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

Peter Bennett (cats22) cats22 at comcast.net
Sat Dec 20 01:31:30 UTC 2014


On 12/18/2014 11:10 PM, Ronald Frazier wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net
> <mailto:ron at ronfrazier.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Per Hatlevik
>     <jakeisawake at gmail.com <mailto:jakeisawake at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         is your card paired to the device correctly? i just moved from
>         a hdhomerun prime to a ceton infinitv6 eth and initially i
>         just swapped the cable card and was able to record most
>         channels but not everything i'm subscribed to. in the web
>         interface on the ceton there is a message about validation. if
>         the card is not validated i was not able to receive any CCI
>         info (same error you see) and so the cgms data took over. 
>
>         once i paired the card correctly and saw the :/Validated,
>         validation message is received, authenticated, and the IDs
>         match those in the current binding"/ i got CCI info on all
>         channels subscribed and am able to record from everything.
>
>
>     Agreed...definitely make sure it's paired properly. My cablecard
>     also came unpaired when swapping between my prime and ceton, and
>     although it was able to still decrypt the channels when in the
>     Ceton unpaired, it could not get the CGMS flags after my firmware
>     was downgraded to the good version. Once re-paired, the CCI
>     reappeared and the CGMS was no more.
>
>     And for the record, 1.5.2_F.p.3001 was what I got downgraded to,
>     and (once I got it paired again) is what is working perfectly at
>     the moment.
>
>
> Correction...I meant to say:
> "and although it was able to still decrypt the channels when in the
> Ceton unpaired, it could not get the ***CCI*** flags after my firmware
> was downgraded to the good version."
>  
>
> -- 
> Ron Frazier
>

Thanks for the info - you are correct, the card is unpaired. It was
paired once, I wonder if the firmware upgrade or downgrade process
unpairs it.

I will get onto Comcast and get it paired again.

Peter



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