Updated November 24, 2003. TSReader Analyze, Decode and Record MPEG2 Transport Streams click here Whats Here A second card type is the contactless smart card, in which the card communicates with and is powered by the reader through RF induction technology at data rates of. Cardmans CAMs. To start with then the abbreviation CAM stands for Conditional Access Module. Since people who do not yet know what a CAM is will still be in the dark, then the most direct explanation for the function of a CAM is that a CAM is a digital version of an analogue decoder. Therefore, CAMs are for use with smartcards like official subscription cards, where the CAM provides an interface between the smartcard and the digital satellite receiver. However, unlike the old analogue decoders, it is actually the digital receiver that provides the end picture decryption, where the CAMs function is just tell it how to do this decryption from information obtained from both the card and the CAM. The other important aspect here are the two letters of C and I that usually proceeds the CAM word, where the abbreviation of CI in this case means Common Interface. Long ago, and even with some modern digital receivers, CAMs used to come built into the receiver. This was certainly not helpful if you wish to later subscribe to some service using an alternate Conditional Access System, where for this reason some receivers even had CAMs that could be switched over. However, to avoid different receivers having different CAM interfaces, then so was the Common Interface created. This means that every receiver with one or more Common Interface slots can make use of all available CI CAMs. And as you can see from below CI CAMs look very much like PCMCIA computer cards, where you can even insert CI CAMs into your laptop computer if desired. Conax Card Reader Software' title='Conax Card Reader Software' />Now the last important aspect about CAMs is concerning my above mention of Conditional Access System, where this is like saying what flavour the CAM comes in. What I mean is that if you have a Mediaguard II subscription card, then so do you need a CAM that supports Mediaguard II. As going out and buying a CAM that say supports only Viaccess II will not help at all in using your subscription card to decode these paid for encrypted stations using the Mediaguard II Conditional Access System. Therefore, before buying the following CAMs, then make sure that your digital receiver has the required Common Interface slot, followed by making sure that the CAM you wish to buy matches the same Conditional Access System as used by your card. Matrix Reborn CI CAMThis Matrix Reborn CI CAM is the latest and most powerful CAM within the Matrix CAM range when it can do all that the Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions CAM can do and more. And since this Matrix Reborn CAM has additional memory for future expansion then so is this one of the most future proof CAMs around. Based on the Omni. Crypt chip this is a UCAS CAM with Z CAS compatibility. This CAM will be supplied with the latest version of the official Matrix Reborn firmware meaning that it will arrive all ready for use. CAM UFFICIALE TVSAT. ECCOLA FINALMENTE La SmarCAM tivsat un modulo daccesso condizionato CAM, Conditional Access Module che, insieme alla smart cardtivsat. HTB1kGRSRXXXXXaGXpXXq6xXFXXXa/China-product-Conax-Arcade-Game-Machine-Usb.jpg' alt='Conax Card Reader Software' title='Conax Card Reader Software' />And based on my testing then this is some extremely stable firmware providing the fastest, near instant, switch between different packages that I have ever seen. Should you desire to upgrade the firmware to a later version, or even to replace it with unofficial firmware like with Neo, then this can be easily done using a Funcard 5, Funcard 6, Funcard 7, or my below MMPI, through the auto update feature. You can also use a CAS2 or CAS3 interface like I do when flashing these CAMs to begin with. This CAM supports both official and unofficial cards using the following conditional access systems. Viaccess IViaccess IITPSCrypt a version of ViaccessMediaguard I made by SECAMediaguard IIIrdeto IIrdeto IIBetacrypt. Cryptoworks. Nagravision with selectable Box. KeyConax. Below you will find my excellent price for such a powerful CAM. I should also mention that this is the official steel cased Matrix Reborn CAM and not one of the low quality plastic cased clone CAMs that you can find forsale elsewhere. Please note that the mentioned names of Viaccess, Mediaguard, Irdeto, Betacrypt, Nagravision, Conax and Cryptoworks are trade mark names belonging to their respected owners. And where these conditional access system names are only mentioned to show this CAMs compatibility with these officially supported cards. However, it should be noted that this CAM only provides a recreated emulation of these systems, which means that this is not an item supported in any way by any of the respected owners of these trade mark names. Ordering Code REBORNIncludes Matrix Reborn CI CAMGross Weight 4. Price Magic Module Programming Interface. When I first saw this device, then I thought how much this looks like my SEASON2 loggeremulator. However, having an Atmel microcontroller on it clearly means that the function of this device is indeed very different. That function of course is to flash the above Matrix Reborn CI CAM with new firmware and other older SIDSA based CAMs. This is currently a useful tool seeing that this is the lowest cost method to flash some of these CAM types like with the Magic Module CI CAM. Now the section that no other supplier on the Internet will tell you is to reflash this CI CAM you will need both a PC and a CI CAM slot or PCMCIA slot on a Laptop. Where the last of these two items is simply required to power the CAM in the first place. Adobe Distiller 3.0. Therefore, it can be a bit tricky if your CI CAM slot is not anywhere near your PC, but with a Laptop with a PCMCIA slot it should be no problem at all. And for that reason I can either use my old ITV Digital receiver now used for Free. View near my PC, or my second purchased Laptop computer has both a serial port and two PCMCIA slots. When the CAM is correctly powered, where this Programming Interface has been correctly inserted contacts up, then the green LED on this Programming Interface will light to indicate that all is well. To link the PC to this Programming Interface you will need a straight through serial cable, where my SERIAL cable on my Cables Computer page is ideal for this task if you do not currently have one. After that things should be easy enough, when you just run the programming software the instructions provide all required details, press the connect button until CONNECTED is displayed, then load in and flash the required firmware. During the flashing of the CAM, both the Red and Green LEDs will be lighted. The flashing will take about 6 minutes in total, where the programming software will then report MODULE LOADED and the CAM will be all ready for use. So I am very sure that you need hardly any computer knowledge in order to flash the your own CAM. Ordering Code MMPIIncludes Magic Module Programming Interface and Instructions. Gross Weight 4. 2g. Price Duolabs CAS Interface 2 USB Programmer. This device has a variety of functions that I will now explain. To begin with this device is aimed to be able to completely reprogram any SIDSA based CAM. Since most CAMs on the market are SIDSA based CAMs, then this CAM list includes the Magic Module, Matrix, AXIS, Universal, Global, Joker, Super Joker, Free. X TV, Ice. Crypt, Zeta, Merlin and Skycrypt CI CAMs. Not to mention many other SIDSA based CAMs. Within this CAM reprogramming option, then to start with this device can do what my above MMPI can do. This is to simply upgrade the main firmware in the CAM, like with the Pentacrypt firmware for the Magic Module CAM. However, this device can also reprogram and upgrade the CAMs bootloader if desired. Like in the case of the Magic CAM this is the Dream.