The alternative AZbox HD detailed guide!

[gorski]

Mbox CS SW!!!

Prerequisites

a- Download the latest Mbox and unpack it.

Note: for AZbox HD you will need only the following files - from the comprehensive package for all kinds of different receivers, PC's and DVB-S cards: mbox_module [do no touch this one] and mbox.cfg [the latter must be edited according to your needs];

b- However, port.list file in the package is only an example. Also, mbox.prio , which together with ignore.list and allow.list one has to edit according to one’s own needs/setup.

By using the port file you tell the module to go to your local card and not to the CS. The other files are helping to get the best response from your peers, from the CS part of the SW. They tell Mbox which provider should be open by which card, which to ignore or allow. Prio file, of course, “prioritises”. It works well with packages encrypted in various encryption systems. Depending on which card in your CS network works best, you tell Mbox to prioritise that encryption system over all others. It will help speed up and stabilise the work of Mbox or other CS SW using such files.

Already in Mbox cwshare.cfg file one has the possibility to set priorities, what to open from where [which card/which receiver]. We shall come back to it all a little later...

c- Find good mbox.prio, ident.info, ignore.list and allow.list on the net and edit them according to your needs. More on that subject later.

d- Note your PC's and your AZbox HD's IP addresses.

e- If you already haven’t, download PuTTy from the net [freeware].

Create or edit your files

- Prior to that, the mbox.cfg file should be edited, using a Unix editor, as follows [only the important parameters, the rest is not to be touched]:

Z: { 11 01 } { 192.168.x.xxx 8000 } - this line you need to edit with your PC's correct IP address, of course, plus the port, so Black's plug-in Mbox Control Centre would work...

B: { 0 0 0 }

T: { /tmp/ }

K: { /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/ }

P: { /tmp/pmt.tmp }

Warning: make sure you get the file from Mbox 0.6 latest package! Then edit that one, don't just copy the old one, as changes might occur in the meantime.

- Now create your openxcas.conf, which should look like this, as Mower said [you can create a new one or edit an old one, using UE32 editor, as mentioned above]:

[module]
name = MboxCAS
daemon = mbox_module
version = 1.00

- Your cwshare.cfg should look like this [this is but a template but all you need to do is just edit the M and G lines at the bottom]:

# Mbox cardsharing config file #
# CaID
#H: { 091F0FF3 }
# Send ECM's at maximum 5 cards (please use this as default)
X: { 8 }
# Preffered cards ids (up to 32)
#X+: { 09610000:5 }
#X+: { 093B0000:10 }
#X+: { 0B000000:5 }
# max card's distance to use for ecm
I: { 3 }
#NDS system ->Resending ECM(s) on timeout interval
#N: { 400 200 }
N: { 400 200 }
#NDS system ->Resending ECM(s) on timeout interval
#
#4000 (4 seconds)-> resend current ecm on boxid if no dcw
#2000 (2 seconds)-> wait 2 more seconds for dcw ,if no dcw on time resend ecm(s) to all boxid's
#
O: { 4000 2000 }
#Connecting to newcamd server program Newcs
#
M: { myown.dyndns.org { mypassword}}
#
G: { mypeer.dyndns.something { our ports { hispassword { A2 A2 }}}}
G: { mypeer.dyndns.something { our ports { hispassword { A3 A3 }}}}

FTP your files to AZbox HD

- Connect with your AZbox HD via FTP[like FilleZilla client]. Put in your AZbox IP, use root as username and azbox as password, port 22 [Mbox CC will use port 21] in the appropriate boxes then click on -> connect -> go to EMU folder -> click on OpenXCAS folder

- In OpenXCAS folder make the MboxCAS folder via FilleZilla FTP client, [Linux is case sensitive, so it's MboxCAS] . How do you do it? Inside the OpenXCAS folder right click on empty space -> Create directory -> name it as described -> OK. It should be given the rights, this folder, so in FilleZilla: right click on MboxCAS folder -> File permissions -> 755 -> OK

- Copy [drag and drop] into it: mbox_module, mbox.cfg, cwshare.cfg and port.list. Give the rights [right click on it -> File permissions -> 755 -> OK] to mbox_module only.

- In your AZbox HD, using your FileZilla, find the /EMU/OpenXCAS/ folder [one up from MboxCAS]. In it you should find - and if you haven't got it then create it - a file called module.seq. Edit it to make Mbox the starting module. [Also, right click on it -> File permissions -> 755.] It should look something like this:

MboxCAS
#mgcamd
#MultiCAS
#newcs

That's it!!! At this point, we need no other "scripts" [files], says Mower!

- According to Mower's advice all you now need to do is to try to start the Mbox module, using Telnet [PuTTy or some such proggy], to make sure the module will start and there are no errors.

So, start the PuTTy.exe by double clicking on it,
log in with root as username [hit Enter on your keyboard],
azbox as password [Enter],
then, the following 3 commands [Copy & Paste and hit Enter for each] to kick-start Mbox and you'll see the traffic/log/what's going on:

cd /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/

chmod 755 mbox_module

./mbox_module

- If it isn't working I would advise you to REBOOT, then try the Telnet thing again.

The next Mbox stage – if needed...

- If everything is OK and you didn't mess up the editing [and the files are in good working order, of course] you can now try to experiment with other "scripts", like mbox.sh file, which looks like this [use your Unix editor to create it - just C&P the following into it]:

cd /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS
./mbox_module /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/mbox.cfg &

Save it as mbox.sh and put it into the MboxCAS folder via FTP, give it CHMOD rights to 755, then reboot your receiver and then restart Mbox, if needed.

- If everything isn't working you can then try to add the following files to AZbox HD's MboxCAS folder and try to start or improve the working of Mbox: mbox.prio, allow and ignore lists.

- In my OpenXCAS folder I also have openxcas.conf looking like this [one must edit it according to the plugins one has installed]:

[modules]
count = 4
active_auto = true
active_1 = MultiCAS
active_2 = newcs
active_3 = mgcamd
active_4 = MboxCAS

[module_1]
name = MultiCAS
daemon = emu_module
version = 1.57D

[module_2]
name = newcs
daemon = newcs
argument = -nd
version = 1.6
xcasapi = FALSE

[module_3]
name = mgcamd
daemon = mgcamd
version = 1.32
# argument = -a 3

[module_4]
ap= Yes
name = MboxCAS
daemon = mbox_module /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/mbox.cfg
xcasapi = TRUE
wait=13 sec
version = 0.6-10

[gorski]

For those of you with original or pirate cards

Thanx to Ribolovac from EX-YU forum [my translation and edit]:

Let me add, re. the C lines:

C lines are, in fact, the connections to the NewCS server, either from your local NewCS (local cards) placed in the AZbox HD or from other boxes.

But what I wanted to mention is: if you want to your peer to see your local card, read by the NewCS, then he C line in cwshare file must start with a local IP, i.e. 127.0.0.1.

In any other case, like DNS or an IP adres, like 192.168.xxx.xxx, the card won't be seen as local, provided that the card is in your box, which has installed both Mbox and NewCS.

Re. the latest version of Mbox

Thanx to Playdiune [my edit and additions]:

For the latest version of Mbox you will need

Normal use of mbox:
0- mbox_module
1- cwshare.cfg
2- mbox.cfg

With local cards:
1- port.list ( newcs and mpcs connection )
2-device_number.list ( direct cards )

Optional:
1- ident.info - used to know the providers name
2- ignore.list - used to ignore some providers and allow all the others
3- allow.list - used to allow some providers and ignore all the others
4- prio.list - prioritise in a specific sequence

hasta....

14) Mbox Control Centre

What is an Mbox Control Centre?

Mbox Control Centre [MCC] is an Mbox "plugin", i.e. it is written in aid of Mbox Card Sharing Software, which will allow you to control, edit and monitor the work of Mbox, installed in your Multimedia Centre, from your PC. It is written for Windows Operating System [OS].

Pre-requisites

The minimal requirement for MCC to work under Windows OS is Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher. One can easily download it from www.filehippo.com

The latest version is here Download .NET Framework Version 3.5 SP1 - FileHippo.com

Then, one can install the latest Mbox Control Centre. One can do it without uninstalling an older version, if one had MCC installed already. In fact, it's better not to uninstall it, as the new installation, done over the old one, will keep the old one's settings! So, the new version will just function, without one having to go through setting it all up, every time from scratch. And this is quite useful, as it takes a bit of time. I am about to describe all of the steps needed...

Settings

Start MCC: in Settings tab choose a language and give the profile a name.

Then, write the IP address of your Sat TV box, so your MCC [which you just installed to your PC] can make contact with Mbox installed in your Sat TV!

One can check it in one's sat TV box usually by going to -> Settings -> Internet part, using your remote.

Also, put in the path to your Mbox files, like mbox_module, keys, temporary files and mbox.cfg, as asked to.

In AZbox HD most files are in the same folder, so it's easier! Examples are in the MCC Settings and About tabs themselves! Here is what it looks like in AZbox HD setup:

Username: root
Password: azbox [unless you changed it]
Mbox Filename: Mbox
IP address: 192.168.x.xxx [whatever it is in your setup]
Path-Mbox: /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/
Path-Keys: /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/
Path-Temp: /tmp
Path-Mbox.cfg: /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/mbox.cfg

You will be able to edit mbox.cfg, for instance, from within MCC itself, while Mbox is in operation, once you set it up properly. We shall come to that later.

I have ticked the Passive FTP option. Save!

Edit your mbox.cfg

First, one must edit one's mbox.cfg file! In order to see the traffic between your box and other boxes on the net, as it is happening, one can write the following line in mbox.cfg file:

Z: { 11 01 } { 192.168.x.xxx 8000 } - where xxx stands for your PC's IP address.

Then, Mbox will send the data from your sat TV box to your PC. In the Trace tab of your MCC you will be able to see what is going on. We shall come back to it.

Check your PC's IP address in your Sys-Tray or Network -> show all -> to Properties.

Check that in your MCC, under tab "Trace" you have the same port, that is: 8000.

For Mbox:

K: { /EMU/OpenXCAS/MboxCAS/ }

Leave the rest be! Make sure you always use the mbox.cfg that comes with the version of Mbox you are using, i.e. the one appropriate for your version of Mbox! Why? Some parameters might change, like B: { 0 0 0 } recently changed...

A few functions explained

Start Mbox on an encrypted channel. Then MCC. In the main Mbox tab click on Refresh. You should see some information regarding the encryption system [CAS], if you have done everything correctly and you have a connection between Mbox and MCC. Then, click on Reload, see if your peers are online. If all is well, you will see some of your peers in green colour [= online]. If it isn't happening and you did everything right – reboot your receiver and restart Mbox.

When you do have the connection, go to the Trace tab, click on Reload in the upper hand corner, then click on a drop-down Menu "Select Peer to Trace" at the bottom and choose a peer, then Start trace. You should see the traffic on the screen. Click on Reload again, if necessary, to see something like this:

[13:33:23] Searching CW cache for CaID 0x1702, pid 0x1742...no CW in cache
[13:33:23] ->[DMX - 0] ECM (0x1742) send to xxxxxxxx.blogdns.com ( C444 DC49 5195 3DD8 DF3E EA06 7036 8B02 )
[13:33:23] <-CW (<-0) received from xxxxxxxx.blogdns.com (xxxx NOT in list) (192 ms)
[13:33:23] ===== Network ECM on CaID 0x1702, pid 0x1742 ====
[13:33:23] prov: D57E
[13:33:23] CW0: 29 97 F7 B7 CD 6B 9D D5
[13:33:23] CW1: F6 1F 53 68 E0 A1 B1 32

Now you can C&P the log of your troubles to get help or to report back how Mbox is behaving under given conditions.

Ignore/allow/prio files for Mbox!

Depending on the log one can then see which PID is [un]successful [“failed with PID...”] and that gives you the tool to make or edit your preference lists. You have 3 possibilities in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page, "Select/edit filename": ignore, allow or prio. After you choose one, click on Download. Now, if you had the file in Mbox folder of your receiver, you will be able to play with it and try to make your Mbox function more efficiently.

One can add the data one wants to receive in allow.list.

In the ignore.list it's the opposite - the stuff not to bother with.

Mbox.prio should set priorities in multiple PID streaming cases, so Mbox searches for an answer from virtual cards in a specific order that suits you better, depending on the virtual cards you may have.

That should speed up Mbox!!!

On islaremote link one has a full version of Mbox, with all the above files included!

Other functions in MCC

You can now edit other Mbox files, as mentioned above, like your mbox.cfg or cwshare.cfg from MCC interface. When you're done click on Upload.

There are more functions in MCC but now you have the principles of use and you can explore it to your heart’s content. It gives you a lot of control over what you are doing!

[gorski]

Native (Dreambox) CCcam – hacked for AZbox HD

The full CCcam for DreamBox [server, re-share and all] is ready to be used in AZbox HD, guys...The development will go on, no doubt but for now we have the privilege to test the first version, thanx to a few guys who figured out how to make it all "compatible"... Please, download the file from here:

Originally Posted by kanber_kav on Satdudez forum
EMU.rar - cccam file and script

More info is here: http://www.satdudez.org/forum/showthread.php?t=112731

I bet there are some non-IT people on this forum, who are not too familiar with Linux etc. I bet a few will need some simple, straight-forward, detailed and more or less step-by-step advice, how to use the complete package that Kanber_Kav put up... So, here is how I did it...

Following The_Ripper's great work and advice, I used K_K's version of T_R's files, and I installed the package like so:

I downloaded cccam-azbox-2.1.1 [= "emu.rar"] archive from K_K's post.

I decompressed it by right clicking on it [7zip -> Extract here]. I got EMU folder and 2 sub-folders:

-libs
-OpenXCAS

I went into the libs folder and edited CCcam.cfg to put the details of my peer's server, as advised in the file itself [added this line under #C: line in the file]:

C: peer.DynDNS.something port username password

I went into OpenXCAS folder and edited the following files [in order to make them correspond to what I have in my AZbox HD, so you need to do the same in accordance with your setup]:

-module.seq [this one is a must]

dvbapiCAS
#MboxCAS
#mgcamd
#MultiCAS
#newcs
#SCDXCas

-openxcas.conf [I am told this one isn't a must but I did it anyway...]

[modules]
count = 5
active_auto = true
active_1 = dvbapiCAS
active_2 = MboxCAS
active_3 = MultiCAS
active_4 = mgcamd
active_5 = newcs

[module_1]
name = dvbapiCAS
path = EMU/OpenXCAS/dvbapiCAS
daemon = emu_module
version = 0.1

[module_2]
ap= Yes
name = MboxCAS
daemon = mbox_module
wait=13 sec
version = 0.6_10

[module_3]
name = MultiCAS
daemon = emu_module
version = 1.57D-4T11-6B

[module_4]
name = mgcamd
daemon = mgcamd
version = 1.32
# argument = -a 3

[module_5]
name = newcs
daemon = newcs
argument = -nd
version = 1.6
xcasapi = FALSE

I used FileZilla Client to FTP it to my AZbox HD receiver and copied the lib folder into the folder EMU, then went into it and gave rights, i.e. CHMOD -> 755 to all the files inside.

Then, I copied the content of the OpenXCAS folder from my HDD into the AZbox HD OpenXCAS folder. I went into the folder itself and gave CHMOD to 755to the module and .sh file.

I didn't even have to reboot: I just restarted all the EMUs [via the Fast Forward button -> yellow button -> OK], then the dvbapiCAS with the OK button -> OK. It worked!

How to control CCcam!

This is how you can see your CCcam details, like who's your server, what s/he has on it, who's your client etc. etc. In your browser's address box put in: http://192.168.x.x:16001 – where „x“ = your AZbox HD's IP address.

That's enough to have your AZbox HD do its magic for you, even at this, Beta stage of development!!! We await further developments to make it more stable, faster and generally even more capable and user friendly!!! We wanna see DMM blown out of the water, as it were... hehe...

Good luck!!!

[gorski]

8) Additionally:

Additional plug-ins and how to deal with them

There are quite a few now. I‘ll only mention a few, mainly the ones helping with the EMU’s/CS SW.

The principles of installation and usage will easily be seen on those examples.

One can:
-install them from the net, directly into the AZbox HD or
-onto your PC and then into your AZbox HD.

If the former is the case – it’s dead easy, even my dead granny could do it, as described/made clear above, on numerous pieces of SW!

If the latter is the case, there are two ways. Let me explain the first possibility on the tevee4yu plug-in, by Chemstar:

Unpack, put/FTP the 2 files you get into /tmp folder of your AZbox HD -> HOME -> Plug-ins -> OpenXCAS -> Red button -> Install (tmp/plugins.lst) -> OK -> tevee4yu -> OK -> when installed hit the Exit button go to-> tevee4yu -> OK.

Use numbers 1 - 7 on your remote to move between packages.
Use buttons Menu and Check on your remote to move within packages.
Use arrows > & < to move up and down within a channel...

Mboxinfo and similar plug-ins by Kanber_Kav (and other enthusiast programmers) are all installed the same way. For instance:
Download mboxinfo.tar.gz by Kanber_Kav, from Satdudez; extract it to AZbox HD folder /tmp; you will get two files (mboxinfo.plugin & plugins.lst). Go to HOME -> Plug-ins -> red button to install mboxinfo.

Alternatively, place it on USB memory stick -> extract -> go to plug-ins -> red button -> Install (USB)

We now have Web Interface PHP by Joseba and then by Kiovo. Here is the "How to":

0) If you had installed an earlier version - delete it and reboot!!! If you have many plug-ins installed you will have to uninstall some stuff to make some space for httpd, as it is big and the space for EMUs [where httpd is going to] is rather limited!!!

1) Unpack httpd [right click on it -> 7-zip -> Extract here].

2) Start FileZilla -> create httpd sub-folder in EMU folderCreate Directory] and make sure it has "the rights" = CHMOD it to 755 if by a miracle it isn't already 755 [right click on it -> File Attributes -> 755 -> OK].

3) Drag & drop the whole content of httpd folder [you got by extracting it onto your HDD] into the newly created httpd folder in your AZbox HD.

4) This might not be needed for anything except the thttpd file but I did it anyway: CHMOD to every folder and file in httpd folder and also inside the azscripts sub-folder [including the monkus sub-folder and its content] -> CHMOD to 755 all of them [until I learn better, hehe...]

5) In the folder include you will find the file -> ip.conf -> right click on it -> View/Edit [I connected it with UE32, you can choose another Unix editor, like Notepad++, NOT Notepad, WordPad or Word!!!] -> edit the IP address to put in AZbox HD IP address, like 192.168.x.xxx -> Save!

6) Do the same for telnet.conf file but don't Save it yet!

7) If you have azbox as your password, then in the same file remove # in front of the following line, so it looks like this:
Script.script=login:|root|Password:|azbox|MMP[~]$ |df -h

In that case, put the # sign in front of the following line, to look like this:
#Script.script=login:|root|MMP[~]$ |df -h

If you have no password - it's the other way round.

If you changed your password - edit the password ["azbox"] itself.

Then -> Save!

8) I did the same thing in iperf.conf file [steps 5 & 7]!

9) Reboot!

10) Start PuTTy
-> write root for Login and hit Enter button on your keyboard, then
-> azbox for password [if you have it or whatever you may have changed it into] and Enter
-> then cd /EMU/httpd and Enter,then
-> ./httpd and Enter.

Here is the whole thing, to see what it looks like:

MMP login: root
Password:
MMP[~]$ cd /EMU/httpd
MMP[httpd]$ ./httpd

This will trigger the following:

kill AZBox webinterface
killall: thttpd: no process killed
killed
start AZBox webinterface

You can now close PuTTy.

11) Start Firefox and in the address box put in the AZbox HD address and hit Enter.

Like, http://192.168.x.xxx - where x = your AZbox HD IP address.

12) In your Firefox you will see AZbox Tools, on your left side, in the lower corner -> click on it -> if you want for the httpd plug-in to Auto-start -> click on Enable Webinterface Autostart! You will see this, then:

generate startscript

cp /EMU/httpd/S80httpd /DISK2/etc/start.d/
chmod 755 /DISK2/etc/start.d/S80httpd

AZBox Webinterface now start whenever the Box restarts!

There, have phun...:he5:

Btw, the Web Interface v. 0.3 has many options, more tools and toys, now!!! Screenshot capture works nicely, too...

GREAT DEVELOPMENT!!!:thumbs_up:

P.S. I can not stream any live TV to my PC yet. Screenshot capture doesn't work if you are watching something from your USB, for instance, etc. But it's getting better and better. You will eventually be able to programme your machine from work, for instance... arty:

Many plug-ins to go...

You have seen a list of plug-ins a little earlier, so no need to mention them, one by one. Just try them out, see if they are something you need or if they amuse you...

One more thing: in the lower right hand corner of your Elite model remote, just above the USB button, there is a “fast forward” button [“> >|”], which will give you direct access to various “important” plug-ins, namely EMU/CS SW plug-ins, like Mbox, MGcamd, CCcam, MultiCAS and the like, once you bother to install them well...

How to change your AZbox HD's password

Not so unimportant, if you want to keep the undesirables away from your box... Thanx Lordshoa!

OK I wanted to show you how to change the password on your AZbox with PuTTy.
I thought of using pictures but it was a little long winded so went with video.
I done it a few times till I got a quick reasonable result.

YouTube - Using Putty with AzBoz HD To Change Password

[gorski]

How to stream stuff from your PC with XP to AZbox HD

With Windows XP it's dead simple to make various folders visible, to your AZbox HD!

Start your Windows Explorer -> go to the main folders or even whole partitions you want shared -> right click on them -> Sharing and Security, then gave the rights -> Allow to be shared. I also went to -> Customise and -> Apply the template to all sub-folders -> Apply and -> OK.

Then - just in case - I went a bit "lower" and repeated the whole thing to the Music, Video and Photo folders, one by one, and – lo & behold - NTFS or not, firewall or not, who cares - all the movies and other media files are playable, in AZbox HD, using its Multimedia Player!!!

How do you do it? If you press the HOME button on your remote and go to -> Movies, for instance, you will be able to navigate to the folders you just enabled to be shared and watch a movie on your AZbox HD. Or listen to the Music in your music Menu or pictures in your Photos Menu...

We are still waiting for various limits to be removed - for all multimedia files, mind... Photos have the max resolution of 1920 x 1080 and so on... Apparently, a new Chief Programmer should focus Opensat engineers' attention to various bugs, in the bid to finally get the FW 1.0. Ahem...

Streaming from PC/Laptop with Vista -> to AZbox HD

Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows Features on or off -> here I added/installed anything even remotely connected with whatever I need to use for AZbox HD and Multimedia [Telnet Server & Client, TFTP Client, Services for NFS and whatever else you find interesting...arty:], since lay people like me cannot know exactly what's what in there, hehe...

Start -> Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Centre -> then, here allow:

Network Discovery
File Sharing
Media Sharing

So, those to ON!!!!
The rest to OFF.

At the bottom of that page click on
"Show me all the files and folders I am sharing".

Now, go to a partition or a folder or a file you wan to "share" -> right click -> Properties -> Sharing -> Advanced Sharing -> Share This Folder -> Permissions -> Everyone [only "Read" is enough, from all the options there] -> Apply -> OK.

Security -> Everyone.

Customise -> All items -> choose/tick "Also apply this template to all subfolders" -> Apply -> OK or Close, whatever's there...

AZbox HD remote: HOME -> Movies -> .. -> Network -> find your Home Network, then your PC, then the partition/folder where your films are stored and choose...

The same for Music -> find your music or Photos -> find them [not all will work, mind, as there are some limitations still... waiting for the good programmers to sort it all out... and to stop stretching our photos, too...]. :regular_smile:

Theeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrreeeee........ arty:

Sigma processor, its driver and AZbox HD owners' blues...

(W)LAN and USB streaming are still limited/capped and we are not amused.... Just so the newbies are not tearing their hair out: some demanding stuff will not play properly! Beware!

Even though we have a new chief programmer – what can he do, when it's mostly down to the Sigma people and they seem... well, ****!!!

Apparently, they won't give the tools to other companies and they are, therefore, the bottleneck in terms of AZbox HD development!!!

What is baffling is that there is a very similar processor used in Opensat's Popcorn Media Player, we are told, which functions just fine. The one in AZbox HD apparently is even more capable but still...

It seems we shall be waiting a bit longer for highly compressed .mkv files etc., being streamed via (W)LAN or USB to play properly... I can't say anything about the built-in HDD, sadly...

Here are the [previous] FW bugs listed by the most organised people (you guessed it, it's the Germans!):

AzboxHD Bugtracker 0.9.2880 
  Bugtracker – MyAzbox HD Wiki 
  From this forum: Startseite - AZ-Box User Forum

INSTEAD OF CONCLUSION

More of such stuff is coming, we are told. The FW itself is still in Beta stages and we are expecting that it will get faster, more stable and full of features, once the manufacturers of the chip [Sigma] start writing faster and better drivers for its product, in a more responsive manner to the needs of their customers – ultimately us!!!

That should be giving us more control and insight into the workings of the FW, in conjuncture with the plug-ins.
We are being told “another month or two”, for way too long now... But! Even if it’s a bit late – hopefully the results will be worth the wait!

We are waiting for a lot of good stuff that other receivers have, like a proper “all-in-one” server/client CS/EMU and a lot more...

I hope they don’t drag it too long, as many are already a the end of their tethers... Even if our Multimedia Centre is superior - in terms of quality of its HW and its potential to do great things, no other receivers of its class can do anywhere near as well as AZbox HD – they should not spend the credit they have... for now!!!

Good luck to us all!!!

Goran/gorski

P.S. I’ll try to add more info later, when I learn new tricks, hehe...

[gorski]

Please, do not discuss matters here, do not post "thank you" messages and do not ask questions in this thread, so we can keep it clean and "information only".:wink_smile::regular_smile: This is where to do it:

http://www.satmoz.com/forum/showthre...433#post196433

Thanx!:thumbs_up:

[gorski]

A little bump with the developments around FW 0.9.3501...

OK, re. EPG

Start your PuTTy [telnet], log in and type this in:

Quote:
mkdir -p /PLUGINS/EURO_EPG
then reboot!!!

GO TO PLUGINS MENU AND THERE YOU WILL SEE THE PLUGIN ACTIVE!!!! THE EPG FOR 3 DAYS ON FREESAT, UK AND ITALY!!!

I pressed Receive EPG on all 3 packages... one must increase memory to maximum 15MB!!! Then press "Receive"...

My advice: do just one of them at a time. Otherwise they might get stuck...

16'E -> Total TV -> RTS 1 and 2 -> 7 day EPG IS WORKING without the plugin!!!!

Btw, it may not work on latter versions of "daily beta-beta" FWs...

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IP TV

The attached file goes to: /DISK2 folder.

You will see 4 IP TV channels. Sometimes they may be bad, depending on how many users are online...

Because of this file your box might behave a bit strange, at times, including rebooting every time into a different channel and even Radio channels, if you try to add channels you may not be able to delete them properly [without a new install and a removal of the file] etc.

But a good development!!!

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There is a new MultiCAS/FW interaction now, guys... :regular_smile:

Now we have a possibility to put in the newcamd server details, too!

I will add the info in a separate threa... :wink_smile:

[gorski]

OKI, how to stream your pics, music and vids from your PC under Windows 7 to your AZbox HD...

[quite similar to Vista, really]

I first went to Win7 components and activated everything network related there: Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Turn Windows Features On or Off -> tick the Media Features, Network stuff, Telnet Client, TFTP etc. -> OK.

Then, I managed to get W7 to work with it all - network-wise and sharing-wise...

Go to: Start -> Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center -> click on Choose homegroup and sharing options -> choose the folders to share. Tick the option to "stream your pictures, music and videos on my home network".

Click on Change Advanced Sharing Options:

You are here: Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings
turn on network discovery
turn on file and printer sharing
stop the "Public Folder Sharing"

Go to Media Streaming Options, which is in: Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center\Media streaming options -> and there...
Name your media library [your nick, for instance]
Show devices in the local network -> Allow all
Media programs etc. etc. -> Allowed

Go back [BACK button]:
leave the 128b encryption to on
turn off password protected sharing
allow Windows to manage homegroup connections.

Then, start your Windows Explorer and
find all the folders you want to share
right click on each folder and go to Properties
click on Share tab -> click on the little arrow downwards to get the drop down menu and choose Everyone, then click on Add.
Give "Everyone" the permission to READ ONLY and click on Share.
You have more controls/options under Advanced Sharing button in the little window, too. Go to it and check the permissions etc. When you're done, in the main Properties little window, finish by clicking on Apply and Close.

Reboot your PC or at least reboot your AZbox HD and try finding your PC and the folders to stream. Sometimes, one needn't reboot, mind! :regular_smile:

Voila...:wink_smile:

[gorski]

Not to forget...

How to make and use a dyndns free service/account...

It's a simple but more detailed guide than the one already provided here:

go to _https://www.dyndns.com/account/entrance/ and then...

choose a username
then a password
confirm it
provide them with a valid email [you must!]
confirm it
security image - carefully put it in the box provided
click on "I agree with Terms & conditions"
click on "Create account".

You get an email.
Click on the link provided to activate the account.

Login at the dyndns.org website.

Go to: My Service -> Add hostaname -> create it: xyz.dyndns.org or something else you choose there [they have a few].
Click on “Use auto detected IP address xx.xxx.xxx.xx”.
"Add To Cart" -> it will say something like “You must checkout to activate”.
Click on "Next" and then on
"Activate Service".

You should see: “Host Services successfully activated”.

Go and CS... :wink_smile:

Login regularly [weekly] so they don’t delete your account! They do it without any warning! :regular_smile:


P.S. GBox, [and the SSSP derivatives, like MGcamd and Mbox, for instance], need this to function, for both Client and Server services. If you only use CCcam client service, it is not needed.

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Info re. the DynDNS in AZbox HD itself...

Home -> Settings -> Network Service -> Dynamic DNS service -> Enabled -> Setting:

Thanx for the format info to Tsakman [dyndns] and Hans [no-ip]:

DNS System: dyndns @ dyndns.com or dyndns @ dyndns.org (without spaces)
Host Name: yourhost.dyndns.org
User Name: username to log into dyndns
Password: password to log into dyndns

This is complete inadyn.conf for No-IP Service
Put it with your Data to Disk2
--background
--update_period_sec 30
--username YOUR EMAIL
--password YOU PASSWORD
--dyndns_system defaultatno-ip.com
--alias YOUR DYDNS ALIAS

You need also the -- in front of the Lines

[gorski]

The Final version, re. the original FW, before the E2 takes over... we hope...

Enjoy!