DVBSKY S960
DVB-S/S2 USB 2.0 box from DVBSKy. This device and its clone Mystique SaTix S2 V2 USB have a single LNB F-connector port, and include a IR receiver. It's supported by linuxtv as of september 2014. Support in-kernel is expected in Linux kernel 3.18.
Alternatively, compiling V4L from sources given by the producer DVBSky also allows it to run. The IR events are forwared not via LIRC but as xevents, but the shipped remote is not fully supported (e.g. the OK key does not produce a xevent).
Features
- USB 2.0
- Low power
- Integrated IR receiver
Components Used
- RF: Montage M88TS2022
- Demodulator: 2nd generation Montage M88DS3103
- USB Bridge: Cypress CY68013
Firmware and Driver
It's supported by linuxtv as of september 2014. Support in-kernel is expected in Linux kernel 3.18. If your kernel is older than 3.18, you'll have to obtain, build and install the V4L-DVB device drivers.
Alternatively you can use the drivers from DVBSky. Firmware: dvb-fe-ds3103.fw (Download: http://www.dvbsky.net/Support.html)
In kernels 4.10 - 5.1 the driver has an issue that causes the device to hang at some point when tuning. [1]
Identification
$ dmesg | grep -i dvb [ 13.063770] usb 1-4: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'DVBSky S960/S860' in warm state [ 13.063808] usb 1-4: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer [ 13.063818] DVB: registering new adapter (DVBSky S960/S860) [ 13.063847] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dvbsky [ 13.065088] dvbsky_usb MAC address=00:17:42:54:96:0c [ 13.065092] usb 1-4: dvb_usb_v2: MAC address: 00:17:42:54:96:0c [ 13.276822] m88ds3103_load_firmware: Waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-ds3103.fw)... [ 14.375542] usb 1-4: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Montage DS3103/TS2022)... [ 14.405386] Registered IR keymap rc-dvbsky [ 14.405459] input: DVBSky S960/S860 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-4/rc/rc0/input15 [ 14.405515] rc0: DVBSky S960/S860 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-4/rc/rc0 [ 14.405518] usb 1-4: dvb_usb_v2: schedule remote query interval to 300 msecs [ 14.405520] usb 1-4: dvb_usb_v2: 'DVBSky S960/S860' successfully initialized and connected
$ lsusb | grep -i Conexant Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0572:6831 Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc.
Picture
Box view
Internal view
v1.0c PCB Top
v1.0c PCB Bottom
S960CI, slot side
S960CI, antenna side
S960CI, PCB top side
S960CI, PCB bot side
