null cable or crossover cable ????

[stephen1978]

im trying to reflash my box2 with ifa and a null modem cable but do i still need a croosover cable aswell ????

[planetlarg]

I believe IFA tries a few different ways to copy an image to the box over the ethernet crossover cable - bootp+tftp and NFS mount.

I had no luck with IFA and had to use kermit and a null modem cable.

I reckon everyone else here is cleverer than I am and can show you the shining path to successful flashing.

[stephen1978]

can any one plz tell me the quickiest way to reflash my dbox what programme to use and what cables i will need plus what to do


any advice is most welcome i not have any hair left soon im going mad lol


maybe someone could tell what to do step by step

thanx

[lincsat]

If you follow the download links you should find some tutorials.

[stephen1978]

where do i find the download section???

[MrThrust]

This is just a guide i thought I would write to get my posts up a bit
plus im so bored

When tryin to flash a dbox2 these are the steps i take and it never fails, unless its a crap image deppending, were you source them from, my images are always 2x, because I have the intel 2x chips inside my box. (you can look through the holes on the lid of the box and see inside and just make out the letters on the chips).

Other older boxes like segams will take 1x image, again same process
but again all testing I have done is on 2x images..

Depending on the current status of the dbox, either currently working with an image with FTA channels working properly etc or a kien system message on the front lcd... the screen stays black & the box wont boot up..these steps should help a bit at least..

You will need-
1: Dbox2 :| an image to use for flashing.
2: pc or laptop with RJ-45 connection
3: null modem cable
4: OR
5: network cable (i dont use both together)
6: Image flashing assistant

Working system -
(settings on the dbox)
Network setup -
static IP address - 192.168.0.20
subnet - 255.255.255.0
default gateway - 192.168.0.1 (your router or PC IP )

Network Setup
connect your network cable to your router / router to your pc using standard RJ-45 patch cables, if using a peer2peer network setup, plug the network cable into the dbox2 then the other end into your pc's network card, assign your pc a static ip to allow the dbox2 and the pc to connect with each other.

1: grab your self a download of IFA (Image flashing Assistant)
2: load it up and select the image to flash,
3: select your network card from the drop down list,
4: click next and it will minimize to the task bar, with a new console window opened up, (this wont display any info, only with a connected Null Modem cable connected, thats later)
5: after you click next go to your Dbox2 unplug it from the wall, wait 2 or 3 sec then plug it back in, if all is well you should see the LCD reading FLASHING once it reads FINISHED unplug your box from the wall...
dont plug it back in yet.
6: Go to your PC and stop IFA or else when you plug back in your dbox2 it will start the flashing process again and we dont want that.
7: after the program stops go to your dbox and start it up,

If the system starts up then you know its all worked well channel scan and see what happens , if you recieve a Kien system error of some kind on the lcd or the screen stays black, chances are that your image is crap, go source another and follow the steps bellow...

Kien system msg (cant remember at this point in time what the error is spelled like somthing along those lines anyway)

Get your self a Null Modem cable, not goin to need any network setup for this, hook it up to the serial port of the dbox2, other end to your port on your pc, i use a Shuttle based pc so never had any problems with serial..

once its hooked up get IFA ready with your Good image, select the cable to flash with and press next, this will output information to the console window which has just poped up, plug in your dbox to the power, if all is good the flashing msg will appear adn bobs your unlce wait for it to finish and unplug from power, go to pc and stop IFA...

hopefully the dbox2 will channel scan ok and thats it...
FTP into your box and copy back over your boquet file i hope you BACKED UP...

not too long i hope :|

lol..start a good book here..

[finnbee]

Thanks sounds easy enough

[$Furious]

Im also trying to use a null cable to flash does anyone have a sucsessful way of using it?

[davjac]

I have always found that using a null modem cable and xover cable together never fails when using ifa 1.5.6 using XP --- or ifa 3.0 using vista.
You can also just use a xover cable if just transferring files over using flash fxp but remember and set up a networking ip address so they can communicate with each other.
There is plenty of info on this site if you look around.

[tom-1988]

What is a 76b crossover cable does any1 no or have an image thanks