[linux-dvb] Re: It works!

["Robert Schlabbach" <robert_s@gmx.net>]

From: "Brad Campbell" <brad@wasp.net.au>
> As far as I can tell, the ASIC is a cpu of some kind and you
> communicate with it over the i2c bus, so short of writing a
> routine to send bruteforce combinations of random data to the
> chip to see what happens (which based on what else I can glean
> of this card will probably lock it up) I'm pretty lost.

A sensible approach would be grabbing the microcontroller code and reverse
engineering it, of course. :)

> This card was about 325 AED. At current exchange rate that's about
> $90 USD. Is there a well supported card in this price range?

A well supported DVB-S card without CI? The TechnoTrend "budget" designs
can be had for even less than $90 USD, e.g. as Hauppauge Nova-S.

Regards,
--
Robert Schlabbach
e-mail: robert_s@gmx.net
Berlin, Germany



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