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Hi
Have fought long and hard to install the drivers for this. Thought all was well? Seems not. As you can see below the card is seen.
sudo dmesg | grep 'DVB: registering'
[ 7.216714] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (TBSECP3 DVB Adapter)
[ 7.365413] TBSECP3 driver 0000:07:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6281SE DVB-T/T2/C )...
[ 7.365487] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (TBSECP3 DVB Adapter)
[ 7.573088] TBSECP3 driver 0000:07:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6281SE DVB-T/T2/C )...

sudo dmesg | grep i2c
[ 0.431560] i2c_dev: i2c /dev entries driver
[ 7.354153] i2c i2c-2: Added multiplexed i2c bus 5
[ 7.568038] i2c i2c-3: Added multiplexed i2c bus 6

lspci | grep Multimedia
07:00.0 Multimedia controller: TBS Technologies DVB Tuner PCIe Card

sudo lsdvb

lsdvb: Simple utility to list PCI/PCIe DVB devices
Version: 0.0.4
Copyright (C) Manu Abraham

TBSECP3 driver (544:6178 6281:2) on PCI Domain:0 Bus:7 Device:0 Function:0
DEVICE:0 ADAPTER:0 FRONTEND:0 (TurboSight TBS 6281SE DVB-T/T2/C )
FE_OFDM Fmin=48MHz Fmax=870MHz
DEVICE:0 ADAPTER:1 FRONTEND:0 (TurboSight TBS 6281SE DVB-T/T2/C )
FE_OFDM Fmin=48MHz Fmax=870MHz

Finally tried a tune.
sudo scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-Dover | tee channels.conf
scanning /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-Dover
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
ERROR: cannot parse'[C50 BBC A]
'
ERROR: cannot parse' DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT
'
ERROR: cannot parse' FREQUENCY = 706000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' BANDWIDTH_HZ = 8000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_HP = 2/3
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_LP = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' MODULATION = QAM/64
'
ERROR: cannot parse' TRANSMISSION_MODE = 8K
'
ERROR: cannot parse' GUARD_INTERVAL = 1/32
'
ERROR: cannot parse' HIERARCHY = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' INVERSION = AUTO
'
ERROR: cannot parse'[C51 D3&4]
'
ERROR: cannot parse' DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT
'
ERROR: cannot parse' FREQUENCY = 714000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' BANDWIDTH_HZ = 8000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_HP = 2/3
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_LP = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' MODULATION = QAM/64
'
ERROR: cannot parse' TRANSMISSION_MODE = 8K
'
ERROR: cannot parse' GUARD_INTERVAL = 1/32
'
ERROR: cannot parse' HIERARCHY = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' INVERSION = AUTO
'
ERROR: cannot parse'[C35 SDN]
'
ERROR: cannot parse' DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT
'
ERROR: cannot parse' FREQUENCY = 586000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' BANDWIDTH_HZ = 8000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_HP = 3/4
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_LP = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' MODULATION = QAM/64
'
ERROR: cannot parse' TRANSMISSION_MODE = 8K
'
ERROR: cannot parse' GUARD_INTERVAL = 1/32
'
ERROR: cannot parse' HIERARCHY = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' INVERSION = AUTO
'
ERROR: cannot parse'[C59 ARQ A]
'
ERROR: cannot parse' DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT
'
ERROR: cannot parse' FREQUENCY = 778000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' BANDWIDTH_HZ = 8000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_HP = 3/4
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_LP = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' MODULATION = QAM/64
'
ERROR: cannot parse' TRANSMISSION_MODE = 8K
'
ERROR: cannot parse' GUARD_INTERVAL = 1/32
'
ERROR: cannot parse' HIERARCHY = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' INVERSION = AUTO
'
ERROR: cannot parse'[C48 ARQ B]
'
ERROR: cannot parse' DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT
'
ERROR: cannot parse' FREQUENCY = 690000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' BANDWIDTH_HZ = 8000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_HP = 3/4
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_LP = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' MODULATION = QAM/64
'
ERROR: cannot parse' TRANSMISSION_MODE = 8K
'
ERROR: cannot parse' GUARD_INTERVAL = 1/32
'
ERROR: cannot parse' HIERARCHY = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' INVERSION = AUTO
'
ERROR: cannot parse'[C53 BBC B HD]
'
ERROR: cannot parse' DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT2
'
ERROR: cannot parse' FREQUENCY = 730000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' BANDWIDTH_HZ = 8000000
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_HP = 2/3
'
ERROR: cannot parse' CODE_RATE_LP = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' MODULATION = QAM/256
'
ERROR: cannot parse' TRANSMISSION_MODE = 32K
'
ERROR: cannot parse' GUARD_INTERVAL = 1/128
'
ERROR: cannot parse' HIERARCHY = NONE
'
ERROR: cannot parse' STREAM_ID = 0
'
ERROR: cannot parse' INVERSION = AUTO
'
ERROR: initial tuning failed
dumping lists (0 services)
Done.

No please bear in mind I have just followed the instructions on here, and one other site. And am now at a loss. Thes signal is fine, the TV next to my Mythserver has 100% signal, even went so far as to take the aerial out of the TV and plug it in direct to the card.

Any suggestions welcome, as I am at a complete loss.

Kindest Regards

Paul.

Hello
1)please check the signal cable if connect to the RF in port or you can try those two port.
2)Try to use other application , such as dvblast .

and BTW. Our cards do not support the active antenna, it cannot supply the power for the antenna. only support passive antenna.

Best Regards

[quote="smile"]Hello
1)please check the signal cable if connect to the RF in port or you can try those two port.

Tried both, neither worked.

2)Try to use other application , such as dvblast .

Sorry I have no idea how to use dvblast, being partially sighted the instructions are horrendous! If you can advise how, I would be happy to try.

and BTW. Our cards do not support the active antenna, it cannot supply the power for the antenna. only support passive antenna.

I am using a standard digital passive aerial / antenna for the UK

Any other suggestions?

Kindest regards Paul.

You use old scan util (from dvb-apps package) with mux list in new format for dvbv5-scan util from v4l-utils package. Mux list just can't be parsed

P.S. For DVB-S2/T2 scanning better use scan-s2 with old mux list format.

Hi Crazycat
I don't want to seem ungrateful.
But all that meant nothing to me! I am not a programmer, or that experienced in Linux. Would it be possible to explain in more detail first how to get scan-S2 as the link on the page for it does not work. If I need to compile it? then that is beyond my knowledge. However I got this far by following instructions.
As I said, Myth could not tune either, which is why I wondered if I had done something wrong with the install?

Kindest regards
Paul.

yes, need compile scan-s2:

Code: Select All Code

git clone https://github.com/crazycat69/scan-s2
make
sudo make install


Hi Crazycat

Now have the scan-s2, thanks for that.

Still need a bit of hand holding from someone on how to use it to test UK DVB_T tuning.

Thanks Paul.