TerraTec T6 DVB-T (Afatech AF9035)

The TerraTec T6 is a dual DVB-T USB-device. The device is supported by the kernel, but requires additional proprietary firmware to be loaded to function.

This tutorial was tested for a Terratec T6 with the Afatech AF9035 chipset. There is a package in the AUR, but it does not work at this time.

Identify chipset

Filter dmesg to find out the exact chipset with the following command:

$ dmesg | grep dvb
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_af9035: prechip_version_00 chip_version_03 chip_type_3802 
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_af9035: prechip_version=00 chip_version=03 chip_type=3802 
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Afatech AF9035 reference design' in cold state}}

The cold state indicates it is not active, due to the missing firmware file.

Download firmware

The firmware file in this case was made available at: [1]

Download the file of your choice and navigate to the download-folder.

Install firmware

Without a PKGBUILD the file cannot be installed (and tracked) with pacman. However, for a firmware the main step of an installation is to move the file into the /lib/firmware path.

If you move the file manually and re-plug the device, dmesg should show the firmware loaded and the device is now in warm state:

$ dmesg |grep -e dvb -e af9033
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_af9035: prechip_version=00 chip_version=03 chip_type=3802
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Afatech AF9035 reference design' in cold state
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_v2: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-af9035-02.fw'
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_af9035: firmware version=12.13.15.0
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Afatech AF9035 reference design' in warm state
usb 3-1: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
DVB: registering new adapter (Afatech AF9035 reference design)
calling  af9033_driver_init+0x0/0x1000 [af9033] @ 5364
initcall af9033_driver_init+0x0/0x1000 [af9033] returned 0 after 47 usecs
af9033 7-0038: firmware version: LINK 12.13.15.0 - OFDM 6.20.15.0
af9033 7-0038: Afatech AF9033 successfully attached
usb 3-1: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Afatech AF9033 (DVB-T))...