Guide: Flashing a Dreambox with Dreamup

**antenna123** · 1st July, 2011, 01:49 AM

hi every! i was wonder if someone could help, I'm trying to flash a DM 500S, however I'm having some difficulty. using dreamup software and Null Modem Cable going through all the progress as show but when i get to the final stage (select the image to be flashed)(i`m using pli-jade-dm500-maxvar-2009..img file)by the way. after countdown timer a message come up saying(aborted by user,exiting) don`t understand why!!!) many thank in ad`vant.

**peterdougie** · 6th July, 2011, 05:49 PM

never flashed a dreambox tutorial would come in handy anyone

**Shady** · 6th July, 2011, 05:51 PM

hmmm.. try reading the first post... you're IN the tutorial thread

**redout** · 12th July, 2011, 04:13 PM

Whats the story with the newer boxes like 800se as they have no rs232 - is it flash by browser only?

**mika1** · 28th July, 2011, 03:47 AM

hi , can some one help me out i ben trin to conect dreambox to browser but it wont conect i dont know why i hav dreambox 800hd clon

**AllyB** · 6th August, 2011, 09:05 AM

hi,

my dreambox appears to not be booting, i cannot flash the normal way so i thought i would try dream up, my pc however does not have anywhere to connect a null modem cable too, will a usb adapter or some sort of custom cable work or do i need to get a serial card for my pc, its a new pc so have to be pci express one, is there such a thing??

thanks

**mikk** · 6th August, 2011, 12:26 PM

I used a usb to serial adapter with my laptop no problem.

**aland365** · 23rd August, 2011, 11:49 AM

I keep getting an error message during flashing..any ideas?

**boursaloum1** · 23rd August, 2011, 02:16 PM

Hi , thanks for this very useful tutorial, I have teid it on my box, but a message keeps poping up .....saying error Con-port aborting, what does this mean, and what should I do
Thanks

**ngangekrubally** · 23rd August, 2011, 04:44 PM

hello all
i am trying to flash my dm500 but dreamup wont recognize it. i am using a null cable connected to the laptop with through usb. DO i really need a pcmcia cable

**ili99** · 1st September, 2011, 08:55 PM

is it possible to accelerate the flash time?

**kindo** · 4th October, 2011, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by aland365

I keep getting an error message during flashing..any ideas?

try using dreamup v1.3.3.4. if error remain it could be hardware fault.
br..

**kindo** · 4th October, 2011, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by ngangekrubally

hello all
i am trying to flash my dm500 but dreamup wont recognize it. i am using a null cable connected to the laptop with through usb. DO i really need a pcmcia cable

maybe u r ot using right nullmodem cable. pls check with multimeter it is straight link or cross.. nullmodem cable is cross.

**ayowilliams** · 9th October, 2011, 06:12 PM

I tried flashing my DM500S using Universal DreamUp V1.3.2(becos it's not booting), everything seem ok for a while, but later gave ERROR resetting lock-bits!
Could you guys pls tell me what to do from here?

**andy91** · 9th October, 2011, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by ayowilliams

I tried flashing my DM500S using Universal DreamUp V1.3.2(becos it's not booting), everything seem ok for a while, but later gave ERROR resetting lock-bits!
Could you guys pls tell me what to do from here?

Dreamup 1.3.3.4 is very popular make sure you're using null modem cable on a desktop pc.

Andy.