8.6. TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB Driver

8.6.1. Driver Status

Supported:

  • DEC2000-t

  • DEC2450-t

  • DEC3000-s

  • Video Streaming

  • Audio Streaming

  • Section Filters

  • Channel Zapping

  • Hotplug firmware loader

To Do:

  • Tuner status information

  • DVB network interface

  • Streaming video PC->DEC

  • Conax support for 2450-t

8.6.2. Getting the Firmware

To download the firmware, use the following commands:

scripts/get_dvb_firmware dec2000t
scripts/get_dvb_firmware dec2540t
scripts/get_dvb_firmware dec3000s

8.6.3. Hotplug Firmware Loading

Since 2.6 kernels, the firmware is loaded at the point that the driver module is loaded.

Copy the three files downloaded above into the /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware or /lib/firmware directory (depending on configuration of firmware hotplug).