In the past year and a half, my personal life took turns for the crazier
and crazier. some time prior to that, I had near perfect support working
for all functions of this card, including IR, but it never made it into
mercurial due to a disagreement with Mauro about what I saw as
fundamental changes needed to the cx88 driver design. However, this
vendor support offer has my attention for a different reason: Having
successfully added support for the AVerMedia Volar A868R, I've been asked
to see what I can do about Geniatech's MyGica A680B stick. There is
already a wiki entry on it:
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Sabrent_TV-USBHD
If what Fang offered for the X8000A he can provide for the A680B, the
longstanding issues could be resolved regarding this tree:
http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/teledongle
Since it has been so long since the quoted message, I thought it best to
ask this list whether there was any further communication. Has there been?
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:42:17 -0500, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote:
Hi all. As a follow-up to the remote control support issue for the
Kworld ATSC 120, Geniatech sent me a very encouraging reply today.
Anyone want to take Fang up on his offer?
-- Forwarded Message --
Subject: 答复: Technical request regarding the HDTV Thriller X8000A Date:
Monday 13 April 2009
From: Fang f...@geniatech.com
To: 'Vanessa Ezekowitz' vanessaezekow...@gmail.com
Dear Vanessa Ezekowitz:
Thanks for your inquiry.
My name is Fang, product manager of Geniatech.
1st, we can provide you the remote decoder IC information, including I2C
address, r/w API, it is simple, read I2C address every 150ms, and you
can get the the key stroke decoding value.
2nd, we have step products and both follow this protocol, so it is
useful for all our products.
3rd, we'd like to support you directly from the Geniatech, that card is
designed by us.
Finnally, I'd like to ask you if you can port more linux drivers if we
send you samples and tech informations for our other 2 ATSC products:
X8350 and X8550.
I will send you more detailed tech information to you about the remote
IC whatever your answer is.
Best Regards
Fang
-邮件原件-
发件人: Vanessa Ezekowitz [mailto:vanessaezekow...@gmail.com] 发送时间:
2009年4月10日 5:36
收件人: supp...@geniatech.com
主题: Technical request regarding the HDTV Thriller X8000A
THIS IS NOT A USER SUPPORT OR DRIVER REQUEST - WE ALREADY HAVE DRIVERS.
THIS IS A PROGRAMMER'S REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION.
To whom it may concern,
Some time back, I wrote you asking about technical information regarding
the Thriller X8000A board. I never received a reply, so I am writing
again.
I own a card that is a chip-for-chip, wire-for-wire clone of the
Thriller X8000A, the Kworld HD PCI 120 (also called the ATSC 120 for
short) - it is programmatically indistinguishable from your card. My
apologies in advance if I have mistaken which company first made this
particular card.
Anyway... The manufacturer of my card is refusing to answer my
question, claiming that the data I request has been outright lost and
can't even be communicated between departments within the company.
So now, I turn to you, as the maker of a 100% compatible card.
We of the Linux community have successfully written open-source drivers
for most of the ATSC120/X8000A's features, except for one: we wish to
add support for this card's remote control unit.
The Linux Community, whom I am sure you are aware represents a very
large, rapidly growing market, cannot in good conscience recommend any
cards, Geniatech or otherwise, which lack complete programming
information.
QUESTION:
On my particular card, this appears to be a 20 pin SMD IC near the IR
sensor connector. the manufacturer of my cloned card has deliberately
removed all the markings from the chip, save for a single green dot of
paint, and users who own your card have reported similar circumstances.
Is this mystery chip the remote decoder/receiver chip as I suspect?
What is the part number of this chip?
What I2C address does it occupy?
Where can I acquire a datasheet for it?
I await your reply.
--
There are some things in life worth obsessing over. Most things
aren't, and when you learn that, life improves.
http://starbase.globalpc.net/~vanessa/ Vanessa Ezekowitz
vanessaezekow...@gmail.com
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