Thanks Dre

Assuming your statement is 100% correct then 2 questions arise :-

1, Isn't it a bit short sighted of DM to provide 2 smartcard slots which are only capable of interacting with DreamCrypt ? Perhaps it is necessary to consider competing images in order to achieve greater versatility !

2. What services, if any, use the DreamCrypt encryption system ?

Another question that occurs to me and which is only marginally related :-

Is there a list anywhere of encryption systems and the services they serve ? This might be useful in terms of making an economical purchasing decision. I suppose it might be possible to laboriously compile one from Lyngsat.

Regards

DM7000 : Enigma 1 : 1.08

There are various issues and terminology that I have yet to understand and I have no wish to invite the moderators involvement by approaching subjects against the board rules, but, given the image I am about to flash (1.09) :-

I have not yet figured out how to interpret what is meant by CAM, CI and smartcard. Obviously I know what a smartcard is and I know what the initials CAM and CI stand for but there is some ambiguity in my mind about what authors mean when they use these terms. Bearing in mind the rules and therefore assuming these 'devices' are physical, what form difference is there (CAM, CI, smartcard) ?

How does a newbie learn where the legal/commercial boundaries are without some discussion of the terminology/technology ?

Is it necessary (avoiding contentious material) to use a PCMCIA CAM (appropriate to the service) with all service smartcards ?

Are the DM700 built-in smartcard slots an unused feature in this respect ?

If the smartcard slots are active then what services (encryption systems) are they compatible with ? (I'm assuming this will be a short list !)

As an example, I have subscribed to, and have a smartcard for a service encrypted using ViAccess. Do I also have to purchase a ViAccess PCMCIA CAM to use this card ? In either case, is there any configuration to do ?

Sorry for another lengthy post !

Thanks

Noggie, thanks very much for your prompt and detailed reply.

I vaguely remember putty but was more familiar with heavier commercial products (Exceed, Kterm etc). I'll take a look and remind myself. Have just sorted out a cross-over ethernet cable and a null-modem RS232 connector so I'll start to feel that I might know what I'm doing - firmware upgrade to 1.09 then a connection to my home network, though perhaps not in that order. Perhaps even a hard drive - I seem to remember there was a table of compatible drives somewhere .... I'll trawl the hardware section. It is hinted elsewhere that placing anything that the OS relies upon on a hard drive may cause difficulties as the drive is allowed to shutdown, better on CF it was suggested ? Still, my ambitions are not to stretch the software capabilities of my Dreambox, just to provide recording space and the means to move recordings around my network in appropriate formats for playback.

Thanks again

Dave

DM7000
enigma1
1.08

I know the box runs a form of Linux, presumably from EPROM, is this contained in the firmware image ?

or

is the firmware a like a library of drivers ? and if so how is the Linux updated ?

Is Enigma1 a 'permanently' running auto-started application running on top of Linux ? ( I would like to be able to kill and restart Enigma as mentioned elsewhere)

What is considered the easiest/cheapest/most reliable way of getting access to the Linux command line ?

I presume the IR keyboard will only interact with Enigma ?

I intend connecting the box to my home network and presume that some kind of terminal emulation from either of my Windows/Linux PC's will get me in ?

I can't remember if anything extra is required TE wise Linux to Linux ?

I presume, perhaps incorrectly, that the OS size restrictions preclude the use of X windows ?

Is there a good free/economical TE that is favoured by Dream users ?

Sorry for the large list of questions but I think they will be easy to answer for many of you and a major trawl of the forum would be required collect whatever answers may be there already. A comprehensive response may provide a shortcut for others in blissful (NOT) ignorance

I hope this gets more response than my only other post (0) !

Cheers

Dave

DM7000 : Enigma1(I imagine !) : Firmware 1.08

I've had my DM7000 a couple of years now but with a lengthy lay off of use. My recently renewed activity has reminded me how frequently the box locks up requiring a reboot when doing ostensibly simple things with the remote control ! I had expected to find a more modern version of the firmware by now, hoping this would fix the issue. Any suggestions why this happens and what the solution might be ?

Thanks

Dave