Tvheadend

Florian Lagg wrote:

Hi,

I searched for hours, finding many different howto's, tried different hardware, tried for hours, and now I'm here with no clue

I try to watch TV using TvHeadend, and as I am in Austria I need a CI card for ORF channels.
Hardware I currently use is an RPi2 (tried with OpenElec and Raspian), and a TT-connect S2-3650 CI (I also have a DvbSky S960c adapter wich I tried first).

As long as I don't insert the CI module all is working fine (except some dmseg like these: pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA 6B CC 00 01 -> 55 6B CC 00 00.). I find Muxes, Channels, all is working.

But not with inserted CI module:
As soon as I insert this module no muxes are found, nothing is working. This is even worse than with the DvbSky adapter, there I could view TV with vdr, but just for some minutes before I needed to reset the box.

I get this in logs:
2016-02-18 12:15:20.568 linuxdvb: STB0899 Multistandard : DVB-S #0 - poll TIMEOUT
2016-02-18 12:15:21.275 linuxdvb: STB0899 Multistandard : DVB-S #0 - retune nodata
2016-02-18 12:15:28.227 linuxdvb: STB0899 Multistandard : DVB-S #0 - poll TIMEOUT
2016-02-18 12:15:28.446 linuxdvb: STB0899 Multistandard : DVB-S #0 - retune nodata
2016-02-18 12:15:35.887 linuxdvb: STB0899 Multistandard : DVB-S #0 - poll TIMEOUT
2016-02-18 12:15:36.639 linuxdvb: STB0899 Multistandard : DVB-S #0 - retune nodata
2016-02-18 12:15:38.000 mpegts: 12265.5H in Astra 19.2O - scan timed out
2016-02-18 12:15:38.001 subscription: 09E1: "scan" unsubscribing

and this (no matter if ci module is inserted) in dmesg:
[50387.428055] pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA DB CC 00 01 -> 55 DB CC 00 00.
[50387.781383] pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA 0A CC 00 01 -> 55 0A CC 00 00.
[50389.838083] pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA 86 CC 00 01 -> 55 86 CC 00 00.
[50396.898073] pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA EE CC 00 01 -> 55 EE CC 00 00.
[50407.441413] pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA FC CC 00 01 -> 55 FC CC 00 00.
[50408.421617] pctv452e: I2C error -121; AA 6B CC 00 01 -> 55 6B CC 00 00.

Questions:

• What is needed to get it working?
• What hardware should I use (currently I can RMA both adapters)
• Do I need OScam or something, or eventually a seperate hardware for the orf card?

Please point me to the right direction. Thanks!

I don't have any experience with CI at all but have you tried the stick and the CI (CAM) on another none ARM system?

Remember that the Pi only has one bus that it shares between all usb ports and Ethernet. See my post here

Ah yes, sure! That could be an issue.
Thanks for your quick response.

I'll try to use an old PC for testing. I'll report back on friday evening I think (night shift).
So RPi2 isn't really the best hardware option for such a system

Thanks, I hope it works!

Ok, some more info's after hours of trying, reading, compiling, installing, cleaning up, ...
It doesn't help using a spare laptop with Ubuntu. I get the same errors as on the RPi2.

It seems it is not possible to use an usb-receiver bundled with ci slots. That's sad, but...
On some sites I read recommodations for external card readers (still need to figure out what hardware) and the use of oscam.
This may be forbidden in some countries, I'm pretty sure it isn't in austria as long as I pay for card and services.

Next I need to find out is which hardware is supported and head over to amazon.
Thanks for your help so far. If someone here has hardware recommodations feel free to enlighten me!