[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Hermann Gausterer
On Thursday 29 July 2004 22:45, Andreas Share wrote: Comments are welcome here we go ;-) Note: The frequence ranges dependent charge pump current value are based on an Philips comparison measurement between sp5659 and tsa5059, hopefully this values are correct;) - raising up the

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Joerg Riechardt
Hermann Gausterer wrote: maybe somebody can mail me the datasheet for the ves1893? google for Philips_VES1993_Single_Chip_Satellite_Channel_Receiver.pdf Jrg

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Hermann Gausterer
On Thursday 29 July 2004 23:18, Andreas Share wrote: there is some thing missing in the patch ...in sp5659_set_tv_freq() is a u8 pwr = 0; needed. 2.6.7 with hand applied ves1x93_cpc.V2.diff does not compile ... you remove the last parameter from sp5659_set_tv_freq and in function

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Andreas Share
On Thursday 29 July 2004 22:45, Andreas Share wrote: Comments are welcome here we go ;-) Note: The frequence ranges dependent charge pump current value are based on an Philips comparison measurement between sp5659 and tsa5059, hopefully this values are correct;) - raising up

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Alfred Zastrow
Andreas Share wrote: Btw: Rev 1.3 cards have some problem with one of the 5V line in newer, faster pcs. this cause unrealiable lock an jumping str snr values. There exist an hardware mod to around this problem, using down regulated 5V from the 12V line. This eliminates this problems. Please take

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Joerg Riechardt
Andreas Share wrote: Btw: Rev 1.3 cards have some problem with one of the 5V line in newer, faster pcs. this cause unrealiable lock an jumping str snr values. There exist an hardware mod to around this problem, using down regulated 5V from the 12V line. This eliminates this problems. I have

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Hermann Gausterer
On Friday 30 July 2004 20:51, Andreas Share wrote: Maybe the lock will get lost for a moment, this could caused by the afc funktion from the ves1893. So we must give it the nessasary time to get a reliable lock. the problem is that it happens long after a tuning, so a additional timeout does

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Andreas Share
Btw: Rev 1.3 cards have some problem with one of the 5V line in newer, faster pcs. this cause unrealiable lock an jumping str snr values. There exist an hardware mod to around this problem, using down regulated 5V from the 12V line. This eliminates this problems. that sounds very

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Alfred Zastrow
Hermann Gausterer wrote: Please take a look to my last message and the attached stuff. Since I switched back to the bsrv2 frontend driver with my 1.3-cards havn'd had any brocken recording. I ran at least 20 cold boot recordings and 50 recordings on the fly. what kernel are you using now? i read

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Hermann Gausterer
On Friday 30 July 2004 22:07, Alfred Zastrow wrote: I'm using dvb-kernel with linux 2.4.26. oh thats heavy .. have never tried this combination ... Copy the bsrv2.c to the other frontend drivers, excange the frontend.h and the Makefiles (one in the frontend driver directory and the other one

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Hermann Gausterer
On Friday 30 July 2004 21:19, Joerg Riechardt wrote: I have done this mod on my two 1.3 cards, but the UPT etc. still exists. Jrg what exactly have you done with your card? was there any change in the behavior after this? hermann

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-30 Thread Hermann Gausterer
On Friday 30 July 2004 21:31, Andreas Share wrote: BTW: Here is the bit shifting corrected correction;) Sorry version 3 of the patch is even better .. the apperience of status changes is now very decreased and only happens ~ all 10 seconds .. a big step forward for me :-) hermann

[linux-dvb] Re: Correction Experimental patch against ves1x93

2004-07-29 Thread Andreas Share
Hi, here are some patch against the current ves1x93.c dvb-kernel code. The patch do following: - .frequency_stepsize is set to (the correct) 125 (kHz), because both pllĀ“s using a clock comparision frequency of 125 kHz. - correct the pwr shifting in sp5659_set_tv_freq() from 5 to 6,