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Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -03001How to get the bt8xx cards working
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07003
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030041) General information
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07006
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -03007This class of cards has a bt878a as the PCI interface, and require the bttv driver
8for accessing the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset.
9Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx PCI bridge:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070010
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030011Compiling kernel please enable:
12a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
13b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
14 => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
Manu Abraham2d6e7322005-09-09 13:03:04 -070015
162) Loading Modules
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070018
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030019In default cases bttv is loaded automatically.
20To load the backend either place dvb-bt8xx in etc/modules, or apply manually:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070021
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030022 $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070023
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030024All frontends will be loaded automatically.
25People running udev please see Documentation/dvb/udev.txt.
Manu Abraham28fdd752005-11-08 21:35:33 -080026
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030027In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx might be necessary:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070028
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -0300292a) Running TwinHan and Clones
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Johannes Stezenbachdf481ae2005-05-16 21:54:45 -070031
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030032 $ modprobe bttv card=113
33 $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
34 $ modprobe dst
35
36Useful parameters for verbosity level and debugging the dst module:
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38verbose=0: messages are disabled
39 1: only error messages are displayed
40 2: notifications are displayed
41 3: other useful messages are displayed
42 4: debug setting
43dst_addons=0: card is a free to air (FTA) card only
44 0x20: card has a conditional access slot for scrambled channels
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46The autodetected values are determined by the cards' "response string".
47In your logs see f. ex.: dst_get_device_id: Recognize [DSTMCI].
48For bug reports please send in a complete log with verbose=4 activated.
49Please also see Documentation/dvb/ci.txt.
50
512b) Running multiple cards
Manu Abraham2d6e7322005-09-09 13:03:04 -070052--------------------------
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Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030054Examples of card ID's:
Manu Abraham2d6e7322005-09-09 13:03:04 -070055
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030056Pinnacle PCTV Sat: 94
57Nebula Electronics Digi TV: 104
58pcHDTV HD-2000 TV: 112
59Twinhan DST and clones: 113
60Avermedia AverTV DVB-T 771: 123
61Avermedia AverTV DVB-T 761: 124
62DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite: 128
63DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite: 135
Manu Abraham2d6e7322005-09-09 13:03:04 -070064
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030065Notice: The order of the card ID should be uprising:
66Example:
Michael Krufky2cbeddc2005-11-08 21:35:35 -080067 $ modprobe bttv card=113 card=135
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030068 $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
Manu Abraham28fdd752005-11-08 21:35:33 -080069
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030070For a full list of card ID's please see Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv.
71In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: www.linuxdvb.org.
Manu Abraham28fdd752005-11-08 21:35:33 -080072
Michael Krufkydccd7c72006-02-27 00:07:46 -030073Authors: Richard Walker,
74 Jamie Honan,
75 Michael Hunold,
76 Manu Abraham,
Uwe Bugla8abe58a2006-03-16 20:37:05 -030077 Uwe Bugla,
Michael Krufkydccd7c72006-02-27 00:07:46 -030078 Michael Krufky