[linux-dvb] Re: Trouble with Nova-T on EPIA board

["Pete Martin" <petemartin@ntlworld.com>]

Mark,

Are you sure the frequency 578000000 is correct? Most UK transponders apply
an offset to the base frequency, so you get odd looking numbers like
489833334 for the BBC mux at Rowridge. This is sometimes + and sometimes -.
Sorry, I don't have the exact details to hand.

Also check you are using the correct QAM and FEC settings. Most UK
transponders use qam16 but some, eg Rowridge ITV use 64.

What transmitter are you using?

You could try the scan utility to see exactly what is available in your
area.

Pete

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ansalmo@dsl.pipex.com>
To: <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:52 AM
Subject: [linux-dvb] Trouble with Nova-T on EPIA board


> Hi,
>
> I'm having a few troubles with my Nova-T card and wondered if anyone could
> help.  Apologies if this has been asked before, but the archive search
seems to
> be broken for recent postings.
>
> I've got an EPIA M10000 board with Nova-T, running on a stock RedHat 9
> installation.  I had this card working on a different mobo under Debian a
few
> months ago.  I've transferred to RH9 so I can use the Via binary drivers
for my
> new EPIA board.
>
> I pulled the latest DVB code from CVS on Monday and built it after
patching
> compat.h (following instructions on this list from another RH9 user).  On
> trying dvbtune with the -i option, I get one of two outcomes:
>
> (a) it returns me the channel information for the ITV mux, independent of
the
> frequency used - as long as the frequency is valid for one of the muxes.
>
> (b) it gives me the error "nothing to read from fd_sdt".  The full output
is:
>
> # dvbtune -f 578000 -i
>
> Using DVB card "Grundig 29504-401"
> tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 578000000 Hz
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
FE_HAS_SYNC
> Bit error rate: 287
> Signal strength: 12593
> SNR: 57054
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
FE_HAS_SYNC
> <transponder type="T" freq="578000000">
> Nothing to read from fd_sdt
> </transponder>
>
> The aerial is fine - I've plugged it into a Nebula DVB-T running under
Windows
> on another machine, and all channels are perfect.  The Nova-T has been
proved
> to work under Linux previously.  I also tried the 1.0.1 DVB release with
the
> same results, and so I'm a little stumped - has anyone got any ideas?
>
> Many thanks,
> Mark
>
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