[mythtv-users] Comcast and Cablecard CGMS copy-once problem

[John Adams]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:07:06 +0000
Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Peter Bennett (cats22)
> <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:
> ....
> > Does anybody know what version of cablecard firmware was in place
> > before this CGMS copy-once issue came up?
> > Version PKEY1.5.3_F.p.1201 is what I had and has the problem.
> > Comcast has on my request downgraded me to PKEY1.5.2_F.p.3001 and
> > the problem is still the same. I cannot receive USA Network (763).
> 
> 1.5.2-3001 is 3 years old (more or less).  I suspect
> that that should be old enough (but I do not live, nor
> know anyone who lives, in a Comcast Cisco franchise
> to be able to say for sure).  Certainly others have said
> this is a recent change (and 1.5.2 is not at all recent,
> although given how long some MSOs take to roll out
> new CableCARD firmware, it might be recent to them).
> 
> > The ceton device shows the message "Copy Generation Management
> > System - Analog: "One Copy" (0x02)". The ceton log still shows
> > these  messages:
> 
> Does the Ceton show a CCI flag?  Is it possible that there
> are multiple issues in play here, in that Comcast is, indeed,
> not sending a CCI=copy_freely for that channel?
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I have firmware PKEY 1.5.2_F.p.2401 in my Comcast/Cisco  card.
That allows USA to work without a problem.  

-- 
John Adams (mythtv at onevista.com)