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So if I create a new config file

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bskyb_szap-s2.conf

and paste in

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BBC 1 East (W);BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5700:5701=eng:5703:0:6351:2:2045:0
BBC 1 CI;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5800:5801=eng:5803:0:6361:2:2045:0
BBC 1 London;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5000:5001=eng,5002=NAR:5003:0:6301:2:2045:0
BBC 2 England;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5100:5101=eng,5102=NAR:5103:0:6302:2:2045:0
BBC TES 3;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5200:5201=eng:5203:0:6315:2:2045:0
BBC THREE;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5200:5201=eng,5202=NAR:5203:0:6319:2:2045:0
FIVE;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5400:5401=eng,5402=NAR:5404:0:6335:2:2045:0
BBC 1 West;BSkyB:10773:hC56M2O35S0:S28.2E:22000:5900:5901=eng:5903:0:6341:2:2045:0


Then run szap and get

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 szap-s2 -a 0 -c ./bskyb_szap-s2.conf -S 0 "BBC 1 London;BSkyB"
reading channels from file './bskyb_szap-s2.conf'
zapping to 3 'BBC 1 London;BSkyB':
delivery DVB-S, modulation QPSK
sat 0, frequency 10773 MHz H, symbolrate 22000000, coderate 5/6, rolloff 0.35
vpid 0x1388, apid 0x1389, sid 0x138b
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
status 1f | signal bf39 | snr e81a | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal bf3a | snr e81a | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal bf39 | snr e81a | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal bf3a | snr e81a | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal bf39 | snr e665 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal bf3a | snr e665 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK


So I presume that means I have got that station locked & loaded?

If that is working all I need now is to workout how to get all the non-BSkyB stuff...

jockmacmad wrote:So I presume that means I have got that station locked & loaded?

yep, your presumption is correct. in short you got your TBS 6981 running properly in Linux and from there it's just learning more how to use its full power in Linux.

The biggest step on from there was getting MythTV to scan using the card.

Took about 12 hours to work out what was wrong. I kept getting no transports or no channels found errors. Tried importing the files output from scan or w_scan etc to no avail.

It was only when I finally spotted that the output files and web sites said to point to 10729 Mhz and that the MythTV input field is Khz not Mhz so had to type in 10729000 instead. Finally scanning worked and all is working perfectly.

thanks for sharing your experience - i'm sure it will be of help to other Linux users too.

Switched back to linux (on another box). no luck with szap or scan.
Trying to szap: ./szap-s2 -a 1 -c ../astra_szap-s2.conf "BBC"
BBC:11597:v:3:22000:163:92:10050
This sat (19.2E) is on the 3rd port of my switch (tried all ports -a 0/1 and all ports of the switch 0/1/2/3) the same result.

ie332 wrote:Switched back to linux (on another box). no luck with szap or scan.
Trying to szap: ./szap-s2 -a 1 -c ../astra_szap-s2.conf "BBC"
BBC:11597:v:3:22000:163:92:10050
This sat (19.2E) is on the 3rd port of my switch (tried all ports -a 0/1 and all ports of the switch 0/1/2/3) the same result.

is it possible to try without switch? are there any errors reported, e.g. on the output of "dmesg | grep 6981". it's not that hard to get the card working in Linux and you already confirmed it works in Windows, which means it should be just software problem in Linux.

Hi cody,
Thanks for the advise.
That is what I'm going to do tomorrow. Will try to exclude the switch.

Hi cody,
It did work.
I connected directly to Hotbird 13.0E.

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$ sudo ./szap-s2 -a 0 -H -c ../hotbird.conf "RTR"
reading channels from file '../hotbird.conf'
zapping to 1 'RTR':
delivery DVB-S, modulation QPSK
sat 0, frequency 11034 MHz V, symbolrate 27500000, coderate 3/4, rolloff 0.35
vpid 0x0334, apid 0x033e, sid 0x06ac
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  88% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  88% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  88% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  87% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  87% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  87% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal  74% | snr  87% | ber 0 | unc 0 | FE_HAS_LOCK


So it looks like Linux driver has problem to operate with switch.
I have SPAUN SAR 411F.
Also I noticed that the 1st port on the switch is gone (not working) I had Astra 28.2E on it, but any way it does not prevent Dreambox or the same TBS card under Windows to operate successfully.
Any ideas.
Do not have another switch to try
Thanks

hi, please look my explanation here:

https://shop.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=39&start=10#p213

so, i guess just in Linux and Windows different DiSEqC are sent by the application to the driver and not some bug in the Linux driver compared to Windows driver regarding the DiSEqC. so, you can check what commands exactly are send by the DVB application in Windows, which works for you and then we can compare if the same DiSEqC commands are sent by DVB applications in Linux or not, i.e. confirm with that if it's just software settings problem or Linux driver bug.

BTW, there is document for your switch with correct DiSEqC commands for it here:

http://www.spaun.de/?lang=en&modul=products&product=871431

also, i have 2-port DiSEqC switch that works for me in Linux and thus currently i suspect just the DVB applications in Linux sends wrong DiSEqC command for your switch.

Hi cody,
Thanks for the info.