Geniatech T230C2

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Device Information

Device identifies as idVendor=0572, idProduct=c68a:

# journalctl -xb
kernel: usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0572, idProduct=c68a
kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
kernel: usb 1-1.3: Product: EyeTV Stick
kernel: usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Geniatech
kernel: usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 161206

Building the driver and firmware

Drivers are mainlined as of kernel 5.4. They can be built with media_build for older kernels.

The driver was previously provided by module dvb-usb-cxusb (from CrazyCat repository), this is now replaced by dvb-usb-dvbsky in both the mainline kernel and the official media_build. CrazyCat repo no longer works as of Debian 10, but users of older distros might have luck with it as a backup option.

Install a TV streaming server

Next install tvheadend or other streaming server.

Please note, If tvheadend is not able to find any DVBT-2 channel check if muxes frequencies matches information from your DVB-T2 provider. Also check that LNA (low noise amplifier) option is enabled on the adaptor in tvheadend settings.