Andrew de Quincey wrote: > > On Saturday 13 March 2004 15:00, you wrote: > > Andrew de Quincey wrote: > > > OK, this is getting far too confusing. Need to summarise this: > > > > > > We're trying two types of DVB-S-fullfeatured cards: the 1.3 and the 1.6 > > > > > > The 1.3 works fine with the alps_bsrv2(101) driver > > > The 1.3 fails with the ves1x93(110) (polarisation switching) > > > The 1.3 fails with the ves1x93(cvs) (polarisation switching) > > > > > > I don't see how the 1.6 can be working with either as it is using a > > > completely different frontend. > > > > > > Klaus, you reported that the 1.3 fails completely for you with > > > ves1x93(cvs), and that the suggestion by Andreas doesn't help with the > > > polarization problem. That sounds weird 'cos Helmut says ves1x93(cvs) > > > only has the polarization problem, not that it fails totally. Can you try > > > Oliver's suggestion of resetting everything and retry ves1x93(cvs)? > > > > > > Is the above correct? > > > > Not quite. > > > > When I use the driver from yesterday's CVS it works a bit, > > but switching polarizations doesn't always work. > > > > With > > > > 0x80, 0x00, 0x31, 0xb0, 0x14, 0x00, 0xDC, 0x20, > > > > it is the same as before, and with > > > > 0x80, 0x00, 0x21, 0xb0, 0x14, 0x00, 0xDC, 0x00, > > OK, in that case it shouldn't be the 0x20/0x00 change; that appears to be the > voltage setting (0x20==13v, 0x30==18v, 0x00=OFF). So that change was just > changing the default from 13v to OFF. > > As for the 0x21/0x31. I do have the alps bsrv2 datasheet, but they don't go > into much detail. They recommend 0x21 though and have a comment saying (MODE: > QPSK/DVB). I don't know why 0x31 is working for you and not 0x21. > > Looking at the source, the only other change I can see is to when it sets the > tuner frequency. The attached patch will disable this change. Note: I have > _no_ idea what it does; the sheet doesn't go into any details. > > Name: ves-fix-1.patch > ves-fix-1.patch Type: text/x-diff > Encoding: 7bit
I went back to the original init_1893_tab values and applied your patch. No improvement, though. Switching polarizations still doesn't work reliably. Klaus -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
