TBS 6925 PCi Card with hardware blind scan in DVB-S2 and DVB-S

[TJExcalibur]

Spent ages reading through the posts and it looks like a nice new toy with a steep ( actualy vertical) learning curve. I am tempted. Found it here and the price looks good. Know anywhere cheaper? None in the Uk it seems.
-Ebay 330612071860

 

[purplemarina]

there dosent seem to be many dealers selling this, i got mine from buydvb.net, paid a bit extra for dhl tracked delivery and got it in 4 days from hong kong. its a great bit of kit!!

 

[TJExcalibur]

It appears they are the ones to buy it from. I sent an email yesterday evening asking a few questions and got a reply today. Lucky with many places if you even get a reply. Think I will do a seperate Windows 7 install when it arrives and this thread is answering loads of questions without me even asking.

there dosent seem to be many dealers selling this, i got mine from buydvb.net, paid a bit extra for dhl tracked delivery and got it in 4 days from hong kong. its a great bit of kit!!

 

[strs65]

New edition, 4.0 beta of Εasy Blindscan...

_http://cjcr-soft.com/software/easy-blindscan/

4.0 beta 0 [11 Oct, 2011]

• Added: Optional feature for check differences between last blind-scan report and the actual.
• Added: Show information about reports on satfeeds.info in ‘Satellite report’ is now optional.
• Added: Now on ‘Satellite report’ shows a ‘New’ and ‘lost’ transponders compared with the last scan (on the combobox).
• Added: When select one item on ‘Satellite report’ now appear the report of the selected item on the status bar.
• Added: Estimated Time for Accomplishment* (ETA) for BlindSCan.
• Improved: Player integration now supports SatID Variable (ex: 0192).
• Improved: Copy Pattern now allows you to copy Sat Name, SatID and device selected.
• Improved: Copy Pattern now shows in real time the results of you pattern defined.
• Improved: Optional Player now allows you to send command line variables (Same as main player integration)
• Improved: Loading of satellite report list is ~40% more faster
  
• Improved: Date format on reports have been update to ISO8601 format (year-month-day_hour.min.sec).
• Improved: Now checks if the SATID was established correctly.
• Improved: Graphics and GUI improvements.
• Moved: Optional tab, Device config window, player integration window, and Copy pattern window is moved to new ‘Options’ window.
• Remove: ‘Show only reports of this satellite’ is removed.
• Fixed: Steps show in General Report is wrong sometimes.
• Some fixes and general improvements.

 

[Llew]

Some handy features there. The first one could be useful for checking temporary feeds to see whether they are still up since the last scan.

 

[Vipersan]

..Just made a small donation by Paypal ...to CJCR ..
Can't afford to send a lot atm ...Gas & Leccy bills due soon ..but figured this guy needs support for such fabulous software..
rgds
VS

 

[starman345]

..Just made a small donation by Paypal ...to CJCR ..
Can't afford to send a lot atm ...Gas & Leccy bills due soon ..but figured this guy needs support for such fabulous software..
rgds
VS

Way to go VP!:-thumb1 I sent him a little $$$ too. I agree he needs support.....now to find a way to support CrazyCat, not as easy getting funds into Russia

 

[Llew]

Way to go VP!:-thumb1 I sent him a little $$$ too. I agree he needs support.....now to find a way to support CrazyCat, not as easy getting funds into Russia

Have a word with one of the Oligarchs currently buying up London - I'm sure they have an easy way to transfer your hard-earned money

 

[starman345]

Have a word with one of the Oligarchs currently buying up London - I'm sure they have an easy way to transfer your hard-earned money

Oligarchs? Never heard of that before, I had to look it up....not likely I would be able to have a word with anyone that rich, I'm of the 99%, they of the 1%....or less.
Come to think of it he is in Ukraine, not Russia

 

[remlap]

The latest issue of tele-satlite has reviews on a bunch of Tenow cards including the TBS6925.

 

[deepbluesky]

Not only DVB-S/S2 cards but also DVB-T/T2 cards are produced by them

 

[gut798]

The latest issue of tele-satlite has reviews on a bunch of Tenow cards including the TBS6925.

hey i've just noticed they have an USB version of the TBS6925, the TBS 5925, are they the same?

 

[starman345]

hey i've just noticed they have an USB version of the TBS6925, the TBS 5925, are they the same?

TBS says they are the same except the 6925 can handle generic streams and the 5925 can't.

 

[deepbluesky]

Can anbody explain what generic streams are ?

 

[strs65]

From "Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE) - Implementation Guidelines" of DVB.org

_http://www.dvb.org/technology/standards/a134.GSE_Implementation_Guidelines.pdf

The first generation of DVB standards only supports audio/video transport using the MPEG format [4] with a Transport
Stream packet multiplex (MPEG-TS). Multi Protocol Encapsulation (ETSI EN 301 192 [5]) is the DVB standard for the
encapsulation of data and other content on MPEG-TS packets.

The second generation of DVB standards features backwards compatibility modes for carrying MPEG-TS, as well as
generic modes for carrying arbitrary packets of variable length. These are referred to as Generic Streams (GS). Such
Generic Streams are intended to transport a sequence of data bits or data packets, possibly organized in frames, but with
no specific timing/rate constraints.

GSE was initially devised for DVB-S2 [2] Generic Streams. It was introduced to improve the efficiency of carriage of
IP data (and other network and link-layer packets) over DVB-S2 Generic Streams.

 

[Llew]

Yes, GS is used for data streams and will only be of interest to professional users of the card. Or did Vipersan find a C-Band feed a while ago with some video content?

 

[starman345]

Yes, GS is used for data streams and will only be of interest to professional users of the card. Or did Vipersan find a C-Band feed a while ago with some video content?

Did everyone go to sleep?
I know most here can't see Galaxy 3C but just to let you know there are 16APSK signals with audio/video out there. Llew, yes there was a signal with audio/video on Intelsat 805 C band that VP was picking up and I could see it here also, it was 32APSK I believe.

 

[Vipersan]

Hi friends ..
Just checked again on 55.5West Intelsat 805 32APSK

The feed at 4162 is still there though not as strong as previously ..
Still ACM/VCM ...
Still changing from 32psk ..through 8psk and variable FEC ..
Still just strong enough to lock ...but no sign of a video feed atm ..
Maybe the reduced sig strength playing its part ..or maybe its now data only ?

Really ..whats needed is an updated version on TSReader ..
Never did get the version I have to display/analyse the stream ..
Here are the pictures
VS

 

[dx qwer]

Hello friends,

Intelsat 805 @55.5° West

4162,115 H
7199
(Mod DVB-S2/8PSK)
Spectrum Normal
(FEC 3/4)
RollOff 0.20
Pilot on
CodeMode ACM/VCM

"Fox News Channel" is still there (with my TBS 6925 PCIe DVB-S2).

Btw. "Fox News Channel" is also on:

Intelsat 903 @34.5°West

4095,367 R
29999
(Mod DVB-S2/QPSK)
Spectrum Normal
(FEC 3/5)
RollOff 0.20
Pilot on
CodeMode ACM/VCM

and on

Express A4 @14.0° West (incl.)

Freq 3718,834
SR 19099
Pol Right
(Mod DVB-S2/8PSK)
Spectrum Normal
(FEC 2/3)
RollOff 0.20
Pilot on
CodeMode ACM/VCM

and on

NSS 12 @57.0° East

Freq 4095,372
SR 29999
Pol Right
(Mod DVB-S2/32APSK)
Spectrum Normal
(FEC 3/4)
RollOff 0.20
Pilot on
CodeMode ACM/VCM

==========

BFM TV on

Intelsat 10-02 @1.0° West

Freq 4055,365
SR 31999
Pol Right
(Mod DVB-S2/16APSK)
Spectrum Normal
(FEC 5/6)
RollOff 0.20
Pilot off
CodeMode ACM/VCM

=============

On Yahsat 1A @52.5°East

Freq 4017,623
SR 40336
Pol Left
Mod DVB-S2/QPSK
Spectrum Normal
FEC 3/4
RollOff 0.20
Pilot off
CodeMode CCM

Stream type continous (GSE?)


"BFM TV" ->TransportStreamID=0 / PMT 256 / SID 1 / VPid 300 (MPEG-4) / APID 301 (AAC) / PCR 300 / _Service 1
"CNC World" ->TransportStreamID=0 / PMT 480 / SID 1 / VPID 481(MPEG-4) / APID 482 (AAC) / PCR 481 / _Service 1
"ZDF" ->TransportStreamID=1/ PMT 4095 / SID 1 / VPid 256 (MPEG-4) / APID 257 (AAC) / PCR 256 / _Service 1
? ->TransportStreamID=1 / PMT 256 / SID 1/ VPid 4113 (MPEG-4/HD) / APID 4352 (AAC) / PCR 4097 / _Service 1

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You can check my reception reports on dishworld.de

Best Regards and good DXing!
qwer.

 

[starman345]

"Fox News Channel" is still there (with my TBS 6925 PCIe DVB-S2).

Right you are!. I had been unable to get anything there recently but bumping the dish a bit got the signal back. The video hangs/freezes occasionally and the audio is sometimes garbled but thats the way it was before when I was getting it.
Its a strange thing, I get lots of signal..about 11.5dB but it acts like I'm just on the border of losing it. Occasionally I get a value in BER in CrazyScan. I assume it is the ACM/VCM switching back and forth.
dx qwer, do you get this as a strong viewable station or does it have the problems I mentinoned above?