DVB-S - DiSQEC and LNB settings - where is the configuration stored?

[zzmystique]

I'm running the latest version of sagetv on fedora. I having a problem scaning for channels, I get the error 'no signal'. I think the problem is with the DiSQEC and LNB settings. My DVB-S PCI card is HP Nova-S Plus. In the windows version of sage the settings are stored in a file called 'Hauppauge WinTV 88x Capture-0.lnb', 'PredefinedDVBS.frq' and 'Hauppauge WinTV 88x TS Capture-0-DVB-S.frq' and all is working. (I have both windows and linux licenses.)

The content of the 'Hauppauge WinTV 88x Capture-0.lnb'
LNB=107500000-107500000-0
sat_no=0

Can anyone tell me where i configure this information on the linux version of sagetv?

Thanks
ZZMystique.

[stuckless]

if you using the kernel dvb driver, then your adapter is probably showing up as adapter0 (as mine is). so the files are

adapter0.cfg (lnb settings)
adapter0-DVB-S.frq

dvb-s did not work very well in linux for me. I was using it with sasc-ng, and sage had some issues with it. If you are not using sasc-ng, then sage may in fact work quite well. I was able to get epg data, and tune fta channels.

Sean.

[zzmystique]

Sean - Thanks for your reply. Need a little more help though.

Where would the adapter0.cfg and adapter0-DVB-S.frq be located? I have searched for these files but can't find them.

What should the contents of these files be?

Any help would be appreciated?

Anne

[stuckless]

Both files are in the sagetv home dir (/opt/sagetv/server/)

This is contents of my adapter0.cfg file....
======= BEGIN adapter0.cfg ===============
#Defined LNB: UNIVERSAL, DBS, STANDARD, ENHANCED, C-BAND, C-MULTI
#you define in format low_frq-high_frq-switch_frq such as "11250000-0-0" for DBS

hard_demulex=0
LNB=DBS
sat_no=0
======= END adapter0.cfg ===============


The adapter0-DVB-S.frq will be created once you do a channel scan.... here is a sample from mine

================== BEGIN FILE =====================
VERSION 3.0, country:Canada-Nimiq-1 (91.0)
TYPE DVB-S
#fec_rate: 1:fec1/2, 2:fec2/3, 3:fec3/4, 4:fec3/5, 5:fec4/5, 6:fec5/6, 7:fec5/11, 8:fec7/8 9:fec8/9
#fec: 1:VBC, 2:RS/2048, 3:maximum
#polarisation: 1:linear_H, 2:Linear_V, 3:Circular_L, 4:Circular_R
#modualtion: 0:QPSK, 1:16QAM, 2:32QAM, 3:64QAM, 4:128QAM, 5:256QAM, 6:QAM_AUTO, 7:8VSB 8:16VSB
#ctrlbits: 0:diasable, 1:enable, 3:encrypted
#format:
# ch:index onid:networkid tsid:transport_id sid:sevrice_id frq:frequency rate:symbl_rate pololarisation fec_rate_in:FEC_inner_rate ctrl:ctrlbits
#example:
# CH:11 onid:123 sid:456 tsid:789 frq:670000 rate:2200 fec_rate_in:6 pol:1 ctrl:1 #:BBC-WORD

CH:1 onid:256 tsid:1 sid:71 frq:12224000 rate:20000 pol:2 ctrl:3 #:LONDv
CH:2 onid:256 tsid:1 sid:84 frq:12224000 rate:20000 pol:2 ctrl:3 #:HSTDv
================== END FILE =====================

[zzmystique]

Added

hard_demulex=0
LNB=107500000-107500000-0
sat_no=0

to /opt/sagetv/server/adapter0.cfg

Still no get no signal error.

Can you think of anything else I could try?

Thanks
Anne

[stuckless]

I can try to help you get your card working, but I'd like to know a couple of thing...
* what distro are you running (just helps me give instructions if you need to rpm install, yum install, or apt-get install packages )
* what kernel version are you running (uname -a)
* have you tested the card using command line tools like scan, szap, etc?
* have you tested the card using kaffiene?
* have you tested the card with any other linux tools and had success?

I'd like to point out that dvb-s, under linux, using sage, didn't work well for me, but I did get sage to recognize the card and scan for channells.

[ylber]

hi, someone tested with the latest beta 6.4.3 about dvbs?

i could not scan channels with sagetv 6.4.3 linux under ubuntu 8.04
dvb card skystar 2

is there setting that works i tried to scan hotbird 13 or astra 19,
i have a unversal lnb: LO1 9.750 LO2 10.6 GHz Switch frequency 11.7Mhz

or is there a way to insert mannually the channel frequencies ?

thanks in advnce