LibreELEC TBS 5520 SE

garglkarg · April 8, 2017 at 10:43 AM

I've bought the TBS 5520 SE USB box (without remote control) and set it to my librelec (various versions tested) but couldn't get it recognized...

actual installation is the wonderfull 7.0.2.dvb_drivers by CvH / many thx for that built! I tried any "TBS driver" in the DVB Driver Configuration but without any luck / any change just took some time of thinking and a reboot - it does not give any feedback wich one is selected currently?

but the receiver does appear on lsusb only:

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> lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 734c:5521 TBS Technologies China
> lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
8021q                  15457  0
nvidia              11324401  40
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     31862  4
snd_hda_codec_realtek    51436  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    43541  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel          20100  1
snd_hda_codec          70076  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core           28290  5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4819  1 snd_hda_codec
asus_atk0110            8506  0
uvesafb                18907  1

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of course I "dmesg|paste"d > QCWY but as far as I understand the USB isn't recon' at all! right? It's the same with any TBS Driver so far!

Am I missing some steps? As mentioned this is a fresh install of LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.2-dvb-drivers-1.66 without any changes than the DVB Driver Configuration? I tried LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.0.1-digital_devices without success and I missed the DVB Drivers Configuration addon?
May the USB box corrupt? Or does the "SE" in TBS 5520 SE make any difference.

Any help appreciated - CvH ???

garglkarg · April 16, 2017 at 8:29 AM

meanwhile I changed to 8.0.1 without success... additionally I tried TBS open source drivers and crazycats media build (containing tbs5521) but I cannot load the custom firmware because of missing module... dvb-usb-tbs5520 exists but does not load the tbs 5520 se...

verbose lsusb told me

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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 734c:5521 TBS Technologies China
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass
  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x734c TBS Technologies China
  idProduct          0x5521
  bcdDevice            0.01
  iManufacturer           0
  iProduct                0
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1

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**crazycat** · April 16, 2017 at 4:54 PM

dvb-usb-tbs5520se.

Driver not tested, so if you have some PC with regular linux (desktop or server) and can provide remote access ... I can checkmand debug driver for 5520se.

garglkarg · April 16, 2017 at 6:17 PM

Quote from crazycat

dvb-usb-tbs5520se.

where do I get this driver? could not find it in compiled media_build...
is it fair just to copy the ko beside dvb-usb-tbs5520.ko?

sorry i'm not able to give remote access through current firewall settings...

**crazycat** · April 16, 2017 at 10:23 PM

Fixed TBS5520SE driver.

garglkarg · April 17, 2017 at 3:04 PM

Quote from crazycat

Fixed TBS5520SE driver.

wonderful! thank you!!
compiled on my Ubuntu machine, installed it's drivers and rebooted!

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garglkarg@obelix:~$ sudo lsmod |grep dvb
dvb_usb_tbs5520se      16384  0
dvb_usb                28672  1 dvb_usb_tbs5520se
dvb_core              106496  1 dvb_usb
rc_core                32768  1 dvb_usb
media                  36864  3 dvb_usb,si2157,dvb_core
garglkarg@obelix:~$ dmesg |grep 'dvb\|DVB\|1-1\|[sS]i2'
[    2.116366] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[    2.248855] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5521
[    2.248866] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    2.248875] usb 1-1: Product: TBS 5521
[    2.248882] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: TBS-Tech
[    9.773934] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[    9.774654] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5521.fw'
[    9.895133] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' in warm state.
[    9.895476] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[    9.899952] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (TBS 5520se USB2.0)
[    9.899965] usb 1-1: media controller created
[   10.416469] dvb-usb: MAC address: 00:22:ab:c0:44:4a
[   10.417647] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'dvb-demux' registered.
[   10.641988] si2183 0-0067: Silicon Labs Si2183 successfully attached
[   10.669641] si2157 3-0061: Silicon Labs Si2147/2148/2157/2158 successfully attached
[   10.765000] usb 1-1: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TBS 5520se USB2.0)...
[   10.765019] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' registered.
[   10.765270] usb 1-1: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (Silicon Labs Si2183)...
[   10.765282] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'Silicon Labs Si2183' registered.
[   10.768242] dvb-usb: TBS 5520se USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected.
garglkarg@obelix:~$ uname -r
4.4.0-72-generic

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whoooop whoop I'm excited!! BUT obviously my Ubuntu (kernel 4.4.0.72) isn't the LE... I cannot test it any further
sooo, how do I get this wonderful driver to my LE installation (currently 8.0.1 with kernel 4.9.x)??

**crazycat** · April 17, 2017 at 7:06 PM

Wait updated LE 8.x build

garglkarg · April 17, 2017 at 8:58 PM

Quote from crazycat

Wait updated LE 8.x build

ok, so it gets in the official head? great!

thank you very much for your help! makes this project real fun!

sharp · May 1, 2017 at 9:43 AM

I have this device and am trying compile driver from github for armhf platform - no success. Did someone successfully compile a functional driver?

garglkarg · May 2, 2017 at 8:19 PM

Quote from sharp

Did someone successfully compile a functional driver?

yes I did! but on my generic intel pc with Ubuntu installed. got the usb box running with compiled crazycat drivers - it overrides my Nvidia and it had some crashes in the beginning but everything works fine now. have my tvheadend up and kore running.
I'm very pleased and satisfied!

**CvH** · May 3, 2017 at 10:33 AM Official Post

sorry pinging ppl with @Name don't work (new board soon that fix that) so I never saw this thread before

RPi2 8.0.1 LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.0.1-tbs5520.img.gz
Generic 8.0.1 LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.0.1-tbs5520.img.gz

with that patch applied - if someone could confirm that this fixes the 5520 would be great (pr to next LE8 release)

**CvH** · May 10, 2017 at 9:20 PM Official Post

anyone ?

zlamers · May 11, 2017 at 9:10 PM

Help to understand the kernel failure when connecting the tuner.

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[   34.282523@2] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
[   34.422594@2] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5521
[   34.422607@2] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[   34.443628@3] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
[   34.449909@3] WARNING: You are using an experimental version of the media stack.
[   34.449909@3]        As the driver is backported to an older kernel, it doesn't offer
[   34.449909@3]        enough quality for its usage in production.
[   34.449909@3]        Use it with care.
[   34.449909@3] Latest git patches (needed if you report a bug to linux-media@vger.kernel.org):
[   34.449909@3]
[   34.455481@3] WARNING: You are using an experimental version of the media stack.
[   34.455481@3]        As the driver is backported to an older kernel, it doesn't offer
[   34.455481@3]        enough quality for its usage in production.
[   34.455481@3]        Use it with care.
[   34.455481@3] Latest git patches (needed if you report a bug to linux-media@vger.kernel.org):
[   34.455481@3]
[   34.463765@3] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[   34.465779@3] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5521.fw'
[   34.465784@3] tbs5520se: start downloading TBS5520se firmware
[   34.472065@3] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[   34.572369@2] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' in warm state.
[   34.573702@3] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[   34.573818@3] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (TBS 5520se USB2.0)
[   34.573845@3] usb 1-2: media controller created
[   34.573854@3] tbs5520se: read eeprom failed.
[   34.573858@3] dvb-usb: MAC address reading failed.
[   34.575154@3] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'dvb-demux' registered.
[   34.593743@3] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 2
[   34.593749@3] si2183 1-0067: Silicon Labs Si2183 successfully attached
[   34.601839@3] si2157 2-0061: Silicon Labs Si2147/2148/2157/2158 successfully attached
[   34.611210@3] i2c i2c-2: av201x: Airoha Technology AV201x successfully attached
[   34.611228@3] usb 1-2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TBS 5520se USB2.0)...
[   34.611253@3] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' registered.
[   34.611843@3] usb 1-2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (Silicon Labs Si2183)...
[   34.611861@3] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'Silicon Labs Si2183' registered.
[   34.615440@3] dvb-usb: TBS 5520se USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected.
[   34.616975@3] usbcore: registered new interface driver tbs5520se
[   34.628599@0] dvb-usb: TBS 5520se USB2.0 successfully deinitialized and disconnected.
[   36.262366@2] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci-hcd
[   36.402658@2] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=734c, idProduct=5521
[   36.402663@2] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[   36.402666@2] usb 1-2: Product: TBS 5521
[   36.402669@2] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: TBS-Tech
[   36.405542@3] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[   36.405564@3] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-tbsqbox-id5521.fw'
[   36.405568@3] tbs5520se: start downloading TBS5520se firmware
[   36.512341@2] dvb-usb: found a 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' in warm state.
[   36.512898@2] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[   36.513008@2] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (TBS 5520se USB2.0)
[   36.513021@2] usb 1-2: media controller created
[   36.594002@2] dvb-usb: MAC address: 00:44:ab:c0:26:d2
[   36.594943@2] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'dvb-demux' registered.
[   36.600709@2] i2c i2c-1: Added multiplexed i2c bus 2
[   36.600716@2] si2183 1-0067: Silicon Labs Si2183 successfully attached
[   36.606201@2] si2157 2-0061: Silicon Labs Si2147/2148/2157/2158 successfully attached
[   36.606275@2] i2c i2c-2: av201x: Airoha Technology AV201x successfully attached
[   36.666605@2] usb 1-2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TBS 5520se USB2.0)...
[   36.666626@2] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'TBS 5520se USB2.0' registered.
[   36.666907@0] usb 1-2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (Silicon Labs Si2183)...
[   36.666922@0] dvbdev: dvb_create_media_entity: media entity 'Silicon Labs Si2183' registered.
[   36.667176@0] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   36.667192@0] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1183 at fs/sysfs/dir.c:52 sysfs_warn_dup+0x8c/0xb0()
[   36.667193@0] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/class/dvb/dvb0.frontend1'
[   36.667219@0] Modules linked in: av201x(O) si2157(O) si2183(O) dvb_usb_tbs5520se(O) dvb_usb(O) dvb_core(O) rc_core(O) media(O) 8189es 8021q cfg80211 wifi_dummy mali(O) aml_nftl_dev(P) fbcon bitblit softcursor font
[   36.667224@0] CPU: 0 PID: 1183 Comm: khubd Tainted: P           O 3.14.29 #1
[   36.667226@0] Call trace:
[   36.667233@0] [<ffffffc001087e08>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x128
[   36.667236@0] [<ffffffc001087f50>] show_stack+0x20/0x30
[   36.667242@0] [<ffffffc0017e0d54>] dump_stack+0x78/0x94
[   36.667249@0] [<ffffffc001095714>] warn_slowpath_common+0x94/0xc0
[   36.667252@0] [<ffffffc0010957a0>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x60/0x78
[   36.667257@0] [<ffffffc0011fa1a8>] sysfs_warn_dup+0x88/0xb0
[   36.667260@0] [<ffffffc0011fa68c>] sysfs_do_create_link_sd.isra.0+0xec/0x100
[   36.667262@0] [<ffffffc0011fa6dc>] sysfs_create_link+0x3c/0x68
[   36.667267@0] [<ffffffc0013e93a0>] device_add+0x420/0x520
[   36.667270@0] [<ffffffc0013e9724>] device_create_groups_vargs+0x124/0x138
[   36.667274@0] [<ffffffc0013e9834>] device_create+0x84/0xa0
[   36.667284@0] [<ffffffbffc25ca7c>] dvb_register_device+0x224/0x638 [dvb_core]
[   36.667291@0] [<ffffffbffc2652cc>] dvb_register_frontend+0x194/0x1f0 [dvb_core]
[   36.667296@0] [<ffffffbffc27cd70>] dvb_usb_adapter_frontend_init+0xb0/0x228 [dvb_usb]
[   36.667300@0] [<ffffffbffc27bb40>] dvb_usb_device_init+0x4a0/0x6f0 [dvb_usb]
[   36.667305@0] [<ffffffbffc2850cc>] tbs5520se_probe+0x34/0x50 [dvb_usb_tbs5520se]
[   36.667311@0] [<ffffffc001477cb0>] usb_probe_interface+0xd8/0x1e8
[   36.667315@0] [<ffffffc0013ec3ec>] really_probe+0x74/0x230
[   36.667318@0] [<ffffffc0013ec610>] __device_attach+0x68/0x78
[   36.667321@0] [<ffffffc0013ea61c>] bus_for_each_drv+0x64/0xa8
[   36.667325@0] [<ffffffc0013ec344>] device_attach+0xa4/0xd8
[   36.667328@0] [<ffffffc0013eb7ec>] bus_probe_device+0x9c/0xc8
[   36.667330@0] [<ffffffc0013e92f8>] device_add+0x378/0x520
[   36.667334@0] [<ffffffc0014765c8>] usb_set_configuration+0x440/0x7c8
[   36.667338@0] [<ffffffc0014808b8>] generic_probe+0x38/0xc0
[   36.667340@0] [<ffffffc001476a24>] usb_probe_device+0x24/0x38
[   36.667344@0] [<ffffffc0013ec3ec>] really_probe+0x74/0x230
[   36.667347@0] [<ffffffc0013ec610>] __device_attach+0x68/0x78
[   36.667350@0] [<ffffffc0013ea61c>] bus_for_each_drv+0x64/0xa8
[   36.667353@0] [<ffffffc0013ec344>] device_attach+0xa4/0xd8
[   36.667356@0] [<ffffffc0013eb7ec>] bus_probe_device+0x9c/0xc8
[   36.667359@0] [<ffffffc0013e92f8>] device_add+0x378/0x520
[   36.667362@0] [<ffffffc00146d71c>] usb_new_device+0x1e4/0x320
[   36.667364@0] [<ffffffc00146ed9c>] hub_thread+0xc54/0x1028
[   36.667370@0] [<ffffffc0010b95fc>] kthread+0xd4/0xf0
[   36.667372@0] ---[ end trace bc4a632bd562acf6 ]---
[   36.667592@0] dvbdev: dvb_register_device: failed to create device dvb0.frontend1 (-17)
[   36.668750@2] dvb-usb: TBS 5520se USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected.

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**CvH** · May 13, 2017 at 9:39 PM Official Post

Quote from zlamers

Help to understand the kernel failure when connecting the tuner.

this versions ?
LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.0.1-tbs5520.img.gz
LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.0.1-tbs5520.img.gz

sdf · June 7, 2017 at 7:43 AM

Sorry to bump old thread. Was considering to buy a TBS 5520 SE. Anyone can tell me if now it works with Libreelec? Wanted to know also if in Tvheadend there are two tuners (dvb-t and dvb-s) that are switched on the fly, or if we have to switch by sotftware the tuners before using them (as in windows).

Thnak you,

sdf

**CvH** · June 7, 2017 at 9:53 PM Official Post

Quote from sdf

Was considering to buy a TBS 5520 SE. Anyone can tell me if now it works with Libreelec?

this is no LibreELEC problem more a general driver problem - as long none reports something back you can expect it as NOT working

sdf · June 8, 2017 at 7:02 AM

saw that was supported with open source drivers in the tbs forum.

If anyone has bought it and can report back

Thank you CvH,

sdf

sdf · June 28, 2017 at 9:07 AM

Solved. Bought a Mygica (Geniatech) Hdstar. Perfectly supported.

Bye,

sdf

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