Technicolor TC7200 (Thomson)

bgn (N300)
(Euro) DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Gateway Dual Band Concurrent Wireless Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter (EMTA)
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	technicolor TC7200 (Thomson)
FCC ID	H8N-PKE1331BP, H8N-TC7300
Type	cable modem, wireless router
CPU1	Broadcom BCM3383
CPU1 Speed	500 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Micron NAND512W3A2SN6E
Flash1 Size	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
Flash2 Chip	Macronix MX25L8008E
Flash2 Size	1 MiB1,048,576 B <br />8,192 Kib <br />1,024 KiB <br />8 Mib <br />9.765625e-4 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4B1G1646G
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM3383
Switch	Broadcom BCM53124
Cable Modem Spec	DOCSIS 3.0:
Ethernet Port Count	4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 88:F7:C7, 58:23:8C, FC:94:E3 (1 E, 1 W), C4:27:95 (1 E, 1 W) Ethernet OUI: 88:F7:C7, 58:23:8C, FC:94:E3 (1 E, 1 W), C4:27:95 (1 E, 1 W)
Stock FW OS	eCos Linux
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0, Mini PCIe
Mini PCIe slots	2
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header
Flags: DOCSIS 3.0
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.0.1 the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 799 additional devices of which 3 are technicolor devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1342 additional devices of which 1 are technicolor devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Askey PKE1331 -08
Retail
Availability	common
FCC approval date	26 July 2012
Radio 1
Radio1 module	Broadcom BCM943227HM4L
Radio1 module IF	Mini PCIe (half)
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43227
Wireless interface OUI	88:F7:C7, 58:23:8C, FC:94:E3, C4:27:95,
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio cor_rev	30
FCC ID Technicolor TC8305C H8N-PKE1331BP

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

For a list of all currently documented technicolor device with specifications, see technicolor.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

There are at least four versions, all using the same hardware:

• TC7200 (unbranded version; concurrent dual band Wi-Fi) (photos)
• TC7200.U (UPC-branded version, stripped-down firmware)
• TC7200.d (EMTA functionality removed)
• TC7200.20 (unbranded version)

Links of Interest

• On SpeedGuide
• On HackaDay

JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Pinouts

Connector J305:

___________________
|  *   *   *   *  |
------      -------
3.3v  TX  GND  RX

Speed: (115200 8N1)

Bootlog

bootlog

BCM3383A2 Sync: 0 MemSize: 128 M Chip ID: BCM3383Z-B0 BootLoader Version: 2.4.0alpha18p1 Pre-release Gnu spiboot dual-flash reduced DDR drive linux Build Date: Aug 14 2012 Build Time: 09:48:58 SPI flash ID 0xc22014, size 1MB, block size 64KB, write buffer 256, flags 0x0 NAND flash: Device size 64 MB, Block size 16 KB, Page size 512 B Cust key size 128, parameter offset is 43872 ... InitBoard: MIPS frequency 637200000 Function: SetHardcodeVendorProfile [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmBfcStdEmbeddedTarget::InitStorageDrivers: (BFC Target) Configuring/Loading Flash driver... [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmSpiFlashDevice::DetectFlash: (SPI Flash Device Factory) WARNING - Detected SPI flash with JEDEC ID =0xc22014 Waited 12 iterations after device ID read NAND flash: Device size 64 MB, Block size 16 KB, Page size 512 B [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmNandFlashDevice::DetectNandFlash: (NAND Flash Device Factory) WARNING - Detected NAND flash with JEDEC ID =0x20762076 Found bootloader flash map at 0x80000904. ... [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmBfcStdEmbeddedTarget::InitDeviceAbstractions: (BFC Target) Device abstraction singletons created successfully. [Askey Debug]: No VP-24, use the default valus ThomWiFi80211NonVolSettings::GetSingletonInstance: WARNING - the singleton instance is NULL, and someone is accessing it! CmSnmpNonVolSettings::GetSingletonInstance: WARNING - the singleton instance is NULL, and someone is accessing it! [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmCmBpiNonVolSettings::BcmCmBpiNonVolSettings: (Euro-Docsis CM BPI NonVol Settings) WARNING - Singleton pointer is not NULL! There are multiple instances! Leaving the singleton pointer alone... ThomWiFi80211NonVolSettings::GetSingletonInstance: WARNING - the singleton instance is NULL, and someone is accessing it! BcmPcpClientServiceAppIf::GetSingletonInstance: WARNING - the singleton is NULL, and someone is accessing it! mtaNvCalcChecksum: checksum= 1273036263 Reading Permanent settings from non-vol... Checksum for permanent settings: 0xc3b78a85 Setting downstream calibration signature to '' [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmDocsisCmDownstreamCalibrationNonVolSettings::ReadFromImpl: (DOCSIS CM Downstream Calibration NonVol Settings) WARNING - Read older version of the settings (2.0); they have been upgraded to version 2.1, preserving original settings. [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] ThomWiFi80211NonVolSettings::ReadFromImpl: (Thomson WiFi 802.11 NonVol Settings) WARNING - Read older version of the settings (0.2); they have been upgraded to version 0.3, preserving original settings. [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartChipHalSelectPinMux: Setting pin mux sel 10, word 0, value 5 up]ChipHalSelectPinMux: Setting pin mux sel 6, word 0, value 5 BcmEmtaSipNonVolSettings::ReadFromImpl: (EMTA Config NonVol Settings) ERROR - Read unsupported version (less than 1.0)! These settings are not valid! [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmEmtaSipNonVolSettings::ReadFrom: (EMTA Config NonVol Settings) ERROR - EMTA Config NonVol Settings failed to read all of its settings from the buffer! [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmBfcAppCompositeNonVolSettings::ReadFrom: ERROR - A contained Settings object failed to parse the Group settings! [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmBfcTr69NonVolSettings::IsDefault: (TR69 NonVol Settings) Permanent settings are default! [00:00:00 01/01/1970] [tStartup] BcmEmtaSipNonVolSettings::IsDefault: (EMTA Config NonVol Settings) Permanent settings are default!

Pictures

• Main PCB
• Main board

See also

• technicolor TC7300 • FCC ID: H8N-TC7300 (06/30/2015)

(same PCB, but without USB and physical on/off switch)

• technicolor TC7300.B0M • FCC ID: H8N-TC7300B0M (05/27/2016)

SoC: BCM3383Z/BCM43217, 2x LAN, OUI: 00:11:E3, PSU: 12V/1.5A

• technicolor TC8305C (Comcast)
• technicolor TC8706C (Comcast)
• technicolor TC8717C (Comcast)