Leadtek WinFast DTV2000DS

A dual tuner DVB-T PCI card from Leadtek.

Currently supported by recent V4L-DVB (as at Sep 2010). The card is not working stably and making it work has proven to be illusive.

Overview/Features

Formats:

• DVB-T

Inputs:

• RF
• Infrared

Components Used

Contains

• NXP TDA18211

Identification

Output of lsusb -v:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0413:6a04 Leadtek Research, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0413 Leadtek Research, Inc.
  idProduct          0x6a04
  bcdDevice            2.00
  iManufacturer           1 Afatech
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           46
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           4
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              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     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        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     0x84  EP 4 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     0x85  EP 5 IN
        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:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

Making it work

NOTE: This card has not been working in the standard 10.10 release, in fact it is not working in the standard 10.04 neither. There are some reports of people making it work by switching to different kernels, different drivers, different firmware, etc, but as far as working is concerned this does not constitute a stable state.

There are no consistent reports of this card working under any particular kernel, so unless an accurate HOWTO with detailed and exact versions are posted, this card can be regarded as "UNSTABLE". It is not clear which part of the chain is at fault (kernel, v4l drivers, dvb-usb-af9015.fw, or something else).

Yes, this card can be made to be detected and its firmware "dvb-usb-af9015.fw" loaded. But it ends there, and mythtv cannot lock or show any channels.

This earlier link can be regarded as generic information. "Mythbuntu 10.04 plus latest V4L-DVB drivers as per [1]"

Remote Control Support

I (Gregoryo) have had no success with the remote, but there is hope from dmesg:

[   22.263721] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/0000:02:0a.2/usb2/2-1/input/input5

user@host:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0413 Product=6a04 Version=0200
N: Name="IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver"
P: Phys=usb-0000:02:0a.2-1/ir0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/0000:02:0a.2/usb2/2-1/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event5
B: EV=3
B: KEY=108fc310 2802891 0 0 0 0 118000 200180 4803 e1680 0 100000 ffe

So I've been using /dev/input/event5 in my tests. I have tried using evtest, mode2, and irw to no avail. I get no indication of any signal coming from the remote. Am I missing a kernel driver module?

External Links

• Leadtek product page