TBS5980 (aka TBS Qbox CI)
The Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 is a DVB-S2 USB 2.0 adapter from TurboSight. It has been on the market since early 2011, and is supported under Linux. The minimum required kernel version is (yet) unknown, the driver requires DVB version 5.1.
While TurboSight has no distribution network, their products can be ordered online.
Overview/features
- USB 2.0 interface (B-connector)
- Inputs: Antenna (F-connector), remote and CI-slot
- Separate power supply: 7.5V, 3.5A
- Indication LED, mostly red, sometimes blue, meaning yet unknown.
- CCM mode support ONLY (NO support for VCM and ACM modes used by a lot of DVB-S2 multistream Free TV channels with Eutelsat 5 West A (5°W) satellite)
Components used
- STMicroelectronics STB6100 (tuner)
- STMicroelectronics STV0903 (demodulator)
- Cypress EZ-USB FX2 CY7C68013A (USB 2.0 interface chipset)
Otherimages
Qbox with LED turned blue
Qbox with astoncrypt CAM
Qbox remote control
Qbox package
Identification
lsusb output:
# lsusb -v
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 734c:5980 TBS Technologies China
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x734c TBS Technologies China
idProduct 0x5980
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 1 TBS-Tech
iProduct 2 DVBS2BOX
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
Making it work
The device is actively supported to run under Linux. Every few months the driver gets updated, and the company actively supports users through a forum. By downloading, compiling and installing the drivers and firmware, the device works (at least, in my distro, Fedora 14 x86-64). Together with the manufacturer-supplied source code for scanning and zapping (slightly modified versions of scan-s2 and szap-s2) DVB-S2 reception works. Newer versions of szap and scan work just as well.
Firmware
The driver software package contains the firmware file: dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw. Just install it in /lib/firmware.
Drivers
For Linux with x86 or X86-64 CPU
Available here from TBS website. Look for the TBS5980 driver. Latest update: 29/12/2015. Apart from the firmware file, there is no closed-source object code included in the software. All code has been released under GPLv2.
For compiling and installing the Open-source drivers or the Closed-source drivers, see TBS driver installation.
For Linux with ARM CPU in Raspberry PI
WARNING : THIS INSTALLATION PROCESS IS A DRAFT, IT IS NOT FINISHED YET. THIS WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE REMOVED WHEN THE INSTALLATION PROCESS WILL BE FULL
The open source driver is available here. Some instructions above are taken from http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/hobbyist-open-source-satellite-receiver-raspberry-pi-2-instructions-and-tips.348466/#post-3652518 but a lot of steps for installing and compiling are missing from this link.
You mustn't use the remote control because it use a lot of of CPU power.
Building the open-source driver
These instructions are taken from satelliteguys.us forum and Raspberry PI official website:
Compilation and Installation process with :
-Hardware : Raspberry Pi 2
-Operating System : Raspbian in NOOBS Version 2.1.0 Full and with the Release date: 2016-11-29
- Check your Linux kernel release :
uname -r 4.4.38-v7+
Note the major and minor kernel release number, here 4.4.
- Update the package list available in distro repositories and then update the package installed on your system :
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
- Install the packages required to compile the TBS driver for Raspberry PI in his ARM CPU :
sudo apt-get install patchutils sudo apt-get install bc sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev sudo apt-get install git sudo cpan Proc::processTable CPAN.pm requires configuration, but most of it can be done automatically. If you answer 'no' below, you will enter an interactive dialog for each configuration option instead. Would you like to configure as much as possible automatically? [yes] yes
- Get the Linux kernel sources for Raspbian and then next the open source TBS driver
Note you must get the kernel sources for raspberry pi with the same release number than the release number in the output of the previously used uname command, here 4.4 for the file rpi-4.4.y.tar.gz.
sudo su - root cd /usr/src wget https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-4.4.y.tar.gz tar xzvf rpi-4.4.y.tar.gz ls /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y cd /root git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media.git -b latest ./media
- Copy driver sources into kernel source directories
Note : As of 6/6/2016, the following files below are the same in /root/media/drivers/ and /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers folders, except for
stv090x.c, stv090x.h . These files in /root/media/drivers/ are patched and have an adding for lock led hooks to the stv090x, stv0288, cx24116 and tda10071 frontends. Similar code already exists in the stv0900 frontend. source code patch.
For the file technisat-usb2.c, the line .count = 4 are replaced by .count = 8.
Note 2 : As of 6/6/2016, tbs-qbox2ci.c and tbs-qbox2ci.h files, for the TBS 5980 driver, are only available in /root/media/drivers/ from https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media.git repositories.
. MANDATORY
cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.c /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends
OPTIONNAL
cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x_priv.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x_reg.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends
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cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.c /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100_proc.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100_cfg.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends
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cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.c /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x_priv.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x_reg.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends cp /root/media/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb
. MANDATORY
cp /root/media/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/tbs-qbox2ci.c /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb cp /root/media/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/tbs-qbox2ci.h /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb
- Remove the old modules if they exist so the new ones will get made
rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.ko rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.mod.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.mod.c
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rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.ko rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.mod.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.mod.c
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rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.ko rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.mod.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.mod.c
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rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/tbs-qbox2ci.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci.ko rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci.mod.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci.mod.c
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rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-technisat-usb2.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-technisat-usb2.ko rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-technisat-usb2.mod.o rm /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-technisat-usb2.mod.c
- Add information about a new driver in the first configuration file for compiling
Make additions to Makefiles and Kconfigs so system will process the code The <tab> means remove the <tab> and then hit the tab key, you are trying to format the additions to look like whats already there. Same with <2 spaces> Add the following to the /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/Kconfig file at the end
config DVB_USB_TBSQBOX2CI <tab>tristate "TurboSight QBOX2 CI DVB-S2 USB2.0 support" <tab>depends on DVB_USB <tab>select DVB_PLL if MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT <tab>select DVB_STV090x if MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT <tab>select DVB_STB6100 if MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT <tab>help <tab><2 spaces>Say Y here to support the TurboSight QBOX2 CI DVB-S USB2.0 receivers
- Add information about a new driver in the second configuration file for compiling
Add to the end of/usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/Makefile before the first ccflags-y statement
dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci-objs := tbs-qbox2ci.o obj-$(CONFIG_DVB_USB_TBSQBOX2CI) += dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci.o
- Add information about a new driver in the third configuration file for compiling
Edit the /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/arch/arm/configs/bcm2709_defconfig file and under the line CONFIG_DVB_USB_TECHNISAT_USB2=m, add the line
CONFIG_DVB_USB_TBSQBOX2CI=m
- If exist, back up the .config file
cp /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/.config /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/.config.tbs2ci.bak
- Compiling for Raspberry PI 1 with the Raspberry Pi 1 (or Compute Module) Default Build Configuration
Note : the Pi 1 is maybe more than likely underpowered for this project and maybe the Pi1 probably won't display video properly. But you can try all the installation steps in this page and verify it. Workaround : if it is to slow with SD video in mpeg-2, you can try to buy a mpeg-2 licence to use the GPU hardware to process the video and not the CPU.Mybe it help. This workaround does not work with TV channel with HD video in mpeg-4.More information about video codec in Raspberry Pi : New video features! MPEG-2 and VC-1 decode, H.264 encode, CEC support
cd /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y export KERNEL=kernel make bcmrpi_defconfig make
- Compiling for Raspberry PI 2 or 3 with the Raspberry Pi 2/3 Default Build Configuration
cd /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y export KERNEL=kernel7 make bcm2709_defconfig make -j4
- Save the current headers and modules files :
mv /lib/modules/4.4.38+ /lib/modules/4.4.38+.bak mv /lib/modules/4.4.38-v7+ /lib/modules/4.4.38-v7+.bak make modules make modules_install make headers_install
Now, there is a new folder : /lib/modules/4.4.39-v7
- Check that the TBS5980 kernel modules are build :
ls -l /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv6110x.ko ls -l /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stv090x.ko ls -l /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/stb6100.ko ls -l /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-tbsqbox2ci.ko ls -l /usr/src/linux-rpi-4.4.y/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-technisat-usb2.ko
- Check that the the TBS5980 kernel modules are installed :
ls -l /lib/modules/4.4.39-v7/kernel/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/st* ls -l /lib/modules/4.4.39-v7/kernel/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-t*
- Select the new kernel with TBS5980 support
Make sure you backup your old /boot/kernel.img
cp -p /boot/kernel7.img /boot/kernel7.img.OK.ORI cp -p /boot/kernel.img /boot/kernel.img.OK.ORI
cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /boot/kernel7tbsci.img nano /boot/config.txt #add the following: kernel=kernel7tbsci.img
- Install the firmware file required by TBS5980 driver
Go to http://www.tbsdtv.com/products/tbs5980-dvb-s2-ci-tv-tuner-usb.html, tab Download, download the linux driver in the zip archive, get the dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw file and copy it /lib/firmware
cd /usr/src mkdir tbs5980-firmware cd tbs5980-firmware wget http://www.tbsiptv.com/download/tbs5980/tbs-linux-sources_v151229.zip unzip tbs-linux-sources_v151229.zip cp dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw /lib/firmware
- Avoid high CPU usage :
source: In order to avoid a high CPU usage, you should disable the IR receiver:
ls /etc/modprobe.d/ fbdev-blacklist.conf ipv6.conf libpisock9.conf raspi-blacklist.conf
In the /etc/modprobe.d/dvbir.conf file if this file exist or else in the /etc/modprobe.d/options file, add the line :
options dvb_usb disable_rc_polling=1
- Reboot
shutdown -r now
- Check information about TBS 5980 in kernel log :
dmesg | grep 5980 dmesg | grep TBS
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep 5980 [ 4.583620] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5980 [ 7.642915] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw' [ 9.633822] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5980 [ 9.634891] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw'
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep TBS [ 7.640406] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [ 7.642939] tbsqbox2ci: start downloading TBSQBOX2CI firmware [ 7.763212] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in warm state. [ 7.764051] DVB: registering new adapter (TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0) [ 7.833526] dvb-usb: no frontend was attached by 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' [ 7.834113] dvb-usb: TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected. [ 7.896372] dvb-usb: TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 successfully deinitialized and disconnected. [ 9.633892] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: TBS-Tech [ 9.634867] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [ 9.634903] tbsqbox2ci: start downloading TBSQBOX2CI firmware [ 9.753254] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in warm state. [ 9.754186] DVB: registering new adapter (TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0) [ 10.175674] dvb-usb: TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 006: ID 734c:5980 TBS Technologies China
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg ... [ 114.711225] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg [ 114.811756] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5980 [ 114.811786] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 [ 115.907717] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [ 115.916121] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw' [ 115.916153] tbsqbox2ci: start downloading TBSQBOX2CI firmware [ 116.014215] usb 1-1.5: USB disconnect, device number 5 [ 116.041594] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in warm state. [ 116.042327] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [ 116.042425] DVB: registering new adapter (TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0) [ 116.042445] tbsqbox2ci: read eeprom failed. [ 116.042457] dvb-usb: MAC address reading failed. [ 116.121869] dvb-usb: no frontend was attached by 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' [ 116.122418] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/input/input0 [ 116.122452] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 450 msecs. [ 116.122481] dvb-usb: TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected. [ 116.122690] usbcore: registered new interface driver tbsqbox2ci [ 116.174064] dvb-usb: TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 successfully deinitialized and disconnected. [ 117.781941] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg [ 117.882880] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5980 [ 117.882913] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 117.882930] usb 1-1.5: Product: DVBS2BOX [ 117.882946] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: TBS-Tech [ 117.884264] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [ 117.884294] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw' [ 117.884310] tbsqbox2ci: start downloading TBSQBOX2CI firmware [ 118.012008] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in warm state. [ 118.012669] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [ 118.012917] DVB: registering new adapter (TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0) [ 118.226545] dvb-usb: MAC address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (edited by me) [ 118.358626] tbsqbox2ci: Attached stv0903!
Check that your device can receive the satellit TV and Radio transponders
- 1) Download the configuration file for your satellit at https://git.linuxtv.org/dtv-scan-tables.git/tree/dvb-s
- 2) Choose and install the scan utility that you want to use, a list is available here : https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequency_scan#Comparison_of_DVB_frequency_scanning_commandline_utilities
- 3) Launch the research, here we choose dvbv5-scan utility with Atlantic-Bird-3-5.0W satellit :
dvbv5-scan ./Atlantic-Bird-3-5.0W
or
dvbv5-scan ./Atlantic-Bird-3-5.0W --output=Atlantic-Bird-3-5.0W.conf --output-format=ZAP
The vlc media player can read and use channel configuration file with ZAP format.
- 4) You should have an output like this if it works (here with DVB-T transmitter) :
...
Scanning frequency #2 506166000 Lock (0x1f) Signal= 82.64% C/N= 0.22% UCB= 141 postBER= 0 Service C8, provider NTN: reserved Service BFM TV, provider NTN: reserved Service i>TELE, provider NTN: reserved Service CSTAR, provider NTN: reserved Service Gulli, provider NTN: reserved New transponder/channel found: #14: -10 New transponder/channel found: #15: -10 New transponder/channel found: #16: -10 New transponder/channel found: #17: -10 New transponder/channel found: #18: -10 New transponder/channel found: #19: -10 New transponder/channel found: #20: -10
...
Build TvHeadEnd for Raspberry Pi with Raspian Pixel
Requirements :
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev sudo apt-get install liburiparser* sudo apt-get install libiconv-hook1 libiconv-hook-dev sudo apt-get install dvb-tools libdvbv5-0 sudo apt-get install libavahi-client-dev libavahi-common-dev libdbus-1-dev sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev
Compiling and installing :
$ cd $ mkdir tvheadend $ cd tvheadend/ $ wget https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend/archive/v4.0.9.tar.gz $ mv v4.0.9.tar.gz tvheadend-v4.0.9.tar.gz $ tar xzvf tvheadend-v4.0.9.tar.gz $ cd tvheadend-4.0.9 $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/tvheadend-4.0.9 $ make $ sudo make install
Launch and configuration :
sudo /opt/tvheadend-4.0.9/bin/tvheadend -C
Go to http://raspberry_pi_ip_address:9981 and configure your device http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Configuring_Tvheadend
Sample kernel output
The kernel outputs the information below, CAM module inserted (with module verbosity wide open):
# dmesg [18814.387092] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 [18814.502322] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5980 [18814.502334] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [18814.502343] usb 1-7: Product: DVBS2BOX [18814.502349] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: TBS-Tech [18814.684522] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [18814.688745] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5980.fw' [18814.691532] tbsqbox2ci: start downloading TBSQBOX2CI firmware [18814.810199] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0' in warm state. [18814.810330] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [18814.810751] DVB: registering new adapter (TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0) [18815.048073] dvb-usb: MAC address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (edited by me) [18815.048077] [18815.050881] stv090x_attach: Create New Internal Structure! [18815.156679] stv090x_attach: Attaching STV0903 demodulator(1) Cut=0x30 [18815.156689] tbsqbox2ci: Attached stv0903! [18815.156692] [18815.157478] tbsqbox2ci: CI initialized. [18815.157488] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (STV090x Multistandard)... [18815.157590] stb6100_attach: Attaching STB6100 [18815.159811] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-7/input/input12 [18815.159952] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 150 msecs. [18815.159961] dvb-usb: TBS Qbox DVB-S2 CI USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected. [18815.160051] usbcore: registered new interface driver tbsqbox2ci [18861.422201] tbsqbox2ci: CI enabled. [18861.422211] dvb_ca adapter 0: DVB CAM detected and initialised successfully
To get maximum verbosity, relevant parts of /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf were set as follows:
options dvb_usb debug=511 options dvb_usb_tbsqbox2ci debug=3 options stb6100 verbose=3 options stv090x verbose=3
Remote control support
The device comes with a remote, but that has not been tested yet. Tbsdtv forum members complain about poor interoperability with LIRC.
Issues
Remote control needs further research.
CAM support is underway. So far, the astoncrypt v1.07 has been tested. Before this can be finalized, a working smartcard is required. Haven't got one yet ;-).
Network support has not been addressed yet.