TallPaul
02-10-11, 20:03
Ok, have a genuine card for skylink (Irdeto) on 23.5E that I now want to use in the VU+ Duo I just bought from world of satellite for viewing/recording the channels it provides.
I assumed that I could throw the card in a Irdeto hardware CAM and put it in the Duo like a technomate etc and it would just work ok, but this is where I am getting confused reading threads on the topic? There is some information on this and other forums that suggests I need to use a softcam and the card in the internal (Conax according to spec) reader instead with a Duo, limitation of how it works?
Now I understand what a softcam does, i.e. emulate a hardware CAM to talk to the card, and I am aware of some of the ways in which the subsequent communication between softcam and card can be abused, but they don't interest me I just want to use genuine card in one receiver to watch/record channels card provides.
Hence the question: Can I use a standard hardware CAM in the Duo as I would do in a technomate etc?
(And in case your wondering why I haven't just tested it, I am waiting for LNB's and a load of bits and bobs to arrive to install the Duo with diseqc switching between multi sats so its still not connected at the moment)
I assumed that I could throw the card in a Irdeto hardware CAM and put it in the Duo like a technomate etc and it would just work ok, but this is where I am getting confused reading threads on the topic? There is some information on this and other forums that suggests I need to use a softcam and the card in the internal (Conax according to spec) reader instead with a Duo, limitation of how it works?
Now I understand what a softcam does, i.e. emulate a hardware CAM to talk to the card, and I am aware of some of the ways in which the subsequent communication between softcam and card can be abused, but they don't interest me I just want to use genuine card in one receiver to watch/record channels card provides.
Hence the question: Can I use a standard hardware CAM in the Duo as I would do in a technomate etc?
(And in case your wondering why I haven't just tested it, I am waiting for LNB's and a load of bits and bobs to arrive to install the Duo with diseqc switching between multi sats so its still not connected at the moment)