Hercules Smart TV Satellite

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

Required software

For FTA, any kernel after 2.6.7 should do. The card works perfectly in FTA mode.

De-scrambling is still a work in progress. The 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

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 Viacess	1.0	1.06	Working, but random failures are observed every few hours with TPS
Aston Dual	?	?	Not working