Emtec S830

s830 Inside, back

s830 Inside, front

A DVB-T USB Stick from Emtec.

It is currently not supported under Linux, though some experimental patches exist (see below ... in particular, the user experiences section).

Overview/Features

It features dual tuners, remote control, and 'diversity' tuning capabilities (not sure about the last). Evidently this device is a rebranded YUAN High-Tech Development Co., Ltd Product.

Its says PD-870 on the PCB though emtec sells it as S830, so clearly some rebranding is going on.

Components Used

• 2 x MT2266F (tuners)
• 2 x DiBcom7000PC1-AXXXa-G QGYN8 (demodulators)

Identification

Output from "lsusb -v":

Bus 002 Device 007: ID 1164:1e8c YUAN High-Tech Development Co., Ltd
Device Descriptor:
 bLength                18
 bDescriptorType         1
 bcdUSB               2.00
 bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
 bDeviceSubClass         0
 bDeviceProtocol         0
 bMaxPacketSize0        64
 idVendor           0x1164 YUAN High-Tech Development Co., Ltd
 idProduct          0x1e8c
 bcdDevice            1.00
 iManufacturer           1 YUANRD
 iProduct                2 STK7700D
 iSerial                 3 0000000001
 bNumConfigurations      1
 Configuration Descriptor:
   bLength                 9
   bDescriptorType         2
   wTotalLength           46
   bNumInterfaces          1
   bConfigurationValue     1
   iConfiguration          0
   bmAttributes         0xa0
     (Bus Powered)
     Remote Wakeup
   MaxPower              500mA
   Interface Descriptor:
     bLength                 9
     bDescriptorType         4
     bInterfaceNumber        0
     bAlternateSetting       0
     bNumEndpoints           4
     bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
     bInterfaceSubClass      0
     bInterfaceProtocol      0
     iInterface              0
     Endpoint Descriptor:
       bLength                 7
       bDescriptorType         5
       bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
       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               1
     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     0x83  EP 3 IN
       bmAttributes            2
         Transfer Type            Bulk
         Synch Type               None
         Usage Type               Data
       wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
       bInterval               1
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

Making it Work

Firmware

wget http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/linux-dvb-firmware/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw

sudo cp dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw /lib/firmware

Drivers

A patch which adds the usbid for this device to required drivers is available here.

Sample kernel output

[ 183.731819] usb 2-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3

[  183.798267] usb 2-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  183.880076] dib0700: loaded with support for 5 different device-types
[  183.880182] dvb-usb: found a 'EMTEC S830 TD Stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[  183.903331] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'
[  184.008207] dib0700: firmware started successfully.
[  184.259443] dvb-usb: found a 'EMTEC S830 TD Stick' in warm state.
[  184.259497] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[  184.259585] DVB: registering new adapter (EMTEC S830 TD Stick)
[  184.378936] DVB: registering frontend 2 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
[  184.400418] MT2266: successfully identified
[  184.482671] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[  184.482792] DVB: registering new adapter (EMTEC S830 TD Stick)
[  184.559678] DVB: registering frontend 3 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
[  184.561611] MT2266: successfully identified
[  184.642628] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input8
[  184.642653] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 150 msecs.
[  184.642658] dvb-usb: EMTEC S830 TD Stick successfully initialized and connected.
[  184.643047] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700

User Experiences

So far unsuccessful. After adding the usbid, as described in the patch above, the same results are obtained as the user in that original mailinglist post .... i.e. the led on the device goes on, the driver modules are loaded, but no lock on frequencies is obtained.

It should be behaving like a Pinnacle PCTV Dual DVB-T Diversity (PCTV 2000e USB), but attempting to tune to a frequency from a valid channels.conf file (obtained from a working DVB-T card) results in no lock being established:

$ tzap -a 3 -c /home/waldo/Desktop/channels.conf "een"
using '/dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter3/demux0'
tuning to 482000000 Hz
video pid 0x1011, audio pid 0x1012
status 00 | signal fc25 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 01 | signal f1e4 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 01 | signal dfe9 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 01 | signal e1b9 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 00 | signal e9cd | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 01 | signal dcc9 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 01 | signal e207 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |
status 01 | signal db09 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 |