The nova-t 500 is a PCI card, but has an internal USB bus.
The nova-t 500 doesn't work reliably at my location. An older nova-t works very well. The problem is with transmissions where the actual transmission frequency doesn't match the frequency in the PAT/PMT tables, or if using automatic settings for inversion, qam, hierarchy etc. See log below when tuning with w_scan.
The nova-t 500s remote sensor doesn't work yet.
I wouldn't recommend this card for use under linux at the moment. It's a hit or miss.
[root@htpc2 ~]# w_scan
w_scan version 20060902
Info: using DVB adapter auto detection.
Info: unable to open frontend /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0'
Found DVB-T frontend. Using adapter /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
-_-_-_-_ Getting frontend capabilities-_-_-_-_
frontend DiBcom 3000MC/P supports
INVERSION_AUTO
QAM_AUTO
TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO
GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO
HIERARCHY_AUTO
FEC_AUTO
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
177500:
184500:
191500:
198500:
205500:
212500:
219500:
226500:
474000:
482000: signal ok (I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999)
490000:
498000:
506000: signal ok (I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999)
514000:
522000:
530000: signal ok (I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999)
538000: signal ok (I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999)
546000:
554000:
562000: signal ok (I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999)
570000:
578000:
586000:
594000:
602000:
610000:
618000:
626000:
634000:
642000:
650000:
658000:
666000:
674000:
682000:
690000:
698000:
706000:
714000:
722000:
730000:
738000:
746000:
754000:
762000:
770000:
778000:
786000:
794000:
802000:
810000:
818000:
826000:
834000:
842000:
850000:
858000:
tune to: :482000:I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999:T:27500:
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0011
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0000
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0010
tune to: :506000:I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999:T:27500:
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0011
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0000
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0010
tune to: :530000:I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999:T:27500:
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0011
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0000
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0010
tune to: :538000:I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999:T:27500:
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0011
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0000
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0010
tune to: :562000:I999B8C999D999M999T999G999Y999:T:27500:
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0011
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0000
Info: filter timeout pid 0x0010
dumping lists (0 services)
Done.