Had a phone call from by Brother about a problem he's got with his Dreambox 800. when he starts up it comes up with No Ca found. this happens before it shows up the IP address of the dreambox.
I checked the error out on the internet and it seems quite easy to fix using a Null Cable and Dream up.
But the problem is the Null cable fixes into the dreambox no problem but neither my computer or his has the same connection on our PC's.
Is there any other way can you use Dream up USB to USB? or I noticed on Ebay you can get a USB to RS232 Serial Null Modem Cable COM DB 9 Pin Lead would this work.
Any hekp would be much appreciated he's driving me mad about it.
Or would it be easier to by a pci com adapter card from ebay?
The CA error occurs when you've flashed a clone 800 with an original image, dream built clone protection measures into the second stage bootloader which checks the authenticity of the on board SIM card. The box will fail to boot if the SIM card is not an original, you need to get hold of a modified second stage bootloader which is compatible with your onboard clone SIM. Clones usually have either a SIM 2.0 or Ferrari SIM, which require different bootloaders, usually named something like SSLxxC or SSLxxF respectively. You can use DreamUP in serial mode to reflash the secondstage alone without having to reflash the entire image and yes you need the USB to Serial converter and null modem lead. Oh and just to ensure complete compatibilty with the drivers contained within the image, it is best to get hold of the same version (78, 79 ..81 etc) of the clone bootloader or as close to the original version.
I'm surprised your brother has had this trouble, if by the sound of it, he hasn't tried a reflash. The only thing I can think of is if he's tried an online image update - a real no-no for clone users.