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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 7985" data-attributes="member: 174998">The first &quot;0.03&quot; &amp; &quot;0.04&quot; series of Irdeto CI CAMs can be flashed directly (i.e. without physically removing the internal EEPROM). Flashing can be done via PCMCIA (so: laptop, or desktop with PCMCIA-adaptor) and also from a PC connected via SCSI to a Nokia 9600 running DVB &quot;Dr. Overflow&quot; software. Alas, production of these ceased (making those you can still find very expensive) and the new &quot;1.06&quot; &amp; &quot;0.07B&quot; series of Irdeto CI CAMs use the new generic &quot;Euro CAM&quot; chip-set. Euro CAMs can not be externally flashed. You have to open up the case, desolder the chip, and reprogram it via a special TSOP adaptor before resoldering it in and resealing the case. Only very skilled hobbyists can do this. In fact there is a very new series with even smaller chips so that the soldering work becomes even more difficult.The &quot;1.05&quot; CAM is an intermediate series - very few were made. It is a &quot;Euro&quot; CAM which can be flashed via the laptop, although that can only be done once. It would not be possible to put FreeCAM firmware in there since that is specifically matched to the series-1 flashable CAM. But it would be possible to put Alphacrypt (which functions as an AllCAM) and indeed a whole bunch of other &quot;Euro-CAM&quot; compatible firmwares for various encryption systems.By the way, there is NO CAM in existance which is capable of running each of the three you mention (AllCAM, FreeCAM, Alphacrypt). I sense from some of your questions that you may not understand what &quot;AllCAM&quot; is. Please check the many posts in this forum. AllCAM is just a name that cropped-up and stuck in the early days of Irdeto CAMs, when the most interesting thing that could be done was to patch the CAM to allow it to procees not just Irdeto itself, but also the slightly different variant dubbed &quot;Betacrypt&quot; - as used by some German and Austrian providers. The term &quot;AllCAM&quot; is perhaps therfore misleading. The &quot;All&quot; refers merely to those two systems: Irdeto &amp; Betacrypt.A FreeCAM incorperates AllCAM functioanlity but also more. I won't repeat here for the fifty third time what that is exactly, but would ask you to read the many posts here on the board.I posted a link on this board not very long ago to a site which holds just about every formware available for the various CAMs, as well as the tools for upgrading. 2old</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 7985, member: 174998"] The first "0.03" & "0.04" series of Irdeto CI CAMs can be flashed directly (i.e. without physically removing the internal EEPROM). Flashing can be done via PCMCIA (so: laptop, or desktop with PCMCIA-adaptor) and also from a PC connected via SCSI to a Nokia 9600 running DVB "Dr. Overflow" software. Alas, production of these ceased (making those you can still find very expensive) and the new "1.06" & "0.07B" series of Irdeto CI CAMs use the new generic "Euro CAM" chip-set. Euro CAMs can not be externally flashed. You have to open up the case, desolder the chip, and reprogram it via a special TSOP adaptor before resoldering it in and resealing the case. Only very skilled hobbyists can do this. In fact there is a very new series with even smaller chips so that the soldering work becomes even more difficult. The "1.05" CAM is an intermediate series - very few were made. It is a "Euro" CAM which can be flashed via the laptop, although that can only be done once. It would not be possible to put FreeCAM firmware in there since that is specifically matched to the series-1 flashable CAM. But it would be possible to put Alphacrypt (which functions as an AllCAM) and indeed a whole bunch of other "Euro-CAM" compatible firmwares for various encryption systems. By the way, there is NO CAM in existance which is capable of running each of the three you mention (AllCAM, FreeCAM, Alphacrypt). I sense from some of your questions that you may not understand what "AllCAM" is. Please check the many posts in this forum. AllCAM is just a name that cropped-up and stuck in the early days of Irdeto CAMs, when the most interesting thing that could be done was to patch the CAM to allow it to procees not just Irdeto itself, but also the slightly different variant dubbed "Betacrypt" - as used by some German and Austrian providers. The term "AllCAM" is perhaps therfore misleading. The "All" refers merely to those two systems: Irdeto & Betacrypt. A FreeCAM incorperates AllCAM functioanlity but also more. I won't repeat here for the fifty third time what that is exactly, but would ask you to read the many posts here on the board. I posted a link on this board not very long ago to a site which holds just about every formware available for the various CAMs, as well as the tools for upgrading. 2old [/QUOTE]

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