Posts by freekhead

Quote from alimac

guessing wrong bootloader

i used to load image and then load bootloader without restart in that order for the dreamboxUK image

Quote from Inspiral

flash this ssl84b & reboot ok
then put reciever back into flash mode
& now flash your choice of latest images

same procedure applies to your Dm800 if sim2, but with its correct 84b bootloader.

yes it works :) and all images i try using this method work. so what was the issue then? if u could explain

usually when i flash a new image i flash this before i reboot. Iv noticed in all new images i tried it shows two tuners A and B when my model is a single alps tuner. Has this any bearing on my problem? my model is the dm800SE 2.10 clone and am now scratching my head when i see two tuners when i go to tuner config both saying not connected

Hi guys.

After such a long time using the same image. Iv decided to change as of all the new plugins available now. But iv run into a problem. No matter what image i use after setup i go to tuner config and their are no tuners connected. If i flash the old image everything works perfect.

I have 2 dm800hd boxes and they have exactly the same issue as this DM800SE. I recon iv got an odd tuner inside and the drivers are not compatible

The only image i can get to work on these boxes is: DreamboxUK_v2.1.1_SIM2_84A_DM800SE.nfi and the dm800hd version respectively

Anyone come across this? It bugs me becuase i want autobouquet and a few other plugins but if i manually install them the box green screens as i think its heavily modded, and dreamboxuk have no support any more

haveing the same problem. server has been working for months and now this?

i think you posted the same file twice?

I went at it again this weekend. different card this time and got the same error?

So i build a new server out of parts.

And it works fine now. It was the hardware I was using

Is their drivers for the smartreader available for debian or does it need to be installed sometimes?

Said id post incase someone else is having issues

Its not dead though, it works fine just not with oscam. iv found other posts around the net even in Spanish, Italian and German all saying that 1.7 is a problem.

Is anyone running smargo with 1.7 firmware?

tanx man

iv tried the serial:reader trick with no sucess. if yoiu read the errors im getting it looks like oscam can see the card but as soon as it tries to read it fails.

Probably due to smargo v1.7 not compatible

Anyone here running smargo 1.7 with oscam?

oh and that Transistor gate trick is only to reset the chip if it is not detected by usb:

here is the full tutorial for that trick if anyone needs it:

Make simple test:
1. insert smargo to USB - green LED should light but system doesn't recognise device.
2. insert some smart card revrserd to the slot to active card detect only - green led should start blink.
3 inster card properly - green led should be dark




If all points pass it means u have some chance to repair smargo.




To repair it u must open the case to have access to the electronic board.
Put the board USB plug up.
At right side u should have small 3 pin transistor and more at rite side 3 holes placed vertically.
We are interested in this small transitor.
It has 3 legs/pins up and 1 down.
We are interested in it's right up leg/pin (base or gate).
Solder small wire to this leg/pin and connect second side to GND.




If you afraid about transistor (normally it has resistors inside) you can use small resistor (~1kB) instead of wire.




I've connected it small capacitor located below r-pack (right side of the capacitor) but u can connect it anywhere u find GND
After that u can connect smargo to the PC and it should be normally detectable.




Run ./srp_update_x86 -b to activate bootloader mode.
Remove and reinsert smargo.
Run ./srp_update_x86 -f to flash reader again.
If u see this message:
start flashing
################################################## ######## done
Please remove and reinsert SmartReader+




wait about 2-3 minutes and then disconnect your smargo reader.
After this process u can remove the wire and smargo should be alive again




Probably not all smargo will get up after this process but is probably the most of them get a cure

I just received the smargo so im going to return it and never update it again:)

Ill let you all know if it works out well and if that was the actual problem

no that command does nothing

I am thinking its my fault.

I updated the card to v1.7

read this post if you can its in german, i translated it to english using google and they where saying that 1.7 is not compatible nor can it be downgraded?

http://www.digital-eliteboard.com/showthread.php?174224-OSCAM-mit-S02-Karte-am-Smargo-an-der-7170-will-einfach-nicht/page2]

iv changed the mhz still no joy..

seems like there is no help on the net for this error?

No good point;)

Got it a bit further than before but now am facing a new problem:)

Iv researched this for the last 3 or 4 hours and cant find a solution.

Iv tried setting

device = serial:reader "serial"

nothing seems to work.

here is the error im getting

2012/03/19 1:38:38 0 s waiting for local card init
2012/03/19 1:38:38 986D1F0 r Using 0x82 as endpoint for smartreader hardware detection
2012/03/19 1:38:38 986D1F0 r Found smartreader device 008:003
2012/03/19 1:38:38 986D1F0 r reader ***uk initialized (device=008:003, detect=cd, mhz=600, cardmhz=600)
2012/03/19 1:38:39 0 ***uk card detected
2012/03/19 1:38:41 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -99
2012/03/19 1:38:41 0 IO:SR: USB bulk read failed with error 1
2012/03/19 1:38:41 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -1
2012/03/19 1:38:41 0 IO:SR: USB bulk read failed with error 1
2012/03/19 1:38:41 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -1
2012/03/19 1:38:46 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -99
2012/03/19 1:38:46 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -1
2012/03/19 1:38:46 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -1
2012/03/19 1:38:46 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -1
2012/03/19 1:38:51 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -99
2012/03/19 1:38:51 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -99
2012/03/19 1:38:56 986D1F0 r usb bulk write failed : ret = -99

and my cfg file:
[reader]
label = ***uk
enable = 1
protocol = smartreader
device = 008:003
#boxid = *******
mhz = 600
cardmhz = 600
caid = 0963
group = 1
emmcache = 1,3,2

The smartreader is running on 1.7 firmware if that helps anyone

i tried to run the reader on a powered usb and still get the same errors

Ten below i think this Pc is haunted. I finally got it sorted though

I will leave comments on what i done here for other people in case they suffer like symptoms
here is a rundown of the problems i had and how i fixed them.

When installing Debian i got a grub load issue
I resolved this by changing dvd drives . drive was probably faulty. if you get this error try bur the cd at a slower speed also

when i did get Debian installed, oscam was not functioning properly.
I used a different distro of Debian and it didn't obviously have all the components needed

After changing the dvd drive and getting the correct Debian installed http://tiny.cc/ns80h was not doing anything
Turned out that it was my internet even though my internet was functioning correctly, i reset my router ant it worked first time?

all i can say is the strangest errors iv ever come across

thanks everyone for all your help in solving my stupid problems.

sorry for the annoyance

Ten this is still not working every time i try it fails after 20 attempts. and iv tried all morning

nope down again:)

I swapped out dvd drive and didnt get the grub error and also debian after the install looks much different this time. lots of more apps and tools the admin window didnt have anything in it before

Looking good so far

Ten only thing now though is that link tiny.cc aint working. saying:

connection to tiny.cc failed. connection timed out. Retrying

any ideas why?

When I was installing the network version of debian it asked what server to connect to. I choose the first one on the UK list. I also let debian choose my hard drive setup and still got the grub error? does it matter what version of debian i install?

Maby change the DVD drive out and burn the media a second time at a slower speed. Did notice both on Ubuntu and debian that the network decided when it wanted to work. I would check web browser and only sometimes the internet was working even thought win 7 laptop beside me was working. Is this normal;) it would let me browse the network but couldn't bring up any web pages? New to Linux but really don't think this should happen

tried oscam -b nothing happens?

Iv tried forcing oscam and still no log showing iv tried everything you mentioned but nothing working. I'm going to try install it again. Start from scratch.

web info not working. and logs to be found? only difference i see is the version of debian im using? but that cant make a difference i added web tools?