TerraTec Cinergy T2 Stick HD

A combined DVB-C, DVB-T and DVB-T2 USB 2.0 device from TerraTec.

Overview/Features

Components Used

The following components are used on the device:

• USB interface: Empia EM28178
• Demodulator: Silicon Labs Si2168-A30
• Tuner: Silicon Labs Si2146-A10

Driver support

A driver is included in the media_tree. It is included in the kernel since 3.19. It can be built for older kernels using media_build.

USB ID:

Bus 002 Device 003: ID eb1a:8179 eMPIA Technology, Inc.

Log:

[42239.135756] em28xx: New device  USB 28179 Device @ 480 Mbps (eb1a:8179, interface 0, class 0)
[42239.135759] em28xx: DVB interface 0 found: isoc
[42239.135901] em28xx: chip ID is em28178
[42241.743867] em28178 #0: EEPROM ID = 26 00 01 00, EEPROM hash = 0x943e7e3c
[42241.743871] em28178 #0: EEPROM info:
[42241.743873] em28178 #0:      microcode start address = 0x0004, boot configuration = 0x01
[42241.751618] em28178 #0:      AC97 audio (5 sample rates)
[42241.751621] em28178 #0:      500mA max power
[42241.751624] em28178 #0:      Table at offset 0x24, strings=0x226a, 0x048c, 0x0000
[42241.751674] em28178 #0: Identified as Terratec Cinergy T2 Stick HD (card=95)
[42241.751677] em28178 #0: dvb set to isoc mode.
[42241.751710] usbcore: registered new interface driver em28xx
[42241.832321] em28178 #0: Binding DVB extension
[42241.840429] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 2
[42241.840434] si2168 1-0064: Silicon Labs Si2168 successfully attached
[42241.849744] si2157 2-0060: Silicon Labs Si2146 successfully attached
[42241.849753] DVB: registering new adapter (em28178 #0)
[42241.849758] usb 2-2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Silicon Labs Si2168)...
[42241.850493] em28178 #0: DVB extension successfully initialized
[42241.850498] em28xx: Registered (Em28xx dvb Extension) extension
[42241.930832] em28178 #0: Registering input extension
[42241.960180] Registered IR keymap rc-terratec-slim-2
[42241.960288] input: em28xx IR (em28178 #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/rc/rc0/input16
[42241.960497] rc0: em28xx IR (em28178 #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/rc/rc0
[42241.960898] em28178 #0: Input extension successfully initalized
[42241.960902] em28xx: Registered (Em28xx Input Extension) extension
[42254.028331] si2168 1-0064: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2168' in cold state
[42254.028371] si2168 1-0064: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-a30-01.fw'
[42255.713484] si2168 1-0064: found a 'Silicon Labs Si2168' in warm state

Firmware

Firmware for the demodulator is needed. OpenELEC dvb-firmware collection includes firmware for this device too (dvb-demod-si2168-a30-01.fw).

Place the firmware file in /lib/firmware.

External Links

• TerraTec Cinergy T2 Stick HD product page