hi all

I am working on my new pvr 500 and have been following one of the guides in the forum, I am at the point of copying the HcwMakoA.ROM file from the cdrom. The cd I have is version 2.9 and when I open the pvr 150500 folder I have another folder labeled A2 and two other files, hcwa2.cat and HcwDriverInstall.exe. Opening the A2 folder shows 9 files, two of which are HcwMakoB.ROM and HcwMakoC.ROM but no HcwMakoA.ROM.
I also checked in the 250 folder. Can someone please point me to this file.

See the IVTV wiki and search fro "firmware". The are links there to download the recommended versions from Hauppauge. Actually here is a direct link to that page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware

If you care using the R5A22 or greater, the needed firmware is already included.

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cesman

When the source is open, the possibilities are endless!

hi, I installed r5a26 as cesman suggested. watching live tv is not working ,that is all I have tried at this point, I have used mythtv-setup to mess with different configs and also installed the card in a winxp box and installed beyondtv to see if that would work( it did work with both tuners). This is the output from sed -n...

ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2-chw-3 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:08.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
TEA5767 detected.
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
tuner: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio) by autodetect
type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D487, serial# = 8742793
tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500
cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 0-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support.
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
ivtv: ====================== NEXT CARD ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:09.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D487, serial# = 8742793
tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
cx25840 1-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

The machine i'm using:
compaq deskpro en pIII 1.0g intel 8x0 chipset
256m ram
80g seagate hd
fx 5200
onboard sound
pvr 500mce

until about three days ago this machine worked with r5a16 and a wintv-401 and had a great picture.

That sure looks right. Did you set up both as MPEG devices, video0 - tuner0 and video1 - tuner0, and make the appropriate association from your "video source" to both tuner0's? Did you check the connections to make sure that you're on the TV co-ax and not the FM one? Presumably you've selected the right frequency set since you had the 401 working before....

What do you see when you try to watch live TV? Snow? Black screen? ???

mythtv setup:
under cature cards I have MPEG:/dev/video0 and MPEG: /dev/video1, both are set to tuner0 as the default input. What does look odd, to me anyway, is the input connections section it lists two tuners for each device.

input connections:
/dev/video0 tuner0 cableTV
/dev/video0 tuner1 cableTV
/dev/video1 tuner0 cableTV
/dev/video1 tuner1 cableTV

the cable connection is the same one I used to test the winxp box and it is on the tv connection not the radio. I don't know what frequency you are talking about but zap2it worked and the program guide is right. As far as what I see the screen is black with multi colored static, the onscreen display is working. when you first start live tv I get a display in the upper left corner that says "1:tuner0" not sure if that means it is using dev/video1 tuner0 but that would also seem strange why not dev/video0 tuner0.

Take out the extra associations to the tuner1's, that can only confuse things.

It's like page 3 of the general setup under mythtv-setup, if you've got us-cable try us-cable-hrc.

That's normal and correct. If you hit 'Y' it should switch to 2:tuner0.

first of all thanks for the help. I don't see a way to delete the extra tuners in the input connections section without removing the card from the capture card section, I did remove the extra device from the capture card section just to see but no difference. I changed to us cable hrc, no change and when I hit the y it doesn't change tuners( stays on 1:tuner0).

That would be my next move, say yes to both questions at the start of mythtv-setup, and do a clean configuration.

"tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #1 "

I am getting this same Comment in my dmesg for my pvr500. Both tuners show this.

When the tv runs it looks like a black static and no sound.

Did you run through the other stuff in this thread? By your 50th post around here you really should know we need more details to be able to help...

Yes I did all the above...

Changed the tuner Freq. ( us-cable-hrc )
Removed all the cards and then reset them..
Reloaded the whole System.
Changed the actual card to use PCI 1 instead of PCI 2 on the Motherboard. (THAT chaintech 7NIF2 is NICE ).

I know you can use the set ivtv tuner = ?? (It is an old way of conifguring the tuner) but I have no clue what to use as the Tuner..

Here is the dmesg

root@mythtv:~# dmesg | grep ivtv
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2-chw-3 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: ivtv version
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500
cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support.
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
ivtv: ====================== NEXT CARD ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: ivtv version
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
cx25840 3-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 3-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

This is a NEW card. These don't save anything in the card for later use do they.. I don't think so.. Maybe I could try putting it into my winblows machine..

Anyway, Sorry for the short post! Normally, I would put all this stuff but I figured you guys would assume I did...

Knoppmyth ROCKS!

Snake

Hi Snake,

I've send you a private message. The tveeprom section is missing in your dmesg! Can you use the sed command? The first post in this thread has used it. tjc wrote and pointed to tips, dealing with error logs.
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=CheckingLogFiles



Strange, few people have Hauppauge 500 cards, while tuners are not recognized by tveeprom...

F.

Ok here you go...

Also, Just for grins.. I used the old "options ivtv tuner=47,47 and it WORKED.. BOTH TUNERS but the channels are not viewable after channel 15.


root@mythtv:~# sed -n '/= START INIT IVTV/,/= END INIT IVTV/p' </var/log/dmesg | more
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2-chw-3 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] enabled at IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, high) -> IRQ 19
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
TEA5767 detected.
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
tuner: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio) by autodetect
type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D487, serial# = 8757616
tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500
cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 2-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support.
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
ivtv: ====================== NEXT CARD ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, high) -> IRQ 20
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D487, serial# = 8757616
tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
cx25840 3-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
cx25840 3-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 bytes)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 3-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #1
ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

Hi,

I've had a look into the source code of tveeprom (as provided by ivtv). All Samsung tuners are set to TUNERS_ABSENT which is type 4 in the log files. Maybe Hauppauge has delivered a series with this type of tuner?

What to do next?

I would wait for comment of people with more experience than F.
Personally I would look for another type of Hauppauge card look into the ivtv mailing list. I wonder whether one can have any clue from the box of the card if it would work with ivtv 0.4.0 or not.

Any correction or comment of this Samsung stuff appreciated.

F.