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Title: Cannot get Dreambox DM800 HD PVR box loaded with image. what am I doing wrong?
Post by: isotonic_uk on January 19, 2013, 10:13:05 AM

Hi All

I am new to the Dreambox world and I just recently acquired a DM800 HD PVR satelitte box, coming from a cable d-box and starview 7 previously.

All was working fine for a short period and then all of a sudden I was unable to access some of the premium channels and I was receiving an error 'cannot parse the emu' on my openpli image that was used.

After trying numerous things, I restore to factory settings. I decided to try a new image. A newer image from OpenPLI but was unable to load the firmware successfully. When I accessed the image using the web browser, I loaded the firmware but received a message when attempted to load this image ''invalid image (or old version)' and I tried this with a few images but to no avail.

In the end I decided to try a generic dreambox image (to see if i could load a general image) but I think this was a mistake as its a clone box, I didnt get the invalid error anymore but once it has loaded and the box rebooted I then received a error on the box erro01 no CA found 1/2 seco$$$ after the box boots up.

I have a Null serial cable and cross over ethernet cable and have tryed patched and non patched dreamup, Dreambox Optiflasher V2, NCE SIM 2.5 but to no avail. I can see the serial connection is being picked up but not sure if there is an issue with the ethernet connection.

In the tools I have tried to configure my laptop and dreambox on their own network by giving my laptop a static IP address but stil unable to communicate to the box. I am sure my image had a sim2 image loaded when it was working and not a ferrari image as mentioned on other forums.

Does anyone know what else I could try, could it be the Null RS232 cable I am using which I brought from ebay, is it because I am using a Mac book pro with Windows 7 installed via bootcamp, some say its better to use a PC. I could use but haven't tried as I did have a dell laptop and used that without any luck either, that was also on Windows 7.

Any thoughts on this I would greatly appreciate it. I have literally exhaused all options.

Thanks

Title: Cannot get Dreambox DM800 HD PVR box loaded with image. what am I doing wrong?
Post by: isotonic_uk on January 19, 2013, 10:15:16 AM

Do you know of a cable that defo works on the Maplins website? I will go out and buy one?

Basically the one I am using at the moment is this one which I brought of ebay:
 
1M Meter DB-9 Pin Female to Female RS232 Serial PC CPU Video Graphics Cable Lead | eBay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250919556618?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649&clk_rvr_id=440522073137&afsrc=1

Title: Cannot get Dreambox DM800 HD PVR box loaded with image. what am I doing wrong?
Post by: papromob on January 19, 2013, 02:27:17 PM

whic error do you have when you try to flash with RS232 cable ?

Title: Cannot get Dreambox DM800 HD PVR box loaded with image. what am I doing wrong?
Post by: isotonic_uk on January 19, 2013, 05:14:23 PM

Hi

It seems I have been using the wrong cable I understand the differences. I was using this cable:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250919556618?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649&clk_rvr_id=440528198264&afsrc=1

When actually I should have been using something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RS232-Serial-Null-Modem-Cable-Updates-Dreambox-Technomate-Humax-Eurovox-EchoStar-/230859579680?pt=UK_Computing_Parallel_Serial_PS_2&hash=item35c04da120

Rookie mistake!!

ordered it now, just got to wait for it to arrive.