Which Smartcard Reader is best

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Whats the best Smartcard reader for using on a home server ??

1/. Omnikey ??

2/. Smargo ??

3/. Infiniti USB Smart ??

Can anyone who has any of these, possibly make any comments without breaking any rules ?

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This will be interesting!

[soviet]

Whats the best Smartcard reader for using on a home server ??

1/. Omnikey ??

2/. Smargo ??

3/. Infiniti USB Smart ??

Can anyone who has any of these, possibly make any comments without breaking any rules ?

I have both an Omnikey and smargo. I used both on a dm800 and currently have an atom server running smargo's. The omnikey is pretty cheap compared to the other choices. They run the sky card well using cccam 2.1.3 with ECM times around 0.1 although with omnikey + newcs I had ECM of 0.08 with the Sly 0963.

I use smargo's now rather than omnikeys now as they are smaller and compact :D

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Whats the benefits of using a cardreader rather than the internal card reader?

[icaicm]

Whats the best Smartcard reader for using on a home server ??

1/. Omnikey ??

2/. Smargo ??

3/. Infiniti USB Smart ??

Can anyone who has any of these, possibly make any comments without breaking any rules ?


hi

it depends to what emu you are using it on. on newcs omnikey is better. but for cccam smargo is the business.

[Sat-Shop]

Not sure if this counts for anything but we sell far more of the Omnikey 3121 over the other 2, but then they are less than half the price... Also seem very popular in Denmark of late...

[soviet]

hi

it depends to what emu you are using it on. on newcs omnikey is better. but for cccam smargo is the business.

Spot on, I forgot to mention that. Very solid with NewCs.


Not sure if this counts for anything but we sell far more of the Omnikey 3121 over the other 2, but then they are less than half the price... Also seem very popular in Denmark of late...

Indeed. I only use smargo's because they have no cable and look tidy but where a smargo costs ?30-?40 an omni key can be brought at around ?9 and pretty much does the same thing :D

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I have both an Omnikey and smargo. I used both on a dm800 and currently have an atom server running smargo's. The omnikey is pretty cheap compared to the other choices. They run the sky card well using cccam 2.1.3 with ECM times around 0.1 although with omnikey + newcs I had ECM of 0.08 with the Sly 0963.

I use smargo's now rather than omnikeys now as they are smaller and compact :D

I get these speeds with the dm500 internal card reader?

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I get these speeds with the dm500 internal card reader?Whats the benefits of using a cardreader rather than the internal card reader?


External card readers are used by users who run a seperate server. ie, a pc running linux. This allows the user to experiment with different boxes etc without having their server going on and off.....

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External card readers are used by users who run a seperate server. ie, a pc running linux. This allows the user to experiment with different boxes etc without having their server going on and off.....

But at the same time they could use a seperate dreambox?

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If you wanted to yes you could...but using a dedicated server can process a lot more connections and because it has more RAM and a faster cpu, it makes the job so much easier. Also it can help extend the life of a STB as you do not need to have it on stand-by. You can use a old pc you have lying around for a server. A lot cheaper than buying another STB

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If you wanted to yes you could...but using a dedicated server can process a lot more connections and because it has more RAM and a faster cpu, it makes the job so much easier. Also it can help extend the life of a STB as you do not need to have it on stand-by. You can use a old pc you have lying around for a server. A lot cheaper than buying another STB

Thanks, lets not go off topic now.

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Not sure if this counts for anything but we sell far more of the Omnikey 3121 over the other 2, but then they are less than half the price... Also seem very popular in Denmark of late...

If anyone can recommend the omnikey 3121 for 2.1.3, I shall be getting one from our site sponsor

[soviet]

I get these speeds with the dm500 internal card reader?

Yes, the dm500 performs at those speeds with the 0963 caid. However I dont want my dm to run 24/7 so I have a mini itx pc running my cards. At one point i even used a nslu2 to run a server...


If anyone can recommend the omnikey 3121 for 2.1.3, I shall be getting one from our site sponsor

Yeah the 3121 is a very good purchase.

[Adam_UK]

On a similar subject, I can have only one card in my DB500 but if I have more cards will I need an external card reader? how to connect it to the box? By using the RS232 on the back of the box?

[soviet]

On a similar subject, I can have only one card in my DB500 but if I have more cards will I need an external card reader? how to connect it to the box? By using the RS232 on the back of the box?

Ideally if you want to share more cards one will need to build a pc based server. Its not very hard and can be done cheaply. With the DM500 you cannot use the usb card readers such as Smargo or Omnikey as the drivers available are only for Enigma 2 (Dm 7xxx and 8xx series). Not too sure about the rs232 option though mate, maybe someone else knows about this?

[piptaps]

question still remains. Is there any advantage of using a card reader than a dm500 buit in slot?

I have been reading cards with dm500 with no issues at all

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Is it possible to connect another card reader to a dm500s ??

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Is it possible to connect another card reader to a dm500s ??

Omnikey 3111 serial cardreader

[BIGKEN75]

yeah i agree

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will the STB recognise both of them at the same time ??

[red devil]

or a DM7020 has 2 card slots and a usb port

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well i have 2 STB, both with a slot in each of them....and my server even has a omnikey without any local....3 slots No card !! lol

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well i have 2 STB, both with a slot in each of them....and my server even has a omnikey without any local....3 slots No card !! lol

you telling me you got no xmas cards? lol

Make sure you read on how to configure these little things otherwise they will burn your card.

[Adam_UK]

Ideally if you want to share more cards one will need to build a pc based server. Its not very hard and can be done cheaply. With the DM500 you cannot use the usb card readers such as Smargo or Omnikey as the drivers available are only for Enigma 2 (Dm 7xxx and 8xx series). Not too sure about the rs232 option though mate, maybe someone else knows about this?

I have a PC Pentium 4 with 1 GB RAM, any Linux OS will be OK such as Redhat?
With the cards are these are physical not virtual cards? I mean there are 4 USB ports on the PC so I can have up to 4 card readers or may be use USB hub? Will Linux OS have all drivers for them?

Thanks

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I have a PC Pentium 4 with 1 GB RAM, any Linux OS will be OK such as Redhat?
With the cards are these are physical not virtual cards? I mean there are 4 USB ports on the PC so I can have up to 4 card readers or may be use USB hub? Will Linux OS have all drivers for them?

Thanks

telling you how to set up a server is against the rules. you would need linux server os ie, ubuntu server.

[Adam_UK]

Thanks Jackpot
I like to play with the software more than anything else because I work in IT so it is something similar to my day to day work, not intended to do anything with C/S.

Cheers

[red devil]

anyone got one of these Infinity USB (http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=productsdetail&ProductID=7) working, not sure if its compatible thats why i ask
Thanks

[icaicm]

hi

i have used both smargo and omnikey 3121 and they are both solid.

for newcs server omnikey is awesome and runs very good without any problem.

for cccam server smargo is the best as you do not have to configure anything just plug and go. also run very sweet.

icaicm

[2tone]

anyone got one of these Infinity USB (http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=productsdetail&ProductID=7) working, not sure if its compatible thats why i ask
Thanks

hit and miss so it is know people that have it working on a 7020 tryed to get it working on my 8000 but could not get it to work has some thing to do with the drivers but have had it working on a linxu pc server before for some test's

[red devil]

thanks 2tone, have one lying in the drawer there not much use for anything else now so might try it and see

[2tone]

There is a driver you can download off most of the download servers that is said to work but im not sure what receiver your going to use but i think its some thing to do with getting it to go in to Phoenix mode and stay in phoenix mode, when i got it working on a linux pc i used the comands below and it did work didnt use them on the dreambox as i was not sure if they would work also people that have them working on linxu pc and on some dreamboxs have said they do work well another reader to look at that works well with some cards is the infinity usb smart this one is more built for linux take from there site


The core functionality is a phoenix/smartmouse interface, compatible with any Windows, Linux-based system or embedded Linux-based systems like DreamBox, Set-top boxes (STB) or other industrial controller.


cd /home/2tone/nftytool-1.1

sudo ./nftytool -p phoenix -- -p phoenix -f 3.58 -e

[milkybarkid]

whatever you do dont buy infinity usb smart they are absolute junk and full of bugs regardless of what they advertise they will do i can personly tell you they dont do anything more than a smargo. 6.00mhz my foot you wont find anyone with one of these reading gamma neither does smargo but smargo dont pretend to.

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can anyone pm me any details on how i configure my sly card within cfg file ?? Frequencies etc