[mythtvnz] HVR 2200 replacement?

[Fraser McGlinn]

Hi Guys,

May or may not be useful to say that i’ve been having issues with my 6 month old HVR2200 on Ubuntu 14.04 (doubtful that mine is hardware) - Kernel 3.13.0-39. Similar errors, but not quite the same. So take this with a grain of salt as it might not be related.

[68399.023383] saa7164_api_i2c_write() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.178019] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.181181] saa7164_api_i2c_read() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.187800] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.191026] saa7164_api_i2c_read() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.197696] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.200161] saa7164_api_i2c_write() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.202626] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.205071] saa7164_api_i2c_write() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.217513] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.219887] saa7164_api_i2c_read() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.224600] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.226958] saa7164_api_i2c_write() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.229317] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.231629] saa7164_api_i2c_write() error, ret(1) = 0xc
[68399.233992] saa7164_cmd_send() No free sequences
[68399.236338] saa7164_api_i2c_write() error, ret(1) = 0xc

Cheers,

Fraser

> On 5/01/2015, at 11:11 pm, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org <mailto:g8ecj at gilks.org>> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 5 January 2015 at 21:54, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org <mailto:g8ecj at gilks.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings all
>>> 
>>> My HVR2200 has started to go flakey. The log fills up with
>>> Jan  5 21:39:41 jupiter kernel: [ 8338.648333] saa7164_cmd_send() No
>>> free
>>> sequences
>>> Jan  5 21:39:41 jupiter kernel: [ 8338.648343] saa7164_api_i2c_read()
>>> error, ret(1) = 0xc
>>> Jan  5 21:39:41 jupiter kernel: [ 8338.648349] tda10048_readreg: readreg
>>> error (ret == -5)
>>> Jan  5 21:39:43 jupiter kernel: [ 8340.648332] saa7164_cmd_send() No
>>> free
>>> sequences
>>> Jan  5 21:39:43 jupiter kernel: [ 8340.648343] saa7164_api_i2c_read()
>>> error, ret(1) = 0xc
>>> Jan  5 21:39:43 jupiter kernel: [ 8340.648348] tda10048_readreg: readreg
>>> error (ret == -5)
>>> every 2 seconds all the time the backend is running.
>>> 
>>> So I'm looking at ways I can continue getting Sky into my system, either
>>> an analog input as the HVR2200 provides, an HD PVR (can I use the gaming
>>> edition?) or a DVB-S2 capture card with an extra card to take my fully
>>> paid up sky subscription card.
>>> 
>>> If I use anything other than a replacement for the 2200 then I'll also
>>> need a DVB-T card as well, but it looks the the 2200 is a bit like
>>> rocking
>>> horse manure :(
>>> 
>>> Thoughts?
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You sure it wasn't some recent kernel/firmware update problem? Might be
>> worth popping an older, known good configuration in to test it, or a
>> slightly older mythbuntu install onto a spare drive. Of course it *could*
>> be flaky hardware, but flaky software is far more common!
>> 
> 
> Good thought but I haven't updated the kernel on this Gentoo system for
> over 2 years !!
> 
> It failed originally just over 2 weeks ago. I turned the box off, removed
> the card, put it back and fired up again and it has run until mid
> afternoon today. I've tried a power cycle and it did resurrect it for
> about 10 minutes but I think it may now be terminal.
> 
> I'll take it out and check for bulging caps in the morning and see what
> bits I can get at SI Components (I'm heading that way tomorrow anyway!!).
> 
> 
> -- 
> Robin Gilks
> 
> 
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