| FTA News & Announcements Discuss topics in the news that relate to FTA. |
 |
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: ABADSS
Posts: 16,138
Thanks: 3,062
Thanked 12,969 Times in 5,000 Posts
|
BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
c/p from viewsat spokesman, Cyphris:
"BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
Yes it's true, As was anticipated in 2008 that the providers will be looking at doing a card swap the first signs are here... on BEV ch.263 they have added the SWAP channel for instructions to subs on how to go about the swap. The new card they are going with is the S06. They have also released 2 new HD receivers the 6141 and 9242 which are 8psk ready. They have already tried sending out new firmware to some of their subs IRDs yesterday which in turn caused many subs IRDs to reboot constantly. Many new changes to come and will have to see how things transpire. There is still long life in FTA and VS is on top of it all."
|
|
|
|
The Following 36 Users Say Thank You to arboristman For This Useful Post:
|
basic122 (June 7th, 2008),
blackbeard73 (February 12th, 2008),
blizzard4dish (February 12th, 2008),
BONES45 (February 12th, 2008),
boocoodinkydow (February 13th, 2008),
boowillie1 (February 19th, 2008),
chiswood (February 12th, 2008),
craigzz (February 12th, 2008),
dal bilkoski (February 13th, 2008),
Dan2007 (February 21st, 2008),
devinsp (February 14th, 2008),
fernindan (June 1st, 2008),
gioleooleo (May 23rd, 2008),
hewolf (February 21st, 2008),
JJM (February 13th, 2008),
joe84 (June 6th, 2008),
just4ufolks (February 12th, 2008),
k.r. (February 26th, 2008),
kapitan (February 17th, 2008),
kenneth_turk (February 19th, 2008),
laduana (February 12th, 2008),
LadyVanita (February 13th, 2008),
marco598 (4 Days Ago),
nightowl2 (February 12th, 2008),
NiteLine (February 14th, 2008),
NOMERCY (February 13th, 2008),
peps54 (February 12th, 2008),
phylop (February 14th, 2008),
ramblin2208 (May 23rd, 2008),
restorerancient (February 13th, 2008),
scflor (June 6th, 2008),
setofdoubles (February 13th, 2008),
spidermann (February 13th, 2008),
storman666 (February 12th, 2008),
stucazz0 (April 12th, 2008),
toe (May 23rd, 2008)
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#2 (permalink)
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: ABADSS
Posts: 16,138
Thanks: 3,062
Thanked 12,969 Times in 5,000 Posts
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
c/p from another viewsat frontman,TDG
"Soon is a relative term..
The new firmware bev sent down has been playing hell on sub'd receivers, causing reboots, black screens etc. Many of the older units will have to be replaced to accept the new S06 card Bev is planning to use. This will not be a quick process, even with only 2 million subs, there's just too many receivers, as well as cards to replace. Don't expect Dishnet to follow immediately either. They will eventually replace their smart cards, but we're still talking quite a ways off yet. Simply doing the math will shed some light on a card swap. If dish has 10 million subs that they need to get new cards out to, take 10 mil and divide by 365 days (1yr) and you will see that 27,397 cards need to be sent out, every single day (including weekends, holidays etc.)! So, there's no need for panic, we all knew a card swap was imminent, just not yet..
FYI, The new bins ARE running a limited emu and it's working (obviously). Dynamic hashes require more than a simple patch (else all other units would be up), and we're seeing some very spirited competition by the coders from all the boxes that are up. GOOD JOB!
Only boxes running some sort of emu will survive, others will be relegated back to true FTA purposes. There's no patch for dynamic code.
These few are showing they have the tenacity, & know how to stay in the game. Kudo's to ALL the Teams for a job well done!
Remember, I said "it would be a bumpy ride", and "we'd soon see who has the juice to stay up".. Guess what? We're seeing it now!
It's still "Far from Over" "
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 27 Users Say Thank You to arboristman For This Useful Post:
|
basic122 (June 7th, 2008),
bimmer1020 (February 17th, 2008),
blizzard4dish (February 12th, 2008),
boocoodinkydow (February 13th, 2008),
Cyberhd (February 13th, 2008),
Dan2007 (February 21st, 2008),
devinsp (February 14th, 2008),
Dinanatuto (February 22nd, 2008),
gearman60 (May 23rd, 2008),
jomako (February 13th, 2008),
just4ufolks (February 12th, 2008),
kapitan (February 17th, 2008),
marco598 (4 Days Ago),
monoxid (February 12th, 2008),
peggy13 (February 14th, 2008),
peps54 (February 12th, 2008),
phylop (February 14th, 2008),
restorerancient (February 13th, 2008),
rickr1105 (May 24th, 2008),
scflor (June 6th, 2008),
setofdoubles (February 13th, 2008),
spidermann (May 30th, 2008),
storman666 (February 12th, 2008),
Tbass (February 12th, 2008),
toe (May 23rd, 2008),
vje45 (February 12th, 2008),
willlowbear (May 23rd, 2008)
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#3 (permalink)
|
|
Knows FTA
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 176
Thanks: 46
Thanked 48 Times in 41 Posts
Rep Power: 2
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
good to hear that despite card swaps and ird updates, coders are ontop of this already  |
|
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#4 (permalink)
|
|
Veteran Abadss Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Canada New Brunswick
Posts: 455
Thanks: 280
Thanked 222 Times in 105 Posts
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
Ah well the faster they do it, the faster we will know were we stand!
and faster we will be back up again for a while! |
|
|
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#5 (permalink)
|
|
Knows FTA
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 176
Thanks: 46
Thanked 48 Times in 41 Posts
Rep Power: 2
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
definately gotta give a hats off to the coders tho, for sure. the fact that they've created even a partial emu of what echostar/nagrastar have done this time around is something in itself. i know i woulda posted sooner, giving them props, but in all honesty, i was suffering from tv withdrawls. had the shakes and everything rofl.
|
|
|
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#6 (permalink)
|
|
FTA Novice
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 58
Thanks: 0
Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts
Rep Power: 1
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
well it was on the way and it was expected
|
|
|
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#7 (permalink)
|
|
Expert Site Helper
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,717
Thanks: 632
Thanked 912 Times in 579 Posts
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
Well this is a bad news good news situation i guess. Bad news of coarse is if the coders can stay ahead of this without being down to long, or completely.
Good news for now they will have some time to work on it and bev may be a little quieter with there ecm`s.
Beef
__________________
Testing:
Coolsat 6000 .... door stop
Nfusion
Waiting on .... Nuvenio HD
Viewsat.. Platinum>> Ultra >> 9000HD
|
|
|
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#8 (permalink)
|
|
Veteran Abadss Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Google Earth - GPS -Assist
Posts: 3,362
Thanks: 1,592
Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,063 Posts
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
Hat's off to the hard working folks in the FTA community...CODERS MAGIC at it's best ...even if the challenges and complexity of the ever evolving operational environment are on the horizon .. THE CODERS are up to the challenge folks...thanx to all the dedicated folks in FTA that bring good things to life and enhance your experience to take it to the next level of this FTA hobby...and most cost effective entertainment that there is?
Enjoy the show folks..and....Stay rt here with ABADss ur one stop FTA resource n 4 all d updates and more...
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to just4ufolks For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
February 12th, 2008
|
#9 (permalink)
|
|
Veteran Abadss Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in a small town clinging to my guns and religion
Posts: 1,477
Thanks: 472
Thanked 723 Times in 415 Posts
|
Re: BEV Card Swap on the Way !!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beefeater1
Well this is a bad news good news situation i guess. Bad news of coarse is if the coders can stay ahead of this without being down to long, or completely.
Good news for now they will have some time to work on it and bev may be a little quieter with there ecm`s.
Beef
|
Soon they won't need to ecm at all,lololol. I think we are  soon.
Definately not Good news bro.
__________________
I HOPE I AM NOT OFFENDING ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!! 
|
|
|
|
