How To X-Cam

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costa46

How To Program an XCam

Downloading Main Program
1. Install and open the proggy Xcloader.
2. Select the download file and set the block item to Block2.
3. Press the connect buton.
4. Now go to your receiver and select Update item from CI menu.
5. Press “OK” to Activate loader
6. Wait until ‘Transfer Done!’ message on Xcloader program appears.
7. Shut off receiver even when it's not giving you the message it's finished.
8. Put on receiver, go into the CI-menu again, go to settings and select “default Key”.
9. Enjoy!

Downloading new Key Table
1.Select the key table file(softcam.key) and set the block item to Block14.
2. Press Connect button, then the following message will pop-up:
3. Now go to your receiver and select Update item from CI menu.
4. Press “OK” key of to Activate loader
5. Wait until ‘Transfer Done!’ message on Xcloader program appears.
6. Shut off receiver even when it's not giving you the message it's finished.
7. Put on receiver, go into the CI-menu again, go to settings and select “default Key”.

Enjoy.
 
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costa46

A Useful procedure if something goes wrong with programming the CAM - It works:

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Just in case of a possible not complete firmware updating you can have the followings malfunctions: 
- CAM shows an anomalous operation in “EMU” mode 
- If you insert an official card you have frequent freezing 
- Impossibility to program a new Firmware 

Then you can try the following procedure: 

1) Use a Decoder that powers the CAM also in Stand By 
2) Insert the CAM into the Decoder (switch off with remote (DO NOT POWER DOWN AT THE MAINS) 
3) Insert the serial programmer into your XCAM 
4) Switch-on the decoder and go to a FTA channel 
5) Verify the installed firmware (1.01 or 1.02 or 1.03T) 
6) On the PC start the X-Loader Program 

Now it’s where you have to trick your CAM. 
All of you is aware of the fact that in Block 2 you should write the Firmware and on Block 14 the softcam.key. 
In this case (and remember on in this case of anomalous CAM), you load the softcam.key in block 2 instead of block 14. 

7) Press Connect 
 Go to the CAM parameters 
9) Activate the loader 
10) The programming starts 
11) At the end of programming, do not exit from the program X-Loader !!!!! 
12) With the remote, verify the CAM parameter 
13) You should now read “XCAM Module” like a new virgin CAM!! 
14) Now you can load the new firmware in the X-Loader and program it in block 2 of your CAM 
15) Press connect (without doing anything in the CAM menu) and the firmware download will start automatically. 
16) At the end of download, switch off the decoder (not powered) and remove the programmer without removing the CAM from the decoder 
17) Switch on the decoder on the previously selected FTA channel 
1 Read CAM parameter to verify correct firmware updating
 
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costa46

KEY2HEX is a program to convert SOFTCAM.KEY files into HEX or BIN files
which can be used with a Funcard to update XCAM block 14.

You will need firmware version 1.04 with Funcard support for this to work.


1. Download latest SOFTCAM.KEY from usual places.

2. Run KEY2HEX.EXE.

3. Select your preferred output format (HEX or BIN).

4. Use the browse (...) button to locate your SOFTCAM.KEY, or drag and
drop the file from Win Explorer.

5. If you use drag and drop the file will convert automatically,
otherwise click Convert.

6. Upload generated file into external EEPROM of a Funcard, and XCUP.HEX
into the flash of the card.

7. Tune your receiver to a FTA channel.

8. Insert the Funcard into the XCAM.

9. Select Update from the XCAM menu, and wait for it to finish.

10. Remove Funcard. Your XCAM is updated with the new SOFTCAM.KEY!
 
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costa46

update your xcam by PCMCIA

here two driver that should help you with the update of the cam (Xcam version or Orion) by PCMCIA

Thanks Mefisto:thum:
 
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