[linux-dvb] DVB in South Africa --- a CAM problem?

[Alexis Iglauer <aiglauer@web.de>]

Hi

The travails continue....  I can now tune to the signal but I do not 
see a picture or hear sound.

- I am checking for the picture on the cinch output, not on the VGA 
monitor.  I see the ARM booting here, do I need to do something else to 
make the picture appear there (ie the DVB-s card is working, I just 
don't notice)?

- I have tried the CVS driver(s) 2002-01-09 (with the patches for the 
TT firmware) and the CVS driver from 2002-12-21.

- Output of dvbtune (to a service on the W4 satellite):
carmen:/usr/src/DVB/sf.apps/dvbtune# ./dvbtune -f 12476000 -s 26040 -p 
H -v 80 -a 81
tuning DVB-S to L-Band:1073875096, Pol:H Srate=26040000, 22kHz=off
SEC BUS MODE:  IDLE (0)
SEC VOLTAGE:  18 (4)
SEC CONT TONE: ON
Getting frontend event
Received completion event
Bit error rate: 0
Signal strength: 134
SNR: 12625000
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_POWER FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER 
FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC
A/V/TT Filters set
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Looks like everything is working (to me anyway), but no picture :(

The dvbtune command was based on the following "dvbtune -i" output:
<transponder type="S" freq="12476000" srate="26040000" polarity="H" >
<service id="102" ca="1">
<description tag="0x48" type="1" provider_name="MCK" service_name="MM" 
/>
<ca_system_descriptor system_id="0x0604"  />
<stream type="2" pid="80">
</stream>
<stream type="4" pid="81">
<iso_639 language="eng" type="254" />
</stream>
</service>
-------------

I can, on a different satellite (PAS7, as W4 has no FTA channels), 
receive a Free To Air radio channel --- so I am fairly certain that 
this is a CAM issue (I am switching smartcards for the different 
satellites).

I am using an Irdeto CAM made by SCM.  This CAM works under Windows and 
in other decoders.

How can I further debug this?  Is there a way to check the CAM in the 
newstruct driver (I haven't found the place in the driver where it is 
addressed)?

And finally, to all a happy and prosperous new year!

Alexis



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