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[[Image:Hercules_smart_sat_rear.jpg|thumb|500px|left|Rear view]]


==Required software==
==Required software==

Revision as of 11:37, 11 April 2005

Card information

This card is a clone of Twinhan VP-1030A PCTV Sat CI card.

So far the difference are:

  • different sticker on tuner
  • Firmware returns a "DST-CI" identifier instead of the "DSTMCI" identifier returned by VP-1030A firmware

Connectors:

  • Sat input
  • CI connector for CAM module
  • Internal 8 pins connector (unknown purpose. Anyone knows ?)
  • Internal sat output
Front view
Rear view

Required software

Stable kernel

The card works perfectly in FTA mode with 2.6.7 or later kernel. De-scrambling is not supported.

In developement

De-scrambling support is provided by the experimental dst_ca module. This driver is working but some polishing is still required. To de-scramble programs, you must have:

  • Linux kernel 2.6.9 or greater
  • DVB CVS

Required modules

Add dvb-bt8xx in your /etc/modules files and add these lines in you modprobe.conf:

options bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71 
options dst_ca   new_ca=1
install dvb-bt8xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install dvb-bt8xx; /sbin/modprobe dst

The dst_ca line and module is required only for de-scrambling (still in developement)

CAM tests

Feel free to update this table with other types of CAMs.

CAM tests on Hercules Smart TV Satellite
Type HW version Firmware version Results
SCM Red Viaccess 1.0 1.06 Working, but random failures are observed every few hours with TPS
Aston Viaccess ? ? Not working

As the dst_ca driver is still under development, the results of this page may change.