Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Miroslav Pragl]

Hello,
are here users of Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick)?

I have lots of problems with tuning, namely
- scan somehow locks on the first frequency listed in scan file and finds no
signal on subsequent freqs
- kaffeine which has own scanning scans RELIABLY two, somehow three of four
channels available in my region
- vlc which has great commandline parameters for direc tuning frequency and
programm (by its ID) works fine

I currently use Fedora 11 with latest stable kernel (64 bit) and try to keep
up-to-date with linuxtv drivers

any help or atleast bug confirming would help me a lot

Thanks

MP

P.S. although i hated the aggressivnes of Markus' drivers from mcentral.de
(no longer maintained) and need of FULL kernel sources these atleast worked
:(
 

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Devin Heitmueller]

2009/10/8 Miroslav Pragl <lists.subscriber@pragl.cz>:
> Hello,
> are here users of Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick)?
>
> I have lots of problems with tuning, namely
> - scan somehow locks on the first frequency listed in scan file and finds no
> signal on subsequent freqs
> - kaffeine which has own scanning scans RELIABLY two, somehow three of four
> channels available in my region
> - vlc which has great commandline parameters for direc tuning frequency and
> programm (by its ID) works fine
>
> I currently use Fedora 11 with latest stable kernel (64 bit) and try to keep
> up-to-date with linuxtv drivers
>
> any help or atleast bug confirming would help me a lot
>
> Thanks
>
> MP
>
> P.S. although i hated the aggressivnes of Markus' drivers from mcentral.de
> (no longer maintained) and need of FULL kernel sources these atleast worked
> :(

Hi Miroslav,

I did the 320e work with the assistance of a couple of users in
Europe.  Could you confirm that you are running the latest v4l-dvb
tree from http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb?  If so, please provide the
output of dmesg after connecting the device.

Devin

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

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[SebaX75]

Devin Heitmueller ha scritto:
> 2009/10/8 Miroslav Pragl <lists.subscriber@pragl.cz>:
>> Hello,
>> are here users of Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick)?
>>
>> I have lots of problems with tuning, namely
>> - scan somehow locks on the first frequency listed in scan file and finds no
>> signal on subsequent freqs
>> - kaffeine which has own scanning scans RELIABLY two, somehow three of four
>> channels available in my region
>> - vlc which has great commandline parameters for direc tuning frequency and
>> programm (by its ID) works fine
>>
>> I currently use Fedora 11 with latest stable kernel (64 bit) and try to keep
>> up-to-date with linuxtv drivers
>>
>> any help or atleast bug confirming would help me a lot
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> MP
>>
>> P.S. although i hated the aggressivnes of Markus' drivers from mcentral.de
>> (no longer maintained) and need of FULL kernel sources these atleast worked
>> :(
> 
> Hi Miroslav,
> 
> I did the 320e work with the assistance of a couple of users in
> Europe.  Could you confirm that you are running the latest v4l-dvb
> tree from http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb?  If so, please provide the
> output of dmesg after connecting the device.
> 
> Devin
> 

Hi Devin,
we have already discussed a few weeks ago on IRC; you've tryed to 
identify the problem with my help and debug on, but no information about 
the problem was identified, so you have requested to me a log captured 
with usbmon during scanning.
I've sent you a session captured with usbmon, but after this I've not 
seen any improvement and I've not received any reply.
In the past day I'm joined on #linuxtv, but probably you was busy and so 
I don't know if there are news.

Bye and thanks,
Sebastian

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:13 PM, SebaX75 <sebax75@yahoo.it> wrote:
> Hi Devin,
> we have already discussed a few weeks ago on IRC; you've tryed to identify
> the problem with my help and debug on, but no information about the problem
> was identified, so you have requested to me a log captured with usbmon
> during scanning.
> I've sent you a session captured with usbmon, but after this I've not seen
> any improvement and I've not received any reply.
> In the past day I'm joined on #linuxtv, but probably you was busy and so I
> don't know if there are news.
>
> Bye and thanks,
> Sebastian

Doh.  You're right.  I completely forgot about that.  Let me look at
the capture and see what is going on.

Devin

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

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Miroslav Pragl]

Devin,
thank you very much.

I downloaded, compiled and installed drivers from current (today) hg 
repository o linuxtv.org, attached Pinnacle dongle, scanned.

The log files are quite large so i ZIPed them and made available at 
http://pragl.com/tmp/em28xx_logs.zip
They are:

1. messages.txt - relevant paert of /var/log/messages after plugging the 
dongle in

2. scan.txt - output from `scan cz-Praha` (my location) you can see scan 
locks on first frequency (634000000), finds correctly couple of channels 
then fails on other frequencies

3. scan2.txt - same scan but I commented-out 1st frequency (634000000) so 
scan successfully starts from following one (674000000) and the situation 
repeats - only this one gets scanned, following are not

Hope I described it clearly :)

I really appreciate your help

MP


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From: "Devin Heitmueller" <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:36 PM
To: "Miroslav Pragl" <lists.subscriber@pragl.cz>
Cc: <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

> 2009/10/8 Miroslav Pragl <lists.subscriber@pragl.cz>:
>> Hello,
>> are here users of Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick)?
>>
>> I have lots of problems with tuning, namely
>> - scan somehow locks on the first frequency listed in scan file and finds 
>> no
>> signal on subsequent freqs
>> - kaffeine which has own scanning scans RELIABLY two, somehow three of 
>> four
>> channels available in my region
>> - vlc which has great commandline parameters for direc tuning frequency 
>> and
>> programm (by its ID) works fine
>>
>> I currently use Fedora 11 with latest stable kernel (64 bit) and try to 
>> keep
>> up-to-date with linuxtv drivers
>>
>> any help or atleast bug confirming would help me a lot
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> MP
>>
>> P.S. although i hated the aggressivnes of Markus' drivers from 
>> mcentral.de
>> (no longer maintained) and need of FULL kernel sources these atleast 
>> worked
>> :(
>
> Hi Miroslav,
>
> I did the 320e work with the assistance of a couple of users in
> Europe.  Could you confirm that you are running the latest v4l-dvb
> tree from http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb?  If so, please provide the
> output of dmesg after connecting the device.
>
> Devin
>
> -- 
> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
> http://www.kernellabs.com
> 

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Miroslav Pragl
<lists.subscriber@pragl.cz> wrote:
> Devin,
> thank you very much.
>
> I downloaded, compiled and installed drivers from current (today) hg
> repository o linuxtv.org, attached Pinnacle dongle, scanned.
>
> The log files are quite large so i ZIPed them and made available at
> http://pragl.com/tmp/em28xx_logs.zip
> They are:
>
> 1. messages.txt - relevant paert of /var/log/messages after plugging the
> dongle in
>
> 2. scan.txt - output from `scan cz-Praha` (my location) you can see scan
> locks on first frequency (634000000), finds correctly couple of channels
> then fails on other frequencies
>
> 3. scan2.txt - same scan but I commented-out 1st frequency (634000000) so
> scan successfully starts from following one (674000000) and the situation
> repeats - only this one gets scanned, following are not
>
> Hope I described it clearly :)
>
> I really appreciate your help

Interesting.  I just looked at SebaX75's usbmon trace, and I have a
suspicion as to what is going on.  If one of you is feeling
adventurous, try the following

unplug the device
comment out line 181 of file v4l/em28xx-cards.c so it looks like:

//   {EM2880_R04_GPO,        0x04,   0xff,          100},/* zl10353 reset */

make && make install && make unload
plug in device
Attempt a scan

Let me know if that causes it to lock on more than just the first frequency.

Devin

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

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Miroslav Pragl - mailing lists]

GREAT, works perfectly! Thanks a lot!

MP
> comment out line 181 of file v4l/em28xx-cards.c so it looks like:
> //   {EM2880_R04_GPO,        0x04,   0xff,          100},/* zl10353 reset */
>    

scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/cz-Praha
scanning /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/cz-Praha
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
initial transponder 634000000 0 2 9 3 1 3 0
initial transponder 674000000 0 2 9 3 1 3 0
initial transponder 730000000 0 2 9 3 1 3 0
initial transponder 778000000 0 2 9 3 1 3 0
initial transponder 818000000 0 2 9 3 1 2 0
 >>> tune to: 
634000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
Network Name 'CESKE RADIOKOMUNIKACE'
0x0000 0x0202: pmt_pid 0x0190 CESKE RADIOKOMUNIKACE -- NOVA CINEMA (running)
0x0000 0x0201: pmt_pid 0x0064 CESKE RADIOKOMUNIKACE --  NOVA (running)
0x0000 0x0801: pmt_pid 0x012c CESKE RADIOKOMUNIKACE -- BARRANDOV TV 
(running)
0x0000 0x0302: pmt_pid 0x01f4 CESKE RADIOKOMUNIKACE -- Prima COOL (running)
0x0000 0x0301: pmt_pid 0x00c8 CESKE RADIOKOMUNIKACE -- PRIMA (running)
 >>> tune to: 
674000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
Network Name 'Sit 3 Czech Digital Group'
0x0301 0x0303: pmt_pid 0x0000 CDG -- Prima (MPEG-4 HD) (running)
0x0301 0x0501: pmt_pid 0x0000 CDG -- Noe TV (running)
0x0301 0x0601: pmt_pid 0x0000 CDG -- PublicTV (running)
0x0301 0x0701: pmt_pid 0x0000 CDG -- Z1 (running)
0x0301 0x4301: pmt_pid 0x0000 CDG -- Proglas (running)
 >>> tune to: 
730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
0x0000 0x0101: pmt_pid 0x0100 Ceska televize -- CT 1 (running)
0x0000 0x0102: pmt_pid 0x0200 Ceska televize -- CT 2 (running)
0x0000 0x0103: pmt_pid 0x0300 Ceska televize -- CT 24 (running)
0x0000 0x0104: pmt_pid 0x0400 Ceska televize -- CT 4 (running)
0x0000 0x4101: pmt_pid 0x1000 Ceska televize -- CRo1-Radiozurnal     
(running)
0x0000 0x4102: pmt_pid 0x1100 Ceska televize -- CRo2-Praha           
(running)
0x0000 0x4103: pmt_pid 0x1200 Ceska televize -- CRo3-Vltava          
(running)
0x0000 0x4104: pmt_pid 0x1300 Ceska televize -- CRo Radio Wave      
(running)
0x0000 0x4105: pmt_pid 0x1400 Ceska televize -- CRo D-dur            
(running)
0x0000 0x4106: pmt_pid 0x1500 Ceska televize -- CRo Leonardo         
(running)
0x0000 0x4107: pmt_pid 0x1600 Ceska televize -- CRo Radio Cesko      
(running)
Network Name 'SIT 1 CESKA TELEVIZE'
 >>> tune to: 
778000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
Network Name 'Sit 3-Czech Digital Group'
0x0000 0x0601: pmt_pid 0x0300 CDG -- PublicTV (running)
0x0000 0x0701: pmt_pid 0x0400 CDG -- Z1 (running)
0x0000 0x4301: pmt_pid 0x1000 CDG -- Proglas (running)
 >>> tune to: 
818000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
 >>> tune to: 
818000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE 
(tuning failed)
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
dumping lists (24 services)
NOVA 
CINEMA:634000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:401:411:514
  NOVA:634000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:101:111:513
BARRANDOV 
TV:634000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:301:311:2049
Prima 
COOL:634000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:501:511:770
PRIMA:634000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:201:211:769
Prima (MPEG-4 
HD):674000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:1281:1282:771
Noe 
TV:674000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:513:514:1281
PublicTV:674000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:769:770:1537
Z1:674000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:1025:1026:1793
Proglas:674000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:4097:17153
CT 
1:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:257:273:257
CT 
2:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:513:529:258
CT 
24:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:769:785:259
CT 
4:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:1025:1041:260
CRo1-Radiozurnal    
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:4113:16641
CRo2-Praha          
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:4369:16642
CRo3-Vltava         
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:4625:16643
CRo Radio Wave     
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:4881:16644
CRo D-dur           
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:5137:16645
CRo Leonardo        
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:5393:16646
CRo Radio Cesko     
:730000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:5649:16647
PublicTV:778000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:769:770:1537
Z1:778000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:1025:1026:1793
Proglas:778000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:4097:17153
Done.

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Miroslav Pragl - mailing lists
<lists.subscriber@pragl.cz> wrote:
> GREAT, works perfectly! Thanks a lot!
>
> MP

Yeah, that's what I figured.  However, that's not really a good long
term fix.  Basically the problem is we should hardware reset the
zl10353 when we startup in digital mode so the chip is in a known
state.  However, that same code is also being called whenever we start
streaming, which puts the demod in an inconsistent state when
performing every tuning attempt after the first one (because the
zl10353 init routine does to not get re-run after the reset).

I'll have to play with it a bit and figure out what the *correct* fix
is, but that should be good enough to get you up and running for now.

It turns up I wasn't seeing this when I did the original debugging
because I was using a DVB generator and thus my scan file only had one
entry in it.

Devin

-- 
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http://www.kernellabs.com

Re: Pinnace 320e (PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick) support

[SebaX75]

Il 08/10/2009 21:04, Devin Heitmueller ha scritto:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Miroslav Pragl
> <lists.subscriber@pragl.cz>  wrote:
>> Devin,
>> thank you very much.
>>
>> I downloaded, compiled and installed drivers from current (today) hg
>> repository o linuxtv.org, attached Pinnacle dongle, scanned.
>>
>> The log files are quite large so i ZIPed them and made available at
>> http://pragl.com/tmp/em28xx_logs.zip
>> They are:
>>
>> 1. messages.txt - relevant paert of /var/log/messages after plugging the
>> dongle in
>>
>> 2. scan.txt - output from `scan cz-Praha` (my location) you can see scan
>> locks on first frequency (634000000), finds correctly couple of channels
>> then fails on other frequencies
>>
>> 3. scan2.txt - same scan but I commented-out 1st frequency (634000000) so
>> scan successfully starts from following one (674000000) and the situation
>> repeats - only this one gets scanned, following are not
>>
>> Hope I described it clearly :)
>>
>> I really appreciate your help
>
> Interesting.  I just looked at SebaX75's usbmon trace, and I have a
> suspicion as to what is going on.  If one of you is feeling
> adventurous, try the following
>
> unplug the device
> comment out line 181 of file v4l/em28xx-cards.c so it looks like:
>
> //   {EM2880_R04_GPO,        0x04,   0xff,          100},/* zl10353 reset */
>
> make&&  make install&&  make unload
> plug in device
> Attempt a scan
>
> Let me know if that causes it to lock on more than just the first frequency.
>
> Devin
>

Hi Devin,
I've no problem to test... and now all is working. I've scanned all VHF 
and UHF frequency and all MUX were identified and channel are recognized.

Your suspicion was correct, very thanks.

Sebastian