help cardserver

[ninug66]

guys,

this is not as such a db prob but related to.
I am working to setup a linux box to share an Italian card within my internal home network of dvb cards and db.
I am trying to configure 'cardserver' deamon on one of my linux pcs for an italian card but after several attempts the card is still failing. I am using a Phoenix interface with the pc connected to com2 - at 3.58Mhz.

If I use an old goldcard programmed with seca 1 files, the card is recognised and the deamon is started without any problems.

[root@RedHat9 etc]# /bin/cardserver
[cardserver 09:58:58] compiled Sep 25 2004, 09:28:21
[cardserver 09:58:58] Card 1/0 reset
[cardserver 09:58:59] Card 1/0 init Seca card, please wait
[cardserver 09:59:00] Sun Oct 10 09:59:00 CEST 2004
[cardserver 09:59:00] Card 1/0 caid 0100
[cardserver 09:59:00] Card 1/0 listening on port 10000

however if I replace the card with an italian card, the program is failing to recognise the card .

[root@RedHat9 etc]# /bin/cardserver
[cardserver 10:07:16] compiled Sep 25 2004, 09:28:21
[cardserver 10:07:16] Card 1/0 reset
[cardserver 10:07:20] Card 1/0 reset failed

my cardserv.cfg is as follows :
SERIAL_PORT = 1
TCP_PORT = 10000
EMM-G = no
EMM-S = no
EMM-U = no
SPECIAL_FEATURES = no
# DISABLE_PIN = yes
(tried the above settings to yes and also the DISABLE_PIN option)

Any help please???

thanks

[LittleJoe]

1. Did your card work on dreambox internal slots?

2. Verify carefully your phoenix freq. must be 3.58.

3. If you remove and re-insert the card. Is cardserver detecting that?
If not, try to add/change this param.

CARD_DETECT_BIT = DCD

# CARD_DETECT_BIT (L)
# different Phoenix readers sometimes use different serial lines to detect an
# inserted card, here you can specify, which line cardserver should use for a
# particular card. Possible values are CTS, DCD and DSR
# Default is CTS for sc8in1 and dbox2 serport 1, DCD otherwise
# Will be rejected for SERIAL_PORT = 0, 1 on Dreambox (internal cardreaders)
# CARD_DETECT_BIT = DCD

[ninug66]

thank you littlejoe,
problem just solved, it seems that the power supply for the phoenix programmer was dead.
replaced power supply and card was identified successfully.

I also set CARD_DETECT_BIT to CTS, for the reader to recognise that the card has been removed. DCD was not recognising that the card has been removed.