tbs electronics TBS5930 User manual

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TBS5930 DVB-S2X/S2 TV Tuner USB Card User Manual
TBS5930 DVB-S2X/S2 TV Tuner USB card is an USB interface digital satellite external TV Tuner box for watching
and recording Free to Air satellite TV on both desktop and laptop PC. It supports both DVB-S2 and DVB-S
programs receiving. It's ready with Windows BDA driver and Linux driver. It's compatible with Windows7
Media Center, MediaPortal, DVBlink, DVBDream, DVBViewer, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader, XBMC, MythTV, VDR
and many other popular DVB softwares.
Appearance:

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Specification:
https://www.tbsdtv.com/products/tbs5930-dvb-s2x-or-s2-tv-tuner-usb-card.html
Steps to setup TBS5930
1. Hardware install
2. Driver install: Windows Driver, Linux driver
3. DVB software
4. Tune channel
5. Watch Tv program or do streaming
Hardware Installation
1. Connect TBS5930 to your PC/Laptop USB 2.0 port
2. Connect Power Adapter DC 12V/2A for TBS5930
3. Connect satellite signal to TBS5930
The setup of Windows Platform
Windows driver:
https://www.tbsiptv.com/download/tbs5930/tbs5930_release_v1005_20230105.zip
Unpack driver package and click Application “TBS_5930_setup” directly to install driver.

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Driver install finished, you’ll see tuner device in “Computer—Device Manager: Sound, video and game
controller”. Like this:
DVB software install:
For windows system, we recommend DVBdream, DVBviewer and ect.
Let’s take DVBdream as example.
DVBdream download:
https://www.tbsiptv.com/download/common/dvbdream_oem_version_setup_v297.zip
Tune channels:
1. Check and set LNB type. Ku LNB, C-band LNB and ect.
Normally, LNB information will be marked on your LNB. For example,

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2. DVBdream LNB setup
DVBdream---Options---Diseqc
For example, now I’m using LNB Ku-Circular, band frequency is 11300. The LN B setting is:

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Diseqc Switch:
If signal is connected to Tuner card directly, just pick Port 1 to set LNB. If it’s using a Diseqc or Multiswitch,
please check which Switch port you use, then set the LNB.
3. DVBdream: Tune channels
DVBdream---Channels: Manual scan

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Fill in “Frequency”, “Pol.”, “Symbol rate”, “Modulation” information, Click “Scan”
Locked and save channels:

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Also, when tuner card locked, Green LED lights up. This LED is to indicate the “lock” status.
The Blue LED is Power LED.
Channel list:

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Do recording:
1st type: DVBdream---Channels: Record On/Off
This is to record a single channel.
Record path: located in where’s DVBdream installed and the folder “Record”.

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2nd type: DVBdream---Modules:TsWriter2
’
This type is to record the entire ts.
Note:
In any case, please do not plug USB cable out directly while tuner card is running. For example, tuner card is
taken by DVBdream software, and it’s playing Tv program.
The correct approach should be: turn app (DVB software) off first , and then go to plug USB cable out.
The setup of Linux Platform
1. Check the Hardware connection:
# lsusb

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2. Linux driver:
https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki
Build errors and rebuild:
We have listed these frequently seen errors and the corresponding solutions:
https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki/Prerequisites,-Build-errors-and-Rebuilding
build finished, requires to reboot Server to load the driver.
3. If Linux driver is installed successfully, you’ll see tuner device under “/dev/dvb”
# ls /dev/dvb
4. Install streaming software, tune channels and do streaming: DVBlast, Astra cesbo, Theadend and ect.
DVBlast
Install:
https://github.com/gfto/dvblast/blob/master/README
# sudo apt install dvblast (Ubuntu)
# su yum install dvblast (centOS)
Configure:
1. DVBlast is command line control
2. Command to tune channels
# dvblast –f 12538000 –s 41250000 –v 13 –a 0
# dvblast –f 12660000 –s 45000000 –v 18 –m psk_8 –a 0
-f: frequency
-s: symbol rate

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-v 13, -v 18: LNB voltage
-m psk_8: modulation. The default is QPSK.
-a 0: adapter number
3. do streaming
DVBlast requires to create a file which contains output and the specified channel to stream out.
Configuration file
# vi dvb1.conf
Do streaming
#dvblast –f 12660000 –s 45000000 –v 18 –m psk_8 –a 0 –c dvb1.conf
More detailed about the configuration of DVBlast, please refer to the above site.
Astra Cesbo
https://cesbo.com/en/latest/astra
Install:
1. Download the Binary
http://cesbo.com/download/astra/
for example, download the latest version
# wget http://cesbo.com/download/astra/latest/x86_64/astra
2. Give the Binary a permission, and put it to /usr/bin
# chmod +x astra
# cp astra /usr/bin
3. Astra cebso License
https://cesbo.com/orders/software/astra/buy/
4. Create a path for astra and create a configuration file
# mkdir –p /etc/astra
# vi astra.conf
5. Download or save License file from the email attachment to /etc/astra/ on your server.
6. Start Astra Cesbo and login to web GUI

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# astra -c /etc /astra/astra.conf -p 8060 --daemon
-c: specify the path
-p: webUI port
--daemon: start as a daemon
Configure:
1. Login to webUI
http://ip:8060
the default username/pwd is “admin/admin”
2. About the web UI configuration, please refer to these sites. Astra cesbo provides a very detailed
explanation:
https://cesbo.com/en/latest/astra/web-interface
https://cesbo.com/en/latest/astra/web-interface/adapter
https://cesbo.com/en/latest/astra/web-interface/adapter
Tvheadend
1. Install:
Build source code directly
https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Building

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or install using “snap”.
# snap install tvheadend
2. Start Tvheadend:
# tvheadend –C
3. Login to web GUI
http://ip:9981
the default port is 9981, to change port is:
# tvheadend -C --http_port 29088
New web GUI should be:
http://ip:29088

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4. Configure:
1>Create a “DVBS” network

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Do not forget to turn “Network discovery” off:

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2> Configure “Network” to tuner device (adapter)
3> Go to “Muxes” to configure transponder parameters

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4> Click “Create” and wait some seconds. If it’s locked, you’ll see “Services”, like this:

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5> Services
Pick favorite channels and map them out. For example, P19 to P23:
6> Go to “Channels/EPG---Channels”, give each channel a number

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7> URLs
1st type:
http://ip:9981/playlist
This is one URL multiple channels.
2nd type:
http://ip:9981/stream/channelnumber/’channel number’
This is one URL one channel.
For example, channel “P22”, the URL is
http://ip:9981/stream/channelnumber/3
3rd type is to download “m3u” URL, like this:
Any question about the Setup of TBS5930, please write to us:
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