A NEWBIES GUIDE TO SETTING UP A DM500S FOR CARDSHARING

croghta1: hopefully you'll have more luck in getting the new box you ordered up and running. There seems to be a problem with the Nabilosat download server as I've heard from a few people over the past week or so that they can't connected to it through the box to download cams, plugins or skins.
As regards the OpenPli image I don't use it (or the Nabilosat) but had no bother in flashing it to my DM500s and getting the CCCam working during the week.

 

pj you may be right about the server all tho ive not heard a thing about it but ill look into it ,but the server aside he should still have been able to do a manual install , i gave him the correct nabilo cccam file aswell as the instructions which he followed and the manual install didnt work either . that leads me to think his box has some sort of problem .and as fintann said pli comes with ccam pre installed and he has had a problem with tht aswell and so that further leads me to thin k his box has some sort of issue .

 

Hopefully the new box will sort him out, have never heard of a box having issues with running CCCam but then again I'm still very new to this!!!

 

Hopefully the new box will sort him out, have never heard of a box having issues with running CCCam but then again I'm still very new to this!!!

 

HI Piopat,
Firstly pardon my ignorance.
1. very informative tutorial, I am new to this and want to set up internal card sharing at home from my sly+ HDbox, is the information still valid, in other words will it still word 3 years after you first wrote it.
2. will it work with a Dreambox DM800 ( this is the most modern box?)

Thanking you in advance
Robert

 

you cannot share from a sky box. you need to replace it with a dreambox in your main tv area and then share with another dreambox in whatever other areas you have tvs in. piopats tutorial is written for a dm500 but it takes little imagination to transport it to a dm800 environment

 

Thanks,Fintannl - just making sure before I buy the flipping yok, any advice on a good place to get on

What is the difference between the 500 & 800?

 

hi mate you cant use a sky+ hd box for card sharing sorry ,mr murdoch wouldnt be that kind to us lol . you will need two cardsharing capable boxes , for example you could use the dm800 you mention as the server and a less expensive box such as a skybox f3 as the client box .

yes the instructions at the start of this tutorial are still valid , they are with a dm500 in mind but you can use a lot of the information to set up a dm800 .

 

after last time ringing sly up to get my card re-activated im getting worried again that the entitlements might not happen ive checked the webinfo page of box and it says 22/05/2013 for the entitlements to run out. am i a bit early in worring about this or should they have been extended by now.

 

naz the entitlments you have cover about the next 6 weeks . that said as we speak they are swapping over customers boxes (in the uk )to new boxes in which the card will be paired and locked to so big changes are coming .

 

. thanks in advance for any help. have 2 new dm500s. went through guide for set up. both boxes will not connect with server. no green light through grills or on router. rebooted both. any ideas. Also are the cards not already paired and locked .with sly boxes

 

if theres no light visible through the vents at the top of teh boxes then the router isnt seeing either box for some reason .the first thing to check is that dhcp is enabled on both boxes , to do that press menu button /then press 6 (setup)/then select expert setup /then select communication setup and enable dhcp and save . you might also need to restart the router .

the pairing we had all along is not the type of pairing im talking about now , sky are offering uk customers new boxes and the sky card will only work in that box . currently you can pop a card in a dreambox with cccam and it will read the card and likewise with oscam , but with the new setup the card will only work in the skybox its locked/paired to . ive no idea if this can be worked around , this i guess is simillar in a way to how cable tv boxes and cards work ,they can be worked around but it requires some specialist knowledge and equipment , whether that can be done with the new sky system i have no idea at this point . so far it seems to be the hd boxes that are being upgradedi dont know about the sd boxes , and i dont know of anyone in ireland that has been informed of a box switch over or had an offer of a box to switch over. and i dont know if they can just force many millions of sd customers to switch over to the more expensive hd channls if they dont want to but who knows.

 

based on comments from piopat, mickah and pudzyryan did a bit of checking around. it does seem that the end of card sharing is upon us. it looks like HD channels will be gone by end of May and then its only a matter of months before SD goes. Its following the exact same trend as the end to sharing in Australia. Can anyone confirm having entitlements past May 30th on any linux/card sharing box?

 

Just what I did Not want to hear.

Just topped up My sub for a few months..

I suppose it was good while it lasted,and I have to be honest and admit,,it was worth the money.
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all should be good or another short while. however it does seem things are on its last legs

 

Thanks fintannl,

Didn't pay out very much anyway,,only €40 Euros...So if I even got 2 months,I'd be happy with that.
I'd sure miss the Heineken Cup Rugby though..That'll be a killer.

Yeah,,things have to change. Can't last forever.
Like all the other "hacks" down through the years.

 

don't talk to me about missing heineken cup. my nephew plays HC and is involved in the national squad. but as with cable, satellite had to die also. in truth it only changes the game a bit. internet streaming is where it is at and icefilms for your films and streaming of sports content is already available. so its really no big deal. rather than paying sky mad amounts of money each month now you just stream the content you actually want to watch. like any issue in life it just takes a bump to get you to look at the alternatives and from what i see the alternatives aint half bad

 

I'm not pushed about movies at all,to be honest. I never was,,despite nearly always having those channels.
I'm not a big fan of streams,,as when you get big games,they tend to break down to the point of being un-watchable.
Fair dues to your nephew..must be mighty proud.

 

in truth my mum will probably be the most upset person about all this as she no longer gets to see her grandson on TV each week :-(. But yes I take the point that streaming can be poor. However I have found that using a quality broadband solution will alleviate that issue (not always, but in most cases). My VU Duo streams really well with my current broadband bundle. So all this will likely mean is that folks will sign-up to better internet solutions

 

That was supposed to be My point,,but I forgot to mention it... lol.

As the cardsharing breaks down and finally goes off,,more and more people will turn to streams..Then the quality will really be poor.
I think after c/s goes,,it'll be time for someone to put in a serious effort to get round it,,or have a good crack at the Nagra3.
I think there is too much money in hacked services for someone not to put in the effort.