Free-X TV - Sky Crypt - Joker CAM
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Confused?
Well, read on....
It is a rather unconventional product.
This CAM is meant to decode the Adult Hard Core channel Free-X TV. It does decode the channel via the firmware in the CAM only. So there is no additional Smart card needed. There are people now however, who have written their own additional software for this CAM, thus enabling it to decode multiple coding systems. As with the Magic Module and Irdeto Freecam for instance.
The official procedure for loading the firmware, as provided by the Free-X TV provider, did not work for me. For those interested, that description is included in the Free-X_TV.zip file which you can find in the download archive.
So, let me explain the load procedure that works for me:
A. Preparing the funcard (Chipcat will NOT work):
1. start your programmer software and select the funcard you have (4 or 5)
2. select the .hex file as the flash file
3. leave the internal eeprom file blank
4. select the .bin as the external eeprom file
(Note that in most sofware you can select the file type .bin, so converting to .hex is not necessary)
Very Important Note:
If your software offers the option of skipping blank parts (FF strings) during programming, you should turn that option off. For instance in Masterburner there is a configuration option called "EEPROM ignoriere FF-String". Make sure that that option is NOT ticked when programming the Free-X software.
B. Loading the firmware to the CAM:
1. select an uncoded (FTA = Free To Air) channel on your receiver
2. switch off your receiver
3. put the CAM in the receiver
4. put the funcard in the CAM
5. switch the receiver on again
(the message Initialising CI module will appear on your screen)
6. now go to the Common Interface or CAM menu of the receiver
7. select the appropriate CI module slot
(the receiver will ask you if you want to use the smartcard to update the module)
8. Answer Yes.
(you will now be told to restart the receiver)
9. switch the receiver Off
10. switch the receiver On again.
(the message Initialising CI module will again appear on your screen)
11. go to the Common Interface or CAM menu of the receiver
12. select the appropriate CI module slot
(the receiver will tell you: module is downloading )
(wait until the process is completed)
13. switch the receiver Off
14. remove the funcard from your CAM
15. switch the receiver On again.
That is it. This procedure works just fine for me.
As told above, there is firmware for this module which allows the use of 6-in-1 files. That firmware is distributed as Joker CAM firmware. Don't ask me where to get it. Use a search engine to find it!!!
I have tested the Joker CAM firmware version 0.70 which now also supports Betacrypt. So from this version forward, the CAM is now a real 6-in-1 capable CAM.
The installation procedure for the Joker CAM firmware is identical to the procedure for the original firmware. And you can rest assured that the Free-X TV channels will still be decoded properly, even with the Joker CAM firmware loaded.
If you need it, you can download the original Free-X TV CAM software from the download archive. Mind you, that is the original Free-X TV firmware only. Don't ask me for the Joker CAM software because I will not answer to those questions.
Got problems programming your funcard properly?
Here are some solutions to the most common problems:
1. As mentioned above, you need to write the complete eeprom data to your card. Now the problem is that not all software does that correctly (as standard). Masterburner for instance has a configuration option called "EEPROM ignoriere FF-String". By default, that option is turned on. This does mean however that those parts of the eeprom file, containing FF strings, will be skipped, resulting in a faulty eeprom. So if you use Masterburner (or any other software that allows to set this option) make sure you turn it OFF.
2. A very common problem is that during erasing, the external eeprom on your card might not be (completely) erased. To overcome such incomplete erasing, I have put a zip file in the download archive, containing all blank eeprom files. Just program your cards eeprom with the appropriate sized blank eeprom file first. Then program the intended eeprom hex file and you card will function properly.
You will find the zip file in the folder "Eeprom_Files".
3. If you are using Cardpro in combination with the serial version Multipro (or the ISO 7816) then you can not program the funcard 5. At least not by default. I have uploaded an extra .INI file to the Cardpro-Multipro folder of the download archive, which allows you to program the funcard 5. Just download and unzip the zip file and place the .INI file in your local programs folder, in the same folder where the Cardpro software is installed.
If you now start Cardpro, you will see the funcard 5 at the end of the card selection menu.
Please note : The .INI file will not function entirely flawless. The last 20 bytes of the eeprom file will not be read. There is not enough buffer space. Now I never come across any funcard 5 file that uses any of those last 20 bytes, so it will most probably work for your files too. You just should be aware that because of this buffer space shortage, you will get an error message when loading the eeprom file. Simply ignore that error and continue as if no message appeared.