Advice Needed amiko alien 2

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Got one of these in front of me , has a password on the Menu so can't do anything with it .

Tried flashing with usb as per instructions , no joy , it won't update .

Any ideas please , ideally i would like to flash a new image , Spark .. with the serial cable but i can't find a loader as i tried various usb's and none work .

Thanks .
 

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Got one of these in front of me , has a password on the Menu so can't do anything with it .

Tried flashing with usb as per instructions , no joy , it won't update .

Any ideas please , ideally i would like to flash a new image , Spark .. with the serial cable but i can't find a loader as i tried various usb's and none work .

Thanks .

Have you tried 0000,9999, 1234,4321 to get into the menu? These are usually the factory default settings
 

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It will have had a card share on the box is my guess ?, you will have to do a fresh re flash if that's the case.

A few tutorials here that might help.
 

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Have you tried 0000,9999, 1234,4321 to get into the menu? These are usually the factory default settings

Tried all these , thanks , no joy .

@martin-f , i don't really see how that is a tutorial and like i wrote previously i have already tried all that and it's not working ... thanks anyway .
 

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Can you get at the 'factory reset' option without the password?
 

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Try using a different usb stick, The Amiko Alien 2 is a temperamental little bugger at the best of time.

Kingston USB sticks formatted with Fat32 usually works fine.

Does it already have Enigma installed on it or are you just talking about SPARK? If it only has Spark on it you may have to flash an earlier SPARK image with the correct bootloader for Enigma if memory serves me correctly as only some of the Spark images have the correct bootloader. That was the case with the second one i purchased. Best not go in to what happened to my first one :-doh

You could also try an update from the update menu in SPARK. No idea if updating from the main SPARK menu will factory reset the box but its worth a try. I very rarely use SPARK as i think its a horrible piece of firmware. There is a forum that pretty much only deals with Amiko & Evo boxes, that may be your best bet. I wouldn't tell them that i sent you though as you would probably get banned :-lmao

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Thanks everyone for your input , a different usb stick was the solution in the end .

The 4th one worked , 4 gb , formatted in Fat32 and spark recovery image .

No more password required , scanning 1w at the moment .
 

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What i'm ultimately trying to achieve is run at least 2 cards on the box for viewing only and a couple of lines also .

Is this doable on Spark or shall i go the E2 way please ?
 

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Tried all these , thanks , no joy .

@martin-f , i don't really see how that is a tutorial and like i wrote previously i have already tried all that and it's not working ... thanks anyway .

Sorry it was the link i wanted to post, the forum post it as a YouTube video, if you copy and paste the link, there are lots of tutorials for this box.

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https://youtu.be/LLIMb09IkNQ
 

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I found Enigma the better piece of firmware on my Alien 2, It reads most cards using OSCam. It is definitely more useful than i ever found SPARK. It will do almost everything you need it to do. All you have to do is decide which flavour of E2 you wish to use. Open ATV works well on mine as does PKT but don't expect it to be perfect as its far from it.

If you decide to use Vix4SH4 please note that this image has nothing to do with the VIX team whatsoever. Its just a rip off image riding on the back of the VIX name. VIX do not make images for SH4 based boxes

Are the two cards you are referring to the two french ones that were in the Cristor Atlas you had from me a few years ago? If they are you will need to use OSCam as i don't think SPARK has the ability to input the required AESKeys you will need to clear the card.

As for the lines you are talking about, i'm afraid you will need to figure that one out for yourself as we cannot help you with that one due to forum rules.

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Hi nano , the cards are digi tv ( Nagra 3 ) and focus ( Conax ) , the digi card needs the bk rsa details input and only Oscam can do that as far as i know .

The only reason to use this box is the fact that it has 2 card readers , i'm thinking it's easier to setup than a DM 800 for 2 cards at once .

The 2 cards you sold me .. yes , i still have the Fransat one and the TNT must have expired by now .
 

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You can also use sBox, although i'm not sure if its available for Sh4 based boxes like the Amiko. To be honest the DM800 and the Amiko should be no different to set up under OSCam.

Which image are you going for on the Alien 2. For ease of setup i found the PKT image the best.
 

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Enigma is definately the way to go with it. I use the Vix4 project firmware.
 

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I put OpenPlI on it in the end but for some strange reason i can't login on it anymore .

I get this =
FTP Connected
Telnet Connected

Bootmanager: not found.
Telnet Disconnected
Telnet login incorrect!

Bootmanager: not found.

I haven't changed the password or anything on it .. i don't know what to do

user- root
pass-root
 

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Sorted it .. password was pkteam .. i might have used DCC for another box and i changed the password .

Is is possible to swap the Oscam config files from a DM800 to the Amico to save making any mistakes ?

Edit 2 = i did swap oscam server from dm to amiko and it opens the digi card ... i now need to find out how to setup the second reader to read the Focus card .
 
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You can normally use the configs from the dm800, although you have to use the correct oscam for your box. I normally use the one listed as SH4-qboxhd on the oscam download site.
 

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I don't really know how to set this up , i put these details in but the Focus card won't open .

[reader]
label = Digi
protocol = internal
device = /dev/sci0
autospeed = 0
cacheex_allow_request = 1
caid = 1802
boxkey = ****
rsakey = ******
ecmnotfoundlimit = 5
detect = cd
nagra_read = 1
mhz = 368
cardmhz = 368
ident = 1802:000000,002011,002111
group = 1
emmcache = 1,3,2
blockemm-unknown = 1

[reader]
label = Reader-1
description = focus
protocol = internal
device = /dev/sci1
caid = 0B02
detect = cd
mhz = 500
ident = 0B02:000000
group = 1


Ok , got it working , changed mhz to 600 and restarted Oscam . So far so good .
 
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Watch you don't burn the card, make sure cardmhz is set at 357mhz
I used the following settings on my old Focussat card before i changed it for something else.

mhz = 480
cardmhz = 357

Try those first, if that doesn't work try the settings below.

mhz = 600
cardmhz = 357

By not stating in the config the card Mhz there is a very good chance you could burn the chip in the card.

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Does anybody know why some channels open from other means than the card , for example i have HBO Comedy on the card ..but it won't open it from it .. do i need to update oscam serv id or something ?
 
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