### Information, Guides & Tools - It's All In Here ###

[Devilfish]

Hopefully this thread will help you get started and is always a good place to check if you're lost!

Most of the info in this thread is based on the DM500. File locations will differ on the DM600/DM7020/DM7025.


### Info ###

Dreambox Helpfile
EMU Files and their Locations
Picture breakup, freezing, stuttering hints


### Guides ###

Guide to FlashFXP
Newbie Guide for Setting Up A DM500C
Guide to Flashing with DreamUp
How to Setup Bouquets on Enigma/Gemini Images
Backing Up an Image with FlashWizardPro
Flashing an Image with FlashWizardPro
How to Install an EMU
Streaming MP3s from your PC to your Dreambox
Recording to your PC using WinGrabZ
How do you install new Skins
Streaming AVI/DIVX Movies to your Dreambox
How to Stream your Dreambox Channels over the Internet


### Tools ###

FlashFXP (FTP Software)
Bitcontrol (For Streaming to PC)
Dbox2 to Dreambox Services Convertor
FlashWizardPro v6.3
Dreambox Control Center
Universal Dreamup
Dream Bouquetter (Services & Bouquets Converter)
DreamTool v0.1 (thanks to mrdude)

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Image Types

IMG - Images ending with .img can be flashed with either Dreamup, FlashWizardPro, DCC or using telnet.

FW2 - Images ending with .fw2 must be flashed using FashWizardPro version 6.3.

FWZ - Images ending with .fwz can be flashed using any version of FlashWizardPro.

Latest Images
DigitalWorldz Dream v2.0
Gemini 4.20
DIORJ v0.6
Neutrino Dream Plus Ultra 0.9b

Original Firmware rel1.08 (old tuner)
Original Firmware rel1.09 (new tuner)

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Telnet Commands

To flash an image using Telnet

This method will only work with a .img image file.

• Rename the image file to backup.img
• FTP the image file to the /tmp folder on the dreambox
• Telnet to your box and paste the following command:

cd /tmp && eraseall /dev/mtd/3 && cp backup.img /dev/mtd/3 && reboot​

To telnet, click START > RUN and type Telnet ip.address.of.dreambox
A command window will appear, enter username root and password dreambox.

To backup an image using Telnet

• Telnet to the box and paste the following command:

cat /dev/mtd/3 > /tmp/backup.img​

• FTP to the box and navigate to the /tmp
• Here you will find the backup.img file.

How to copy an image from your PC to the Dreambox via Telnet

First of all, you need to have a mounted directory from your PC.
Make sure you have the DW.img file in your mounted directory on your PC.

Telnet to the dreambox and paste this command:

cp /hdd/movie/DW.img /tmp/DW.img

The img will be copied from your mounted directory to the /tmp folder on the dreambox ready to be flashed.

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Services and Bouquets

When you do a transponder scan on your dreambox, automatic or manual, a services file is automatically generated with the frequencies and services ids of all the channels found. If you have successfully done a services scan and found all the channels, there's no need to copy over additional services files.

So you've managed to get all your channels and set up your bouquets just the way you want them. The first thing you want to do is back them up to your PC for safe keeping. If you need to flash the image again, for whatever reason, it's always good to have the services and bouquets backed up, then you simply copy the files to the box instead of setting them up from scratch again. Neutrino and Enigma are different in the way they store the services and bouquets.

Enigma

With enigma images, the services file doesn't have an extention and is stored in the following location:

services - /var/tuxbox/config/enigma

With enigma, each bouquet you create has it's own userbouquet file. These files are stored in:

userbouquet.*****.tv - /var/tuxbox/config/enigma/cable

There's also a file called bouquets (without extention) in /var/tuxbox/config/enigma that you want to backup as well.

So when you're backing them up to your PC you want to copy the 'services' and 'bouquets' files from ../enigma and all the 'userbouquet' files from ../enigma/cable folder.

Once you've copied them back to your dreambox, use the browser reload commands below. They won't take effect unless they are reloaded.
Some images may have a 'ReloadChannels' option, usually in the BLUE button menu or User Features menu, this can also be used to reload the channels.

Neutrino

With neutrino images, the file system is more like the dbox2.

services.xml - /var/tuxbox/config/zapit
ubouquets.xml - /var/tuxbox/config/zapit

All your bouquets are stored in the ubouquet.xml file instead of an individual file in enigma.

Same as above, you will need to reload the channels before they will take effect. On neutrino images, there's usually an option in the Services Menu to reload channels.

Reloading Services and Bouquets after transferring (using Enigma/Gemini)

Once you have transfered your backed up services and bouquets to /var/tuxbox/config/enigma, follow these instructions.

To reload services...

Open web browser and paste the following command into the address bar:

http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/reloadSettings​

(replace x with your own ip address)

To reload bouquets...

Open web browser and paste the following command into the address bar:

http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/reloadUserBouquets​

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How Can I Find Out The IP Address Of My Image?

If, for any reason, your settings on your dreambox are mixed up, your box boots up ok but you can't see your settings ok your TV, type this command into a cmd prompt.

FOR /L %i IN (1,1,254) DO ping -a -n 1 192.168.1.%i | FIND /i "Reply">>c:\ipaddresses.txt

This will ping every ip address between 1 and 254 for the desired subnet, i.e. 192.168.1.***. Alter the command to suit your own subnet.

Thanks to Mairyhinge for this tip.

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Dreambox Questions and Answers can be found here

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[Devilfish]

How Do I Use Dreamup?

If, for any reason, your box won't boot, you will have to use Dreamup to flash an image instead of Flash Wizard Pro or any other method. You won't be able to connect via ethernet so no ip address is required. It may be that the process simply hung up during flashing or you accidentally pulled the plug half way through (yes it did happen to me). This will get you back on track.

Required

• Null Modem Cable
• Image File (.img)
• DreamUp Program
  

Instructions

• Disconnect all cables from your dreambox, including the power
• Connect the null modem cable to the dreambox and to your PC
• Load Dreamup.exe
• Click Connect and you will see a message like this

• Connect the power and the bootloader should be copied to the box
• The message should now say 'Box attached and Ready'
• Click Flash on the right hand side and select the image to be flashed
• Click Yes or Ya (depending on the version)

Note: If you're flashing a backup image, select NO.

• The image should then be uploaded to the box
• There will be a countdown timer at the bottom of the program

• After the image is uploaded, it will be flashed to memory
• The finished process should look like this:

• Click OK and close down Dreamup
• Power off the dreambox for 30 seconds then power up
• If any errors appear, check all cables are connected properly and repeat the process but do not use the PC while it's running

Good Luck!

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[Devilfish]

How Do I Convert my Dbox2 Neutrino Services to Dreambox Enigma?

If you've made the transition from Dbox2 to Dreambox...Welcome!
Hopefully you've still got a backup copy of your Dbox2 services.xml and bouquets.xml files.

Required

Bouquetter Program
Dbox2 services.xml and bouquets.xml

Instructions

Install Bouquetter on your PC. It's in German but has the same installer as most applications.
Once installed, load it from the Start Menu. Ooops, doesn't work lol! You will have to go to C:\Program Files\Bouquetter\Bouquetter.exe to get the working program. Change the shortcut in the Start Menu if you want but you'll have to go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Bouquetter instead of your currenty username.

Create a new folder on your desktop and copy your dbox2 services.xml and bouquets.xml files to there.

• Load Bouquetter.exe
• Select Load Services
• Under the Load From File menu, select Neutrino

• Select the services.xml file from the folder on your desktop
• Select YES to the next box that comes up

If you expand Kabel: Kabelanschluss you should see your transponders and the channels in each.
If you expand User-Bouquets TV on the right you should see your bouquets.

• Select Save Services
• Under the Save To File menu, select Enigma

• Select Enigma (services) from the filetype pulldown list
• Call the file services (without an extention) and Save
• Close down Bouquetter

In your services folder on your desktop, you should now have a services and a bouquets file, without an extention, and lots of userbouquet files.

Using your FTP client, ftp the services and bouquets files to /var/tuxbox/config/enigma on your box.
Using your FTP client, ftp the userbouquet files to /var/tuxbox/config/enigma/cable on your box.

If you have an image with a Reload Channels option, do this now. If you don't, you will have to to do the following...

Open web browser and paste the following command into the address bar:

http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/reloadSettings
(replace x with your own ip address)

Open web browser and paste the following command into the address bar:

http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/reloadUserBouquets
(replace x with your own ip address)

You should get a screen saying OK after both these commands.

Press OK on your dreambox then BLUE to bring up your bouquets.
Hopefully they should all be there.

Good Luck!

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[Devilfish]

How Do I Hide/Lock Bouquets On An Enigma Image?

For this example, we will use the Adult bouquet to lock and hide.

• Select Setup menu then Parental Lock
• Select Parental Lock button and change pin to what you want and re-enter
• Select Save
• Select Service Organising
• Select Lock/Unlock Services
• Enter pin code
• Select Adult bouquet then select NO to lock it

You should have a padlock icon next to the bouquet now. You will be prompted to enter the pin when selecting this bouquet.

If you now want to hide the bouquet from the list...

Setup > Parental Lock > Hide Locked Bouquets > Save


How Do I Lock A Single Channels On An Enigma Image?

• Select Setup menu then Parental Lock
• Select Parental Lock button and change pin to what you want and re-enter
• Select Save
• Exit menus
• Press OK then RED (All Services)
• Scroll to channel you want to lock
• Press MENU
• Select Lock

Now even if the box is rebooted that channel will always be locked.

If the box is rebooted on a locked channel, it will ask for the unlock code on bootup.

How Do I Unlock A Single Channels On An Enigma Image?

• Press OK then RED (All Services)
• Scroll to channel you want to unlock
• Press MENU
• Select Unlock
• Enter Unlock Code

Good Luck!

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[Devilfish]

How Do I Setup A Mount for Direct Recording?

This guide will outline how to setup mounts for direct recording.

We will assume that the dreambox is setup and you are able to connect via FTP/Telnet and can access the web interface.

Whether we are mounting to a PC or a NAS, we will need a shared folder to record to. For these examples we will use Recordings.

To share the folder...

• Right click the folder and select Sharing and Security
• Check the box that says Share this folder on a network
• Check the box that says Allow network users to change my files
• The Share name: should be the same as the name of the folder

Enable File and Printer Sharing on the PC hosting the shared folder.

• Open the Control Panel and select Network Connections
• Right click the network card and select properties
• Check the box next to File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
• Select OK and close Control Panel

Direct Recording to a PC

Using the remote select MENU > SETUP > EXPERT SETUP > COMMUNICATION SETUP > MOUNTS

IP: <ip.address.of.pc>
Select CIFS form the pulldown menu on the right hand side
Dir: <name of shared folder on pc><press yellow for capital letters>
LocalDir: /hdd/movie
Options: rw,soft,udp,nolock
Extra: nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192
User: <account on pc>
Password: <password on account, if no password leave blank>
Select Automount
Select Mount

A message should appear saying CIFS mount OK!

Save settings and exit from all the menus.

• To start direct recording, select Start Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

This may vary depending on what image you are using.

• To stop direct recording, select Stop Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

Check your shared folder on the PC and hopefully you should have a recording.

Direct Recording to a NAS Drive

Open your browser and enter the ip address of your dreambox into the address bar. This should bring up the web interface. To mount to a Samba share we have to use the web interface and not the remote menus.

Select CONFIG > MOUNT MANAGER > ADD

Fill in the settings to match your network

The User Name: will be the admin account on the NAS...usually admin.
The Password: will be the admin password on the NAS...usually admin.
(I would advise changing this in the NAS web interface to something other than admin)
If you have given the Recordings folder a password of it's own, you will need to use this in the mount settings.

Select Save.

Click Mount and if all is correct a GREEN tick should appear. This can take about 10 seconds to mount.

• To start direct recording, select Start Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

This may vary depending on what image you are using.

• To stop direct recording, select Stop Direct Recording from the Blue Button menu.

Check your shared folder on the NAS and hopefully you should have a recording.

To Playback Your Recording

Using the remote select MENU > FILE MODE >RECORDED MOVIES

A list of your recordings should come up.
Highlight the recording and press OK to start.

Good Luck!

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[Devilfish]

Making Your Dreambox Wireless

There seems to be an ever increasing want to connect your dreambox to the internet. New images are being created with Addon menus which allow you to download plugins, emu, games, etc. direct to your dreambox. Your dreambox just needs to be connect to the internet!

Via Router

This is by far the easiest method of connecting it to the internet.

First of all, we'll assume that you can already connect to your box via FTP via a crossover cable. If you can't, you might want to read up on that before attempting this.

Now, what we'll need is...

• Ethernet cable (crossover or patch)
• Router
• Modem

We'll also assume that you have a router (wireless or not) and that your modem is connected to the 'Internet' or 'WAN' port.

If you have a free port on your wireless router, you can connect your dreambox to this. Use the ethernet cable (crossover or patch, most modern routers will accept either) connect one end to your dreambox and one end to a free port on your router. You don't need to change any settings on your router or PC.

Over to the dreambox. Navigate to the networking page on your dreambox.

Setup -> Expert Setup -> Communication Setup

There is a section in this page called 'Default Gateway'. You need to put the ip address of your router in there. It's usually 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1 (depending on the manufacturer). You can find out my opening your browser and typing one of the ip addresses in to the address bar. If you are presented with the router config page or a box asking for a username and password, this is the ip address for your router.

If you have enabled DHCP support on your router, all you have to do it tick the DHCP box in this page, save settings, reboot box and that's that. The router will automatically assign the dreambox an ip address and it's now connected to the internet.

If you don't have DHCP enabled, you will need to assign a static ip address to the dreambox manually. This needs to be in the same subnet as your router ip address. The subnet is the first 3 ranges of the ip address, i.e. 192.168.1.*. Make the last range anything between 2-254 as long as another PC or laptop on your network doesn't have that ip address. Each device must have it's own ip address. Save settings and reboot box and you should be connected.

Via Wireless

There are devices which can make any ethernet equipped device into a wireless device. They are called a 'Wireless Ethernet Bridge' or a 'Wireless Gaming Adapter'. The settings on the dreambox are exactly the same as if you're using a router on it's own. The gateway to the internet is still via your wireless router so the router ip address needs to go into the 'Default Gateway' section. You're best getting these devices on Ebay or at a website like broadbandstuff.co.uk. You will need to follow the instructions that come with the device to connect it to your own network.

Via Modem

If you have a spare modem lying about, clone or original, you can use this to connect directly to the internet without any wireless devices or routers.

First of all, you will need to connect a PC or laptop to the modem to find out it's ip address. This ip address goes into the 'Default Gateway' section of the network settings page on your dreambox. Also enable DHCP on your dreambox. This is all that's needed.

So, now you have no excuse to get your dreambox connected to the internet. There are loads of great plugins out there that could enhance your dreambox experience. Some examples include an RSS Newsreader (for viewing RSS feeds from your favourite website or even the forum if the RSS option is enabled, DreamNetCast Internet Radio (listen to your favourite internet radio station) or Dream Weather X (gives you access to weather information).

I hope this has helped you and good luck!