Mystique SaTiX-S2 Dual

A nGene based DVB-S2 PCIe card from Mystique. It is identical to the Media-Pointer_MP-S2².

Overview/Features

• PCI-e x1
• Dual Tuner DVB-S/S2 card
• Ultra-Low Profile

Components Used

• PCIe bridge MICRONAS APB 7202A B2
• Dual demodulator STM STV0900B
• Tuner STM STV6110A
• Dual LNB STM LNBH24

Identification

$ lspci -vvvnn
03:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG Device [18c3:0720]
	Subsystem: Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG Device [18c3:db01]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR- INTx+
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
	Region 0: Memory at feaf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Region 1: Memory at feae0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
		Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
	Capabilities: [58] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
		DevCap:	MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
			ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
		DevCtl:	Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
			RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
			MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
		DevSta:	CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
		LnkCap:	Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Latency L0 unlimited, L1 unlimited
			ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
		LnkCtl:	ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
			ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
		LnkSta:	Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 00-11-3c-20-07-00-00-00
	Capabilities: [400] Virtual Channel <?>
	Kernel driver in use: ngene
	Kernel modules: ngene

Making it Work

Make sure that the external power supply is connected!!!

Firmware

Build firmware from original ngene source code.

$ wget http://www.media-pointer.de/WebRoot/Store21/Shops/62290022/4AB0/D7EA/2E65/766B/4B4E/C0A8/28BE/FE04/ngene.tgz
$ tar xzf ngene.tgz
$ cd ngene
$ make -f Makefile.bin ngene_17.fw
$ cp ngene_17.fw /lib/firmware/

Experimental Driver

$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/ngene/ v4l-dvb-ngene
$ cd v4l-dvb-ngene
$ make
$ sudo make install

External Links

http://www.mystique-tv.de/