[mythtvnz] Skystar 2 on Ubuntu : scan finds no channels?
Steven Ellis
steven at openmedia.co.nz
Fri Jan 18 20:48:02 GMT 2008
You need to check the LO of your LNB. The default for scan is to assume a
Universal LNB rather than the models we typically see in NZ
Try
scan -l 11300
or
scan -l 10750
On Sat, January 19, 2008 9:22 am, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> Try the following:
>
> steve at pvr:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop
> [sudo] password for steve:
> Stopping MythTV server: mythbackend .
> steve at pvr:~$ dvbtune -p v -f 1248300 -s 22500 -m
> Using DVB card "ST STV0299 DVB-S"
> tuning DVB-S to L-Band:0, Pol:V Srate=22500000, 22kHz=off
> ERROR setting tone
> : Invalid argument
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> Overflow error, trying again (status = -1, errno = 75)FE_STATUS:
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS:
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_CARRIER
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
> FE_HAS_SYNC
> Bit error rate: 65520
> Signal strength: 51883
> SNR: 49710
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
> FE_HAS_SYNC
> Signal=51602, Verror=0, SNR=49719dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
> Signal=51882, Verror=0, SNR=49656dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
> Signal=51417, Verror=0, SNR=49632dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>
> This will show the hardware's ok when it starts returniong the 'Signal...'
> lines.
>
> Then try...
>
> steve at pvr:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start
> Starting MythTV server: mythbackend .
> steve at pvr:~$ scan -c -U
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> 0x0000 0x0401: pmt_pid 0x010a Maori Television Service -- Maori TV
> (running)
> 0x0000 0x040b: pmt_pid 0x010d Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running)
> 0x0000 0x040c: pmt_pid 0x010e Television New Zealand -- TV2 (running)
> 0x0000 0x040d: pmt_pid 0x010f TVNZ -- Reserved 6 (not running)
> 0x0000 0x040e: pmt_pid 0x0110 TVNZ -- Reserved 7 (not running)
> 0x0000 0x076d: pmt_pid 0x0111 TVNZ -- Reserved 5 (not running)
> 0x0000 0x076e: pmt_pid 0x010c TVNZ -- Reserved 4 (not running)
> 0x0000 0x076f: pmt_pid 0x0112 Television New Zealand -- TVNZ SPORT EXTRA
> (running)
> 0x0000 0x0770: pmt_pid 0x010b Television New Zealand -- TVNZ 6 (running)
> 0x0000 0x6590: pmt_pid 0x0000 Television New Zealand -- 27M SSU (running)
> 0x0000 0x6640: pmt_pid 0x0000 Television New Zealand -- SSU-ZW (running)
> dumping lists (11 services)
> Maori TV (0x0401) 01: PCR == V V 0x0202 A 0x028c
> TV ONE (0x040b) 01: PCR == V V 0x0203 A 0x028d
> TT 0x0243
> TV2 (0x040c) 01: PCR == V V 0x0204 A 0x028e
> TT 0x0244
> Reserved 6 (0x040d) 01: PCR == V V 0x0205 A 0x028f
> TT 0x0243
> Reserved 7 (0x040e) 01: PCR == V V 0x0206 A 0x0290
> TT 0x0243
> Reserved 5 (0x076d) 01: PCR == V V 0x0201 A 0x028b
> Reserved 4 (0x076e) 01: PCR == V V 0x0207 A 0x0291
> TVNZ SPORT EXTRA (0x076f) 01: PCR == V V 0x0208 A 0x0292
> TVNZ 6 (0x0770) 01: PCR == V V 0x0200 A 0x028a
> TT 0x0245
> 27M SSU (0x6590) 0c:
> SSU-ZW (0x6640) 0c:
> Done.
>
> hth,
>
> Steve
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:08:46 +1300
> "Stuart Whelan" <stuart at somepointinthefuture.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have just received a SkyStar2 DVB-S PCI card, and I am trying to get
>> it
>> set up in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.
>>
>> I believe I have the card drivers loaded, and can get the card to tune,
>> but
>> scan returns no channels, and I am not sure why.
>> My frountend is has signal, lock and carrier, but my scan returns this:
>>
>> ----
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ scan -c
>> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>> WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
>> WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000
>> dumping lists (0 services)
>> Done.
>> ----
>>
>> I have spent 5 or so hours trying different things, I grabbed the latest
>> dvb-apps and compiled it, tried scanning directly in MythTV, all to no
>> avail.
>>
>> Searching the web shows that quite a few people are having identical or
>> similar problems, but I have been unable to find a solution.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any guidance on what to try next?
>>
>> See below for various outputs.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Stuart Whelan.
>> ===========================
>>
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ lspci -v (Output edited for relevance)
>>
>> 02:05.0 Network controller: Techsan Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 FlexCopII
>> DVB
>> chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: Techsan Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip /
>> Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card
>> Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
>> Memory at fdee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>> I/O ports at ee00 [size=32]
>>
>>
>>
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ dmesg (Output edited for relevance)
>> [ 21.056865] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level,
>> low) ->
>> IRQ 17
>> [ 32.515271] b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV
>> receiver
>> chip loaded successfully
>> [ 32.533441] flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter.
>> [ 32.533449] flexcop-pci: card revision 2
>> [ 32.533464] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:05.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level,
>> low) ->
>> IRQ 21
>> [ 32.550778] DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device).
>> [ 32.552264] b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:16:11:d0
>> [ 32.862547] b2c2-flexcop: found the stv0299 at i2c address: 0x68
>> [ 32.862553] DVB: registering frontend 0 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)...
>> [ 32.862593] b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'Sky2PC/SkyStar 2 DVB-S'
>> at
>> the 'PCI' bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete
>>
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ lsmod |grep flexcop
>>
>> Module Size Used by
>> b2c2_flexcop_pci 9496 9
>> b2c2_flexcop 28172 1 b2c2_flexcop_pci
>> dvb_core 82216 2 stv0299,b2c2_flexcop
>> dvb_pll 15492 1 b2c2_flexcop
>> i2c_core 26112 4 stv0299,b2c2_flexcop,nvidia,dvb_pll
>>
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ dvbtune -f 1183000 -s 22500 -p h -m -tone 0
>> Using DVB card "ST STV0299 DVB-S"
>> tuning DVB-S to L-Band:0, Pol:H Srate=22500000, 22kHz=off
>> polling....
>> Getting frontend event
>> FE_STATUS:
>> polling....
>> Getting frontend event
>> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
>> FE_HAS_SYNC
>> Bit error rate: 3761
>> Signal strength: 53077
>> SNR: 50691
>> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
>> FE_HAS_SYNC
>> Signal=53057, Verror=0, SNR=50685dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53075, Verror=0, SNR=50679dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53532, Verror=0, SNR=50715dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53167, Verror=0, SNR=50784dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53388, Verror=0, SNR=50706dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53458, Verror=0, SNR=50691dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53133, Verror=0, SNR=50727dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=52971, Verror=0, SNR=50700dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>> Signal=53095, Verror=0, SNR=50691dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
>>
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ dvbtune -f 1183000 -s 22500 -p h -m -tone 0
>> >/dev/null
>> 2>&1 &
>> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ scan -c
>> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>> WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
>> WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000
>> dumping lists (0 services)
>> Done.
>>
>>
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> Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>
>
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