Guide: Flashing a Dreambox with Dreamup

**kerman** · 24th January, 2010, 02:10 AM

hello i cant see the files to download and when i want to post new thread i cant find in forum new thread
thanks

**najwalia** · 24th January, 2010, 02:15 AM

thank you mr nibor .
i tried with dreamup also when i press connect in the dreamup programmer .after i plug my receiver to power black receiver led . no response.i do not know whats wrong with the receiver or Gemini image is not allow to upgrade other image , but receiver is working fine , with Gemini ,only the problem when i want to change the channel i have to use left+right button , not up+down
is there any siltstone ?? so i can change channels with up down button
thank you

**Nibor** · 24th January, 2010, 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by kerman

hello i cant see the files to download and when i want to post new thread i cant find in forum new thread
thanks

are you logged in?

**Nibor** · 24th January, 2010, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by najwalia

thank you mr nibor .
i tried with dreamup also when i press connect in the dreamup programmer .after i plug my receiver to power black receiver led . no response.i do not know whats wrong with the receiver or Gemini image is not allow to upgrade other image , but receiver is working fine , with Gemini ,only the problem when i want to change the channel i have to use left+right button , not up+down
is there any siltstone ?? so i can change channels with up down button
thank you

have you enabled/disabled the "dont open serial port"?
it should be disabled to get access

**najwalia** · 24th January, 2010, 02:35 AM

have you enabled/disabled the "dont open serial port"?
it should be disabled to get access
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in the receiver or in the computer?
thank you?

**Nibor** · 24th January, 2010, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by najwalia

have you enabled/disabled the "dont open serial port"?
it should be disabled to get access
--------------------
in the receiver or in the computer?
thank you?

In the expert menu on the Dreambox

**torreseemee** · 24th January, 2010, 05:50 PM

i have to learn more about this...
i am newbie..

**Nibor** · 24th January, 2010, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by torreseemee

i have to learn more about this...
i am newbie..

There is plenty of guides on this forum, where you will learn everything

**ymag** · 28th January, 2010, 10:02 AM

Thank you for the instructions.

However; finding a pc or a notebook with a serial port is very hard to find these days and with almost all "usb 2 serial" cables not functioning well, i hope an alternative solution can be found sometime soon.

My only solution, until now, is a 15 year old notebook which I hope it doesn't totally break down until another solution is out.

**Nibor** · 28th January, 2010, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by ymag

Thank you for the instructions.

However; finding a pc or a notebook with a serial port is very hard to find these days and with almost all "usb 2 serial" cables not functioning well, i hope an alternative solution can be found sometime soon.

My only solution, until now, is a 15 year old notebook which I hope it doesn't totally break down until another solution is out.

Yeah I know.... I use a USB to RS232 adaptor from DealExtreme: Cool Gadgets at the Right Price - Site-Wide Free Shipping (Page 1) and it works 100%

Then you get a normal Null modem cable connected to the adaptor, and everything works.

I have tried to use a direct USB to serial cable with little luck...

**harryh38** · 28th January, 2010, 06:53 PM

Its sticking on loading enigma likely due to me deleting some thing I shouldnt. Is there a reboot/ recovery ?
Its a year or so since I first flashed the box and setup.
The dreamup guide look good but is it the complete set up that I need to where the dreambox manual take over the instrution.
Ill give it ago after down loading dreamup.
harry

**Nibor** · 28th January, 2010, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by harryh38

Its sticking on loading enigma likely due to me deleting some thing I shouldnt. Is there a reboot/ recovery ?
Its a year or so since I first flashed the box and setup.
The dreamup guide look good but is it the complete set up that I need to where the dreambox manual take over the instrution.
Ill give it ago after down loading dreamup.
harry

As long as you have a bootloader that works, dreamup should do everything right....even if you miss anything on your DB and uses a image that is complete.... (when you are flashing a DB you are rewriting everything in flash)

Have you tried different images?

When you have flashed the box with a image that is good, restart the box and everything should work.

(it should boot properly, but you might see the boot image on the screen as you dont have any channels but when you click fex menu, you should get the menu)

**dede6023** · 12th February, 2010, 09:53 PM

OK, but what about ?f the 'Flash' button does not get activated ?
I get :
Dreambox DM600PVR
and then nothing else ...

Thanks

**jdar002** · 14th February, 2010, 12:41 PM

Hi everyone.
This site looks like it has all the info I am going to need...
Great!

I am just about to flash my db500 with the latest gemini image.
As I've read the gemini is the most powerful one...
Will this enable my db to sync to more sat channels?
What other advantages do we get from flashing another image?

Sorry about the questions... I am a true newbie!