I migrated from a Dreambox 8000 with an older OpenPli image to a VU+ Duo2. And now I am not able to use 2 CI Viaccess CAMs simultaneously anymore.
When the 2 CI CAMs are both inserted, none is able to decode its channels. As soon as any one of them is removed, the remaining one works perfectly.
I got this same behaviour with:
- different CI modules
- different (Viaccess) cards
- different “Common Interface” settings (High Speed, Multiservice)
- even different images, including a recent OpenPli 4.0, both original VU+ images (V1.6 and 2.1) and a recent VTi
The same 2 CI CAMs configuration worked fine on the DM8000. (Although, to be fair, the DM8000 has not 2, but 4 CI slots. Simultaenous operation was only possible if both CI modules were in front. One CI in a frontal slot and one in the back never worked. At the time, I chalked this up to a quirk in my specific box. Now I’m not so sure.)
I couldn’t find much info about such a phenomenon on the Net. This probably means I’m doing something wrong, as I cannot imagine I’m the only one trying to actually use these slots as intended.
So I would be grateful if anyone can enlighten me about this, namely:
- does anyone have 2 CI CAMs working simultaneously in a VU+ Duo2? If so, how?
- is this a known problem for the VU+ hardware or the Enigma 2 software?
To avoid wasting everybody’s time, please don’t provide alternate solutions to this problem, I’m aware they exist and I’m actually using one right now. I just want to be able to use the full hardware potential of the Duo2; the extra CI slot was one reason to prefer it to a Solo2.
Any comments/insights much appreciated. Thank you.