problem: Sky card with cccam 2.0.8 + Gemini 4.3.1

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Hi,
I have just bought a second hand activated Sky card for my Dreambox 500s. I am running cccam 2.0.8 + Gemini 4.3.1.
I have put the card in the slot but cannot receive Ch 4 or 5. They are listed in the EPG but no picture or sound is received (not decrypted I presume).
do I need to change settings or something else to receive these channels?
Thanks
Damon
 

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Daftpunk had a similar problem yesterday. He thought it was a Gemini image version problem- not sure if he solved it by going back to 4.20.

Do you receive other FTV channels OK?
 

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Yes I receive all the other free unscrambled channels ok.
I have only just got the card, so I will leave it in the DB for a day or 2 to see if the keys need updating.
Does the DB need to be on a specific channel to update?
 

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The card has been in the box for a couple of days now on channel 4 still no joy.
I contacted the seller and he assures me that the card was working and active a couple of weeks ago.
 

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my channel 4 /5 Fta card,works very well on my dm 500 with ccam 2.08,and old gimini 4.2

4.3,i never installed!
 

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I have tried my ftv card in a friends digibox and it works fine with ch4/5 etc.
Anybody have any ideas what the problem could be?
Should I try to re-install the cccamd? If so can anyone recommend where I can download it incase the version I have is corrupted.
Apart from starting the cam do I need to do anything else?
Thanks for any advice
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If you want C4 until you get yourself sorted try the channel labelled 8350 on 10729V :)
 

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You can get the latest version through the Blue button Gemini control panel.
 

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Unfortunately I have to manually install everything due to networking problems but I found it, anyway thanks.
However I'm obviously doing things wrong here.
Installed cccam 2.0.7 to the tmp file as a tar.gz file but couldn't find it in the cccam list on Dreambox
so reinstalled 2.0.8 same way but still no channel 4/5.
next installed 2.0.9. Guess what no channel 4/5.
AAARGGHH!!!!
 

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damon33 said:
Unfortunately I have to manually install everything due to networking problems but I found it, anyway thanks.
However I'm obviously doing things wrong here.
Installed cccam 2.0.7 to the tmp file as a tar.gz file but couldn't find it in the cccam list on Dreambox
so reinstalled 2.0.8 same way but still no channel 4/5.
next installed 2.0.9. Guess what no channel 4/5.
AAARGGHH!!!!

This may sound a bit obvious but are you enabling the cam after installing it.

Yeah you are, just read your earlier post.
 

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Yeah I am enabling the cam but please don't worry about stating the obvious as I'm obviously missing something
 

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Factory Reset and reinstall your cam, see if it works. Worth a try
 

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Well i've now tried various versions of Gemini combined with various versions of cccam and none have worked.
Could it be that the card is not being read?
Is there a way to check this?
 

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Yes, either view your Dreambox using a web browser on a PC e.g.

http://dreamboxip:16001

(replace with your Dreambox IP address) or install the CCcam Info plugin on your Dreambox, and look at entitlements on either.
 

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Thanks MHKU, don't have the card here right now as it's sitting in a friends digibox(just in case).
In regard to installing the cccaminfo plugin. Do I just FTP the various files in the zip file to the folders of the same name on the DB i.e nabident.inf to var/etc folder, and change permissions to 755?
I have done this so I hope so. Although the plugin seems to be installed and runs, it reports that it can't find cccam even though cccam is enabled.
Sorry for all the questions and advice requests but I'm still learning and really do appreciate all the advice you and everyone in the community give TY.
 

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If you can see the image below when you select CCcam Info from the plugins menu then CCcam Info plugin is installed OK. This suggests CCcam might be the problem.
 

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Yes I see the image but when I select the options cccam is not detected.
I have tried various versions of cccam too.
This could be where my problems are coming from.
 

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I have been installing cccam from a tar.gz file and ftping it to the tmp folder and then doing a manual install via the blue panel. I think thats correct
 

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you can check if cccam is really running from:

blue panel > system info > process info

It should show cccam_2.0.n with a pid (process id). If you can telnet into your box from a pc I'll try to find the command line to stop/ start cccam.

Your mileage may vary depending on your image. How much space is left in /var?

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