DM800, NewCS, USB hub and Smargo card readers

**macca** · 02-01-09, 11:03 PM

Hi folks

I'm trying to run three cards in Smargo card readers in a 4-port USB hub from the top USB port on my DM800, running Gemini 4.0, NewCS1.62/CCcam 2.0.10 combo, and it's not working. However I can successfully run two of the cards separately when I put them in individual Smargo cardreaders off the upper and lower USB ports, ie not through the USB hub.

These are the relevant parts of my newcs.xml file :

Card 1
<type>smartreader+</type>
<mhz>600</mhz>
<node>/dev/usb/tts/0</node>

Card 2
<type>smartreader+</type>
<mhz>600</mhz>
<node>/dev/usb/tts/1</node>

Card 3
<type>smartreader+</type>
<mhz>600</mhz>
<node>/dev/usb/tts/2</node>

There's a lot of info around that this can be done, but I'm yet to find a config that shows such a setup. Has anyone had any luck running a USB hub with NewCS, and if so what make/model is it and would you be kind enough to post the appropriate parts of your NewCS file, cheers.

**jonc** · 03-01-09, 01:57 AM

is the hub usb 2.0 or 1.2? the 800 needs an USB 2.0 hub..

**digidude** · 03-01-09, 04:29 AM

have a look here m8

may help a bit also

**macca** · 03-01-09, 07:40 AM

@jonc, yes the hub is USB 2.0
@digidude, thanks for that link, it (and all the others I've found) says

The DM800 comes with 2 USB ports already. However if you wish to add a usb hub you can.

what it doesn't say is how to do it in NewCS

the DM800 has 2 x USB ports, /dev/usb/tts/0 and /dev/usb/tts/1, what I'm trying to find out is what is the correct config in NewCS to run the hub, I know putting the 3 x Smargo readers in the hub and using only <node>/dev/usb/tts/0</node> doesn't work

has anyone got a USB hub working on another DreamBox?

cheers

**digidude** · 03-01-09, 08:49 AM

in a ccam config file, theyre listed like this

SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/0 smartreader+
SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/1 smartreader+
SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/2 smartreader+
SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/3 smartreader+
SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/4 smartreader+
SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/5 smartreader+
SERIAL READER : /dev/usb/tts/6 smartreader+

so in theory, using a USB 2.0 hub, in new CS youd have a seperate <device> section for each one, but under <node> youd have

/dev/usb/tts/0
/dev/usb/tts/1
/dev/usb/tts/2
/dev/usb/tts/3
/dev/usb/tts/4
/dev/usb/tts/5
/dev/usb/tts/6
/dev/usb/tts/7

like i say, this is all theory as i dont have one of these readers to play with

**macca** · 03-01-09, 08:56 AM

thanks, but the issue is that the DM800 only has 2 USB ports:

/dev/usb/tts/0
/dev/usb/tts/1

and no-one, esp me, has worked out how to configure NewCS to run a hub

perhaps the statement "However if you wish to add a usb hub you can" is a furphy

**digidude** · 03-01-09, 09:22 AM

have you tried the hub in just the top port?

if 0 is the hub itself, then 1-7 could be readers

**digidude** · 03-01-09, 09:24 AM

the newcs developers site is

**warbo** · 04-01-09, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by macca

thanks, but the issue is that the DM800 only has 2 USB ports:

/dev/usb/tts/0
/dev/usb/tts/1

and no-one, esp me, has worked out how to configure NewCS to run a hub

perhaps the statement "However if you wish to add a usb hub you can" is a furphy

Macca, that statement was by me and I have set it up and had it running otherwise I wouldn't have posted it.

Aren't the two DM800 usb ports actually as below?

/dev/ttyUSB0
/dev/ttyUSB1

**macca** · 04-01-09, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by warbo

Macca, that statement was by me and I have set it up and had it running otherwise I wouldn't have posted it.

Aren't the two DM800 usb ports actually as below?

/dev/ttyUSB0
/dev/ttyUSB1

cheers warbo, sorry if I've gone off on a tangent, I've been trying to get this working for some time and getting very frustrated

the two configs you've shown aren't in the latest Jade2 image and Gemini 4, the file structure seems to have changed to /dev/usb/tts

root@dm800:/dev/usb# ls -l
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 tts

there's some discussion over in the new Jade2 thread