I am using TBS 5881 with the latest drivers on Ubuntu 14.04-1. Drivers installed with no issues but scan fails with the "No Data". I tried scanning with w_scan and TVHeadend and the result was the same. System detects the card, is able to see the carrier but unable to scan channels after that.
Output from w_scan
sadmin@Smartflix-Daniel:~$ sudo w_scan -ft -c NG
w_scan version 20130331 (compiled for DVB API 5.10)
using settings for NIGERIA
Country identifier NG not defined. Using defaults.
scan type TERRESTRIAL, channellist 4
output format vdr-2.0
WARNING: could not guess your codepage. Falling back to 'UTF-8'
output charset 'UTF-8', use -C <charset> to override
Info: using DVB adapter auto detection.
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -> TERRESTRIAL "TurboSight TBS 5881 DVBT/T2 frontend": good
Using TERRESTRIAL frontend (adapter /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0)
-_-_-_-_ Getting frontend capabilities-_-_-_-_
Using DVB API 5.3
frontend 'TurboSight TBS 5881 DVBT/T2 frontend' supports
INVERSION_AUTO
QAM_AUTO
TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO
GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO
HIERARCHY_AUTO
FEC_AUTO
FREQ (42.00MHz ... 1002.00MHz)
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Scanning 7MHz frequencies...
177500: (time: 00:00)
184500: (time: 00:05)
191500: (time: 00:09)
198500: (time: 00:14)
205500: (time: 00:19)
212500: (time: 00:24)
219500: (time: 00:28)
226500: (time: 00:33)
Scanning 8MHz frequencies...
474000: (time: 00:38)
482000: (time: 00:43) (time: 00:44) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 482000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
490000: (time: 00:59) (time: 01:01) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 490000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
498000: (time: 01:15) (time: 01:17) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 498000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
506000: (time: 01:31)
514000: (time: 01:35)
522000: (time: 01:40)
530000: (time: 01:45)
538000: (time: 01:49)
546000: (time: 01:54)
554000: (time: 01:59)
562000: (time: 02:04)
570000: (time: 02:08)
578000: (time: 02:13)
586000: (time: 02:18) (time: 02:19) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 586000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
594000: (time: 02:33) (time: 02:34) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 594000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
602000: (time: 02:49)
610000: (time: 02:53)
618000: (time: 02:58)
626000: (time: 03:03) (time: 03:04) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 626000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
634000: (time: 03:18)
642000: (time: 03:23)
650000: (time: 03:28)
658000: (time: 03:32)
666000: (time: 03:37)
674000: (time: 03:42)
682000: (time: 03:47)
690000: (time: 03:51)
698000: (time: 03:56)
706000: (time: 04:01)
714000: (time: 04:06)
722000: (time: 04:10)
730000: (time: 04:15) (time: 04:16) signal ok:
QAM_AUTO f = 730000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
738000: (time: 04:30)
746000: (time: 04:35)
754000: (time: 04:40)
762000: (time: 04:45)
770000: (time: 04:49)
778000: (time: 04:54)
786000: (time: 04:59)
794000: (time: 05:04)
802000: (time: 05:08)
810000: (time: 05:13)
818000: (time: 05:18)
826000: (time: 05:23)
834000: (time: 05:27)
842000: (time: 05:32)
850000: (time: 05:37)
858000: (time: 05:41)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 482000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 05:46) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 490000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 06:02) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 498000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 06:18) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 586000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 06:34) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 594000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 06:49) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 626000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 07:04) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
tune to: QAM_AUTO f = 730000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999
(time: 07:18) Info: no data from PAT
Info: no data from SDT(actual)
Info: no data from NIT(actual)
dumping lists (0 services)
Done.
Here are the log lines from TVHeadend
"2014-11-30 14:31:47.000 mpegts: 594MHz in Star Times - tuning on TurboSight TBS 5881 DVBT/T2 frontend : DVB-T #0
2014-11-30 14:31:47.000 subscription: 0011: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 1, adapter: "TurboSight TBS 5881 DVBT/T2 frontend : DVB-T #0", network: "Star Times", mux: "594MHz", hostname: "", username: "", client: ""
2014-11-30 14:31:52.143 mpegts: 594MHz in Star Times - scan no data, failed
lsusb Output
root@Smartflix-Daniel:/home/sadmin# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0461:0010 Primax Electronics, Ltd HP Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:3273 IMC Networks 802.11 n/g/b Wireless LAN USB Mini-Card
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 734c:5881 TBS Technologies China
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bc2:5071 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
uname -a Output
root@Smartflix-Daniel:/home/sadmin# uname -a
Linux Smartflix-Daniel 3.13.0-40-generic #69-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 13 17:53:56 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux