Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-SE2

WinTV-NOVA-SE2 packageing

WinTV-NOVA-SE2

WinTV-NOVA-SE2 Rev. 639 sold in Germany

A, so called, Budget DVB-S PCI Card from Hauppauge. Also known as Model 639.

It is supported under Linux.

Overview/Features

Components Used

• Conexant CX2883 Decoder

Making it work

This card should work out-of-the-box. These instructions are obsolete for any modern distro.

Required modules and parameters:

cx88_dvb                9732  0
cx8802                  9092  2 cx88_blackbird,cx88_dvb
cx88_vp3054_i2c         4352  1 cx88_dvb
mt352                   6020  1 cx88_dvb
or51132                 8964  1 cx88_dvb
video_buf_dvb           5124  1 cx88_dvb
dvb_core               65600  1 video_buf_dvb
nxt200x                11908  1 cx88_dvb
cx24123                 8068  1 cx88_dvb
lgdt330x                7452  1 cx88_dvb
cx88xx                 54308  4 cx88_blackbird,cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx8800
cx22702                 6020  1 cx88_dvb
video_buf              16388  6 cx88_blackbird,cx88_dvb,cx8802,video_buf_dvb,cx8800,cx88xx
dvb_pll                10116  4 cx88_dvb,or51132,nxt200x,cx22702
i2c_core               16384  14 w83627ehf,eeprom,i2c_isa,cx88_dvb,mt352,or51132,nxt200x,cx24123,lgdt330x,cx88xx,cx22702,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801,tveeprom

Kernel config:

First of all, you need to enable the video for linux core support. Then we make use of the V4L API 1.

<*> Video For Linux                                                                                                                   
[*]   Enable Video For Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)
---   Enable Video For Linux API 1 compatible Layer                                                                                   
Video Capture Adapters  --->                                                                                                      Radio Adapters  --->                                                                                                              Digital Video Broadcasting Devices  ---> 

Now we need to include the cx88_dvb module as shown below.

--- Video Capture Adapters                                       
[ ] Enable advanced debug functionality
< > Virtual Video Driver
< > BT848 Video For Linux
< > CPiA Video For Linux
< > SAA5246A, SAA5281 Teletext processor
< > SAA5249 Teletext processor
< > SAB3036 tuner
< > Stradis 4:2:2 MPEG-2 video driver  (EXPERIMENTAL)
< > Zoran ZR36057/36067 Video For Linux
< > Philips SAA7134 support
< > Siemens-Nixdorf 'Multimedia eXtension Board'
< > Philips-Semiconductors 'dpc7146 demonstration board'
< > Hexium HV-PCI6 and Orion frame grabber
< > Hexium Gemini frame grabber
<M> Conexant 2388x (bt878 successor) support
<M>   DVB/ATSC Support for cx2388x based TV cards
[*]     Build all supported frontends for cx2388x based TV cards
< > OmniVision Camera Chip support
    Encoders and Decoders  --->

Then we dive into the DVB configuration menu. I'm quite unsure what is relevant to use the card. Thats why i've selected the whole stuff ;)

[*] DVB For Linux
<M>   DVB Core Support
---     Supported SAA7146 based PCI Adapters
---     AV7110 cards
[*]       AV7110 OSD support
<M>     Budget cards
<M>     Budget cards with onboard CI connector
<M>     Budget cards with analog video inputs
<M>     AV7110 cards with Budget Patch
---     Supported FlexCopII (B2C2) Adapters
< >     Technisat/B2C2 FlexCopII(b) and FlexCopIII adapters
---     Supported BT878 Adapters
---     Supported Pluto2 Adapters
< >     Pluto2 cards
---     Supported DVB Frontends
        Customise DVB Frontends  --->

Last but not least, the frontend section needs our attention. That's the same as above. I'm not sure if you really need these modules. You can built them and use the trial and error method to determine which modules are necessary and which are obsolete.

--- DVB-S (satellite) frontends
--- ST STV0299 based
<M> Conexant CX24110 based                                      
--- Conexant CX24123 based
--- Philips TDA8083 based
< > Zarlink VP310/MT312 based
--- VLSI VES1893 or VES1993 based
--- Samsung S5H1420 based
--- DVB-T (terrestrial) frontends
--- Spase sp8870 based
< > Spase sp887x based
< > Conexant CX22700 based
--- Conexant cx22702 demodulator (OFDM)
--- LSI L64781
--- Philips TDA10045H/TDA10046H based
< > NxtWave Communications NXT6000 based
--- Zarlink MT352 based
--- Zarlink ZL10353 based
< > DiBcom 3000M-B
< > DiBcom 3000P/M-C
--- DVB-C (cable) frontends
--- VLSI VES1820 based
--- Philips TDA10021 based
--- ST STV0297 based
--- ATSC (North American/Korean Terresterial DTV) frontends
--- NxtWave Communications NXT2002/NXT2004 based
< > Oren OR51211 based
--- Oren OR51132 based
< > Broadcom BCM3510
--- LG Electronics LGDT3302/LGDT3303 based

Then do a make && make modules_install.

To load the modules, i've only done the following:

modprobe cx88_dvb

All the other necessary modules will be loaded automatically.

lsmod returns the following:

Module                  Size  Used by
cx88_dvb                9412  0
cx8802                  8132  1 cx88_dvb
cx88xx                 51556  2 cx88_dvb,cx8802
ir_common              23108  1 cx88xx
btcx_risc               3592  2 cx8802,cx88xx
tveeprom               12112  1 cx88xx
cx88_vp3054_i2c         3328  1 cx88_dvb
mt352                   5316  1 cx88_dvb
or51132                 8132  1 cx88_dvb
video_buf_dvb           4036  1 cx88_dvb
dvb_core               64104  1 video_buf_dvb
video_buf              17796  4 cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx88xx,video_buf_dvb
nxt200x                11396  1 cx88_dvb
zl10353                 3972  1 cx88_dvb
cx24123                11656  1 cx88_dvb
lgdt330x                6620  1 cx88_dvb
cx22702                 5124  1 cx88_dvb
dvb_pll                 9988  4 cx88_dvb,or51132,nxt200x,cx22702

To test if your card works, you can use the dvbscan app with the appropriate options. For example a scan in germany with Astra-19.2°E looks like.

dvbscan /usr/share/dvb/scan/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E >> channels.conf

Once you have a good looking channels.conf, you can try to get the time from the sat.

Tune into the first channel of the conf file.

szap -c channels.conf -n 1

and then open a second term and get the date via

dvbdate

External Links

• Hauppauge Germany product page