[linux-dvb] Re: B2C2/Technisat Cable/Air/SkyStar USB

[Patrick Boettcher <patrick.boettcher@desy.de>]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Holger Waechtler wrote:


> >Thanks to Holgers pointer to datasheet one can suppose what's inside.
> >The inscription of the tin box says:
> >TBM - Product
> >U   - Universal
> >24  - chassis size
> >1   - 1 input
> >1   - bandtype 1 BAND
> >2   - mech-type: horizontal
> >I   - I2C
> >M   - Mitel/Zarlink
> >B   - Demod IC: ST (what does this mean)
> >
> >
>
> Sounds to me like the common STV0299B/SL1935 or the older STV0299/SL1925
> combination -- but that's pure guessing. Both should work with the
> existing stv0299 driver, maybe some tweaks are necessairy due to
> different crystal frequencies, different filters or different wirings.

OK, reverse engineering will show this hopefully.

> Have you found out how the LNB supply is connected? There are basically
> 2 obvious options: either the STV0299 OP0/OP1 pins or pins of the
> FlexCop. Maybe there even exists some code you can reuse.

No, I don't have the device here, yet, the pictures are the only thing I
have currently.

How do figure it out LNB supply pins? Following the lines on the board
from the connector to a IC?

Patrick.