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A combined [[DVB-C]], [[DVB-T]] and [[DVB-T2]] USB 2.0 device from [[Geniatech]]. It is also known as MyGica T230. It is supported since kernel 3.19.
A combined [[DVB-C]], [[DVB-T]] and [[DVB-T2]] USB 2.0 device from [[Geniatech]]. It is also known as MyGica T230. It is supported since kernel 3.19. August T210v2 seem to be identical to MyGica T230.
Newer versions of August T210 seem to be identical to MyGica T230.


Don't confuse this with Geniatech [[Geniatech T220|T220]] or [[Geniatech T220A|T220A]] that are the earlier models of the same product. The model number is printed on a sticker.
Don't confuse this with Geniatech [[Geniatech T220|T220]] or [[Geniatech T220A|T220A]] that are the earlier models of the same product. The model number is printed on a sticker.

Revision as of 13:42, 22 March 2015

Geniatech T230
August T210v2

A combined DVB-C, DVB-T and DVB-T2 USB 2.0 device from Geniatech. It is also known as MyGica T230. It is supported since kernel 3.19. August T210v2 seem to be identical to MyGica T230.

Don't confuse this with Geniatech T220 or T220A that are the earlier models of the same product. The model number is printed on a sticker.

Overview/Features

Components Used

The following components are used on the device

  • USB interface: Cypress CY7C68013A-56LTXC
  • Demodulator: Silicon Labs Si2168-B40
  • Tuner: Silicon Labs Si2148-A20

Driver support

Drivers are included in kernel 3.19. They can be built with media_build for older kernels.

USB ID:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0572:c688 Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc. Geniatech T230 DVB-T2 TV Stick

Log:

usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0572, idProduct=c688
usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-4: Product: USB Stick
usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Max
usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 080116
dvb-usb: found a 'Mygica T230 DVB-T/T2/C' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (Mygica T230 DVB-T/T2/C)
i2c i2c-5: Added multiplexed i2c bus 6
si2168 5-0064: Silicon Labs Si2168 successfully attached
si2157 6-0060: Silicon Labs Si2147/2148/2157/Si2158 successfully attached
usb 2-4: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Silicon Labs Si2168)...
input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4/input/input24
dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 100 msecs.
dvb-usb: Mygica T230 DVB-T/T2/C successfully initialized and connected.

After first usage:

si2168 5-0064: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2168' in cold state
si2168 5-0064: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
si2168 5-0064: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2168' in warm state
si2157 6-0060: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2146/2147/2148/2157/2158' in cold state
si2157 6-0060: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-tuner-si2158-a20-01.fw'

NOTE: This device needs I2C-Mux support in kernel or as kernel module (CONFIG_I2C_MUX).

Firmware

Firmware for both the demodulator and tuner are necessary. OpenELEC dvb-firmware collection includes firmwares for this device too.

  • dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
  • dvb-tuner-si2158-a20-01.fw

Place the 2 firmware files in /lib/firmware.

md5sum:

d8da7ff67cd56cd8aa4e101aea45e052  dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
0cba7ce61c1411cbe7f22c0746e24e33  dvb-tuner-si2158-a20-01.fw

IR Remote Control

The supplied remote control is supported by the driver.

Known issues

External Links