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How to configure TBS6104 DVBT Modulator card

TBS6104 is a 4-frequency DVBT Modulator card, it supports modulate 4 different frequencies.

The following will explain you how to configure and make TBS6104 DVBT Modulate card work.

Port 1

Port 2

Port 1: signal loop in; Port 2: signal out/RF out.

Signal “series connection”:

If you have multiple Modulator cards in a same Server, you can try “signal series connection”, and
then all signals/frequencies can be output from a same port. For example, there’re 2 Modulator
cards in a same Server (total 8 frequencies/ 8-r out):
Card 1 “RF OUT” (signal out) connects to the card 2 “Loop IN” (Loop in) by Coaxial cable, and last
all signals output from a same “RF OUT” Port.

Linux platform
System: Ubuntu, centOS, Debain and ect.

1.Install the Modulator card

TBS6104 is based on PCIe x1 interface, please make sure card is correctly installed to Mother
board PCIe slot.

2.Make sure Modulate card is detected by your Server (Mother board)

# lspci –vvv | grep 6104

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3.Install Linux driver

https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki

Downloading and building:

# git clone https://github.com/tbsdtv/media_build.git
# git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media.git -b latest ./media
# cd media_build
# make dir DIR=../media
# make distclean
# make -j4
# sudo make install

Firmware(TBS6104 DVBT modulator card no need firmware, but for some DVB tuner cars it’s
needed. So it’s better to install it ):
# wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/tbs-tuner-firmwares_v1.0.tar.bz2
# sudo tar jxvf tbs-tuner-firmwares_v1.0.tar.bz2 -C /lib/firmware/
# reboot

If any errors happen during the compiling step “make –j4” please check and fix error first, do not
go to operate “make install”. You can find the solution from the part “FAQ”:
https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki

The following we have listed some command errors and the corresponding solutions:
1>/bin/sh: 1: lsdiff: not found
# sudo apt-get install patchutils
2>you may need to install the Proc::ProcessTable module
# sudo apt-get install libproc-processtable-perl

3>fatal error: drx39xyj/drx39xxj.h: No such file or directory

# mkdir -p v4l/drx39xyj
# cp v4l/drx39xxj.h v4l/drx39xyj/

4>Can not find the 6909 firmware

# wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/dvb-fe-mxl5xx.fw
# cp dvb-fe-mxl5xx.fw /lib/firmware/

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5>If you find module load errors like "module has wrong symbol version", this means that there
still are old modules from your previous Media Tree installation (usually duplicated modules in
two different places).
# sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/``uname -r``/kernel/drivers/media/*

6>Can not use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported

by compiler
# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
# sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
# sudo rm /usr/bin/gcc
# sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 /usr/bin/gcc

7>make[2]: gcc: Command not found

# sudo apt-get install gcc
Or you can write to us, we can help you with the driver install:
support@tbsdtv.com

Driver installed, need to reboot Server. If it’s successfully installed, Modulate devices“tbsmodxx”
will be loaded, under directory “/dev”. Like this:

tbsmod0, tbsmod1

Each card has 4-modulate devices:

Device“tbsmod0” means the 1st modulator card; and e “tbsmod1” means the 2nd modulator card;
“tbsmod2” means the 3rd, and so on.
/dev/tbsmod0/mod0 means the 1st modulate device of the TBS6104;
/dev/tbsmod0/mod1 means the 2st modulate device of the TBS6104;
/dev/tbsmod0/mod2 means the 3st modulate device of the TBS6104;
/dev/tbsmod0/mod3 means the 4st modulate device of the TBS6104;

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Actually, we also provide the software which based on Linux for TBS6104 DVBT modulator card.
The control is webUI, and driver will be contained in our software package, no need to install
separately:
http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/modulator/rootfs-6004_6014_6104_690b-centos-
1.0.0.1.tar.bz2

http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/modulator/rootfs-6004_6014_6104_690b-ubuntu-
1.0.0.1.tar.bz2

The Following will explain you how to configure TBS6104.

The source could be DVB tuner card, Network stream or local TS file.

1.Login:
The default username/password is “root/root”:

2: User interface:

1>Network: network setting

2>Input Sources: the source can be from DVB tuner card, Network stream, and local TS file
3>Remux: some settings which related to “channel-Mux” and DVBT modulate.

DVB tuner card streams

Write to TBS6104
Network stream Remux DVBT Modulator card
(new TS)

Local TS file

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4>System: set new username & password for webUI

5>About: firmware version

Source from DVB tuner card

We have kinds of DVB tuner cards for different signals. For example, DVBS/S2, DVBT/C2, DVBT/T2,
ATSC, ISDBT and etc. You can receive channels by these tuner cards and then send to our
Modulator card.
Here we’ll take a satellite tuner card as an example:

Configure “fre.”, “pol.” “sr”, “modulator”, and click “Scan Channels”. When it’s locked, you’ll see
some channels. Please choose which you’ll take it as the source of the DVBT modulator and
“Apply”.

Network stream
We also support network stream input for DVBT modulator. http, rtp or udp stream is supported.

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Local File
We support modulate local ts file. The TS file must put to this directory:
/usr/local/tbs/video/
For example,

Remux
1.Channel-Mux:
If DVBT modulator card driver is correctly installed, you’ll see some modulate device. Like this:

And these sources which from DVB tuner card, Network streams, Local TS file all will be list here.
Just choose some of them to “Mux” to new TS (MPTS) for DVBT modulator card

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2. DVBT parameters setting:

Frequency: this DVBT modulator card is a little special in frequency setting. For a same card, once
the 1st RF device frequency is setting the rest 3 RF device will be set. This depends on Modulate
chipset characteristic. For example,
“tbsDVBT0” set to “474Mhz”, and bandwidth=8Mhz; the 2nd “tbsDVBT1” will be “482Mhz”; the
3rd “490Mhz”; and the 4th “498Mhz”. Step is 8Mhz.
Fre(tbsdvbt0)=474Mhz;
Fre(tbsdvbt1)=Fre(tbsdvbt0) + 8Mhz=482Mhz;
Fre(tbsdvbt2)=Fre(tbsdvbt1) + 8Mhz=490Mhz;
Fre(tbsdvbt3)=Fre(tbsdvbt2) + 8Mhz=498Mhz;

Bandwidth: 6Mhz, 7Mhz, 8Mhz.

Bandwidth set to 6Mhz, then the “step” is 6Mhz; for example,
Fre(tbsdvbt0)=641Mhz;
Fre(tbsdvbt1)=Fre(tbsdvbt0) + 6Mhz=647Mhz;
Fre(tbsdvbt2)=Fre(tbsdvbt1) + 6Mhz=653Mhz;
Fre(tbsdvbt3)=Fre(tbsdvbt2) + 6Mhz=659Mhz;

And set to “7Mhz”, the “step” should be 7Mhz.

Modulation: 16-QAM, 64-QAM, QPSK
Transmission: 2k, 8k
Guard Interval: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32
FEC: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
Level: signal level, 5-120. Set to a higher value, signal will be more stronger.

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Output Bitrate: this value should be a little higher than the real data. For example, a ts which the
real data is around 26M. So this option “Output Bitrate” please set to “28M” or higher.
Output Bitrate can’t be set to a lower than the real data.

Last, do not forget to click “Apply” to start “Remux/Modulate”. Or you can access to system to
check “remux” process is running or not:
# ps –aux | grep remux

Any question about the DVBT Modulate card TBS6104 configuration, please write to us:
support@tbsdtv.com

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