DMB-H USB Sticks: MagicPro ProHDTV Mini 2 USB

DMB-H USB Sticks: MagicPro ProHDTV Mini 2 USB

[Alexander List]

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Hi,

frustrated that I couldn't watch the Chinese New Years' Fireworks on TVB
Jade using my RTL2832U based DVB-T stick in Hong Kong, I just bought a

MagicPro ProHDTV Mini 2

USB stick. Given that HK is now part of China (somehow), they decided to
follow the mainland DTV standard, so it's DTMB (DMB-T/H) over here.

The package says it only supports Windows, but I never believe the
packaging, and I believe in Linux hackers :)

lsusb -v says:

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1b80:d39f Afatech

This looks *very* similar to the RTL2832U, in fact dmesg says it's a
Realtek chip:

[58773.739843] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
[58773.835657] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1b80,
idProduct=d39f
[58773.835665] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[58773.835670] usb 1-1.1: Product: usbtv
[58773.835673] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: realtek

Full lsusb -v output is attached.

I checked here but it's not listed, but other (PCIe) devices from the
same manufacturer are:

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DMB-T/H_PCIe_Cards

I'm more than willing to get this thing supported under Linux - just let
me know what I can do to help.

I have

a) the stick
b) the Windows driver/software CD (soon as an ISO)

What I can provide is

a) help getting more info on the hardware (taking it apart etc.)
b) provide remote access to a box with the stick plugged in if necessary
c) test new code / patches

Cheers

Alex

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Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1b80:d39f Afatech 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x1b80 Afatech
  idProduct          0xd39f 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 
  iProduct                2 
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           39
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              5 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0

          

Re: DMB-H USB Sticks: MagicPro ProHDTV Mini 2 USB

[Antti Palosaari]

On 02/15/2013 03:23 AM, Alexander List wrote:
> Hi,
>
> frustrated that I couldn't watch the Chinese New Years' Fireworks on TVB
> Jade using my RTL2832U based DVB-T stick in Hong Kong, I just bought a
>
> MagicPro ProHDTV Mini 2
>
> USB stick. Given that HK is now part of China (somehow), they decided to
> follow the mainland DTV standard, so it's DTMB (DMB-T/H) over here.
>
> The package says it only supports Windows, but I never believe the
> packaging, and I believe in Linux hackers :)
>
> lsusb -v says:
>
> Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1b80:d39f Afatech
>
> This looks *very* similar to the RTL2832U, in fact dmesg says it's a
> Realtek chip:
>
> [58773.739843] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
> [58773.835657] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1b80,
> idProduct=d39f
> [58773.835665] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=0
> [58773.835670] usb 1-1.1: Product: usbtv
> [58773.835673] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: realtek
>
> Full lsusb -v output is attached.

It didn't looked very similar than RTL2831U or RTL2832U USB interface. 
Very likely different USB interface.

> I checked here but it's not listed, but other (PCIe) devices from the
> same manufacturer are:
>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DMB-T/H_PCIe_Cards
>
> I'm more than willing to get this thing supported under Linux - just let
> me know what I can do to help.
>
> I have
>
> a) the stick
> b) the Windows driver/software CD (soon as an ISO)
>
> What I can provide is
>
> a) help getting more info on the hardware (taking it apart etc.)
> b) provide remote access to a box with the stick plugged in if necessary
> c) test new code / patches

First thing to do is identify used chips. Open the box and find out 3 
biggest chip. There may be 1, 2 or 3 big chips depending on integration 
level.

regards
Antti

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Re: DMB-H USB Sticks: MagicPro ProHDTV Mini 2 USB

[Antti Palosaari]

On 02/15/2013 01:07 PM, Alexander List wrote:
> On 02/15/2013 05:38 PM, Antti Palosaari wrote:
>
> Terve!

=)

>
>> First thing to do is identify used chips. Open the box and find out 3
>> biggest chip. There may be 1, 2 or 3 big chips depending on
>> integration level.
>
> OK, my Nikon's charger is somewhere, so I have to transcribe what I see ...
>
> On the back of the PCB we have a package with 8 pins, labeled C02H
> P26XOD - looks like an EEPROM, Google says. [1]
> On the front we have one big RTL2836BU C2K84A1 GC10 [2], and one smaller
> FC0013 C1236 0035L. There are two packages with metal enclosure saying
> NTK 27.000F, I guess XTALs.
>
> Hope this helps ...

Yeah, that quite enough.

RTL2836BU is USB interface and demod integrated to one package
FC0013 is RF tuner

Xtal freq sounds a little bit unusual compared to those used for DVB-T 
sticks.

Biggest challenge is to make driver for the demod. USB interface could 
be just same which is used for RTL2831U/RTL2832U even lsusb looks 
different. If it is different then new USB interface driver is also 
needed. FC0013 driver exists. I am not going to work that one device!

>
> Alex
>
> [1] http://www.datasheetarchive.com/24C02H-datasheet.html
> [2] http://detail.china.alibaba.com/offer/1144172336.html
> [3] http://www.rtlsdr.org/ - Fitipower Tuner 50-1700 MHz

regards
Antti


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