TeVii S480

TeVii S480 Card

A dual DVB-S2 PCIe card from TeVii.

Hardware/Features

• PCIe x1 low profile
• Dual Tuner
• The card consists of a USB Host Controller and two TeVii S660 equivalent cards.
• LNB power supply via floppy connector

The Retail packaging includes full-height and low profile brackets, an IR receiver cable, an IR handset (incl. 2 AAA batteries), a windows drivers CD and an install manual.

Components Used

• RF Tuner (twice): Montage M88TS2020
• Demodulator (twice): Montage M88DS3002
• USB Peripheral Controller (twice): Cypress CY7C68013A-56
• PCIe bridge/USB Host Controller: MosChip MCS9990CV

Identification

lspci -nnk:

04:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
04:00.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
04:00.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
04:00.3 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
04:00.4 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
04:00.5 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
04:00.6 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
04:00.7 USB Controller [0c03]: NetMos Technology MCS9990 PCIe to 4‐Port USB 2.0 Host Controller [9710:9990]
        Subsystem: Device [a000:4000]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

lsusb:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 9022:d482 TeVii Technology Ltd. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 9022:d481 TeVii Technology Ltd.

Once the module/firmware is loaded it's listed as two TeVii S660 cards.

Linux support

The s2-liplianin v4l branch includes support for the card.

Known Problems

• DVB-S seems to be working
• DVB-S2 is problematic (lot's of TS discontinuity errors/packet loss)
  • The reason is unknown
    • Firmware related?
    • Too much bandwidth?
    • Noise, the card doesn't have any shielding?
  • Same problem with Windows.
  • Tested on Astra 19.2E
    • 11303 H, 8PSK 2/3 (ORF/Servus TV): Unwatchable
    • 11362 H, 8PSK 2/3 (ARD/ZDF/ARTE): Unwatchable
  • Can someone confirm this?

External Links

Official Website