Oscam-server assistance

Please move to correct section if needed.
I see different oscam configs posted occasionally. Because now new versions of oscam-emu are usually only the binary I rarely change my config files.
Some new binaries create new readers that I'll never use. I'm only interested in a PV emulator because pv, biss, and others not using a card are what I need to clear.
Not much is explained to understand and/or modify settings that may make them clear better or faster. How would I relate the different settings and numerics to the channels I get or could be getting if modifying the settings? Eager to learn.

My oscam-server reader sections. Other sections like csXXX not included here.

[reader]

label = constant.cw

enable = 0

protocol = constcw

device = /etc/tuxbox/config/constant.cw

caid = 2600,0B00,0B02,0500,0963,06AD,0940

group = 1

[reader]

label = emulator

protocol = emu

device = emulator

disablecrccws_only_for = 0E00:000000

cacheex_maxhop = 1

cacheex_allow_request = 1

caid = 0500,0604,090F,0E00,1010,1801,2600,2602,2610,4AE1,09BE,FFFF

detect = cd

ident = 0500:000000,007400,007800,021110,023800;0604:000000;090F:000000;0E00:000000;1010:000000;1801:000000,001101,002111,007301;2600:000000;2602:000000;2610:000000;4AE1:000011,000014,0000FE

group = 1

emmcache = 2,1,2,1

emu_auproviders = 0604:010200;0E00:000000;1010:000000;2610:000000;4AE1:000011,000014,0000FE

auprovid = 000E00

Nobody is able to help?
Or nobody knows? Sure would be nice to have a member jump in.

Thank you master G. I didn't know about the biss section at all. Configs are posted and I try them out but little is explained if they make my setup work better.
Some actually have not. It would be nice to be able to find out what the highlighted sections are actually doing. A few words, a link or two. Little is actually covered. Or if the sections are related to other config files.

[reader]

label = emulator

protocol = emu

device = emulator

*disablecrccws_only_for = 0E00:000000

*cacheex_maxhop = 1

cacheex_allow_request = 1

*caid = 0500,0604,090F,0E00,1010,1801,2600,2602,2610,4AE1,09BE,FFFF

detect = cd

*ident = 0500:000000,007400,007800,021110,023800;0604:000000;090F:000000;0E00:000000;1010:000000;1801:000000,001101,002111,007301;2600:000000;2602:000000;2610:000000;4AE1:000011,000014,0000FE

group = 1

*emmcache = 2,1,2,1

*emu_auproviders = 0604:010200;0E00:000000;1010:000000;2610:000000;4AE1:000011,000014,0000FE

*auprovid = 000E00

And I wonder what happens when we start taking away or adding to match those different values.
Just a hint? That would be cool.

Nobody yet?
Nobody can help or doesn't know?
Even a link or 2 with a clear explanation would help alot.

Quote from master G

One standard emulator config won`t be suitable for everyone.

We all pickup different satellites, so a config for Europe won`t be for someone in the USA.

Definitely

Figure out which satellite providers you can view from a SoftCam.Key file then edit the values caid & ident (provider ID`s) accordingly.

Now if I could only get smart enough to find out exactly where to grab that info. I get the SID for my keys from Menu>Info>Service>PIDs.
The rest I ant see to find... Tips?

cacheex = is for people with real local cards who share cache with each other. It has no benefit in your reader for keys.
Well cardshare most probably wont be done 'over here'. Not sure if it's even popular.

emmcache = logs whether you are receiving EMM`s or not. Changing the value shows different things in the log. Removing the value just stops EMM`s from showing in the log.

Yup. Not sure at the moment how it would benefit me. It's logging and the file is populated. Useful for pv at all?

auprovidid = auto updates a specific provider ID. Pretty sure this is only for real cards and does the same as emu_auproviders. So you don`t need both.

No card, no need. Good info.

emu_auproviders = insert used provider ID`s here.

Hmmm. How to find that again?

disablecrccws_only_for = is required to view some providers. Add the caid:ident here.
Wondering about that. How to determine who those are. Why would you want to disable? Refresh me what is crccws?

master G you always step up to the plate with help. So much of the settings are not really covered and if they are (github) not explained to understand easily.
Maybe my oscam-emu could work better. Maybe I could get a few more pv and other cardless channels to come in.
I see new or updated config files posted occasionally. Some work, some are a disaster. But rarely does a file comparison leave me with that 'oh, Tihat' feeling.
Any help is appreciated in learning to speak oscamese.

Display More

So after awhile I'm still trying to find the info that make my oscam-emu work better on my recei

emu_auproviders = insert used provider ID`s here.

disablecrccws_only_for = is required to view some providers. Add the caid:ident here.

Where to find provider ID?
Also caid:ident

I know I should know more by now but still need a bit of help.
Are these the only things in the config files besides keys that will make oscam work better?

Hi Jens. Took me a few days to get back to this.
Your question about what issues with oscam. If this makes sense at all. I don't know. It's working. I get pv and biss ok.
It's my assumption that config files are for your side of the drink. There have been configs posted as the "latest" or those that are packaged in an ipk.
Some have totally borked oscam even though I use the same keys file. I get AU updates and 'added by oscam' lines added in the keys file.
That helps to manually replace old expired ones.
Getting logs working correctly has been one problem. Even though I set a path and enable logging, no such file errors pop up or simply aren't in the set path when I take a peek. Could be I'm missing something.

Getting back on track. Not knowing if my configs are correct for over here.
And some of the vague explanation and lack of reasoning of the settings from github and the other places.
I get cleared channels well. But perhaps knowing how they relate to config settings may get a few more to clear.
Make sense?

I'm back. Here's my config folder sans the keys file found elsewhere here.
This config is what I've used for a long time. I tried configuring a logs through the webif with different levels. I'm using external hdd for that.
Filezilla wouldn't let me create a sub folder in /media/hdd/log named oscam (/media/hdd/log/oscam).
So I created oscam in /media/hdd/oscam. It remains unpopulated. I set permissions 755 for it to see if it would populate. Nope.
I do have a bunch of .cwl files in /media/hdd/log. Do you need those?

Running OSCam r11581-798 currently. If there are config settings that would make it work different or better, I'm a bit clueless.
Things like 0E00: dont really make sense or what it actually does.
At times I've modified oscam.provid and possibly a few others to try to make live log show the correct channel received.
Even though the setting in config to make the correct channel show was set, that didn't work on its own.

Thinking back some versions of oscam create a whole butt load of new readers. I delete the ones that don't have to do with emulator and constant cw.

Also if I may ask. Do any of the TBS card pc applications with pv emu (or any that read a .ts file and use pv emu) do anything more than logging with drakkar and running pvhe to discover keys?

Here it is:

oscam-trunk.zip

Quote from jenseneverest

okay quick reply here, will add to this post when time allows, i got logging working to hdd

just created a directory with filezilla

Code

 /media/hdd/oscam-log

3f9cd80c735058f50e1dca.png

that's one i may have missed. creating a directory and assigning it isn't enough. i see you actually assigned a name to the file to be populated. let's see what we get now here on my end. mine now is: /media/hdd/log/oscamuser.log