TechniSat CableStar Combo HD CI
A DVB-C USB device from TechniSat.
Overview/Features
A combined DVB-C and DVB-T USB 2.0 box (standard definition and high definition). The device contains a common interface slot and an integrated infrared receiver. A remote control is included.
It is currently not supported in current releases of Linux.
Components Used
DRX 3913 JKA 2
http://www.tridentmicro.com/producttree/tv/dtv/drx/drx-39xyk/
CY7C68013A
http://www.cypress.com/?rid=38801
EPM3128ATC144-10N
http://www.altera.com/cgi-bin/devsearch.pl?col=corp&qt=EPM3128
Identification
The USB id of this device is 14f7:0003
Making it Work
The Window drivers for this devices from TechniSat is named UDST7000Bda.sys, the same as the driver for the Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI and TerraTec S7 DVB-S devices. These devices are supported by Linux with the az6027 driver. This gives some hope towards future Linux support for this device.
Firmware
dvb-usb-terratec-h7-drxk.fw from http://linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/ 0
Drivers
As the TechniSat CableStar Combo HD CI is a clone of the Terratec T7 card which is supported in the kernel v3.9.2 some small patches are needed to get the card working.
Log from initialization on kernel 3.9.2:
[ 5846.524448] usb 1-1.1: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Technisat Combo HD CI' in cold state [ 5846.524477] usb 1-1.1: dvb_usb_v2: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-terratec-h7-az6007.fw' [ 5846.542443] usb 1-1.1: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Technisat Combo HD CI' in warm state [ 5847.759051] usb 1-1.1: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer [ 5847.759077] DVB: registering new adapter (Technisat Combo HD CI) [ 5847.761918] usb 1-1.1: dvb_usb_v2: MAC address: c2:f7:14:03:00:00 [ 5847.763861] drxk: frontend initialized. [ 5847.763975] usb 1-1.1: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DRXK)... [ 5847.764816] drxk: Could not load firmware file dvb-usb-terratec-h7-drxk.fw. [ 5847.764819] drxk: Copy dvb-usb-terratec-h7-drxk.fw to your hotplug directory! [ 5847.765331] mt2063_attach: Attaching MT2063 [ 5847.765339] usb 1-1.1: dvb_usb_v2: 'Technisat Combo HD CI' successfully initialized and connected [ 5847.813453] drxk: status = 0x639130d9 [ 5847.813458] drxk: detected a drx-3913k, spin A3, xtal 27.000 MHz [ 5847.975123] DRXK driver version 0.9.4300 [ 6062.180856] mt2063: detected a mt2063 B3