Sorry, this goes for com settings,

Set the parameters of the serial port (COM1, COM2, ) as 115kbps, 8 data bit and 1 stop bit, and XON/OFF none, then power off and on your receiver and check your Hyper Terminal window. If any text is displayed on the Hyper Terminal window, then the RS-232 cable is OK.

Good Luck

Sorry, this goes for com settings,

Set the parameters of the serial port (COM1, COM2, ) as 115kbps, 8 data bit and 1 stop bit, and XON/OFF none, then power off and on your receiver and check your Hyper Terminal window. If any text is displayed on the Hyper Terminal window, then the RS-232 cable is OK.

Good Luck

Guru of sat

whatever happened to you? u started an interesting thread and just zoomed off. i was just wondering about the free internet stuff u talked about, any hopes of it coming soon? or do u have an idea how one can get internet access via satellite directly?

Enigma

i know we have had this discussion several times, but let me bring it up once again cos i have understood alot of things since the last time but i am just curious about something in particular.

converting the keys for hex to dex or the other way round is not a problem, thanks to explanation, but the keys for the strong decoder are 16bits long and in 4 rows, sort of like this

00 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
02 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
04 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
06 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

while the ones posted on the net are 32 bits long and in 2 rows

00 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
02 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

so if i want to input these keys into the strong decoder, is it just a matter of dividing the 32 bit string into 2 bits of 16 each?

@Gangsta

Yes, basically what you suggest is correct. Also you need to study your receiver carefully to see how they structure the keys for Showtime and ART. I don't have a Strong receiver so I don't know how it is structured but I think it is similar to the Technomate 1000 series. On the TM 1000s, this is how they are structured:

ART/&Phela

CAID = 060400

06 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
56 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

That is key 06 for ART even though you have both 06 and 56.
Thus if you have Key 06 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx, you break it down into two parts to fill the o6 and 56 to make the 06 key.

There can also be Key 08 (which is then broken into 08 & 58); or 02 (= 02 & 52)

On the TM 1000s Showtime's CAID is 060401; and the Keys are 06 (06 & 56), 08 (08 & 58).

So you have to study the receiver. Actually, if you download softcam, you can actually open it in your computer (like a notepad document) and see how the keys are structured in the softcam and that will help to know how to manually enter them. Alternatively, just load the latest softcam for your receiver then have a look through the key menu to see how they have been structured.

Hope this helps.

Enigma

thanks a lot, what happened was that i thought i might as well give it a go while waiting for your reply. lo and behold, it opened up everything, and not just a few but all the showtime and art channels. in fact i just downloaded a softcam file and opened it with notepad and got the key, seems i was on the same wavelenght with u given the distance. thanks a lot man. i couldn't get the jsc channels to open, but i'm sure that i can fix that myself. my decodr is refusing to recognise my flash drive that's why i didn;t try loading the softcam automatically.

PS what do the .bin files do, cos the decoder doesn't recognise them, and they can't be opened with notepad?

Enigma,

It seems we have to continue this discussion on manually inputting keys. The problem is that after loading a softcam or a new software or whatever, I can’t get the jsc sports +1,2,3 channel to open. And even after pressing 8282 to bring up the keys edit menu, I still can’t find any page that matches the keys I have for aljazeera.
Now there are several things I have noticed about the jsc keys
1. the jsc keys are grouped under BISS keys when I open some softcams
2. they are sometimes listed as DCW keys on some web pages.
3. the strong decoder groups them as irdeto/skycrypt
4. the key Ident line is listed as 00 63 00 00.
5. and the left hand column where I think the cas is inputted while for showtime and art contains just two digits i.e 06 or 08, that for jsc sports contains a string of up to12 digits i.e 0A8F:0102:0E08

so when I tried loading them manually, I initially put 00 63 on the ident line but for the left hand column I tried different things from 01 to breaking the above 12 digits and trying different combinations. Next I tried using the digits from the above 12 string as the key ident but all my maneuvers didn’t work.

I guess all this long talk just means is ‘how do u manually input keys for the jsc sports channels.

Thanks man.

Ah Ok Gangsta, I see what's happening.

BISS and DCW keys are slightly different from the regular keys and go into a different slot. Again, I don't know the structure of the Strong receiver but I'll use the TM to demonstrate.

For BISS keys you have first of all to go to the particular channel e.g. JSC+1; then press 8280 and the Biss (same as DCW) key menu will come up; then you look for a free line (or a line that you know is not associated with any channel); and then you enter the keys; save and exit.

You can also check if you will see the Biss menu from the general menu; press menu-system information-Biss; again best to go there from the channel you want to open.


Is it confirmed that JSC (7w) is open via keys?

Enigma,

i guess the reason i'm posting on this thread and not on the main fta thread is cos this one is named 'fta codes', so i'm not trying to make this one a rival for bigjoe's thread.

now, the strong decoder also brings up the biss key edit menu when u press 8280 over any channel. i wish i had taken a screen shot before posting, but i'll try and do that tomorrow. when the key edit menu appears, there are sixty rows of 32 digits each. now unlike the 8282 menu which has got a space to enter the type of encryption i.e irdeto etc, and the network ident, 0603 for aljazeera, the biss menu just has row after row of 32 digit streams. i had earlier on deleted every single entry and just typed in the biss string for aljazeera but it didn't open, and since there wasn't a space to input network ident. i wasn't really confident with what i was doin.
i read somewhere that only the humax decoder can open aljazeera, i wonder why, that is if it is true, wish i could get somewone who has opened it to give me a breakdown.
thanks enigma, i'll keep on trying, there's nothing else to do.

Yeah, I also thought since the discussion has started here it is better to pursue it here so that anyone reading can get the full picture. If need be we could do a shorter version on the other thread.

For BISS keys (and DCW) there is no need to input CAID/Provider ID or such at all. All you need to do is to associate a particular set of BISS/DCW keys with a particular channel(s). So you go to the channel; press 8280; look for a free line; enter the keys (it may be 16 or it may be 32 long; Biss keys can be either); save; exit.

You should not have deleted the pre-existing Biss keys; although you probably haven't lost a lot if the channels that they are for are on satellites that you cannot currently receive. Also the Strong receiver is quite generous with Biss allowance of up to 60; the older TMs have space for only 20 (ETA though the new ones also do 60 like the Strong)!

Finally, although I'm not keeping fully up to date with it (because I don't get Nilesat), I don't think JSC channels are open on most receivers; I get the JSC channels occasionally on Hotbird but not presently.

Enigma,

i've tried with no success, i guess i have to try and let it rest for a while. some one said he gets nss7 c band and watches these euro championships there, i'll give it a shot. thanks for ur time. will keep trying various other fta stuff sha.

Blazeup,

what we've been talking about is getting a decoder to open up scrambled channels using codes which some other people have posted. now there are somethings to note, these codes are usually cracked by people with the right equipment, now that usually means Europe, the middle east and north america, this means it is usually satellites they can receive that they crack open. this means u cannot open satellites such as dstv, canal sat africa, and that Ghanaian sat on eutelsat w3a, cos the crackers do not get them in the first place.

so usually the sats we receive receive here in nigeria that have codes available for them include, nilesat, hispasat, and probably more that i don't know of. now i have been focusing mainly on nilesat cos that's what i receive, there are three providers there that have keys available: showtime, ART, and aljazeera jsc sports. the keys for showtime and art are encoded with a format called irdeto 2 ( which happens to be the same as DSTV, so u wonder why we can't get codes for dstv bah?). and jsc sports has dual encryption, irdeto and skycrypt.

following the discussion from here shouldn't be a problem i guess.

Enigma'

i thot i should ask u if u happen to know how the keys are prepared, i now its nice getting them from others but it would be nicer preparing them myself. do u know the setup required to prepare keys?

a pity am not a guru at this yet but i learn quickly too,

thanks man,

for the keys i don't know how they are installed more how to prepare them. but hopefully as time goes we may be able,
i will try to research and interact with some of my  042 wiz kids.
and surely follow you pros here,
we can only throw more light on this stuff.

you can watch congo tv on c-band, the show all the euro matches there.


internet browsing is possible with free to air, it just you knowing these things wel enough,

a friend in russia says FTA is banned in their hostels because of the students use it hack over.
i will stay in touch as they unfold, 

thanks

Keys preparation is a specialist job --- but at the least the person must know about computer programming e.g. C+ etc.

I think if you search the Net you might find software programmes that were used in the past for the older encryption systems. Modern encryption, as I understand it, is far more difficult. In fact it has been alleged that in some cases one provider employs specialist hackers to 'reverse engineer' encryption systems of competitors and that they then arrange the release of the compromising of that system. In short it involves money and time - which is why sometimes when an encryption is compromised, it is not immediately available to receivers but on CAMs which are sold at a price.

If you are interested in some of the politics and have time, you can google the next three words: NDS Echostar hack.

hi administrator, I'm new here and i've been reading some posted messages. i'd like to know how i should impute hex keys which have 32 characters in a space provided for 16, as is obtained in strong receivers. thanks

@ guruofsat,
my broda, non of your phone lines is active!!!!!!!!
+2348035385753, +2348078120085, +23427511545
i have been trying to reach you for the past 7 days without any success.
pls call me 08067216712. when u see this.
we need to discuss biz concerning free 2 air equipments.

@blazeup
please could you enlighten me more on the FTA free browsing . i REALLY like to know all about it and how i can set it up. i ll DEEPLY appreciate . my mail is gitano865@yahoo.com
tanx

BOUGHT A 4650 RECIEVER, MOST CHANNELS OF INTREST HAVE BEEN BLOCKED. CAN SOMEONE HELPME WITH UNLOCK CODES AND STEPS. I LOVE TO WATCH LA LIGA , PREMIERSHIP AND SERIA A. PLS HELP ME. kaypurpose@yahoo.co.uk

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BOUGHT A 4650 RECIEVER, MOST CHANNELS OF INTREST HAVE BEEN BLOCKED. CAN SOMEONE HELPME WITH UNLOCK CODES AND STEPS. I LOVE TO WATCH LA LIGA , PREMIERSHIP AND SERIA A. PLS HELP ME.

wouldn't we all love go do just that? (i mean get codes to unlock just about everything we would like to have). but like the rollingstones said 'you can't always get what you want,  but if you try sometimes, you just might ,   get what you need"

we can't get all the TV content we might like to have, but theres a world to fta tv out there that provides a lot for us, my advice to you is to read this thread, and the main FTA thread here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-7715.0.html and who knows, you just might get what you are looking for.
all the best.

Hi, Can anyone give me link to how to break the coded nile tv channels
my email is adewalethomas@yahoo.com

!@ all posting emails and phone numbers please


please dont kill this trend,, it is really getting selfish, may be i started it thats why i pray to end it.

the scrambled channels are to prevent you from watch those channel, but if you really really watch them , then you have to buy the smart cards from those hosting them abi,,hope hmmm

the essence of this trend is to post frequency and sym rates of the not so common channels been veiwed in naija ,
with the expection of those that are not digitaly scarblemed, (Modern encryption,). example etv, sabc. mostly south channels,

hence you can input a code to veiw them, (which your ordinary technician should know)

other channels can be also veiw with the right equipments which are not common in najia,

i am on the look out for such equipments but how ever i know it is not going to be easy plus one may even spend more trying to get them, so which ever way,

but you must not forget that this is naija so !(ana-aru ya aru(igbo) i.e. it is work able.)

just ask Enigma

exactly


No one needs your email

After all, it should appear in your profile

Actually, you guys are right; it is not a very good idea to post one's email address on the Net; in some forums the admins will even remove it.

Anyway, as for Nilesat the packages that people open with patch/keys are ART/Showtime and I think the patches/keys for opening them are currently down and not working ---- though I haven't really kept up to date especially as I don't currently get Nilesat.

Enigma:

Actually, you guys are right; it is not a very good idea to post one's email address on the Net; in some forums the admins will even remove it.

Anyway, as for Nilesat the packages that people open with patch/keys are ART/Showtime and I think the patches/keys for opening them are currently down and not working ---- though I haven't really kept up to date especially as I don't currently get Nilesat.

That is why the Administrator of this Website should introduce a PM (Private Message) feature on this board/forum.

hi fellas,

please what is a predasaurus, i've googled it but can't find any info about what it might be.

@ gangsta,
man, that word sounds like some extinct prehistoric dinosour specie!!!!
no wonder google coudn't find any result for you
i suggest you talk to captain caveman or fred flintstone if you are really serious about finding the meaning of "predasaurus"

PLS i need you guys help. i downloaded a software into my decoder and displaced the one that it came with i.e september 11 2007 and replaced it with that of january 2008.

if i had known i wont have done it. right now i cant watch etv! haaa! etv! that the best channel i can watch now. every other ones are religious stations,

i need help you to help me restore this station pleaseeeee,

make me stop crying pleaseeee

@constantk

We explained before on the main thread that loading or re-loading official firmware (software) will result in 'openable' encrypted channels not being opened again. Your choices for getting back etv:

1. find someone who has the same receiver and which currently opens etv; then do a software transfer from that receiver to your receiver; you need appropriate data cable, possibly RS 232, to do this; or

2. find the appropriate 'patch' (unofficial software) for your receiver on the Net; and load it into your receiver (you also need cable or maybe USB disk); if you go back through the thread, people have posted where software can be found on the Net.

@gangsta

Predasaur (edited: aka Predasaur[b]us[/b]) is the name for software used with the T-Rex CAM.

Edited

hi u guys here in nairaland are doing just quite fine.
i was hoping to get an answer 4 some of my problems.
hav been following d forum 4 a while but anyway just got registered recently. thanks to enitan2002:enigma:jujukemist: and d rest in the house 4 their enourmous selfless contrbution to this forum.
well just asking does any one know codes for conax encryption method cuz nollywood just went off and came back on with d '$' scramble sign.
also pls direct me to some wesites for me to download software 4 my srt4640 decoder. thanks.
hope u help me out guys. my e-mail is mandela_info@yahoo.com
phone = 07037068380. try n help me out.

yo wats up guys in da house
just got some sites from here and i got some keys from them
cant wait to try them at home

Damn! I dont understand atall