I apologize if I have posted this in the wrong section of the forums, I felt it was most suitable since there is no section for the card readers alone.
I recently purchased the Dual Tuner and the Pheonix/Smartmouse card reader to use in Australia to decrypt then watch our satellite paytv service. I would like to point out that I am a valid and paying subscriber and only wish to use my computer to watch the service instead of using the companies set top box
I have been unable to get the card reader to be able to read the subscriber card at all (not even using the DVB-S2 card yet, just the card reader). I am currently using the card reader on a computer running linux Ubuntu, and for the card decryption I am using Oscam. I would like to point out that the hardware and software configuration I am using is successfully used by other people here in Australia.
When I look at the Oscam logs to identify the problem, the software initializes OK, it knows about the card reader that is attached, it then detects that a card is inserted but it then fails to activate the card.
I would like to be able to test the card reader and was hoping someone here could provide me with a test that is independent of any software (oscam). This way I can work out if there is a hardware problem with my card reader or a software configuration problem.
The switch settings I am using on the card reader are as follow (recommend by someone using this card reader in the same environment)
3.3v - Phoenix - 3.579MHz - Y5
any assistance would be greatly appreciated
I have also attached a copy of my oscam logs below
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>> OSCam << cardserver started at Wed Jun 2 15:12:05 2010
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2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s version=0.99.4svn, build #2073, system=i686-pc-linux, nice=-19
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s max. clients=509, client max. idle=120 sec
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s max. logsize=unlimited
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s client timeout=5000 ms, fallback timeout=2500 ms, cache delay=0 ms
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s shared memory initialized (size=4272420, id=163840)
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s auth size=4752
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s Cannot open file "/usr/local/etc/oscam.services" (errno=2)
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s userdb reloaded: 0 accounts freed, 1 accounts loaded, 0 expired, 0 disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s signal handling initialized (type=sysv)
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s can't open file "/usr/local/etc/oscam.srvid" (err=2), no service-id's loaded
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s monitor: disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s camd 3.3x: disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s camd 3.5x: disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s cs378x: disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s newcamd: initialized (fd=6, port=18000, crypted)
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s CAID: 090B
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s provid #0: 000000
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s cccam: disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s radegast: disabled
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s client resolver thread started
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s logger started (pid=1774)
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s resolver thread started
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s reader started (pid=1776, device=/dev/ttyUSB0, detect=cts, mhz=357, cardmhz=357)
2010/06/02 15:12:05 1772 s waiting for local card init
2010/06/02 15:12:08 1776 r01 card detected
2010/06/02 15:12:18 1776 r01 Error activating card.
2010/06/02 15:12:58 1776 r01 Error activating card.
2010/06/02 15:13:09 1776 r01 Error activating card.
2010/06/02 15:13:21 1776 r01 Error activating card.
2010/06/02 15:13:32 1776 r01 Error activating card.
2010/06/02 15:13:33 1776 r01 card initializing error
2010/06/02 15:13:33 1772 s init for all local cards done
2010/06/02 15:13:33 1772 s anti cascading disabled
2010/06/02 15:40:15 1774 l exit with signal 15