DVB Conditional Access Modules

Any CAMs not listed on this page have not been tested, so may or may not work. If you try an unlisted one, please add it to this page in the appropriate section.

TechnoTrend/Hauppauge fullfeatured cards

So far, all CAM modules are supported by these cards

TechnoTrend/Hauppauge budget-ci cards with v1.0A CI daughterboard

Compatible CAMs:

• Philips Cryptoworks v1.0
• Aston AstonCrypt
• MatrixCAM Reloaded
• Dream multimedia Magic Module v1.04
• Aston Viaccess Dual or Professional CAM
• Aston AstonCrypt Professional CAM
• Aston Irdeto Professinal CAM
• Conax 4.00e (See also TechnoTrend TT-DVB-T 1500)
• SCM (topuptv/uk)
• SCM Viaccess red label (for Linux >= 2.6.14 or CVS dvb)
• Original TV Vlaanderen CAM (Mediaguard) with original Smartcard
• PowerCAM Pro v2.0.3 and v2.0.4
• oneCAM v1.0.0

Incompatible CAMs:

• ZetaCAM (Hardware: 2.01/Software: 2.26)
• SCM Viaccess red label (for Linux < 2.6.14)

KNC1/Terratec DVB-S/-T/-C budget cards

Compatible CAMs:

• Philips Cryptoworks v1.0
• Mascom Alphacrypt v1.0
• Mascom Cryptoworks
• Aston Viaccess Professional
• Aston AstonCrypt Professional
• Aston Irdeto Professional
• Aston Conax Professional
• SCM Viaccess (red label) (only 1 pid ?)
• Conax 4.00e
• SCM (topuptv/uk)

Incompatible CAMs:

• MatrixCAM Reloaded
• Dream multimedia Magic Module v1.04

Hercules Smart TV Satellite (TwinHan clone)

Compatible CAMs:

• SCM Viaccess (red label) (mostly working, random failures observed every few hours with French TPS)

Incompatible CAMs:

• Aston Viaccess

VisionPlus VisionDTV Sat-CI

Compatible CAMs:

• SCM Viaccess (red label)
• Aston 1.05 P/N 901274 Rev 1.2

Incompatible CAMs:

• Aston Viaccess Professional
• Aston Professional
• MatrixCAM Reloaded

Digital Devices Flex CI via Octopus PCIe bride (experimental!)

Note - driver is in experimental state and requires drivers out of kernel tree as outlined here. Also, as the driver is experimental, problems are expected!

Compatible CAMs:

• SMIT Conax CAM (seems to work without issues, but scanning for channels causes errors. No issues in normal use so far.)

See also

• Conditional Access Module Usage Examples