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== OnAir USB HDTV Creator ==
[[Image:filename|thumb|250px|USB HDTV Creator]]
A hybrid [[ATSC]] [[ATSC USB Devices|USB 2.0 device]] by [[OnAir]].


The [http://www.autumnwave.com/index.php/products/tv-tuners/onair-creator OnAir USB HDTV Creator] is dual purpose Digital/Analog TV tuner with hardware-based MPEG2 encoding for analog (RCA, S-Video and NTSC/PAL inputs). Support for this device was added in [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26 2.6.27].
It is supported under Linux since kernel 2.6.26 [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26].


==Overview/Features==
'''Disclaimer:''': I am running kernel 2.6.27-9, Ubuntu Linux 8.10 x86_64. Instructions for other systems should be similar.
The USB HDTV Creator is a dual purpose Digital/Analog TV tuner with hardware-based MPEG2 encoding for analog (RCA, S-Video and NTSC/PAL inputs).


===Components Used===
* LG Innotek TDVS-H064F ([[NIM]])
** ''Infineon TAU6034 (tuner)'
**'' NXP/Philips TDA9887 (analog demodulator)''
**''LG DT3303 demodulator (digital demodulator)''
* NXP/Philips SAA7115HL (A/V decoder)
* Cirrus cs53l32a (audio decoder)
* Lattice LC4128V
* Cypress FX2LP (CY7C68013A) (USB bridge)

===Identification===
Output of ''lsusb -v'':

===Other Images===

==Making it Work==

===Firmware===
The analog portion of the driver may be downloaded directly from AutumnWave's website [http://www.autumnwave.com/index.php/support/downloads/cat_view/24-onair-creator-a-sasem] or it may be extracted using fwextract.pl provided that you follow the directions described [http://www.isely.net/pipermail/pvrusb2/2009-January/002172.html here]. The firmware included with the 2.6.27-series kernel for the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner may work but has not been tested.

===Drivers===
A change in the 2.6.27 kernel broke a portion of the pvrusb2 module. Until this issue is resolved, it is necessary to load the module manually before connecting the tuner to your computer:
A change in the 2.6.27 kernel broke a portion of the pvrusb2 module. Until this issue is resolved, it is necessary to load the module manually before connecting the tuner to your computer:


$ sudo modprobe pvrusb2 initusbreset=0
$ sudo modprobe pvrusb2 initusbreset=0


If you intend to use the tuner on a regular basis and are stuck with the 2.6.27 kernel, you may wish to add an entry anywhere in a file in /etc/modprobe.d/
This will probably be fixed in later versions of the kernel.


options pvrusb2 initusbreset=0
Now, plug in the tuner and type


which automatically loads the module with the specified parameter. This will probably be fixed in later versions of the kernel.
$ dmesg


===Sample Kernel Output===
you should see a series of lines that read something similar to the following:
Output from ''dmesg'':


<pre>
<pre>
Line 83: Line 107:
</pre>
</pre>


==Remote Controll Support==
'''Notice:''' that the analog portion of the driver is using firmware for Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner. I have yet to test the analog tuning features of the OnAir HDTV Creator.

If you intend to use the tuner on a regular basis and are stuck with the 2.6.27 kernel, you may wish to add an entry anywhere in a file in /etc/modprobe.d/

options pvrusb2 initusbreset=0

which automatically loads the module with the specified parameter.

Now, if you plan on viewing ATSC/QAM channels, you will need to scan for them. Full details on the following section are found here ([[Scan]]). The scanning program simply sets the frequency of the DTV tuner and then looks for signal. Because of the wide array of frequencies used in different countries, in order to scan you need a scan file that contains the frequencies used in your country. Common locations for these files are:

/usr/share/dvb/
/usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/
/usr/share/doc/dvb-apps/
/usr/local/share/dvb/scan/

On Ubuntu 8.10, the default scan files are contained in "/usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/". After you find the location of the files, browse through the subdirectories to find the scan file that applies to your location. In the case of US ATSC, the file is located in "/usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc".

With the scan files, you are now ready to scan for stations. On Ubuntu 8.10, the DTV scanning program is called "scan," but it may be called "dvbscan" on other systems. To scan for US ATSC channels:

$ scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB

Similarly, for QAM encrypted cable, you can use

$ scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc/us-Cable-Standard-center-frequencies-QAM256

Now, we need to store the output from the scan file for use by other programs. If you wish to receive ATSC OTA stations, you would use the .azap directory:

$ mkdir ~/.azap
$ scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB > ~/.azap/channels.conf

For countries that used dvb-c, dvb-s, or dvb-t, refer to [[Scan]] for more information. While scan is running, you will see output on your screen similar to the following:

<pre>
scanning /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>>> tune to: 57028615:8VSB
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 57028615:8VSB (tuning failed)

...

>>> tune to: 485028615:8VSB
service is running. Channel number: 9:1. Name: 'KUSA-HD'
service is running. Channel number: 9:2. Name: 'WX-Plus'
>>> tune to: 491028615:8VSB
service is running. Channel number: 7:1. Name: 'KMGH-HD'
service is running. Channel number: 7:27. Name: 'KZCO-SD'
>>> tune to: 497028615:8VSB
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x1ffb
</pre>

Clearly, stations that work are prefixed by "service is running." Stations that have poor reception or have other technical difficulties often time-out.

For me, my channels.conf file looks like this:

<pre>
KUSA-HD:485028615:8VSB:49:52:1
WX-Plus:485028615:8VSB:65:68:2
KMGH-HD:491028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KZCO-SD:491028615:8VSB:65:68:4

...

KCEC-DT:695028615:8VSB:49:52:3
</pre>

The text at the beginning is a user-defined string (with no spaces) that will be used to identify the station later. If you have gotten this far, your tuner is working properly.

Now, the LinuxTV Wiki suggests using a program called zap to test your tuner (see [[Zap]]). For ATSC, we use azap. If I wished to tune KUSA-HD from the above list, I open a shell and type:

$ azap -r 'KUSA-HD'

For which I receive

<pre>
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 485028615 Hz
video pid 0x0031, audio pid 0x0034
status 00 | signal 0000 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
status 1f | signal a791 | snr 16e8 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal b54e | snr 18c9 | ber 00000000 | unc 0000003d | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal bbee | snr 19b1 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
</pre>

Full documentation on the meaning of these columns is found on the LinuxTV Wiki, [[Zap]]. The important columns are the status column (00 means the tuner is initialized, but nothing has been decoded, 1f means tuning is working) and the last column (FE_HAS_LOCK means everything is working). Sadly, I was not able to get any of the suggested testing methods to work (see [[Testing_your_DVB_device]]), but I did find that xine works with ATSC stations.

To watch DTV, install xine (on Ubuntu, sudo apt-get install xine-ui) run it to create the configuration directory, and then copy the channels.conf file over to the .xine directory:

$ cp ~/.azap/channels.conf ~/.xine/


==External Links==
Now, launch xine and click on the DTV button. Using the playlist, you can change between stations.
* [http://www.autumnwave.com/index.php/products/tv-tuners/onair-creator OnAir USB HDTV Creator product page]
[[Category: ATSC USB Devices]]

Latest revision as of 23:08, 6 May 2009

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USB HDTV Creator

A hybrid ATSC USB 2.0 device by OnAir.

It is supported under Linux since kernel 2.6.26 [1].

Overview/Features

The USB HDTV Creator is a dual purpose Digital/Analog TV tuner with hardware-based MPEG2 encoding for analog (RCA, S-Video and NTSC/PAL inputs).

Components Used

  • LG Innotek TDVS-H064F (NIM)
    • Infineon TAU6034 (tuner)'
    • NXP/Philips TDA9887 (analog demodulator)
    • LG DT3303 demodulator (digital demodulator)
  • NXP/Philips SAA7115HL (A/V decoder)
  • Cirrus cs53l32a (audio decoder)
  • Lattice LC4128V
  • Cypress FX2LP (CY7C68013A) (USB bridge)

Identification

Output of lsusb -v:

Other Images

Making it Work

Firmware

The analog portion of the driver may be downloaded directly from AutumnWave's website [2] or it may be extracted using fwextract.pl provided that you follow the directions described here. The firmware included with the 2.6.27-series kernel for the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner may work but has not been tested.

Drivers

A change in the 2.6.27 kernel broke a portion of the pvrusb2 module. Until this issue is resolved, it is necessary to load the module manually before connecting the tuner to your computer: 

$ sudo modprobe pvrusb2 initusbreset=0

If you intend to use the tuner on a regular basis and are stuck with the 2.6.27 kernel, you may wish to add an entry anywhere in a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ 

options pvrusb2 initusbreset=0

which automatically loads the module with the specified parameter. This will probably be fixed in later versions of the kernel.

Sample Kernel Output

Output from dmesg: 

pvrusb2: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner : V4L in-tree version
pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
saa7115' 3-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (pvrusb2_a)
tuner' 3-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (pvrusb2_a)
tda9887 3-0043: creating new instance
tda9887 3-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
tuner' 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (pvrusb2_a)
cs53l32a' 3-0011: chip found @ 0x22 (pvrusb2_a)
pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware: PAL-B/B1/D/D1/G/H/I/K/M/N/Nc/60;NTSC-M/
pvrusb2: Mapping standards mask=0xffffff (PAL-B/B1/D/D1/G/H/I/K/M/N/Nc/60;NTSC-M/Mj/443/Mk;SECAM-B/D/G/H/K/K1/L/LC)
pvrusb2: Setting up 28 unique standard(s)
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=0 name=PAL-B/G
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=1 name=PAL-D/K
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=2 name=SECAM-B/G
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=3 name=SECAM-D/K
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=4 name=PAL-B
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=5 name=PAL-B1
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=6 name=PAL-G
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=7 name=PAL-H
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=8 name=PAL-I
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=9 name=PAL-D
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=10 name=PAL-D1
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=11 name=PAL-K
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=12 name=PAL-M
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=13 name=PAL-N
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=14 name=PAL-Nc
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=15 name=PAL-60
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=16 name=NTSC-M
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=17 name=NTSC-Mj
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=18 name=NTSC-443
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=19 name=NTSC-Mk
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=20 name=SECAM-B
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=21 name=SECAM-D
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=22 name=SECAM-G
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=23 name=SECAM-H
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=24 name=SECAM-K
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=25 name=SECAM-K1
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=26 name=SECAM-L
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=27 name=SECAM-LC
pvrusb2: Initial video standard (determined by device type): NTSC-M
pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
pvrusb2: registered device video0 [mpeg]
DVB: registering new adapter (pvrusb2-dvb)
tuner-simple 3-0061: creating new instance
tuner-simple 3-0061: type set to 64 (LG TDVS-H06xF)
saa7115' 3-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
saa7115' 3-0021: Input:           Composite 4
saa7115' 3-0021: Video signal:    bad
saa7115' 3-0021: Frequency:       50 Hz
saa7115' 3-0021: Detected format: BW/No color
saa7115' 3-0021: Width, Height:   720, 480
tda9887 3-0043: Data bytes: b=0xd4 c=0x30 e=0x44
tuner' 3-0061: Tuner mode:      analog TV
tuner' 3-0061: Frequency:       175.25 MHz
tuner' 3-0061: Standard:        0x00001000
cs53l32a' 3-0011: Input:  2
cs53l32a' 3-0011: Volume: 0 dB
firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
DVB: registering frontend 0 (LG Electronics LGDT3303 VSB/QAM Frontend)...
tuner-simple 3-0061: attaching existing instance
tuner-simple 3-0061: type set to 64 (LG TDVS-H06xF)

Remote Controll Support

External Links

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