Help with the spiderbox

[Iantavis]

I've been using the spiderbox as a reciever for my greek nova subscription. I did an update of the box (foolishly) with the latest usb patch but now my greek nova card doesn't work. Any suggestions?

[blueflash234]

can you not reinstall the previous patch

[Iantavis]

I'm not sure what the patch was. I have had it for almost two years. I use it almost exclusively as a receiver for greek nova, but noticed it wasn't reading the internet, So I tried an update. I'm getting the free channels, but my subsciption card, which I paid for is not descrambling.

[Iantavis]

could the update erase the card?

[Iantavis]

Or being connected to the internet? would that kill a valid subsrciption?

[ramjet]

I dont understand what the internet has to do with descrambling the card

if you have patched it to 15 nov 2011 then all you have to do is turn the networking back on , make sure ethernet says connected , and turn UCAS back on and add the latest HDsoftcam

as for nova , I know they made changes recently so I have no idea if their official card still works in a spiderbox , no matter which patch is used

might be worth asking on the dedicated spiderbox forum about it ( not here )

[Iantavis]

I thought maybe when I was connected to the internet it might have erased the card thinking it was card sharing (i'm new to all this) how do i add latest hd softcam?...I'm getting the free to air channels.

[ramjet]

I thought maybe when I was connected to the internet it might have erased the card thinking it was card sharing (i'm new to all this) how do i add latest hd softcam?...I'm getting the free to air channels.

I cant see anything erasing a card , nothing at all

but if nova have paired cards to boxes or boxkeys then maybe it doesnt work anymore no matter what patch you use

all updates are done through a usb stick , including softcams

search the net and you will find all the info and files you need , not hard to do

softcams are required for UCAS to work

the old gift is now called ethernet so make sure it says CONNECTED below your login id in networking

none of which has anything to do with official nova cards , so best check the main spiderbox sites for nova info

[Iantavis]

Should the box be connected to the internet for this...i just want to use this as a reciever... I'm really green on this subject

[Shady]

for c/s you HAVE to be connected to the web yes

[ramjet]

Should the box be connected to the internet for this...i just want to use this as a reciever... I'm really green on this subject

seeing as you are so green , my advice is search out dedicated forums to get the info you need , as I dont believe we have one on here yet ( DK is a very good site , just not dedicated to spiders )

so let me say this

to use a card in the CA slot , no you dont need the internet

to use UCAS and softcams , no you dont need the internet

to use C/S , YES you need the internet and c or n lines

to use the spiderbox gift channels instead of the cards or UCAS , YES you need the internet in order to connect to the spiderbox dedicated gift srvr , called ethernet now

that gift service used to have nova working last year , but in the last few months since the karen murphy case nova made changes that more or less killed that service on a spiderbox

what I cannot tell you is if your official subbed card will still update and work or not , that is for you to determine yourself , as I do not own a nova card , I can tell you a sly card works in the CA slot , like say a freesat white card using 28 east

they have the odd channels like nova sports 1 on test on hotbird using the ethernet gift over the net , but most people use other footy channels instead , including me

hope that helps

[ramjet]

just read on the main forum that deals with spiders in their nova section that many subbed nova cards were turned off and anyone subscribing should contact their supplier

so be worthwhile getting the card tested in other boxes and also contacting the card supplier , as it may have nothing to do with your spiderbox , just coincidence ?

[achillco]

Hi all, i face a problem since last week. I have the pvr nova card and when i share it to my 3 receivers(a spiderbox server + 2 other), after a short time it blocks me. I called nova and they unblock my card because they have sent an update and it blocked it. The other problem is that the port i have set on spider server , blocks after a few hours and it remains blocked. Does spiderbox have a default port that uses the gift? i'm despered with that receiver. any suggestions?
Thank you in advance.

[Manic01]

You need to start your own thread seperate and make sure you dont go intoi the cs side of things too much as it is not allowed on here.