diff --git a/debug/continuity-errors.txt b/debug/continuity-errors.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..581510fe --- /dev/null +++ b/debug/continuity-errors.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +A problem with the original firmware and satip-axe firmware is that +sometimes there are many continuity errors in the stream. Also, sometimes +the 8192 PID (means FULLMUX) does not work (bandwidth only few KB instead +megabytes). + +The CC errors are visible using 'axe-debug pti vdev 0' or +'grep -v AAAAAAAAAAAA /proc/STAPI/stpti/PTI0/vDeviceInfo'. +The CC errors are not detected by the PTI interface when 8192 PID (fullmux) +is used. + +So there is a data-loss somewhere between STV0900 (demux) and STx7018 (PTI). + +The data-loss is visible more when multiple tuners are used together. + +Possible steps: + +- decode I2C communication with the demodulator +- try to inject I2C commands to STV0900 +- write own axe-fe module ? because nothing else depends on it, + it could be replaced, the only big thing is to determine the i2c + connection to STx7018 diff --git a/debug/hardware.txt b/debug/hardware.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97a9d7cd --- /dev/null +++ b/debug/hardware.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Hardware: +========= + +* CPU STx7108, 32-bit kernel + 6 x PTI interface (used first four - 0-3) + (appears something like programmable transfer interface or so) +* Demodulators 2x STV0900 (dual) +* 2x LNBH24 - Dual LNB supply and control IC with step-up and I2C interface + +I2C address map: +================ + +0x10 - LNBH24 #1 / section A : cfg write +0x11 - LNBH24 #1 / section A : diagnostic read +0x12 - LNBH24 #1 / section B : cfg write +0x13 - LNBH24 #1 / section B : diagnostic read +0x14 - LNBH24 #2 / section A : cfg write +0x15 - LNBH24 #2 / section A : diagnostic read +0x16 - LNBH24 #2 / section B : cfg write +0x17 - LNBH24 #2 / section B : diagnostic read + +0xd0 - STV0900 #1 - write +0xd1 - STV0900 #1 - read +0xd2 - STV0900 #2 - write +0xd3 - STV0900 #3 - read diff --git a/debug/proc.txt b/debug/proc.txt index bbeab9de..1ec83216 100644 --- a/debug/proc.txt +++ b/debug/proc.txt @@ -4,12 +4,34 @@ echo "deb 0xffffffff" > /proc/bus/nim_sockets +# AXE-firmware command +axe-debug tuner + # # Enable i2c debug # echo "i2c_dbg_trans 1" > /proc/bus/ivo_i2c +# AXE-firmware command +axe-debug i2c + +# +# Disable debugging +# + +echo "deb 0" > /proc/bus/nim_sockets +echo "i2c_dbg_trans 0" > /proc/bus/ivo_i2c + +# AXE-firmware command +axe-debug off + # # proc PTI files - see PTI.txt # +axe-debug pti +axe-debug pti dmesg +axe-debug pti pid +axe-debug pti util +axe-debug pti pdev +axe-debug pti vdev diff --git a/debug/software.txt b/debug/software.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fc789843 --- /dev/null +++ b/debug/software.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +TS flow +******* + +main_axe.out binary initializes paths using STAPI from PTI to the dmxts interface +which provides buffers of size 2695168 bytes per queue. + +Kernel modules +************** + +Demodulators and LNB supply/DiseqC chips are driven from the axe-fe module +(which uses axe-i2c module doing the I2C I/O). + +The frontend (probably only LED control ?through I2S bus?) is driven from +the axe-fp module. + +The dmx module is not used but it works as a section decoder. Unfortunately, +there is no DVR module to collect output and to offer standard DVR API.