How to setup TBS6982 with TVHEADEND (Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS)

Please advice me how to setup DVB S2 card TBS6982 and drivers to work with TVHEADEND 4.0.7.
I have download all the files from http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/ dedicated to TBS6982

Actual drivers tbs-linux-drivers_v151105 don't have any instruction for TBS6982
Just have only README_TBS6981 and rest of TBS hardware ;-(

I have found instruction for README_TBS6981

https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/TBS6981

. Download from here
2. mkdir tbs; cd tbs; unzip DOWNLOAD.zip
3. tar xf linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2
4. find -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
5. chmod 755 linux-tbs-drivers/v4l/scripts/*
6. find linux-tbs-drivers -name “*.sh” -exec chmod 755 {} \;
7. cd linux-tbs-drivers/
8. ./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh
9. Copy attached config to ./v4l/.config
10. make
11. mkdir tbs
12. find -name "*.ko" -exec cp {} tbs/ \;
13. tar jcf tbs-modules.tar.bz2 tbs
14. sudo tar -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -xf tbs-modules.tar.bz2
15. sudo depmod -a

Below in this post is also disclamer about some problems with last drivers - tbs-linux-drivers_v151105?

I just wondering if current drivers have same problems or just are fine ?

Can I ask for help and advice me step by step how to properly install card and drivers to be fully supported by TVHEADEND.

Thanks in advance !

Replies (3)

RE: How to setup TBS6982 with TVHEADEND (Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS) - Added by Mark Clarkstone about 9 years ago

The steps used for most TBS tuner drivers are the same so you can use the instructions for the TBS6981 although they're crap so I'm not sure WHY you want to use them.

Ljalves has created OOS drivers that should support your card that are fully open source (and you pretty much install them the same way as the TBS drivers anyway).

You can find his drivers and instructions on how to install them here: https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki

HTH

RE: How to setup TBS6982 with TVHEADEND (Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS) - Added by Kris Kros about 9 years ago

Thanks for your advice!

According this I shoud follow

https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware
and first install firmware

wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/common/tbs-linux-drivers_v130901.zip
unzip -p tbs-linux-drivers_v130901.zip linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2 | tar jxOf - linux-tbs-drivers/v4l/tbs6981fe_driver.o.x86_64 | dd bs=1 skip=10144 count=55486 of=dvb-fe-cx24117.fw

then install all stuff from https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/Installating

... and reboot ...

after this all steps I should see my DVB card TBS6982 in DVB inputs ?

RE: How to setup TBS6982 with TVHEADEND (Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS) - Added by Mark Clarkstone about 9 years ago

Kris P wrote:

Thanks for your advice!

According this I shoud follow

https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware
and first install firmware

wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/common/tbs-linux-drivers_v130901.zip
unzip -p tbs-linux-drivers_v130901.zip linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2 | tar jxOf - linux-tbs-drivers/v4l/tbs6981fe_driver.o.x86_64 | dd bs=1 skip=10144 count=55486 of=dvb-fe-cx24117.fw

then install all stuff from https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/Installating

... and reboot ...

after this all steps I should see my DVB card TBS6982 in DVB inputs ?

You do not need that firmware for your card, it will complain if it can't find the right firmware (see dmesg), you can usually find the firmware files in the zip for most cards.

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