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- Readme for Dta1xx Linux device driver
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- Table of Contents
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1. Version History
2. Introduction
3. Installation Instructions
4. Usage Instructions
5. Contact Information
6. Pre-version 2 History
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- 1. Version History
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Date: Version: Remarks:
2010.06.26 2.9.0.146 - Prelimenairy support for DTA-2111
2010.03.22 2.8.1.145 - Fixed "unclassified failure in device driver" bug when
selecting DVB-T2 modulation
- Prelimenairy support for DTA-111
- Fixes compile issues on kernel v2.6.28 and later
2009.11.04 2.8.0.142 - Support for APSK mode on DTA-2137
- Prelimenairy support for DTA-2160
2009.06.29 2.7.2.141 - Fixed issue where setting the rx-mode always failed
2009.06.19 2.7.1.140 - Fixed issue with DTA-2142 not being detected
2009.06.10 2.7.0.139 - Prelimenairy support for DTA-2142
2009.02.26 2.5.1.138 - Fix for compilation troubles on kernel versions
2.6.0 - 2.6.14
2009.01.27 2.5.0.137 - Support for DTA-2137/DTA-2144
- Support for genlock functionality of DTA-145/2145
- Fixes compile issues on kernel v2.6.26 and later
- Fixes crash with DTA-160 on a 64-bit kernel
NOTE:
This version has not been tested/validated for kernel
2.4 and does not officially support kernel 2.4. Future
versions of this driver will drop kernel 2.4 support
all together.
2008.12.03 2.4.0.134 - Support for 64-bit kernels
2008.10.12 2.3.1.131 - Fixed issue where DTA-112 was not detected by driver
2008.06.30 2.3.0.130 - Support transparent-mode-packet receive mode for
DTA-160 IP port
2008.05.21 2.2.3.129 - Solves compilation error on kernel 2.6.24
- Fixes divide by zero error and several other bugs
in IP-recive code
2008.04.10 2.2.2.127 - Fixes problem with setting/getting of ASI burst-mode
with several cards including the DTA-145, DTA-160
and DTA-2145
2008.03.27 2.2.1.126 - Fixed issue causing kernel crash during exit of a
thread
2008.02.27 2.2.0.124 - Support for DTA-2135
2008.02.15 2.1.3.122 - Fixed error in bit-rate returned for ASI ports
on DTA-112/115/116/117
- Fixed lock-up issue with IP transmit, due to problem
with locking pages of user buffer
2008.01.09 2.1.2.120 - Fixed driver crash when using a DTA-110T and specific
combinations of DVB-T modulation parameters
- Fixed issue with input bit-rate computation
- Fixed issue with driver resources which were not always
released, resulting in failure to attach to a card
after having opened the driver a number of times
- Fixed number of compile issues on Redhat and CentOS-3
Linux distri's with kernel: 2.4.21-20, 2.6.9-42 and
2.6.9-22
2007.12.13 2.1.0.117 - Fixed compile error when compiling for SMP
kernel < 2.6.1
- Fixed kernel panic for SMP kernel < 2.6.4 when using
DTA-160
- Fixed checking return value after creating new thread
- Changed implementation clock detect status and bitrate
calculation IP receive for DTA-160.
If no packets are received whitin 1 second after the
last received packet, the bitrate is set to 0 and the
clock detect status is set to 0 (clock detect fail).
- Support for double-buffered and loop-through
capabilities on DTA-145/160/2145
2007.11.29 2.0.1.116 - Fixed compile error in kernel 2.6.20 and higher, due
to changes in definition INIT_WORK
- Cleaned up code to reduce number of compile warnings
- Fixed fault in handling of IOCTL_DTA1XX_GET_RX_INFO
IoCtl-call, causing DtInpChannel::GetTsRateBps to fail
2007.11.07 2.0.0.114 - First release of version 2 driver.
NOTE: Version 2 is a completely rewritten driver and
is not backwards compatible with PRE V4 DTAPI
versions
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- 2. Introduction
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The Dta1xx driver is a char driver for DekTec's DTA-1XX series of PCI cards.
Currently the driver provides support for the following cards:
- DTA-100 (DVB-ASI Output Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-102 (DVB-SPI Output Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-105 (DVB-ASI Output Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-107 (QPSK Modulator / Upconverter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-110 (QAM Modulator / UHF Upconverter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-110T (OFDM Modulator / UHF Upconverter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-112 (QAM Modulator / VHF&UHF Upconverter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-115 (Multi-Standard Modulator for PCI Bus)
- DTA-116 (Multi-Standard Modulator with IF and Digital Output for PCI Bus)
- DTA-120 (DVB-ASI Input Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-122 (DVB-SPI Input Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-124 (QUAD ASI/SDI Input Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-140 (DVB-ASI Input/Output Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-145 (Multi-Purpose ASI/SDI Adapter for PCI Bus)
- DTA-160 (Gigabit Ethernet + 3x ASI for PCI Bus)
- DTA-545 (DVB-ASI Input/Output Adapter for PC104+)
- DTA-2111 (Multi-Standard Modulator for PCI Express)
- DTA-2144 (Quad ASI/SDI Input/Output Adapter for PCI Express)
- DTA-2145 (Multi-Purpose ASI/SDI Adapter for PCI Express)
- DTA-2160 (Gigabit Ethernet + 3x ASI for PCI Express)
NOTE: The DTA-110T is not supported on 64-bit Linux.
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- 3. Installation Instructions
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To install the driver, perform the following steps:
- Compile the driver (type "make" in the directory containing the makefile);
- Install the driver (type "make install" in the directory containing the
makefile).
NOTE: MAKE SURE THE 'KERNEL_DIR' DEFINE IN THE MAKEFILE SPECIFIES THE CORRECT
PATH TO THE KERNEL SOURCES. IF THE SPECIFIED PATH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE
KERNEL SOURCES, BUT ONLY THE 'USER' SOURCES THE COMPILER MIGHT GENERATE
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: "#warning Using kernel headers in userspace"
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- 4. Usage Instructions
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To be able to use a DTA-1XX PCI(e) card, the driver must be started and at least
one device file must have been created.
The Dta1xx.init script is provided to start or stop the driver and to create
the device files:
"sh ./Dta1xxInit start" Load the driver and create 8 device files
in the "/dev" directory.
"sh ./Dta1xxInit stop" Unload the driver and remove the device files.
The script uses the following naming convention for device files. The file
name consists of "Dta1xx", followed by the relative board number (0-based).
For example: if the system contains two DTA-1XX cards, then "Dta1xx0"
represents the first board and "Dta1xx1 the second one.
All of the driver's functionality is exposed via the ioctl mechanism (see
"Dta1xxCommon.h" for all ioctl commands).
For easy usage of the driver, DekTec provides the DTAPI wrapper library.
The DTAPI hides the complexities of using the driver in a few easy-to-use
classes. The DTAPI is included in the Linux SDK.
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- 5. Contact Information
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Please find our contact information below:
DekTec Digital Video B.V.
Van Riebeeckweg 43A
1212 EH Hilversum
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)35 64 69 210
Fax: +31 (0)35 68 31 015
email: support@dektec.com / info@dektec.com
website: www.dektec.com
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- 6. Pre-version 2 History
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Date: Version: Remarks:
2007.07.19 1.12.4.112 - Fixed issue with enabling/disabling double-bufferd mode
with FW version 1 of DTA-105
2007.06.11 1.12.3.111 - Solved issue with DMA blocking when using DTA-115 in
QAM mode
- Init periodic interrupt period for DTA-124 is to
38.83ms, so that bit-rate is computed correctly
- Fixed bug in Dta1xxIoCtlLedControl (mismatch between
DTAPI and driver defines)
2007.06.04 1.12.1.109 - Add support for DTA-124 with FW version 1
2007.05.16 1.12.0.108 - Added support for DTA-115
2007.04.03 1.11.3.107 - Fixed bug SglDesc structure related to 64-bit systems
- Add support for ISDB-T modulation via DTA-110T
2007.02.16 1.11.2.104 - Fixed read and write blocking bug with DTA-140
2007.02.15 1.11.1.104 - Fixed multiple Tx channels support
- Removed dependancy on do_div method (caused link
problems on kernel 2.4.x)
2007.01.31 1.11.0.103 - Added support for DTA-160 (ASI only)
- IO cofiguration can be retrieved
2007.01.25 1.10.0.101 - Added support for DTA-145 and DTA-2145
- Fixed issue with serial number (always 0) for
DTA-110(T)
2007.01.23 1.9.2.100 - Made sure that all CDMA resources are released when an
application, using the DTA-110T, terminates unexpected
- Fixed issue with setting a carrier freq. higher than
813MHz for DTA-110(T)
2006.12.21 1.9.0.98 - Beta version with support for DTA-110T (OFDM)
2006.08.14 1.8.0.96 - Changed to new register map for 105 (offset changes)
- Updated Vpd/ Eeprom routines
2005.09.26 1.7.1.95 - Fixed error where the returned bit-rate for
the DTA-124 was always the bit-rate of
channel 0
- Fixed several errors where DTA-110 and DTA-107
settings where swapped
2005.08.25 1.7.0.94 - Added support for DTA-110
2005.07.22 1.6.0.93 - Added support for DTA-545
- Prepared for DTA-105 and DTA-110
2005.06.06 1.5.1.91 - Fixed bit-rate computation error when using the
DTA-120
- Fixed bug in makefile for Kernel 2.6.x (failed to copy
driver if install directory did not exist)
2005.03.10 1.5.0.90 - Added suport for DTA-124
2004.12.06 1.4.2.88 - Fixed compilation bug when compiling for Kernel 2.4.x
- Fixed bug when getting the clock count register
2004.11.11 1.4.0.86 - Added support for DTA-107. Removed 64-bit caculations
from driver (now performed in the DTAPI (user space)).
2004.08.30 1.3.1.82 - Made sure that the interrupt handler returns IRQ_NONE
or IRQ_HANDLED
2004.08.16 1.3.0.81 - Added support for Linux kernel 2.6.x
2004.02.10 1.2.2.79 - Added support for enabling timestamping
2003.12.08 1.2.1.77 - Fixed problem when CTRL-C is used to terminate a
process (sometimes the driver left the hardware in
an undefined state).
2003.06.30 1.2.0.75 - Added support for store MP2 receive mode and for
timestamping
- Added support for FW4 of the DTA-120 and prepared
driver for FW4 of the DTA-122
- Added IoCtl command for getting the firmware version
- Added module version support (MODVERSIONS)
- Added missing calls to RxIoCtl commands (GetFlags
and ClearFlags)
2003.04.25 1.1.1.71 - Fixed backward compatibilty issue, related to addition
of VPD support
2003.04.23 1.1.0.70 - Added support for reading/writing to VPD resources
- Fixed bug related to DTA-102. Output was disabled,
instead of enabled when starting transmission
- Replaced 'KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux' define in
makefile with a more generic path (see note in
Installation Instructions)
2003.04.08 1.0.0.68 - Added fix to prevent tainted message to be shown when
loading the module
2003.03.28 1.0.0.67 - Replaced wait loop in DMA routine with a wait for
event (the wait loop caused a high processor load)
- This version has been compiled and tested on version
2.4.20 of the linux kernel
- With the SUSE 8.0 distribution of linux (kernel 2.4.18)
using a wake_up_interruptible from the interrupt
routine caused the system to freeze. It is
recommended to upgrade to a newer version of the
compiler and kernel than provided by the SUSE 8.0
distribution
2003.01.16 0.1.0.57 - Added detection routine for DTA-140
2002.12.06 0.0.0.55 - Initial version (alpha) (compiled and tested
on version 2.4.18 of the Linux kernel)
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.