Date
1 - 6 of 6
TBS 6903 Amazon customer reveiw.
|
geojohnt@aol.com
Er David,
When I saw the one and only product review for the TBS 6903 on Amazon UK was from a David in Edinburgh .....
 Looks like I'm going to have to learn some new tricks.
Best wishes,
John.
|
|
|
|
On 20/02/2022 16:53, geojohnt via groups.io wrote:
Er David,John, The TBS6903 (and a newer version TBS6903X) works well, although the TBS software doesn't seem to suit two of my PCs, and if you are going to do BAS/HVS-1 and HVS-2 I'd suggest a quad LNB (two for the TBS6903 and two for the future). You could ask TBS for a sample if the cost is too high. An alternative would be two TBS5927 over USB, but I wouldn't recommend that! Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-taylor@... Twitter: @gm8arv |
|
|
|
Ernst Lobsiger
On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 11:01 AM, David J Taylor GM8ARV 🏴 🇪🇺 wrote:
The TBS6903 (and a newer version TBS6903X) works wellDavid, how can you say that the TBS-6903X works well under Windows? Do you have such a TBS-6903X or even a TBS-6903X V2 that are completely hardware different from the prooven TBS-6903? And can you confirm it really works for you? While these X cards indeed do work here (after the 22uF cap fix !!) under GNU/Linux I have not yet heard of someone using any of those with success under Windows up to now. A credible confirmation that someone has one of these cards working with good TC results under Windows would mean that TBS has improved the Windows driver and that there is hope for the TBS-6909X V2 as well. Best regards, Ernst |
|
|
|
On 20/02/2022 21:07, Ernst Lobsiger via groups.io wrote:
David,Oops, to be read as: The TBS6903 works well under Windows. (the TBS6093X is a newer, more expensive and untested version). I do find that not all the drivers for the TBS6903 work as expected, and I recall having to go a version or two back for best results. Does the choice of Tuner-A and Tuner-B for HVS-1 and HVS-2 still apply? Which way round is it? I still prefer the network boxes which are much easier to use, if more expensive! Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-taylor@... Twitter: @gm8arv |
|
|
|
Ernst Lobsiger
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 01:00 AM, David J Taylor GM8ARV 🏴 🇪🇺 wrote:
I do find that not all the drivers for the TBS6903 work as expected, and IDavid, I do not know the state of the Windows TBS-6903 drivers. Under GNU/Linux the size of the packet buffers can be choosen at will. There is no preference for T1 (BAS+HVS-1) or T2 (HVS-2). Your notes seem to indicate that there has been a Windows driver with different sizes of packet buffers for A and B hard coded. If so the smaller buffer should be used for T2 (HVS-2). Having drivers that work for TelliCast has been a problem since the days of DVB-S. In this respect routers are much easier to setup, I agree. It's a pitty that under all these Windows users there seems to be no HW affine guy that really wants to go for it and work together with TBS to make/proove the TBS-6909X TC ready for Windows. This card works well under GNU/Linux and can handle up to 4 TC transponders. Regards, Ernst |
|
|
|
On 21/02/2022 17:19, Ernst Lobsiger via groups.io wrote:
David,Ernst, Yes, there was a note from TBS saying that the buffer sizes were different, but it was long ago now! Perhaps a search of the group might reveal something, but I guess it's easy enough to change and see which is better. On my system Tuner 0 is HVS-1 and Tuner 1 is HVS-2. Perhaps others could comment. I guess if we had a user in or near Seattle we might get more Windows help! Exactly that happened in relation to timekeeping - which used to be coarse (1 milliseond?) but is now available to 100 ns precision. NTP works so much better after that change. A friend with a friend in Microsoft made that happen. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-taylor@... Twitter: @gm8arv |
|
|