Help needed plaease: DM500s and white card

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scoobyb21

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My Satellite Setup
Dont have one as yet but am aiming to have one very soon.
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West yorkshire
Hi Guys

First of all I just would like to say I have spent almost a week trying to sort this problem and have also read almost every dm500 thread on here but to no avail.

I am trying to use my subscribed white card with my dm500s, but have been unable to get any of the premium channels whats so ever. I have added my box key found by converting the 17 digit number on the bottom of my box using several converter programs and also the serial number.

Can anyone be kind enough to clarify a couple of things for me.

1) I have the serial number from within the s** box menu, which is in the following format 03315203080 (this is not the exact number, just showing how its starts, as have read they should start with 00 but not always) can some advise how i would go about converting this is there a need to ignore or add numbers anywhere?

2) I have added my box key generated using 17 digit number, to the cccam.config file as instructed in tuts, I have also added this to the newcs.xml as per tuts.
How can I find out if the box is looking at the cccam.config and finding what it expects or failing. Looking for a log file or way to turn on logging.

3)These are the steps I have followed so far, can anyone advise if I have missed anything.
i)flashed the box with gemini 4.20 image
ii)downloaded the ccam 2.1.3 file via blue button
iii)downloaded cccam.config file via blue button
iiii)restarted the cams using the green button and also menu option aswell
v)rebooted box via menu option and manually by switching it off and back on.
vi) have ran automatic transponder scan on eurobird/astra 28.2e sat

I am getting the fta channels such as sky news, bbc1 itv shopping channels etc but none of the premium channels (all I get it is the menu display with info, and a black screen) There must be something I have missed out or not done correctly but for the life of me cannot put my finger on it and it is driving me absolute bonkers. Please help it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
can someone edit last paragraph for me as unsure how to do this, accidentally posted with word sly. Thanks
 
hi

best way would be to telnet into the box (open up a dos prompt, and type telnet <box ip>)
by default the l/p is root/dreambox

then type
Code: 
ps -aux
you will fine lines with CCcam
type
Code: 
kill <number infront of CCcam
type ps -aux again and make sure cccam is not running

then type
Code: 
cd /var/bin
and finally
Code: 
./Cccam -d

CCcam will start in debug mode and you'll be able to see what the box is not liking... i.e maybe its not reading the box serial correctly ?
 
Thanks will give that a go tonight, is there a chance that the card reader is knackered can i check this via the same logging. (not sure if this is the case as I am having the same problem on 2 dm500s clones).
 
it says you have "downloaded cccam config file" do you mean uploaded via ftp ? if not you have not got the one you created inside the box !!
 
When i say downloaded i mean downloaded using the blue button on my remote which takes me into the menu where i selct add ons and then the cccam2.1.3 file and select.

Are you telling me that I then need to do something else to get this to be used by the dm box?
 
yeah you need to upload it how did you create the file ?

if you used dreambox config creator then after you have created it you should ftp it to your box then it will overwrite anything else thats in there .
 
tweetypie said:
yeah you need to upload it how did you create the file ?

if you used dreambox config creator then after you have created it you should ftp it to your box then it will overwrite anything else thats in there .
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I did not create the file, all i did was download it using blue button remote and then edited and saved it in var/etc folder using dcc.

Is anyone able to help with this, surely someone must have come across these issues.

Thanks
 
you need to create a file using dreambox config creator and put box key in that also f line and c line then ftp up to your box i am very new to this so cant give you step by step instructions i did find a tut on here though but cant seem to find it again not at home so not got a lot of time to look sorry
 
tweetypie said:
you need to create a file using dreambox config creator and put box key in that also f line and c line then ftp up to your box i am very new to this so cant give you step by step instructions i did find a tut on here though but cant seem to find it again not at home so not got a lot of time to look sorry
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Can you do me a favour and send me a link to the tut or pm me a copy when you get home please. Thanks
 
fire up dreambox config creator

enter your dreambox ip address

and model from drop down list

user name and password ( will be in unless you have changed them)

create config ( this bit im not to sure about ) i think you need cccam server and client

click start this will test connection

in new box put sky uk (use Preset)

enter serial from box not card this should give you box key

add client line add server line ( not too sure what you have to put in here as still
learning and not able to test as 1 box i have not workin properly.)

click create cccam .cfg

save then ftp.cfg to box this will over write whats there now and with a bit of luck your card should work

good luck and please let me know how you go as not tested my end yet.

regards garry
 
tweetypie said:
dont know how to pm you
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You cannot PM yet you have not been a member long enough or enough posts
 
Topper can you help please

I have used the telnet utility within dcc and when running the ps -aux command there is no cccam file running. I also dont seem to have a cccam file in var/bin. However I thought that this file is located in var/etc is this correct?
Also how can i get the cccam file to run as i think this may be where my problems lies, if nothing else I could atleast see what it is doing in telnet.
Thanks
 
Hi scoobyb21, seems like you're a little confused. Let's get a few things straight for you here. Firstly, using the card is not box specific, its the same for all Dreamboxes.
To use your white card in your Dreambox you need to do 3 things.

1. Install CCcam from your addons panel. ( Sounds like you've done that. )
2. Create a config file to use with your white card.
3. Upload that config file to your Dreambox and start CCcam.

If you need to create a boxkey and a CCcam.cfg file then simply click the link in my sig and get the Dreambox Config Creator. This will take care of everything you need to do in the CCcam.cfg.

Once your config is in place, you then start CCcam from the blue button panel.
 
B16MCC thanks for replying, I thought you could just download a cccam.config file to your dm box via the blue button/ addons/down load/cam-configs and just leave everything as it is and take the # out infront of boxkey and replace the numbers with your box key or am i getting confused again. Thanks
 
I suppose strictly speaking you could. But that way you don't really learn anything. My config creator also takes care of creating the box key for you too. It makes you boxkey, it makes your CCcam.cfg and it FTP's it to the correct location based on the box type you selected.
 
indeed, you did my friend !
 
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