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DEDend's DSS Testing
Database |
| Guides |
| Getting Started |
| 3M | Short for 'three Musketeers', whose line was 'one for all and all for one'. A very simple and short script which is easily hidden within a card to allow for all channels to be seen. Upside of this script is that when used properly, these cards last a very long time. Downside to this is that it is vulnerable to any and all ecm's that DTV decides to throw at it. |
| Activation | This is a basic script or program applied to a card that 'activates' it for viewing. Main difference between an activation and a 3m, is that with an activation script, you still have to 'order' the ppv's with your remote to view them. |
| Asic | Stands for 'Application Specific Intergrated Circuit'. It is the microchip inside your card. The brains of the operation. |
| Bin | Extreme HU and other programs use this extension to save files. Short for binary. When spoken in the forums, it refers to the eeprom image of a card. Generally speaking it is a file for card programmers. |
| Cam ID | The card's identification number. Each card is assigned a specific number. Think of it as your card's fingerprint. |
| Clean(ing) | There are 2 meanings of this word in this hobby. The first, is to remove all traces of non-essential data from a card as a preparation for programming. The second meaning is to repair and restore a card that has been looped or misprogrammed, to it's original state using an unlooper. |
| Clone | Means to make a copy. In this hobby, it refers to applying an id number of a good card to a invalid one in order to make the invalid one appear to be a legitimate card. This is a known cure for the 'ext. 745' message. |
| Com Port | You should know this already, the serial port that your programmer or
unlooper plugs into. |
| Datastream | The signal beamed down by DTV's satellites to your dish. |
| ECM | It stands for "Electronic Counter Measure". This is something that is sent by DTV in order to counter our efforts in getting free tv. Usually, in the form of updates or packets. |
| Eeprom | Stands for "Electronically Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory". Essentially it is the memory chip inside your card. |
| EPROM Image | An image that is taken from a cards EPROM, or a copy of the EPROM also called image, bin, bin image, ect... |
| Emulator | Is a way of unlocking channels for viewing using a computer to simulate what the emulation access card's microchip does. An access card is still required for the Asic. |
| Fuse Byte | Card status here are the common settings 00 – Virgin (00/FF) 05 – Not Married/Activated (05/FA) 20 – Virgin/Married (20/DF) 24 – Married/Deactivated (24/DB) 25 – Married/Activated (25/DA) |
| Guide Byte | This value determines your channel guide. FF=engineering,
41 & 49 are popular. |
| Hashing | The term applies to the act of getting your signal interupted(not literally), so that you lose the audio or video or both. |
| H Card | No longer in use by DirecTV. The front or face side is similar to the F card. Numbers are between 0000 4000 0000 and 0001 6999 9999. There is also an H printed below the barcode. |
| HU Card | Also known as a P3 card or 'football' card. The front or face side has a picture of a footbal player. Numbers for this type of card start at 0001 7000 0000 and have the letters 'HU' printed below the barcode. |
| Ice Scraper | A common term used by testers for a damaged card. Try using it for that purpose sometime, Just make sure that you use a damaged one though. |
| IRD | Stands for 'Intergrated Receiver/Decoder'. The formal name of your box or receiver. |
| LNB | Stands for 'Low Noise Block'. This is the actual antenna of the sat system. It is located at the end of the arm sticking in front of your dish. They generally come in two variations for DTV, single and dual, the single lets you connect one ird to it's full capability, while the dual wil let you connect 2 or more ird's. (connection of more than 2 will require a multiswitch or multiplexer) |
| Loop(ed) | This is a condition of the card to which it is unreadable and unuseable. In most cases, looping is due to programming error caused by the programmer, rather than an ecm sent by DTV. |
| Marry | This states the status of a card. When a card is 'married' to an ird, the card cannot be used in other ird's. Most scripts will remarry, meaning that when put into another ird, the card will marry the new ird. |
| P2 (card) | See 'H card' |
| P3 (card) | See 'HU card' |
| P3M | A 'Private' or 'Personal' 3M, may I remind that the
'P' does not refer to 'public'. A custom 3M created, to allow a card to get all channels available. Because these are private, these are considered safe to use on currently subscribed cards. |
| PPV | Pay Per View |
| Programmer | A type of card programming hardware. 99% of all testers will have this. It is where the card interfaces with the computer and software. |
| Script | A script put in simple terms is a set of instructions for WinExplorer. The script tells WinExplorer what to write to the card. |
| Spoof(ing) | It is an alternative to cloning. Instead of replacing the actual written cam id on the card as cloning does, the spoofing method, Instead gives the ird a different cam id when it is asked for. This method was created in response to a theorized 'clone kill' ecm. |
| Stealth | A term for a script that completely locks all writes to the card and disguises some parts of it. Theoretically, This would be the safest of all scripts, but in reality this is not always the case. |
| Sub Bin | See 'sub image' |
| Subbed Image | An EPROM image that taken from a currently subscribed H or HU card. |
| Test Card | A programmed access card. |
| Timezone | The name says it all. Values include: A0 = Pacific A2 = Mountain A4 = Central A6 = Eastern A8 = Atlantic A9 = Newfoundland |
| Transponder | Kind of like a radio tower on the satellite, each transponder will send a certain amount of info, or channels down to earth. |
| Unlooper | This is a powerful type of card programming hardware that is able to
'unloop'cards(with proper software) by in a sense, glitching the card.
many testers who must program multiple cards will use unloopers due to
their speed. Note: unloopers can do some serious(read unrepairable) damage. |
| Update | DTV sends a few lines of code now and then to change the cards programming, this is intended to keep card testers from viewing free tv. each update is given a number. The theoretical maximum is stated at 65025. |
| USW | (Update Status Word) this number corresponds to the number of updates on the card. |
| WinExplorer | A powerful card scripting software. This is the platform from which you apply or remove scripts to your card. |
| ZKT | Stands for "Zero Knowledge Test". It is an encryption table used by DTV to keep hackers from duplicating their cards. To date it has not been cracked. When it is talked about it usually means the few set of numbers that go with the cam id. |
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