Dbox In Ireland

null modem looks like a serial cable except it's wires are crossed installs into rs232 port

 

Ahh, I know what your mean. A crossover cable for the serial ports. Unfortunately I don't have one. Is there any way to use the crossover LAN cable? I'd read elsewhere that Boot Manager would use ARP to get an IP address from the Dbox and then do the transfer. I thought I was missing something simple in those steps.
Ed

 

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Like this one here ........Paul

 

The box is sending bootp requests and has to start the communication and asking for a IP.
If winxp firewall, av soft, popup blocker or such thing else blocking that requests nothing happens.

 

Use the guide at www.techno-source.co.uk

 

There was definitely no firewall etc. in the way but it wouldn't work with just the LAN cable. So I also connected the crossover serial cable too and it worked fine. Some form of setup interaction must be taking place over the serial but the image definitely went over the LAN cable (could tell by how quick it was).

In case anyone else is trying this, this was a case of where I lost the Dbox's image. So the Dbox was just in debug mode. I needed BOTH cross-over (null modem) and cross-over LAN cables. IFA then flashed the new image perfectly.

Thanks to everyone who helped.
Regards,
Ed

 

I have fixed plenty of "kein system" sagems & nokias with ONLY the crossover LAN, the other is not essential at all. Follow the guides at www.techno-source.co.uk for how to use IFA correctly, without the need to restart each time flashing doesnt work right away.

 

It depends at the circumstances.
You get only one bootp request via lan cable only.
If you use a additional nullmodem cable IFA force the bootloader via nullmodem to try 10 times.
It the network card reacts a little bit slow the first bootp request could be lost.

 

I have a problem!!

I have a sagem box that I flashed lastnight for the first time.
Just a few minutes ago I reflashed the box and now when I boot up the
box it freezes at loading kernel.

I also have a nokia box and when i try to boot up this box it gets past loading kernel but then goes into standby mode,Ive tried rebooting many times but the box keeps going into standby

Blade running on both boxes.

Can anyone please help it would be much appreciated

A.

 

Reflash the boxes with different images first, i think Commando is generally recommended for the Nokias, and Blade for Sagems.

 

Hi Everyone.

No without getting on anyones nerves or repaeting yourself just a few Q'S please.

I have sourced the dbox from my bro in law and will be receiving it on saturday.

Now my friend is sticking a standard NTL connection in for me tonight,so is this is all i need then,as i cant wait to ring sky and shorten the package down completey.

Sorry for been a thick,but only getting on the band wagon now.

Also is there anything i need to know,when i plug this in it should work straight away?

Thanks in advance

 

Depends on what the brother in law has loaded onto it, if he is in the same area as you I would expect he will have put a copy of his own image on it, might take 20mins to decode the channels first time, then work from then on in.

 

hi, i just received the dbox 2today and im a bit of a novice. i live in sligo and i have read through different forums but i dont wanna go near it just incase i f**k it up!
it has been configured for uk tv
-debug mode
-sportstar 1.1 uk version image
-uk settings bruteforcescan, linux inside
i was told it was plug and play but i didnt receive any channels. do i need a different image. i dont have a clue! also iv read that i might need local settings for my area, how do i get these and how do i put them on the dbox. is bruteforcescan just the normal scan when u plug it in?
any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

 

I you get chorus mmds you bought the wrong box.

 

i have chorus thru cable, not mmd

 

If your feed is connected to the next chorus mmds mast you get also mmds.
Check your sagem box and look at the sticker at the underside what you get.

 

i rang up chorus before i ordered the nokia dbox and they told me i didnt have mmds cable. is there anything i can try, cheers

 

Upload the cables.xml via ftp to /var/tuxbox/config at the box and overwrite the old one. Delete the file scan.conf in the same folder at the box.
Pull the plug, replug and go to the scan menue and choose chorus in the provider line.

http://www.4shared.com/file/18386807/ad476e24/irish9.html

 

thanx, ill give that a try!

 

sorry i know im uselss! how do u ftp the cables.xml, i have the file and filezilla. tried to do it with a guide but cant...