Technisat SkyStar USB HD
A DVB-S2 USB 2.0 Device from TechniSat. On the manufacturer's homepage there are no hints about Linux support but there is tux on the packaging.
Drivers are included in kernel branch 2.6.39 (Maybe in earlier versions, too. I was too lazy to search the exact commit. Feel free to edit if you know)
Overview/Features
This is a USB 2.0 device capable of receiving DVB-S and DVB-S2 tranponders.
The device has a red power-LED that is on as long as the box is powered by the external power supply. A green LED indicates that the tuner has locked.
Additionally, an IR-remote is shipped with the receiver-IR-diode sitting in the USB-connected box right beside the two status LEDs (see pictures above). The IR-receiver is detected by the kernel but I didn't test it since I have no use for it.
Components Used
Tuner: STV6110A
Demod: STV0903B (includes LNB-controller and DiSEqC 2.x interface)
Microcontroller/Bridge/USB Interface: Cypress CY7C68013A-56
Identification
USB VID: 14F7
USB PID: 0500
Making it Work
Firmware
The needed firmware file dvb-usb-SkyStar_USB_HD_FW_v17_63.HEX.fw can be fetched from http://kernellabs.com/firmware/technisat-usb2. After download, move/copy it to /lib/firmware/
Drivers
Drivers are included in Linux Mainline since 2.6.39 (or earlier). The device can be found here
Device Drivers -> Multimedia support -> DVB/ATSC adapters -> Support for various USB DVB devices -> Technisat DVB-S/S2 USB2.0 support
DiSEqC is working perfectly fine. One user reports that it worked with Linux 3.6.6 and tvheadend using 4 LNBs. Unicable (old and new standard) are working fine as well using tvheadend.
lsusb output
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 14f7:0500 TechniSat Digital GmbH DVB-PC TV Star HD
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x14f7 TechniSat Digital GmbH
idProduct 0x0500 DVB-PC TV Star HD
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1 TechniSat Digital
iProduct 2 TechniSat USB device
iSerial 3 XXXXXXXXXXX
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 69
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 300mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0c00 2x 1024 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered
Sample Kernel Output
[ 57.920057] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd [ 58.070871] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=14f7, idProduct=0500 [ 58.070877] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 58.070882] usb 1-5: Product: TechniSat USB device [ 58.070886] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: TechniSat Digital [ 58.070889] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: XXXXXXXXXXXX [ 58.071273] technisat-usb2: set alternate setting [ 58.071365] technisat-usb2: firmware version: 17.63 [ 58.071368] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2)' in warm state. [ 58.071671] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [ 58.072073] DVB: registering new adapter (Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2)) [ 58.073492] dvb-usb: MAC address: 00:08:c9:XX:XX:XX [ 58.211662] stv6110x_attach: Attaching STV6110x [ 58.214363] technisat-usb2: i2c-error: 60 = 7 [ 58.289865] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2))... [ 58.289930] Registered IR keymap rc-technisat-usb2 [ 58.290053] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/rc/rc0/input3 [ 58.290095] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/rc/rc0 [ 58.290185] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (technisat-usb2) registered at minor = 0 [ 58.290188] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 100 msecs. [ 58.290487] dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2) successfully initialized and connected.
Remote Control Support
The remote is supported by the device (as can be seen in the dmesg-output above).