TBS6981

TBS698 DVB-S2 PCIe Cards support two DVB-S2 TV channels receiving synchronously, which enables you to watch channel from one transponder/satellite while recording another channel from another transporder/satellite.

Overview/Features

• 1x PCI Express
• Two Channels DVB-S2/S HD/SD TV Receiving
• Support DiSEqC2.0

Components Used

• CX24132(Tuner)
• CX24117(Demod)
• CX23885

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Identification

$lspci -v
02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio  Decoder  (rev   04)
Subsystem: Device 6981:8888
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at fd400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: cx23885
Kernel modules: cx23885

Sample Kernel Output

$dmesg

[   12.015023] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
[   12.208535] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
[   12.236648] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[   12.236654] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[   12.236868] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   12.322025] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
[   12.358349] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249 
[   12.381569] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
[   12.713180] cx25840 7-0044: loaded v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[   12.720769] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
[   12.720773] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
[   12.798025] tbs6981fe: module license 'TurboSight Proprietary: www.tbsdtv.com' taints kernel.
[   12.798029] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[   12.798546] TurboSight TBS 6981 Frontend 0 Attaching...
[   13.067776] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
[   13.067780] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6981 DVBS/S2 frontend)...
[   13.095333] TurboSight TBS698x Dual DVB-S2 card port0 MAC=00:22:ab:f0:36:fa
[   13.095335] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
[   13.095341] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
[   13.095399] TurboSight TBS 6981 Frontend 1 Attaching...
[   13.184120] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
[   13.184125] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6981 DVBS/S2 frontend)...
[   13.211862] TurboSight TBS698x Dual DVB-S2 card port1 MAC=00:22:ab:f0:36:fb
[   13.211866] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xa5
[   13.211872] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 4, irq: 18, latency: 0, mmio: 0xfd400000
[   13.211878] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   13.792539] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
[   13.792727] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

External Links

• Open Source Driver
• TBS6981 Product page
• TBS Technologies Support forum
• Where to buy