A good question A “softcam” is a peice of software (or in some cases a firmware) which emulators the cam (conditional access module) that would have been needed to decode transmission, it basically emulates its functions, some will also emulate the entire card and protection systems such as for example the Nagra 1 softcams of old, they would emulate correctly (well enough) the calls and answers from the provider which in turn would give you access to the programming. Card sharing is basically where you have 1 receiver with a legitimate access card (Sky, Canal, Nova, Tring, Polsat etc.) which then shares out the correct data (keys, info, teirs etc.) to other boxs its connected to. Think of it as a plug socket where you have 1 socket and a extenstion with 4 on and your pretty close to the basic idea of what card sharing is. There are some articles buried in the site with bigger, longer and well more boring explanations.

Now as for you uploading the emulators you really only need CCCam and a Cline from a card sharing service from somewhere. If you are trying to upload keys to a softcam can you will need to find a online list somewhere of the latest keys which is going to depend on what your trying to get. Hi, I think the problem you are having is because 1 of your boxs is a DM500S a satellite box and the other box a DM500C a cable box. The line will be for one or the other, you could have 2 satellite boxs or 2 cable boxs sharing 1 Nline if setup right, however in your case I think they are different boxs from the info you posted. You will most likely find your Nline is for a satellite card sharing service of some sort (Sky, Canal, Polsat, Nova etc.) and not cable (NTL, Telewest, Cable & Wireless, Virgin Media).

They are 2 very different systems both have different equipment, encryptions, cards, service providers etc. So just check what boxs you have and post that up •. Yeah your right, my dm500c box is connected to NTL.

I got to the point where i am able to get all the channels onto my dreambox using the automatic transponder scan. As far as i can tell it has pretty much the same channels as my sattelite box upstairs that is turned to 28.2E. But the only difference is that on the cable box only the freeview channels seem to work, the other channels like sky etc are just black. I need to know what addon i need etc. Minor Bgp Routing Protocol Usage Requires A License. And where i could buy a c or n line for cable.