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Hi!

Have been trying to solve the problem with encrypted channels by using a Phoenix reader from AD-Teknik in Sweden together with NewCS and connecting Acamd to that. Ofcourse running in to some problems but first some info.

Windows 7, 64 bit. Capture card is a Technotrend CI-3650 CI and the input is DVB-C, swedish Canal Digital Cable-tv. All unencrypted channels work fine!

I have installed the NewCS and is running it using the newcs.xml below and get the log file also below.

I have placed the Acamd files in the "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\MDPlugins\USB 2.0 BDA DVB-C Tuner #1-1" folder and edited my cardclient.conf with this line:
newcamd:127.0.0.1:10001:1/0B00/0000:dummy1:password:0102030405060708091011121314

I also edited the ACamd_PMT.txt with this:
P:0B00:000000referred Canal Digital
where 000000 was found from the NewCS logs at initiation. I have also tried the original value but I guess that is for Canal Digital satelite.

After this is edited my DVD-C tuner under Devices in TV-Server NPVR settings and chaned HW to Multideck and scanned channels. The channels still said "encrypted". When I try to watch i channel the Acamd_monitor gives me the log you find at the very bottom. It just stops and nothing more happens and the client trying to watch the encrypted channel just freezes.

EDIT: I am running NewCS v 1.65 and Acamd 06.20. When looking in the NewCS webinterface I see that the reader is fine and it has desolved Keys for my Card. There is also some statements under "Entitlements". I don't exactly know what all this means except it seems to be some communication with the card at least. BUT, under statistics there is no packets sent or under user the acamd user is always offline. I guess that Acamd and NewCS cant communicate then?


Please advice

The NewCS kinda seems to be working if I understand this log file correctly:

And Finally the Acamd_monitor LOG:


And then nothing more

THANKS!

I'll take a closer look later, but can you confirm that your smartcard really is a Conax card?

Alright - great

Yes, it is Conax. Regarding what I wrote in a earlier post, it was wrong. I have confirmed with the provider also!

First of all you need to have ffdesca.dll installed in your npvr program directory. Second, in your newcs.xml file you need to define one user for each instance of each capturecard. In the npvr datadirectory under MDPugins, you'll see that npvr generates a directory for each instance of each capturecard, each of these directories must contain all the Acamd files, and cardclient.conf must have a unique username/password as reflected in newcs.xml.

I'v never bothered with Acamd_pmt.txt, it seems to be needed only for special cases. I have attached my config files to give you an idea of how I have done it.

Hi and thanks. I had missed the .dll file in the Program folder. Now the ACamd goes further than before and I can actually watch the unencrypted channels with multideck chosen. But unfortunately not the encrypted yet.

I feels like it is because the ACamd dont get the keys from NewCS - how can i check that they communicate?

What is interesting is that the channel request at the very bottom of the log (Ch: 6120 - TV4 V?ster?s) is a nonencrypted channel and works fine. The request above that (Ch: 260 - TVNZ) is a encrypted channels and gives a black screen. At least now the client doesn't freeze but instead only shows a blackscreen. It is kinda like it gets some kind of answer but not the right key.

Any ideas?

My acamd log is now:

Do not use smartcard.conf and Acamd_pmt.txt, rename those files to something else and restart newcs. If you start AcamdMonitor.exe prior to starting NextPVR you should ba able to monitor the communication between Acamd and NewCS. Also look at the newcs log. Is the port (10001) allowed through the firewall?

Edit: If you haven't set a pincode for the card access, remove it from newcs.xml.

Ok thank you. 1 second before your reply I got it to work. For information to others using canal digital cable in sweden It worked when I changed back from 0B00 to 0000 as CAID. Now it is no problem

Is there anything else I should bother to check out? I have read something about that the card has to get updated each month etc?

If not. Reddwarf - THANK YOU! Wonderful support. Appreciate it!

Glad to hear you got it working! The card has to be updated if CD changes the Conax main key, here in Norway it happens once or twice a year, so the clue is to put the card in the original STB from Canaldigital and let it run for an hour or so.