div><div>using such a configuration, i know that if the geosat receiver sees a strong signal from a satellite, the tbs fta card should see the same.</div><div>it should not be possible for the myth pvr to the hooked to a dish that is not aimed correctly.</div><div><br></div><div>so i have installed the latest mythbuntu onto that pvr (version 14.04.1). after downloading and installing the drivers for the fta</div><div>card, i have configured myth to use that card, to use a diseqc switch to access either lnb, and to use "universal (europe)" lnb units (the avenger units are universal).</div><div><br></div><div>as a "video source", for the time being, i have told myth to use "transmitted guide only (eit)" as a grabber.</div><div><br></div><div>scanning for channels on both sats has the same result: despite the signal gauge clearly fluctuating on something as the scan progresses, </div><div>no lock is achieved, a "time out, no signal" message is displayed, as well as "failed to find any channel"</div><div><br></div><div>each time, i have proceeded with a "full scan (tuned)", entering the frequency of a specific transponder, polarity, symbol rate, etc.</div><div>these values are what i see on my geosat receiver, only with some added zeroes in some cases.</div><div><br></div><div>i have also tried to use the command-line utility "scan-s2" on both sats, without much more success.</div><div><br></div><div>i think the problem is simple, but the documentation i have found isn't fully up to date and might be incomplete.</div><div>i am sure someone more experienced might see whatever mistake i have made very quickly. so, help?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>to give an idea of the values i have entered, here are the .conf files i have created to use with scan-s2:</div><div><br></div><div>(in both cases, these are transponders used by pbs)</div><div><br></div><div>87W.conf:</div><div><br></div><div>S2 11812000 H 11149000 3/5 AUTO 8PSK</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>----</div><div><br></div><div>125W.conf:</div><div><br></div><div>S2 12180000 V 30000000 3/4 AUTO 8PSK</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>----</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>here are two attempted runs of scan-s2, one for each sat:</div><div><br></div><div>###start###</div><div><br></div><div>root@myth-fta:~/Downloads/TBS/scan-s2# su root</div><div>root@myth-fta:/home/bruno/Downloads/TBS/scan-s2# ./scan-s2 -a 0 -f 0 -s 2 -l UNIVERSAL 87W.conf</div><div>API major 5, minor 3</div><div>scanning 87W.conf</div><div>using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'</div><div>initial transponder DVB-S2 11812000 H 11149000 3/5 AUTO 8PSK</div><div>----------------------------------> Using DVB-S2</div><div>>>> tune to: 11812:hC35M5S1:S0.0W:11149:</div><div>DVB-S IF freq is 1212000</div><div>WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!</div><div>>>> tune to: 11812:hC35M5S1:S0.0W:11149: (tuning failed)</div><div>DVB-S IF freq is 1212000</div><div>WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!</div><div>ERROR: initial tuning failed</div><div>dumping lists (0 services)</div><div>Done.</div><div>root@myth-fta:/home/bruno/Downloads/TBS/scan-s2#</div><div>root@myth-fta:/home/bruno/Downloads/TBS/scan-s2# ./scan-s2 -a 0 -f 0 -s 1 -l UNIVERSAL 125W.conf</div><div>API major 5, minor 3</div><div>scanning 125W.conf</div><div>using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'</div><div>initial transponder DVB-S2 12180000 V 30000000 3/4 AUTO 8PSK</div><div>----------------------------------> Using DVB-S2</div><div>>>> tune to: 12180:vC34M5S1:S0.0W:30000:</div><div>DVB-S IF freq is 1580000</div><div>WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!</div><div>>>> tune to: 12180:vC34M5S1:S0.0W:30000: (tuning failed)</div><div>DVB-S IF freq is 1580000</div><div>WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!</div><div>ERROR: initial tuning failed</div><div>dumping lists (0 services)</div><div>Done.</div><div>root@myth-fta:/home/bruno/Downloads/TBS/scan-s2# </div><div>###end###</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Bruno Majewski<br><a href="mailto:majewskibr@gmail.com">majewskibr@gmail.com</a><br>
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