Box Key Converter

drumcode

I went for the converted boxkey that I got by converting my 10-digit code (less the zero), which was identical to what I got from converting the 17-character code (despite the error pop-up) and used the creator programme to make the newcs file. I then FTPed it and added the N lines to my CFG as per the tutorial.

I don't actually receive 28.2e on my DM but I may change coax cables around to check.

Assuming everything's worked, what do my peers need to do to receive my share, please?

Will any version of Newcs do or do they have to install 1.66? Do they need to add N lines to their C lines, please?

B16MCC

To access your card they don't need NewCS at all. Just CCcam.
If you have F lines for them in your CCcam.cfg then it will work, however they will see your card as hop2 instead of hop1 , but performance will not suffer.
If they want to see your card at hop1, then you'll need to add those users to your NewCS and they will replace their C line with an N line.

drumcode

Ah! That's good news!!!

I had a look at my CCcam info last night and the "Endorsements" section didn't have all the card info but my local NDS card seems to be showing in my long list of shares.

Well, I just hope the boxkey thing worked.

drumcode

I had feeback from one of my peers that he can see my new card "0963" but it's not clearing anything for him.

Afraid that the boxkey (I obtained from the sly menu and barcode) could be wrong I tried Telnet again. I did it with a empty CFG file to avoid the massive list of connections. However, the short table that this generates still contains no card info whatsoever. It starts with "nodeid" and ends with "no working cam devices". Any suggestions, please?

I've now just connected 28.2 to my Dreambox to check whether the new card is clearing the channels for me. Even without my card and without any C lines I'm clearing everything through Newcs somehow. How can that be? I don't think my card is clearing the premium channels, though.

One of my peers suggested that I need to open up port 10000 on my router (a similar thing to when I initailly set up CCcam) but others disagree and I've never seen it mentioned here or anywhere else.

What do you think, please?

B16MCC

no working cam devices, this means newCS has not detected a card and therfore does not create a device for it. Check your card is working in another box, and make sure its inserted correctly.

If your box key is wrong newCS will still run your card and so peers may see it. However it will not open any channels.

If newcs is using port 10000 in your newcs.xml then you only need to open the port in the router if you are giving your peers direct access to newcs. If they are connecting through CCcam then you do not need to open that port.

You need to check the NewCS web interface to see whats happening with your card. You also need to verify your boxkey is correct.

Something to bare in mind. I've just run CCcam in debug mode, with my old blue card in the reader. The card was detected as normal but the box key CCcam reported IS NOT my boxkey. It seems for this old card the box key simply doesn't matter. So the info reported on using CCcam in debug mode to retrieve the box key, I must admit looks like bogus info. You'll need to convert the number from the menu.

B16MCC

Ok guys to get this thread back on track here's an updated version of the Box Key Converter.

Change Log:-

• Completely rewritten the Hex conversion code. This should now handle larger numbers much better, hopefully stopping the run time error some people had experienced.
• Wrote in the function to capture a box key that is longer than 4 bytes (8 characters). This will prompt the user to contact me if this happens so we can investigate the serial number layout of that users box.

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coley

Hi m8
Having no luck with this I dont know if I am missing something. I am clearing the 6 mix channels but not the premium ones

I am entering my 10 digit serial number begining with 0170 into v2.0 of your converter
which gives me an 8 figure result. which does not work

I have tried removing the leadin 0 which did not work
I have tried adding a 0 so it looks like 00170 (to make it 11 digit)

I have tried the cccam method of obtaining the box key. which did not work

What can I do to get the correct boxkey

many thanks Coley

B16MCC

You must enter 11 characters into the top box, or 17 characters into the second box. Entering 10 numbers will create the wrong box key. Have you tried the 17 digit serial from the sticker on the bottom of your box ?

coley

How thick am I, I have my friends white card here too he has the full package and I have the 6 mixes. Guess what I was using the wrong card.

He told me he had just got his card the other day so I chose the one with the higher serial number thinking it was his card. I then tried what I thought was his card and got the message please insert card. So I thought nothing of it until tonight. Just rung him and said how long you had this card oh he said could of been in the draw for ages.

3 hours of trying to get it to work

I am so sorry for wasting your time B16MCC my applogies I feel like a right prat. your generator did come up with the right boxkey by adding or taking away something

Thanks
Coley

B16MCC

No worries mate. Glad you got it working...

Skyviewer

Great software! Would have saved me trouble had I found it earlier.

The box key matched the one I had - so it is double checked now.

lizerone

I have serial no. X110182KP0133 which is 13 digit, and i've tried to use your software to convert it but, no luck. is anyone can help me with this. Thanks

B16MCC

That number is definatley wrong mate. The 11 digit number needs to be decimal, the 17 digit needs to be Hexidecimal. So any numbers with letters other than A to F is defo wrong. Where did you get that serial nunmber from ? Have you looked in the hidden engineers menu to get the serial number from there ?

B16MCC

Hi chaps here's the latest version. This is basically a port to Visual Studio 2008 which is .NET Framework compliant. This is how all my utils will be built from now on. This should stop any Vista compatibility issues.

There's a couple of discrete changes to how the util works but nothing major.

Enter the Serial from the hidden engineers menu , this can be 9 to 11 characters.
Or , Enter the hexidecimal serial number from the sticker on the box, this is 17 characters.



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