Hi, I bought a dreambox 500s and I have some problems with it. I was following the ' A NEWBIES GUIDE TO SETTING UP A DM500S FOR CARDSHARING' guide. Ok so i downloaded the files needed and plugged my dreambox into my laptop and ran dream up. Then I get a message saying 'cant find any com ports - aborting'. Do I have the correct cables? I cant seem to get this working. I am trying this on a laptop running windows 7. Heres the box and cables I bought: Dreambox DM500S Satellite Receiver StarTech 10 ft DB9 RS232 Serial Null Modem Cable F/M USB 2.0 to Serial RS232 DB9 9 Pin Female Data Transfer Camera PC Converter Cable
download a ready to go image, pli jade is best for dreambox, use dreambox control centre . ftp image tru telnet on box.. lol google has the answer to all your problems
or get yourself a older computer with RS232 Serial connection on the back, you can then go into the computer settings and sellect the comports 1 or 2 then when you open dreamup click on the serial port that you picked and that should be you connected to the dreambox.
