Is it possible to switch cams from remote?

[Chocolate]

Hi all,

the only way I know of switching CAMS (Common Interface, Cccam NewCS etc...) on my DM8k, is via the Blue Panel menu. Is there another way e.g. from DCC of switching cams from remote?

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[dubious]

Sure, just do it from telnet, killall cccam for eg or killall -9 cccam

To start cam from telnet just enter the name of the cam and hit enter. To see what switch options are available when you start a cam try running it with a -? or -help switch, for example running cccam with -? switch will show you this


usage: CCcam [-d] [-C <configfile>]
-d run in the foreground (implies -v and -q)
-v be verbose
-q don't use syslog (use on old systems)
-C <configfile> use <configfile> instead of default (/var/etc/CCcam.cfg)
-f filter on specific demux data (saves some CPU,
but some platforms might not handle this very well)
-n show network packets
-s disable server
-t show timing
-l disable self-learning capabilities


you could even make a few simple scripts which will kill one cam and start another and run them from telnet.

imho everyone should know how to do this anyway, as starting a cam from telnet will give output from the cam which you can use to analyse any problems which you may have.