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> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
