[linux-dvb] Hauppauge Nexus-S v2.3

Tue Mar 15 21:07:43 CET 2005

First of all: Thanks a lot for all the support.

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But please be a little bit patient - not enough spare time after work (lots
 of ugly, boring budget issues, workshops and powerpoint drawing for 
management at the moment... :-(((
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> I've committed basic support for the Nexus 2.3 to the CVS:
> - subsystem id
> - alps_bsbe1 inittab
> - alps_bsbe1_pll_set
> - lnbp21 voltage switching [*]
> - lnb current limited to 550mA (for now)
>
> [*] Assuming that the LNBP21 is at I2C address 0x10.

All changes are located in av7110.c, is this correct?

> Unfortunately, I have no hardware to test.

Fortunately I have the hardware and tested your changes :-)

Now I can get a lock on several channels. A list of these channels is added
 at the end of this message. With the last three (#227 - #229, added manually
 to my channels.conf) I get video and sound. Only blackness and silence at
 the others. (Btw. I killed every szap call after 3 seconds. Maybe I could
 get some more channels if I had waited longer.)

btw: Running the Windows TV watching program shipped with the card  sets 
14/19V, not 13/18V as you do in lnbp21_set_voltage(). Maybe we should also 
set register 0x08 to 0x54/0x5C (=14/19V) instead of 0x44/0x4C (=13/18V)? May 
concern installations with considerable cable lengths.

> > > [1] Did you check the specs of your card whether it can supply
> > >     550mA or 650 mA current at the LNB input?
> > >     If there is no information, it might be better to limit the current
> > >     to 550mA. -> Set bit 6.

There's no tech spec shipped with the card. Any idea where to find one? I'm 
tired of googling for now.

> > > [2] Could someone please tell me whether DSQIN or EXTM are used on the
> > >     Nexus 2.3? On the older cards DiSEqC was done by the av7111.

Are the pictures at Huberts website any help (click on thumbnails)?
http://www.ploeb.de/nexus.html

Look at Pic #2:
- there is a very thin wire from pin 5 (EXTM) leading to the gap between the
two tin-solder points (and probably connected to them)
- pin 14 (DSQIN) doesn't seem to by connected.

There seems to be no difference if I set the TEN-bit (DSQIN disabled by 
writing 0x64 or 0x6c instead of 0x44 or 0x4c).

Ok, what next?

Here the channels on which I got a lock with szap:

zapping to 23 'DW-tv':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x0131, apid =
0x0132

zapping to 60 'TV 5':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x00a4, apid =
0x0070

zapping to 61 'RTM - MAROC':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x00a2, apid =
0x0060

zapping to 62 'ESC1 - EGYPTE':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x00a3, apid =
0x0068

zapping to 63 'RAI 1':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x0121, apid =
0x0122

zapping to 64 'RTPI':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x012c, apid =
0x012d

zapping to 65 'TV7':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x00a6, apid =
0x0080

zapping to 66 'ARTE':
sat 0, frequency = 10786 MHz V, symbolrate 21997000, vpid = 0x00a7, apid =
0x0088

zapping to 77 'ONYX':
sat 1, frequency = 12692 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00a1, apid =
0x0054

zapping to 204 'JSTV 1':
sat 1, frequency = 12595 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x07d0, apid =
0x07d1

zapping to 205 'JSTV 2':
sat 1, frequency = 12595 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x07db, apid =
0x07dd

zapping to 206 'MBC':
sat 1, frequency = 12595 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00a0, apid =
0x0050

zapping to 207 'ANN':
sat 1, frequency = 12595 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00a1, apid =
0x0054

zapping to 208 'BET':
sat 1, frequency = 12595 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00a7, apid =
0x006c

zapping to 209 'EuroNews':
sat 1, frequency = 12595 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x08ad, apid =
0x08b7

zapping to 210 'Sharjah        Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0488, apid =
0x0460

zapping to 211 'Qatar          Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x04ec, apid =
0x04c4

zapping to 212 'Saudi 1        Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0550, apid =
0x0528

zapping to 213 'Kuwait         Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x05b4, apid =
0x058c

zapping to 214 'Libya          Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0618, apid =
0x05f0

zapping to 215 'Sudan          Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x067c, apid =
0x0654

zapping to 216 'Oman           Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x06e0, apid =
0x06b8

zapping to 217 'Jordan         Arabs':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0744, apid =
0x071c

zapping to 218 'IRAQ TV':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x07a8, apid =
0x0780

zapping to 219 'Dubai Sport':
sat 1, frequency = 12653 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0424, apid =
0x03fc

zapping to 220 'Digitaly':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00dc, apid =
0x00dd

zapping to 221 'Telemarket':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x015e, apid =
0x015f

zapping to 222 'eVision':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0168, apid =
0x0169

zapping to 223 'Thai TV5':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00c8, apid =
0x00c9

zapping to 224 'Studio Europa':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00e6, apid =
0x00e7

zapping to 225 'Video  Italia':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0154, apid =
0x0155

zapping to 226 'GAME NETWORK':
sat 1, frequency = 12672 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0123, apid =
0x0124

zapping to 227 'Tango TV':
sat 0, frequency = 10832 MHz H, symbolrate 22000000, vpid = 0x003d, apid =
0x003e

zapping to 228 'DW-TV':
sat 0, frequency = 11597 MHz V, symbolrate 22000000, vpid = 0x03e8, apid =
0x03e9

zapping to 229 'Bibel':
sat 1, frequency = 10831 MHz H, symbolrate 22000000, vpid = 0x0020, apid =
0x0021