I bought a PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (461e) because it was on the supported list on linuxtv.org (
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.ph...2_Stick_(461e) )
However when I inserted it into my mediaserver with kaffeine it did not find any channels. Only once it looked like it got some signal.
Trying to attach a satellite finder indicated that no power was put on the cable for the LNB. Trying to insert the stick into a Windows 8 machine and installing the PCTV software, proved that the stick indeed did feed the LNB with power.
Next I tried to insert the stick to my laptop, with the satellite finder too. When running scandvb the sattelite finder went active for a few seconds, and the got silent. Rerunning scandvb gave no response. But removing the stick and reinserting it would repeat this when running scandvb.
This leaves me to suspect that the stick is reset during the scan.
Im running a Fedora 20 with Linux 3.17.7-200.fc20.x86_64
When inserting I get these messages in /var/log/messages
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406859.995473] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081489] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=0258
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081500] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081505] usb 2-1.2: Product: PCTV 461
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081510] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: PCTV
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081513] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 0011421225
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081945] em28xx: New device PCTV PCTV 461 @ 480 Mbps (2013:0258, interface 0, class 0)
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.081950] em28xx: DVB interface 0 found: isoc
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.082094] em28xx: chip ID is em28178
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=0258
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: Product: PCTV 461
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: PCTV
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 0011421225
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: em28xx: New device PCTV PCTV 461 @ 480 Mbps (2013:0258, interface 0, class 0)
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: em28xx: DVB interface 0 found: isoc
Dec 28 02:36:08 kjeldpc kernel: em28xx: chip ID is em28178
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.444891] em28178 #0: EEPROM ID = 26 00 01 00, EEPROM hash = 0x033c70a0
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.444897] em28178 #0: EEPROM info:
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.444900] em28178 #0: microcode start address = 0x0004, boot configuration = 0x01
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: EEPROM ID = 26 00 01 00, EEPROM hash = 0x033c70a0
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: EEPROM info:
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: microcode start address = 0x0004, boot configuration = 0x01
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.453978] em28178 #0: AC97 audio (5 sample rates)
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.453985] em28178 #0: 500mA max power
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.453989] em28178 #0: Table at offset 0x27, strings=0x148c, 0x1874, 0x0a6a
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.454096] em28178 #0: Identified as PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (461e) (card=92)
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.454101] em28178 #0: dvb set to isoc mode.
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.454218] em28178 #0: Binding DVB extension
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: AC97 audio (5 sample rates)
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: 500mA max power
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: Table at offset 0x27, strings=0x148c, 0x1874, 0x0a6a
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: Identified as PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (461e) (card=92)
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: dvb set to isoc mode.
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: Binding DVB extension
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.459336] i2c i2c-17: Added multiplexed i2c bus 18
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2"
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: i2c i2c-17: Added multiplexed i2c bus 18
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.517596] m88ts2022 18-0060: m88ts2022: Montage M88TS2022 successfully identified
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.518635] i2c i2c-17: a8293: Allegro A8293 SEC attached
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.518639] DVB: registering new adapter (em28178 #0)
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.518643] usb 2-1.2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Montage M88DS3103)...
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.519594] em28178 #0: DVB extension successfully initialized
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.519599] em28178 #0: Registering input extension
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: m88ts2022 18-0060: m88ts2022: Montage M88TS2022 successfully identified
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.520513] Registered IR keymap rc-pinnacle-pctv-hd
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.520619] input: em28xx IR (em28178 #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/rc/rc0/input28
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.520681] rc0: em28xx IR (em28178 #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/rc/rc0
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: [406860.521133] em28178 #0: Input extension successfully initalized
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: i2c i2c-17: a8293: Allegro A8293 SEC attached
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (em28178 #0)
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: usb 2-1.2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Montage M88DS3103)...
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: DVB extension successfully initialized
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: Registering input extension
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: Registered IR keymap rc-pinnacle-pctv-hd
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: input: em28xx IR (em28178 #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/rc/rc0/input28
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: rc0: em28xx IR (em28178 #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/rc/rc0
Dec 28 02:36:09 kjeldpc kernel: em28178 #0: Input extension successfully initalized
Running sudo scandvb -v -s 0 /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Hotbird-13.0E
adds this output
Dec 28 02:38:04 kjeldpc kernel: [406976.212089] i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: found a 'Montage M88DS3103' in cold state
Dec 28 02:38:04 kjeldpc kernel: [406976.212147] i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-m88ds3103.fw'
Dec 28 02:38:04 kjeldpc kernel: i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: found a 'Montage M88DS3103' in cold state
Dec 28 02:38:04 kjeldpc kernel: i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-m88ds3103.fw'
Dec 28 02:38:05 kjeldpc kernel: [406976.497881] i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: found a 'Montage M88DS3103' in warm state
Dec 28 02:38:05 kjeldpc kernel: [406976.497890] i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: firmware version 3.B
Dec 28 02:38:05 kjeldpc kernel: i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: found a 'Montage M88DS3103' in warm state
Dec 28 02:38:05 kjeldpc kernel: i2c i2c-17: m88ds3103: firmware version 3.B
I also tried to remove the firmware file, in which case to activity was registered on the satellite finder. And when putting it back I could repeat the activity without unmounting it first.
Anyone have some good ideas