Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick

WinTV-Nova-T-Stick

A DVB-T USB device from Hauppauge.

It is supported under Linux.

Note: Currently, the Nova-T Stick (70009) is known to suffer from I2C errors. Updating to current Hg drivers and using new firmware should cure this.

Overview/Features

• IR receiver

Components Used

• Microtune MT2060 tuner
• Dibcom DiB7700 DVB-T demodulator & USB 2.0 controller

Identification

USB ID	Model no.		Version	Tuner	Supported from
	Device	Box
2040:7050	70001	Model 294	SL-294-V2.0-UK	DiB7700M	2.6.19
2040:7060	70009	Model 1132		DiB7700P	2.6.20
		Model 308
		Model 99063-001 ("lite" version)
2040:7070	??	Model 294 G (Sold in Germany as Nova-T-lite)	SL-294-V2.3-UK	BiP7070P	latest HG + [Manual patch (29th December 2007)]

• One model number is above the MAC address on the label on the underside of the device.
• The other model number and the version information are on the base of the box, below the bar code.

Note: see Peter's Aug 9/2007 note regarding boxes in the discussion page

Making it work

Firmware

You will need the dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw firmware file in /lib/firmware or the relevant place for your distribution.

For devices with box number 293 and device number 70009 the kernel may require firmware version dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw. Rename the firmware linked above or put a link. Seems to work fine.

Drivers

Status on 11 August 2007

Just use Mercurial by following the How_to_install_DVB_device_drivers instructions.

Kernel modules

For the model 294G:

dvb_usb_dib0700        38152  0 
dib7000p               23560  2 dvb_usb_dib0700
dib7000m               22404  1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dvb_usb                27020  1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dvb_core               82388  2 dvb_usb
dib3000mc              20232  1 dvb_usb_dib0700
dibx000_common         11780  3 dib7000p,dib7000m,dib3000mc
dib0070                15236  2 dvb_usb_dib0700

Sample kernel output

This is for the 70001 version, using the driver in Linux 2.6.22.1.

usb 1-10: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 1-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw'
dib0700: firmware started successfully.
dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick).
DVB: registering frontend 2 (DiBcom 7000MA/MB/PA/PB/MC)...
MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected.

This is for the model 294 G, using the driver in Linux 2.6.23.9 with a HG of v4l-dvb from 29th of December 2007.

usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 80
usb 3-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dib0700: loaded with support for 5 different device-types
dvb-usb: found a 'DiBcom STK7070P reference design' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'
dib0700: firmware started successfully.
dvb-usb: found a 'DiBcom STK7070P reference design' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (DiBcom STK7070P reference design)
DVB: registering frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
DiB0070: successfully identified
dvb-usb: DiBcom STK7070P reference design successfully initialized and connected.
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700

Remote control support

Supported in v4l-dvb as of 18 August 2007. The 70001 version has an IR sensor, and the 70009 version is listed by Wikipedia as having one. It works with Hauppauge's 45-button remote control and will handle signals from similar remote controls.

If you have problems with a flood of "unknown key" messages in the kernel log, you'll also need this patch (it is not cleanly applicable to recent trees, but it is an easy one-liner to do by hand).

Note: The log-flood patch should currently be regarded as a temporary workaround.

See also the instructions for grey top, black bottom, 45 buttons, snowboard shape remote at Hauppauge_WinTV_Nova-T_500_PCI MythTV Wiki.

External Links

• Hauppauge Germany product page
• Hauppauge UK product page