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Installing the DVS Capture card...

Installing the Hardware:
  1. Install the hardware as outlined in the hardware installation guide
Installing the SDK:
  1. Goto http://www.dvs.de and login to the OEM support area
  2. Download the SDK 2.7 for SDStationOEMII
  3. do root> tar xf sdk2.7p48.tar.gz
  4. Copy the sdk2.7p48 folder to /usr/local/src/

Installing the Linux Kernel sources:

  1. With YAST , software management install the linux-kernel source
  2. Within YAST select "Filter: selections", Select "Kernel development" (not check) and search in the packages list for "linux-kernel source" and check this to install...
  3. Open a Console and cd to /usr/src/linux
  4. do root> make oldconfig
  5. do root> make scripts/mod/   (do not forget the trailing slash!!)
Building and installing the DVS-card driver:

Create Device node:

  1. cd to /usr/local/src/sdk2.7p48/linux/driver
  2. do: root> ./mkdev

Post compile driver:

  1. in the same directory
  2. do root> ./driver_create

Load the driver:

  1. in the same directory
  2. do root> ./driver_load

If you have more than one board:

  1. Setup the enviroment variabele SCSIVIDEO_CMD with Value PCI,card:<t>
  2. <t> is the number of the card which you want to control
  3. do: root> export SCSIVIDEO_CMD=PCI,card:0 to select the first card.
  4. This is only needed when you have more than one card installed...
Load the licence key into the board:
 
  1. cd to /usr/local/src/sdk2.7p48/linux/bin
  2. run root> ./svram licence show
  3. Check the output for the serialnumber of the card supply the correct licence key..
  4. run root> ./svram licence key1 <key>
  5. check the card do root> ./svram licence show
  6. Check the SCSIVIDEO_CMD value and do the procedure again is necessary.

Sometimes it happens that the svram give a message that the card is busy. Restarting the system will cure this problem. After restart you have the load the driver again....

Make DVS capture deamon:

  1. cd to /usr/local/src/ingex/Ingex/capture
  2. Set the DVSSDK enviroment variable..
  3. do root> export DVSSDK=/usr/local/src/sdk2.7p48
  4. Make the DVS capture deamon
  5. do root> make dvs_sdi

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