Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Devin Heitmueller]

Hello all,

A few weeks ago, I did some work on support for the Terratec Cinergy T
XS USB product.  I successfully got the zl10353 version working and
issued a PULL request last week
(http://www.kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/em28xx-terratec-zl10353)

However, the other version of the product, which contains a mt352 is
not yet working.

I am looking for people who own the device and would be willing to do
testing of a tree to help debug the issue.  Ideal candidates should
have the experience using DVB devices under Linux in addition to some
other known-working tuner product so we can be sure that certain
frequencies are available and that the antenna/location work properly.
 If you are willing to provide remote SSH access for short periods of
time if necessary, also indicate that in your email.

Please email me if you are interested in helping out getting the device working.

Thank you,

Devin

-- 
Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
http://www.kernellabs.com

Re: Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Markus Rechberger]

Hi all,

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Devin
Heitmueller<dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> A few weeks ago, I did some work on support for the Terratec Cinergy T
> XS USB product.  I successfully got the zl10353 version working and
> issued a PULL request last week
> (http://www.kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/em28xx-terratec-zl10353)
>

There will be an alternative driver entirely in userspace available
which works across all major kernelversions and distributions. It will
support the old em28xx devices and handle audio routing for the most
popular TV applications directly.

This system makes compiling the drivers unnecessary across all
available linux systems between 2.6.15 and ongoing. This package also
allows commercial drivers from vendors, the API itself is almost the
same as the video4linux/linuxdvb API. Installing a driver takes less
than five seconds without having to take care about the kernel API or
having to set up a development system. Aside of that it's operating
system independent (working on Linux, MacOSX and FreeBSD).
I think this is the way to go for the future since it adds more
possibilities to the drivers, and it eases up and speeds up driver
development dramatically.

Best Regards,
Markus

> However, the other version of the product, which contains a mt352 is
> not yet working.
>
> I am looking for people who own the device and would be willing to do
> testing of a tree to help debug the issue.  Ideal candidates should
> have the experience using DVB devices under Linux in addition to some
> other known-working tuner product so we can be sure that certain
> frequencies are available and that the antenna/location work properly.
>  If you are willing to provide remote SSH access for short periods of
> time if necessary, also indicate that in your email.
>
> Please email me if you are interested in helping out getting the device working.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Devin
>
> --
> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
> http://www.kernellabs.com
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Re: Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Jelle de Jong]

Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> A few weeks ago, I did some work on support for the Terratec Cinergy T
> XS USB product.  I successfully got the zl10353 version working and
> issued a PULL request last week
> (http://www.kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/em28xx-terratec-zl10353)
> 
> However, the other version of the product, which contains a mt352 is
> not yet working.
> 
> I am looking for people who own the device and would be willing to do
> testing of a tree to help debug the issue.  Ideal candidates should
> have the experience using DVB devices under Linux in addition to some
> other known-working tuner product so we can be sure that certain
> frequencies are available and that the antenna/location work properly.
>  If you are willing to provide remote SSH access for short periods of
> time if necessary, also indicate that in your email.
> 
> Please email me if you are interested in helping out getting the device working.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Devin
> 

Not much time to do the actual coding and compiling but I will set you
up with :-)

I will get you a dedicated machine with ssh access you can play with as
much as you like, it will be up and running next week after Wednesday.

Have you ever heard of ssh gateways, I am kind of good at this I build
my support systems around this. So I will set you up with an account :D

Best regards,

Jelle de Jong

Re: Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Simon Kenyon]

Markus Rechberger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Devin
> Heitmueller<dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A few weeks ago, I did some work on support for the Terratec Cinergy T
>> XS USB product.  I successfully got the zl10353 version working and
>> issued a PULL request last week
>> (http://www.kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/em28xx-terratec-zl10353)
>>
>>     
>
> There will be an alternative driver entirely in userspace available
> which works across all major kernelversions and distributions. It will
> support the old em28xx devices and handle audio routing for the most
> popular TV applications directly.
>
> This system makes compiling the drivers unnecessary across all
> available linux systems between 2.6.15 and ongoing. This package also
> allows commercial drivers from vendors, the API itself is almost the
> same as the video4linux/linuxdvb API. Installing a driver takes less
> than five seconds without having to take care about the kernel API or
> having to set up a development system. Aside of that it's operating
> system independent (working on Linux, MacOSX and FreeBSD).
> I think this is the way to go for the future since it adds more
> possibilities to the drivers, and it eases up and speeds up driver
> development dramatically.
>
> Best Regards,
> Markus
>   
ROTFLOL (well actually it was more like a rather bemused smile)
--
simon

Re: Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Jelle de Jong]

Markus Rechberger wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Devin
> Heitmueller<dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A few weeks ago, I did some work on support for the Terratec Cinergy T
>> XS USB product. �I successfully got the zl10353 version working and
>> issued a PULL request last week
>> (http://www.kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/em28xx-terratec-zl10353)
>>
> 
> There will be an alternative driver entirely in userspace available
> which works across all major kernelversions and distributions. It will
> support the old em28xx devices and handle audio routing for the most
> popular TV applications directly.
> 
> This system makes compiling the drivers unnecessary across all
> available linux systems between 2.6.15 and ongoing. This package also
> allows commercial drivers from vendors, the API itself is almost the
> same as the video4linux/linuxdvb API. Installing a driver takes less
> than five seconds without having to take care about the kernel API or
> having to set up a development system. Aside of that it's operating
> system independent (working on Linux, MacOSX and FreeBSD).
> I think this is the way to go for the future since it adds more
> possibilities to the drivers, and it eases up and speeds up driver
> development dramatically.

Still keep feeling an itch to response to this. I am not interested in
any proprietary driver binaries and I tried to work with you and
contributed documentation, testing and lot of time to your em28xx
project. I feel mislead and wasted my time trying to help you. Please
don't response to this mail in this thread make a separate public thread
if you want to discus it. I don't like thread highjacking. You are more
then welcome to contribute code back in small patches for one change at
a time that meets the Linux kernel licensing and coding guidelines. I
sometimes got the feeling you are doing more good then harm working for
Empiatech.

Best regards,

Jelle de Jong

Re: Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Jelle de Jong]

Jelle de Jong wrote:
> sometimes got the feeling you are doing more good then harm working for
> Empiatech.

typograpical correction: that should have been; more harm then good ...

Best regards,

Jelle de Jong

Re: Call for testers: Terratec Cinergy T XS USB support

[Jelle de Jong]

Jelle de Jong schreef:
> Devin Heitmueller wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A few weeks ago, I did some work on support for the Terratec Cinergy T
>> XS USB product.  I successfully got the zl10353 version working and
>> issued a PULL request last week
>> (http://www.kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/em28xx-terratec-zl10353)
>>
>> However, the other version of the product, which contains a mt352 is
>> not yet working.
>>
>> I am looking for people who own the device and would be willing to do
>> testing of a tree to help debug the issue.  Ideal candidates should
>> have the experience using DVB devices under Linux in addition to some
>> other known-working tuner product so we can be sure that certain
>> frequencies are available and that the antenna/location work properly.
>>  If you are willing to provide remote SSH access for short periods of
>> time if necessary, also indicate that in your email.
>>
>> Please email me if you are interested in helping out getting the device working.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Devin
>>
> 
> Not much time to do the actual coding and compiling but I will set you
> up with :-)
> 
> I will get you a dedicated machine with ssh access you can play with as
> much as you like, it will be up and running next week after Wednesday.
> 
> Have you ever heard of ssh gateways, I am kind of good at this I build
> my support systems around this. So I will set you up with an account :D

As said I made you a very nice dvb-t test station, you can log into it
with a ssh gateway that I created for you. There are several usb dvb-t
en hybrid devices attached, all with dvb-t signals, analog is also possible.

I send you an additional private email with the information you need to
login into the systems. You have full root access and can compile what
ever you want ;-p

If you got any question you can contact me on IRC with the nickname
tuxcrafter or use the pct-support-chat[1] tool.

Best regards,

Jelle de Jong

[1]
https://secure.powercraft.nl/svn/packages/trunk/source/pct-support-scripts/