To get powervu is a major pain in the ass.
You need a Rx new about $1600US
2nd hand Rx range from $0-1000US
Current std business/consumer model has been the same for years SA-D9234
Every PowerVu box ever made has a unique U/A number (corresponds to an orange tagged chip within the box - activated chips can be changed from box to box
) and this number is kept in a SciAlt database
To be able to activate a box you need the service provider to send a letter to SciAlt in Canada allowing the authorisation. SA then send a letter back to the provider saying OK. Then your box is activated. Dont hold your breath during this period...
If you happen to have picked up a 2nd hand box and you want to swap providers. This box has to be released from the original provider - involves more letters. If it is not released the box will not be activated to a new provider. Each box can only have one provider.
BTW you can make a switch block to use multiple chips with one box.
Generally individuals can not actvate a box only companies.
Other info I found
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http://www.growl.de/d9234.html
(has pics + good info)
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http://www.vidiot.com/D9234Setup.html
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the baud rate is 115200
it also has 2 stop bits 20.0 us
each bit is 8.0 us
it has 10 bits per byte 80.0 us
the first byte is always 9 bits and the first byte of the answer is 9 too is this normal
the computer i tested its byte was 87.0us at 115200 e 8 2.
two stop bits was 18.0us
is there a program to convert bin files from nokia i loged powervu and found my HSN for the chip in powervu box.
if you want to know what your HSN is for your powervu box goto menu find decoder address (ISE) 000-154-1234-2 convert only 1541234 to hex 178472 and you then have your hsn.
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