Posts by ComfySofa

Just to ask the question while we're on topic.... Ive had a motorised system for ever but not really used it (and less so over the years)... Is there anything worth going to on other sats?

No problem...it looks like im going on an enforced learning excercise!

Just out of curiosity is there somewhere on here where theres a list of FTA channels in english across the usual satellites in the 1m motorised range?? If i can find an english speaking eurosport on another sat - that'd be brilliant...!

So, can you cs a vm card? i must confess while ive been on satellite ive not even looked....most of my receivers can accept a cable/terrestrial tuner...

Eurosport is the only one im really worried about...not the absolute end of the world but it'd be nice....

Is there a thread on here which i can follow the above??

Just found this as I was just about to put the racing on, on Eurosport 2. Ive got an old SD receiver (currently watching eurport2 on that at the moment) paired up and ok but when it goes in the VU - just a black screen...limbo time is here again...!

OK. Brilliant... Which configuration file do you need (won't be back in front of it til tomorrow night but I'll post back here)...

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Ok. Question still stands... Can oscam do this... I'm in the uk so we know what provider I'm on...

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Well... I am ew to the oscam stuff.... It was just the general question to start with.... Can oscam be configured to do this?

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As above I had this today. I got round the problem by hooking up my old box and repairing the card.... As I'm new to oscam and still learning, some questions...

1. Will this happen again... I'm guessing it will...
2. Is there anyway to add this functionality in so it doesn't do it again.... Putting 2 and 2 together and probably making 5 does adding the box key into the vu have something to do with it?

Cheers to anyone that chips in...

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Not sure what you mean but I think I get the idea....

More questions and this is a general one.... Obviously the result of the cam is to decode and share the card... This is either a "decode" or not and obviously there are a multitude of settings that can be adjusted is this because all cards do not work the same way.

The other question is... Years ago I used to use a dragon cam and download codes every couple of days.... Does that type of thing still exist?

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Getting more working now.... Penny just dropped on the client server configuration file side.... The configuration is pointing at the 4k (my server)... So that bit has sunk in... Gradually starting to understand albeit very slowly... Thanks again....

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All configured and running now. Heres a lamens terms angle of what ive found.....

1. Use the web interface. (ipnumber:8888). All you have to do is copy some default config files in there and start the cam. The web interface gives a structured way of viewing what you've configured.
2. Once you've got the web view sorted out on the server - and if youre using a client to connect bring up both on separate tabs and then you can check from one to the other.
3. The files that matter for me using oscam across the board were on the client. Oscam.server and .conf Totally misleading for me was the fact that the oscam.server on the client was/is used to point at the server - the actual server! ( intuitiveness told me that the client must be using the "user" part of the web interface - red herring)
4. On the server oscam.server config is for the receiver to connect to the card. I may be wrong on this but once this is configured the "reader" appears in the web interface.
5. The oscam.user file on the server is used to hold the account information of the receivers connecting in.
6. Just cos the name of something has the letters "cam" in it doesn't mean its a cam....I got confused by thinking newcamd was a cam when in fact its a protocol..whereas oscam is actually a cam.

I hope that gives anyone having a first stab at this a very basic overview of how I perceive it to work...if I'm wrong on anything above then please feel to correct me. Ive got a bunch of questions to ask to further my learning (and just put things together in my head but ill get to that later....)

Anyway...happy chappie all the same....!

Breakthrough! - got one working....added the user from abu's config file in manually and the zero popped up.....now ive got one working ive just been examining what ive got in front of me so learn a bit. Tried to replicate to another receiver but not got that one working yet...the point is something works. Many thanks Abu. Much appreciated. Is ok to carry on asking questions as don't fully understand what ive got in front of me working.

First question that leaps to mind is cams and protocols....newcamd is a protocol but why does it have the word cam in it? just wondered....

Also answering my own question here but the server has one reader - all the client boxes connect to the one reader??

And going back to understanding...my client box is running oscam (obviously) and the protocol is newcamd....newcamd is what I would compare to tcpip....a transport? is that right...

Anyway just to say thanks again to abu. Very much appreciated.

using generic notepad in windows. Although having said that I'm using the "files" area inside the oscam webinterface to adjust config files. The one thing ive not been able to find anywhere from trawling the net is a "lamens" description of how oscam works and the basics to get something clearing....

ok - ive opened my oscam.conf file and it looks nothing like that (Mine was on two lines and off the end of the page) I was just about to post it in the reply pane and when I did It changed to the format the same as what you posted.....gonna try it now so ill be back in a bit...thanks very much for the reply! and the help! much appreciated.

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Just to add ive got no file called "oscam.reader" do I paste in this into the "oscam.user" file??

On the 4k ive added what you've put in, in the conf file and checked the webinterface and reloaded the cam - cant see anything though...

Added what you've put into the oscam.user file with no luck either. Ive noticed that if I go to the remote on the zero and start the cam it goes through the motions but then the option to start is there again (like it never did start) also after adding both the entries to both config files and reloading both web interfaces don't show what ive added in. I was expecting to see the web interfaces reflecting what id added (telling me that somewhere ive done something wrong/not entered it in correctly or in the right place maybe).

Just gonna keep posting so you can see what I'm up to as I'm experimenting....still nothing working but ive just found the "files" section on the webpage which is much easier than ftp'ing stuff in.....through messing around ive got a user entered in on the client zero which says connected but in the status the ip is 0.0.0.0 so ive no idea what its connecting through plus I cant see a value where I can change that....lost on that one....still nothing on the zero also....oh in the user bit it says "2" in red but I'm not sure what that is either...

Starting to loose track of what I'm doing (like I knew what I was doing in the first place!!) probably gonna give up for the night now...

Ok - well right now i believe thats the way its set....i think. As i say i copied the extracted zip from page 1 and the local card started working on the 4k. At this point i believe it is ready to accept connections...at this point im clueless...i can see the webpage and log into if from my pc. Can i use the webpage to configure the oscam service on the 4k? then can i log into the webpage on the zero to "tell that to look at the 4k"....im really trying to keep it as simple as possible...

Just to add i dont want to use CCCam as the client as its currently not working on the latest VIX image...im trying to get away from using CCCam altogether....everyone keeps telling me that its old and not supported anymore...

ok - so to start the tuition and my attempt to get it into my head....

I understand that each web interface is separate but the web interface on the 4k for example you would add in the permission for the zero to connect...? and on the zero's web interface you would add in the ability for it to connect to the 4k (I'm guessing you have to tell the zero the 4k's address somewhere?)....im mirroring the cccam setup ie I have a config file on the zero that has the ip information for the connection to the server (not the 4k obviously) and on the old cccam server (my duo2) it, would have a config file with a list of client that are allowed to connect....so am I wrong or no??

Just to get some more questions in you've said "setup an account for each client" can I do that in the web interface (create new user) or is that done by editing the config file?

Is adding a client adding a "user" in the web interface?? - I'm guessing it is so ive added one but theres a myriad of options so ive filled in the ones which look like they have some relevance...

Heh - easier said than done for me....I spent about an hour or so trying to work out how to add it into the webage - of either for that matter....questions:

1. Can I configure both from the webpage of each....ie can I add the ability for the client box to connect in the 4k (the server)
2. Can I configure the webpage of the client box (the zero) to talk to the server?
3. Or, do I have to edit config files on one, the other or both??

I'm lost as to what the reader and the client have in relation to each other....ive messed around trying to add in what I think would be the right values but no luck so far...

Thanks for the reply.

PS. its something that id love to learn how to really customize it but I fear you'd probably top yourself with the amount of questions id ask and probably in turn not understand...I think I'm the worst person in the world to teach...!!

ok - well, the 4k was working as a client....ive not been back to it for ages...can you point me in the direction of a tutorial?

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Ok- back in the house now.....copied and pasted the contents of this rar file (from page 1 - "uk-0963-oscam-vix-4k") into the tuxbox config folder....(on the 4k) and its now working - great - good show so far....so, next I need to configure oscam on one of the other boxes (a zero for example) to connect to the oscam server on the 4k....based on what id heard about the current vix image just not working atall with the current cccam I may as well comit (or try to) using oscam on everything in the house....

Ive read stuff about using converter files for converting cccam lines to oscam but (if I'm right here) I'm not going to need any of that stuff as everything is in oscam...

And, ive just got to the webpage (port 8888) so that's also working.....im guessing I have to add some stuff in here to allow other receivers to connect....

Well, thats kind of good i suppose in a bit of a bad way....saying that ive not got the movies or the sport....ive lost all the regular stuff...disney XD, Comedy channel etc etc....anyone find out why...welll, obviously its "them" but anyone found out exactly what theyve done? a. just wondered and b. not that id understand....

I did find out the latest vix build the cccam stuff isnt working (what im using) but im not sure if they (world of sat forum) realise its not the build and "them".....