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A DVB-S/S2 PCI card from [[TeVii]].
A DVB-S/S2 PCI card from [[TeVii]].


[[File:Tevii_s464.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TeVii S464]]
[[File:Tevii_s464.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TeVii S464]]


==Overview/Features==
==Hardware/Features==
* PCI low profile

A low profile DVB-S/S2 PCI card from TeVii.


Retail packaging includes full-height and low profile brackets, an IR receiver cable and an IR handset.
Retail packaging includes full-height and low profile brackets, an IR receiver cable and an IR handset.


===Components Used===
===Components Used===
* RF Tuner: [[Montage]] [[Montage M88TS2020|M88TS2020]]

* RF Tuner: [[Montage]] M88TS2020
* Demodulator (twice): [[Montage]] [[Montage M88DS3000|M88DS3000]]
* Demodulator (twice): [[Montage]] M88DS3000
* PCI bridge: [[Conexant]] CX23880
* PCI bridge: [[Conexant]] CX23880


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==Making it Work==
== Linux support ==


===Firmware===
===Firmware===
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Firmware is required for this card and can be extracted from the TeVii driver package;
Firmware is required for this card and can be extracted from the TeVii driver package;


wget http://www.tevii.com/100315_Beta_linux_tevii_ds3000.rar
wget http://www.tevii.com/tevii_ds3000.tar.gz
unrar e 100315_Beta_linux_tevii_ds3000.rar
cp fw/dvb-fe-cx24116.fw /lib/firmware


tar xfvz tevii_ds3000.tar.gz
===Drivers===


cp dvb-fe-ds3000.fw /lib/firmware
As of 1st January 2011, this card is still not supported by the V4L-DVB tree. However, very minor changes as documented on Mr. Liplianin's changeset [http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin/rev/4dc29dc9ec91 14355] are required to make it work.


===Drivers===
The simplest way to make it work is to use the [[s2-liplianin]] v4l branch.

As of March 2011, this card is supported by the V4L-DVB media_build tree and the driver has been merged into the 2.6.39 kernel.


===Sample kernel output===
===Sample kernel output===
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===Usage with MythTV===
===Usage with MythTV===


This card works great for recieving DVB-S channels from Astra/Eurobird 28.2E. There are currently no FTA channels transmitted in DVB-S2 yet on these satellites, but MythTV 0.22 and newer correctly recognises the card as S2-capable.
This card works great for recieving DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels from Astra/Eurobird 28.2E.

===Problems===

There seems to be a problem with symbolrate.
Using i.e. 21999999 instead of 22000000 solves this


There seem to be different revisions - newer models get frequent reports of tuning-problems using in-kernel module. The vendors module seems to work but may not be available for current kernels
One minor niggle is that the signal strength indicator doesn't work properly on my system. It seems to show a random value between 5% and 15%. Possibly a driver bug? However, this does not cause any problem with normal TV viewing and recording.


==External Links==
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 15:53, 8 April 2013

A DVB-S/S2 PCI card from TeVii.

TeVii S464

Hardware/Features

  • PCI low profile

Retail packaging includes full-height and low profile brackets, an IR receiver cable and an IR handset.

Components Used

Identification

lspci -wn

01:06.0 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05)
        Subsystem: d464:9022
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data <?>
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: cx8800
        Kernel modules: cx8800

01:06.2 0480: 14f1:8802 (rev 05)
        Subsystem: d464:9022
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager
        Kernel modules: cx8802

Linux support

Firmware

Firmware is required for this card and can be extracted from the TeVii driver package;

wget http://www.tevii.com/tevii_ds3000.tar.gz

tar xfvz tevii_ds3000.tar.gz

cp dvb-fe-ds3000.fw /lib/firmware

Drivers

As of March 2011, this card is supported by the V4L-DVB media_build tree and the driver has been merged into the 2.6.39 kernel.

Sample kernel output

Remote Control Support

Usage with MythTV

This card works great for recieving DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels from Astra/Eurobird 28.2E.

Problems

There seems to be a problem with symbolrate. Using i.e. 21999999 instead of 22000000 solves this

There seem to be different revisions - newer models get frequent reports of tuning-problems using in-kernel module. The vendors module seems to work but may not be available for current kernels

External Links

Manufacturers Website

Product Page at DVBshop.net (A European Retailer)