[mythtv-users] PCTV 292e not being detected by mythtv-setup

[Tim Draper]

---- On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:13:31 +0000 Tim Draper<veehexx at zoho.com> wrote ---- 
 > 
 >  
 > ---- On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:44:21 +0000 John Pilkington  wrote ----  
 > >On 24/03/15 19:58, Tim Draper wrote:  
 > >> looks like i'm stuck again :(  
 > >>  
 > >> i've updated kernel and i now have 3 /dev/dvb/adapterX/ devices, but not one of them work.  
 > >> the TBS tuner is moaning about missing firmwares in dmesg, and the 292e doesnt seem to find any channels via mythtv or w_scan.  
 > >>  
 > >> What now oh wise ones?  
 > >>  
 > >  
 > >I'm not sure I recognise myself, but if your 292e shows up in dmesg as a  
 > >'recognised adapter' you might do better within mythtvsetup by starting  
 > >with pre-defined tuning parameters for your transmitter. which you can  
 > >probably find from the net. Then try:  
 > >  
 > >https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10217#comment:15  
 > >  
 > >When I first got my 290e I had almost given up. I left vlc searching  
 > >and apparently making no progress; came back to find it playing...  
 > >  
 > >but 290 != 292  
 > >  
 > >John  
 >  
 > something weird is going on; my FC21 laptop is scanning channels fine with w_scan tool 
 > the FC21 server install (mythBE) isnt finding anything. same antenna and 292e stick; just moving between USB ports. 
 >  
 > plus side is dmesg appears to be detecting the hardware ok now; i cant see anything obviously different or any errors on mythBE side. 
 >  
 > Firmware loads ok (dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw), mythtv-setup sees it as an available card, just no tuning lock now.. 
 >  

whoops, got the wrong firmware name; ignore that last reply.
problem solved. the mythBE FC21 server was loading the wrong firmware; dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw. Renaming this to exclude it from being assigned, and ensuring the dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw firmware was present has now fixed everything.
just completed a sucessful scan in mythtv-setup and it's now working correctly.

thanks for the help all - muchly appreciated :)