[linux-dvb] Help with Skystar HD2 (Twinhan VP-1041/Azurewave AD SP400 rebadge)

[Manu Abraham]

Tim Hewett wrote:
> Manu,
> 
> The Diseqc switch has been removed and now all polarities tune, and 
> DVB-S2 works as well.
> 

Bad diseqc switch ?

Regards,
Manu




> Thanks!
> 
> Tim.
> 
> 
> On 24 Feb 2008, at 00:38, Manu Abraham wrote:
> 
>> Tim Hewett wrote:
>>> Manu,
>>> Thanks, it now tunes to horizontal transponders though not vertical 
>>> ones. I think others have been having similar symptoms with the 
>>> mantis/multiproto trees.
>>
>> Can someone replicate this behaviour: not tuning to vertical 
>> transponders ?
>> Do you have any switches or a rotor in the SEC chain ?
>>
>>> It won't tune to any DVB-S2 transponder, but that has not changed 
>>> since previously.
>>
>>
>> Hmm .. Are you really sure ?
>>
>>
>>> Messages in dmesg for successful tuning:
>>> [  402.455361] dvb_frontend_ioctl: DVBFE_GET_INFO
>>> [  402.455366] stb0899_get_info: Querying DVB-S info
>>> [  402.556373] newfec_to_oldfec: Unsupported FEC 9
>>> [  402.556377] dvb_frontend_ioctl: FESTATE_RETUNE: fepriv->state=2
>>> [  402.556998] mantis start feed & dma
>>> [  402.557255] stb0899_search: set DVB-S params
>>> [  402.567810] stb6100_set_bandwidth: Bandwidth=51610000
>>> [  402.569927] stb6100_get_bandwidth: Bandwidth=52000000
>>> [  402.581331] stb6100_get_bandwidth: Bandwidth=52000000
>>> [  402.613394] stb6100_set_frequency: Frequency=1023000
>>> [  402.615510] stb6100_get_frequency: Frequency=1022994
>>> [  402.621496] stb6100_get_bandwidth: Bandwidth=52000000
>>> [  404.541047] _stb0899_read_reg: Read error, Reg=[0xf525], Status=-121
>>> [  404.541749] mantis stop feed and dma
>>
>> I will need the stb0899 and stb6100 modules to be loaded with verbose=5
>> parameter, for understanding what's happening.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Manu
>>
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