Serial Method

Requirements:
1. Matrix CAM with UCAS 2.0 software (or later)
2. Serial Card Extension (Dummy Card)
3. Desktop running Win98, Win2000, or WinXP
4. Loader Application: loader_setup.exe
5. Loader file: loaderV2_1.upd
6. Null modem serial cable
7. DVB set top box

Instructions:

1. Download or copy loader application and loader file to your local hard drive.

2. Locate the loader_setup.exe file and double-click to start the installation:

3. Select which OS you are running:

4. Click on "Next>" to continue with installation:

5. Select directory to install loader application, and press "Install" to begin installation:

Note: Remember where you installed the application, you will need to find it later.

6. During installation, the screen below will pop up. Click "Continue Anyway" to continue:

7. When installation is complete, click "Close" to exit the installation:

8. Before we continue, we must make sure that the Matrix CAM has UCAS 2.0 software. Insert the Matrix CAM into the DVB set top box and go into the menu. Access the CA setup to check the UCAS version:

9. Connect one end of the modem serial cable to the COM port of the Desktop Computer

10. Connect the other end of the modem serial cable to the serial card extension and insert into the Matrix CAM (already inside DVB set top box):

11. Once inserted, the red light on the serial card extension will turn on for a few seconds, then off, on again, and then off:

12. From the following screen, press "OK" on the DVB set top box:

13. From the following menu, scroll down until "download" is highlighted... DO NOT press "OK" yet!!!:

14. From the desktop computer, find the loader application you installed earlier and double-click to start the program::

15. The program should launch and look like the following:

16. Go to File|Select:

17. Select the loader file we saved earlier and click on "Open":

18. The loader file should appear in the box after "Name":

19: Go to Settings|Serial... select the appropriate port and 57600 as the baude rate. Then click "Download Now!" to start the firmware patch:

20. DO NOT extract the Matrix CAM until notified to do so!!! Disconnect the Matrix CAM when notified to "Please, extract the CAM":

21. Now press "OK" twice on the DVB set top box to select "Download" from the following menu::

22.This should bring you to the following screen

23. The progress bar will reach all the way to the end, but DO NOT REMOVE the Matrix CAM!!!

24. Once the DVB set top box display changes from the screen in step 22 back to the "CA Setup" screen below, the patch is complete:


25. Turn off the DVB set top box, remove the serial extension card, restart the DVB set top box, and go into the menu. Access the CA setup to initialize the cam and check that the DREAM LOAD firmware has been installed:

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