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TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup
Doc.No.
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EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259
Issue
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v2 e-signed
Date
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15 March 2016
WBS/DBS :
Guide
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- Page 1 Guide EUMETSAT Doc.No. EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 Eumetsat-Allee 1, D-64295 Darmstadt, Germany Tel: +49 6151 807-7 Issue v2 e-signed Fax: +49 6151 807 555 Date 15 March 2016 http://www.eumetsat.int WBS/DBS : © EUMETSAT The copyright of this document is the property of EUMETSAT.
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- Page 3 EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Document Change Record Issue / Date DCN. Changed Pages / Paragraphs Revision 12 January 2015 First release 16 April 2015 Links Updated , New drivers used, Appendix for Centos 6.6 added 8 May 2015 New drivers used, Tuner Frequency updated...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..........................5 PREREQUISITES ..........................7 INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION .................... 8 Physical Connections ......................8 Linux Drivers ........................11 Channel Tuning ........................13 Verify Lock & Reception ....................... 13 TELLICAST AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SETUP .............. -
Page 5: Introduction
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide INTRODUCTION Figure 1 TBS-5925 Receiver Figure 2 TBS-6925 Receiver Page 5 of 21... -
Page 6: Figure 3 Tbs-6983 Receiver
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Figure 3 TBS-6983 Receiver Figure 4 TBS-6903 Receiver Page 6 of 21... -
Page 7: Prerequisites
The EUMETCast antenna pointing has been performed correctly to EUTELSAT10A for DVB-S2 reception. (For DVB-S2 reception the antenna pointing and LNB quality are crucial); An EKU has been obtained from the EUMETSAT user help desk; Page 7 of 21... -
Page 8: Installation & Configuration
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION Physical Connections Figure 6 TBS-5925 Connectors The connectors used in the TBS-5925 device configuration are described in the following table: Number Connector Power Supply RF In USB 2.0 Connector ... -
Page 9: Figure 7 Tbs-6925/Tbs-6983 Connectors
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Figure 7 TBS-6925/TBS-6983 Connectors The connectors used in the TBS-6925 / TBS-6983 device configuration are described in the following table: Number Connector RF In PCIe 1.x Connector ... -
Page 10: Figure 8 Tbs-6903 Connectors
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Figure 8 TBS-6903 Connectors Figure 9 TBS-6908 Connectors Page 10 of 21... -
Page 11: Linux Drivers
Linux Drivers 1) Precompiled drivers are not yet available 2) You can find the latest windows driver at tbsdtv web site : http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/ 3) The version used for EUMETSAT testing was v160219 Page 11 of 21... - Page 12 EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide 4) The installation instructions for various specific linux distributions are listed in the Appendixes. 5) After the driver installation reboot the EUMETCast W/S in order to load the newly installed drivers.
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Page 13: Channel Tuning
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Channel Tuning Szap-s2 software is used for the channel tuning. A precompiled version of this software is included in the dvb-eumetcast rpm/deb/tar.gz file. Verify Lock & Reception The signal lock and quality can be easily tested using femon command: # femon –H (femon –h for centos) -
Page 14: Tellicast And System Configuration Setup
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide TELLICAST AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SETUP Tellicast Setup After the steps above have been completed, the Tellicast application must be given the fixed IP from which the data can be taken: Into the configuration file cast-client_xxx.ini the “interface_address”... -
Page 15: Appendix Aubuntu 14.04.02 (32 Bit)
EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Appendix A UBUNTU 14.04.02 (32 BIT) 1) Login in your “eumetcast” account and switch to root : account@eumetcast:~$ sudo su - [sudo] password for account: root@eumetcast:~# 2) Download the TBS linux drivers at /home/user/Downloads/tbs directory 3) Unzip the file # unzip tbs-linux-drivers_v160219.zip 4) Give the following commands... - Page 16 EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide # make # make install Reboot in order to load the newly installed driver: # shutdown -r now If everything is OK you should see the messages described in paragraph 3.2 (7). Trouble shooting: If after driver installation the device is not working and you are getting an error about "Unknown symbol"...
- Page 17 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide 8) Include dummy module in the /etc/modules # echo dummy >> /etc/modules (and reboot) 9) Login again and download the dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.i386.deb file from EUMETSAT ftp site : ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/user/EUMETCast_Support/EUMETCast_Licence_cd/Linu x/DVB_devices/Common_Apps/deb_binary_packages/ and give the following command : # dpkg -i dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.i386.deb...
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Page 18: Appendix Bcentos 6.6 (32Bit)
1) Login in your “eumetcast” account and switch to root : ~$ su - password : 2) Download the dvb-apps & smcroute rpm from : ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/user/EUMETCast_Support/EUMETCast_Licence_cd/Linu x/DVB_devices/Common_Apps/rpm_binary_packages/ 3) Install Linux dvb applications package: # rpm -ivh linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1-2_20070420.el6.i686.rpm Note: For 64bit systems use #rpm -ivh linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1-2_20070420.el6.x86_64.rpm... - Page 19 EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide # ./v4l/tbs-x86.sh - for any x86_64 kernel (x86 64 bit installations of Linux): # ./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh 11) Build and install the driver: # make # make install Reboot in order to load the newly installed driver: # shutdown -r now If everything is OK you should see the messages described in paragraph 3.2 (7).
- Page 20 12) Include dummy module in the /etc/modules # echo 'modprobe dummy' >> /etc/rc.modules # chmod +x /etc/rc.modules and reboot 11) Login again and download the dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.i386.rpm file from EUMETSAT ftp site : ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/user/EUMETCast_Support/EUMETCast_Licence_cd/Linu x/DVB_devices/Common_Apps/rpm_binary_packages/ and give the following command : # rpm -ivh dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.i386.rpm...
- Page 21 EUM/OPS/MAN/15/776259 v2 e-signed, 15 March 2016 TBS DVB-S2 Receivers EUMETCast LINUX Setup Guide Notes: For 64bit systems use # rpm -ivh dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.x86_64.rpm Alternative you can use the tar.gz file on the root folder and extract : # cd / # tar --absolute-names -zxf dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.i386.tar.gz (32bit systems) or # tar --absolute-names -zxf dvb-eumetcast-1.0-11.x86_64.tar.gz (64bit systems) 13) Start the dvb-eumetcast service # service dvb-eumetcast start...
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