Geniatech DVB-S Digistar
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A DVB-S PCI card produced by Geniatech.
Reportedly works well under Linux although experience is that live playback is unwatchable on an AMD64 distro. Works fine with Kubuntu 8.04 (32bit).
Overview/Features
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Components Used
Card is fitted with Conextant CX23882 Broadcast Decoder, CX24123 QPSK Demodulator, and a CX24109 Satellite Tuner module.
Uses the cx88 module.
Identification
Output from lspci -vnn
01:06.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder 14f1:8800] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Conexant Unknown device [14f1:0084]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 20, IRQ 18
Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
01:06.2 Multimedia controller [0480]: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] [14f1:8802] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Conexant Unknown device [14f1:0084]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Output from lspci -vvn
01:06.0 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05) Subsystem: 14f1:0084 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 20 (5000ns min, 13750ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [4c] 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- 01:06.2 0480: 14f1:8802 (rev 05) Subsystem: 14f1:0084 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 (1500ns min, 22000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [4c] 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-
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Making it Work
Firmware
None required.
Drivers
Fully supported by current kernels.
Sample kernel output
relevant dmesg output
[ 48.398015] cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded [ 48.398469] cx88[0]: subsystem: 14f1:0084, board: Geniatech DVB-S [card=52,autodetected] [ 48.398432] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:06.0[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 48.398472] cx88[0]: TV tuner type 4, Radio tuner type -1 [ 48.424438] cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded [ 48.547719] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:01:06.0, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 20, mmio: 0xfa000000 [ 48.547784] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2] [ 48.547819] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0 [ 48.576829] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager [ 48.576849] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:06.2[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 48.576856] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:06.2 to 64 [ 48.576861] cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:01:06.2, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf9000000 [ 49.963588] cx88/2: cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.6 loaded [ 49.963593] cx88/2: registering cx8802 driver, type: dvb access: shared [ 49.963597] cx88[0]/2: subsystem: 14f1:0084, board: Geniatech DVB-S [card=52] [ 49.963601] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based DVB/ATSC card [ 49.994816] CX24123: detected CX24123 [ 49.994851] DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]) [ 49.994855] DVB: registering frontend 1 (Conexant CX24123/CX24109)...
i2cdetect and i2cdump
# i2cdetect -l | grep -i cx i2c-1 i2c cx88[0] I2C adapter i2c-2 i2c CX24123 tuner I2C bus I2C adapter
# i2cdetect -y 2 Error: Can't use SMBus Quick Write command on this bus (ISA bus?)
# i2cdetect -r -y 2 Error: Can't use SMBus Read Byte command on this bus (ISA bus?)
# i2cdetect -y 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
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70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
# i2cdump -y 1 0x33 b
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef
00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
10: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
20: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
30: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
40: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
50: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
60: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
70: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
90: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
a0: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
b0: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
c0: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
d0: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
e0: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
f0: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ????????????????
# i2cdump -y 1 0x50 b
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef
00: 04 ff ff ff f1 14 84 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ?...???.........
10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
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90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
# i2cdump -y 1 0x55 b
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef
00: d1 1e 20 07 10 04 31 00 37 b3 a3 00 20 7f 03 fe ?? ???1.7??. ???
10: 01 00 00 00 9f 00 00 f0 05 5b 01 85 c0 00 0d 00 ?...?..??[???.?.
20: 41 15 10 01 00 00 00 51 01 d0 b0 73 00 00 00 f7 A???...Q???s...?
30: 00 00 8c 00 2f 03 02 3a 83 1e 00 02 00 10 00 0b ..?./??:??.?.?.?
40: 00 41 00 40 4c 00 05 66 fe 00 09 15 24 34 44 56 .A.@L.?f?.??$4DV
50: 64 07 11 00 00 05 c1 ff 18 00 7e 3c 20 20 20 08 d??..??.?.~< ?
60: 10 00 30 80 00 00 09 82 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ?.0?..??........
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 ..........?.....
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
Remote Control Support
discuss support for the remote control here
External Links
Manufacturers Site[1]