DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express2

DVico Fusion HDTV Dual Express2 PCB showing component labels (give or take poor photography)

A new revision of a hybrid DVB-T PCIe card from DViCO.

The previous revision (Dual Express) has DVB support in mercurial, but not in the mainline kernel. This revision is not currently identified correctly in linux.

Overview/Features

Able to deliver one analogue channel and one digital channel simultaneously or 2 digital channels. High definition resolution is 1920 x 1080. Features a power switch pass-through to allow it to turn the host system on automatically.

Components Used

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Identification

       02:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8852] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: DViCO Corporation Device [18ac:db98]
       Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
       Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
       Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
       Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
       Capabilities: [90] Vital Product Data
       Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
       Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
       Capabilities: [200] Virtual Channel

Other images

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  Dvico Dual express2 showing underside detail

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  Dvico Dual express2 showing mounting backplate

Making it Work

Sample kernel output

       [ 5196.348846] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
       [ 8643.871673] cx23885 driver version 0.0.2 loaded
       [ 8643.871787] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC5] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
       [ 8643.871793] cx23885[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.
       [ 8643.871795] cx23885[0]: Try to pick one of the existing card configs via
       [ 8643.871796] cx23885[0]: card=<n> insmod option.  Updating to the latest
       [ 8643.871797] cx23885[0]: version might help as well.
       [ 8643.871800] cx23885[0]: Here is a list of valid choices for the card=<n> insmod option:
       [ 8643.871803] cx23885[0]:    card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
       [ 8643.871805] cx23885[0]:    card=1 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800lp
       [ 8643.871807] cx23885[0]:    card=2 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800
       [ 8643.871809] cx23885[0]:    card=3 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1250
       [ 8643.871812] cx23885[0]:    card=4 -> DViCO FusionHDTV5 Express
       [ 8643.871814] cx23885[0]:    card=5 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500Q
       [ 8643.871816] cx23885[0]:    card=6 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500
       [ 8643.871818] cx23885[0]:    card=7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1200
       [ 8643.871821] cx23885[0]:    card=8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1700
       [ 8643.871823] cx23885[0]:    card=9 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1400
       [ 8643.871825] cx23885[0]:    card=10 -> DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express
       [ 8643.871828] cx23885[0]:    card=11 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express
       [ 8643.871830] cx23885[0]:    card=12 -> Leadtek Winfast PxDVR3200 H
       [ 8643.871832] cx23885[0]:    card=13 -> Compro VideoMate E650F
       [ 8643.871835] cx23885[0]:    card=14 -> TurboSight TBS 6920
       [ 8643.871837] cx23885[0]:    card=15 -> TeVii S470
       [ 8643.871839] cx23885[0]:    card=16 -> DVBWorld DVB-S2 2005
       [ 8643.871841] cx23885[0]:    card=17 -> NetUP Dual DVB-S2 CI
       [ 8643.871843] cx23885[0]:    card=18 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1270
       [ 8643.871845] cx23885[0]:    card=19 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1275
       [ 8643.871848] cx23885[0]:    card=20 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1255
       [ 8643.871850] cx23885[0]:    card=21 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1210
       [ 8643.871852] cx23885[0]:    card=22 -> Mygica X8506 DMB-TH
       [ 8643.871855] cx23885[0]:    card=23 -> Magic-Pro ProHDTV Extreme 2
       [ 8643.871857] cx23885[0]:    card=24 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1850
       [ 8643.871859] cx23885[0]:    card=25 -> Compro VideoMate E800
       [ 8643.871861] cx23885[0]:    card=26 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1290
       [ 8643.871864] cx23885[0]:    card=27 -> Mygica X8558 PRO DMB-TH
       [ 8643.871866] cx23885[0]:    card=28 -> LEADTEK WinFast PxTV1200
       [ 8643.871994] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 18ac:db98, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
       [ 8643.999174] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xa5
       [ 8643.999182] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 4, irq: 16, latency: 0, mmio: 0xf9000000
       [ 8643.999190] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64

Remote Control Support

Have not attempted using remote with this card. Remote works ok with the USB receiver from a DVICO DVB-T Plus (slightly different repeat timing).

External Links

• DViCO FusionHDTV Dual DVB-T Express product page