Desperate help needed for my zgemma h9s 4k-uhd.

Hello folks,
I recently had a spiderbox which served me well for 9 years. Unfortunately it recently give up the ghost. Anyhow I have now invested in a ZGEMMA H9S stb. I'm looking for a bit of help with it, as I've had it now for a couple of weeks, and still haven't been able to watch what I want on it.
My problem is I'm struggling to add Oscam to it. I've tried loads of times, and every time I do, I get an error message in softcam manager saying: No Config Files Found; Please set up Oscam in/etc/tuxbox/config. I've not been able to find etc/tuxbox/config on my box anywhere. I have a life time subscription, which again I've not had a chance to use due to my issue. I have just invested in another Oscam sever for a month. Just in case my other server was corrupt or something. I have used satpimps own concierge to the letter to do this, it says its sent to box, but the box says its not, but its the same every time.
It also freezes up after I have tried to add an oscam, and I have to do a factory reset to get it to work again. Otherwise nothing works, it won't even turn off unless I unplug it.
Okay, that's my problem, and I would be extremely grateful for any help or assistance on this subject. Many thanks.
davexxxx.







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What image u using?I have the wonderful Pure2 on mine

For your Oscam config: pManager - Cam Manager - Install Camd - camd - oscam-config-emu-mariozo (1,0-r2)

Oscam download same but : oscam.emu-latest (pure2 will automatically update oscam when new one comes along)

etc/tuxbox/config is on most images...use FTP program like filezilla to locate and edit.

H'i funtime26,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I'm really new to this especially this new box I've just purchased, and I really haven't a clue what you've just told me. I'm not computer illiterate but I'm no expert either. I have been using concierge from satpimps, which I found reasonable easy to use. In that when it says send to box, I click send to box, and it says its gone successfully, and then I click disconnect box as instructed. Then when I go to my box, in softcam manager it says: no config files found. Please set up oscam in etc/tuxbox/config. If I new how to find it, and enter it I thought I might be able to configure it from there.

have you downloaded, and installed, a recent version of Oscam?
With most images you can download Oscam via the menu options, under softcams, otherwise you might need to use a FTP program, File Transfer Protocol, like Filezilla, which is free.
There are various videos, showing how to do this, including:

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All you need to do is download, and run, Filezilla.
In the Host box you type in your receivers IP Address, which can be found in the receivers menu, under Network.
In the Username box type root, ignore the other boxes, and click the quick connect option.
This should bring up the files, on your receiver, on the right hand side of the screen, with your PC files listed on the left hand side.

To install an oscam.ipk file just upload the .ipk file, from your PC, to the tmp folder, on the right hand side, by dragging it, and dropping it, into the tmp folder, using filezilla.
Go to your receiver, into the menu, and look for the option to manually install ipk files.

Once Oscam is installed press the Blue button, on your receivers remote, to bring up the cams, highlight the Oscam version, by pressing the left/right centre buttons, then the OK button, to select it.

You should then find the Config folder in the etc folder, tuxbox sub folder, where you can drag the files created by the softcam concierge tool.

There are many guides, for using Enigma 2 based receivers, that can be useful, including the VU+ guides, provided by Lee, from Goldwafers, in the VU+ section.

Please post back, with the results, and any further questions.

Alternatively, just ftp into your box an go to '/etc/tuxbox', once there create a new folder named 'config'.
Now just copy your oscam config files to this new folder.

Thanks for that Mickha,
I think I've taken that in, I'll give it a try later. (Got to go out for awhile) I'll get back to you and let you know later how I get on.

H'i, sainttomer1866,
Can you tell me where I can find etc/tuxbox.

use an FTP program , or the tool DCC and login to the box

open folder VAR , then sub folder ETC , then sub-folder Tuxbox (like you would in windows explorer)

try to find your oscam.config file , this is where the C information goes but needs setting up correctly, meaning you have to study oscam examples

read the tutorials for the VU boxes, because your box is setup the same or similar way, depending on the image installed

learn to use an FTP program , like filezilla or Cute FTP or FLASH FXP or DCC for example

many dreambox tools are now used for the VU and Zgemma boxes

You need to connect, to your receiver, from your PC, using Filezilla, as I explained earlier, then on the right hand side you will see the folders, on your receiver, click the + sign, on the top right folder, to expand the folders, and you should see the etc folder, click on this, and the + sign, scroll down to tuxbox, and click that.
Beaten to it by echelon

As you can't find etc/tuxbox I'm wondering do you have any enigma2 image on it at all?

I would recomended Pure2 if not as it has access to the Pure2 FNC addons (that's for another day once you are working!).

If you have no enigma2 image loaded onto your H9S download the latest Pure2 6.3 image zgemmah9s-PurE2-6.3-20190802_usb.zip

from ht_tp://pur-e2.club/OU/images/index.php?dir=6.3test/airdigital/

You need to "flash" your H9S with the above image on a USB stick in back of the box.

Can you please tell us if you've loaded an image, on your zgemma h9s or are you still using the image it came installed with?
Did you set it up yourself or did your supplier do it for you?
As you seem new to Enigma 2 based receivers there are some videos, on youtube, that might help.

Please copy, and paste, this link, into your PC's browser, and see if your layout looks similar.

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I'm using the image it came with, I haven't loaded nothing else. When I purchased it the supplier set it up with openvix. As you say, I'm very new to this box and system, and haven't a clue where to start. I don't even understand what Enigma is. What I need is for someone to guide me through the set up from start to finish, and then guide me on how to add my oscam server. I've tried about a dozen times to add oscam, and each time I've failed. That's why I think maybe my initial settings might be wrong.

Have you found your receivers IP address, by going into the menu and entering the Network settings?

An easy way to do this is by using some of the dreambox tools.
The DCC, Dreambox Control Centre. will automatically find devices connected to your network.
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?155335-Latest-Version-of-DCC-E2-v2-30

Once downloaded uncompress it, using Winrar, Winzip or the free 7-zip, and open the DCC_E2.exe file.
Then click the search options, to find your receivers IP Address.

You can then either download filezilla, a free FTP program, or use the version supplied in the VuCC, VU+ Control Centre:
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?168091-VuCC-Vu-Control-Centre-V0-8

Is this what happened when you downloaded oscam?

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Might be an idea to install satvenus panel which will install your oscam for you if you staying with Openvix. You need the ARM version of Oscam for your receiver not MIPS.

Hi davexxxx can you please save your config files, after using the Softcam Concierge tools, then navigate to the configs folder, copy it, and paste it on your PC desktop.
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Okay Mickha, done that.

Now you need to rename the configs folder to config, right click on it and select rename.
Once done connect, to your receiver, using filezilla, click on the etc folder, and the + symbol, then drag the config folder, from your desktop, into tuxbox.

Have you got it working?

H'i Mickha,
I have done what you asked, but unfortunately it came up failed. I tried three times, with the same results. I think I've done it right. Is there anyway you would be prepared to operate my computer by remote ? That way I could be sure.

When you go into tuxbox is the config folder there?
Can you please post which version of Oscam you downloaded, from the openvix menu.
It might be better to upload a later version of oscam, by using a .ipk version, and then installing it.
Alternatively you can try CCcam 2.38, which only requires a CCcam config file.

Have a search for oscampowervu-arm_Vix-11537_all.ipk

reading through this thread, one thing springs to mind about the files you are using

if this is a receiver with an ARM processor, then you want ARM versions of files like oscam , as mentioned by funtime above ^^^

ie:- DO NOT USE anything with MIPS in the title, which is what my boxes use as they are older and have different processors in them

ARM is what is used on android equipment I believe , ie:- a british hardware company with their own chips

so for oscam , ensure that the one being installed is an ARM based one , which will be in its filename when you look for it and download it, installing only ARM ones like the one mentioned in the previous post

MIPS based files may cause you all kinds of problems

so when looking on our forums here, look at the VU boxes that have ARM chips in them, using ARM based files like oscam , because your box is similar to an ARM based VU box

some files will be universal , like maybe config files, but not the executable files like the actual oscam program itself

so please be warned, learn more about your box and look at similar VU boxes , they are not all the same thing

think of it like petrol and diesel, they both do the same job but you do not put diesel into a petrol vehicle , nor vice versa

DONT keep sending files to thebox,overlaps and corruption will confuse box,start from scratch,download ,unpack to usb ,clean install,and do not use restore settings,as this will put all your faults back into the box also with oscam take it out and put it back in,do not use restore plugins and dont forget to reboot,i have had friends that have done it all and found channels did not work only to find after a reboot and a wait of a few mins the channels cleared

Hi all, hope nobody minds me trying to help

Lots of good input on here maybe I can help a little. I enclose the satvenus panel. Vix images in my opinon can be a pain in the arse. They seem to make cccam really difficult to get working on their boxs and as its an arm box then its even harder.

I have just checked the satvenus panel and although I only have an earlier version if its installed and updated via the remote you can go into arm softcams and download oscam for vix. This may help.

To install take the file within the zip file and send it to the tmp folder. Use your remote and install the ipk from the menu system on your box. Update the package in the satvenus menu from the remote and then go into softcams arm and install oscam from the remote.

Hi dave,
these are images of what my receivers file structure looks like, using FileZilla, using a VU+ Duo2, and Open Black Hole:
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Thanks Mickha, quite helpful to me.

Perhaps a Teamviewer session with someone in the know would be of benefit?

H'i again Mickha, Sorry to keep bothering you, but where do I look on filezilla for VU+ Duo2, and what is the Black Hole, and how do I open it.

VU+ Duo 2 is the name of my receiver, Open Black Hole is my image, the images just show what the file structure, on your zgemma h9s, should look like, and what appears in the config folder.
Both are receivers are Enigma 2 based, so should be similar.

so what he is saying is that his box is made by VU and the model is a DUO2, I have the same make and model here too as do many other people , whereas you do not own or use it at all

he and I both install an operating system called BLACKHOLE (or sometimes we use OPEN BLACKHOLE instead , which I do not believe you can use on your ZGEMMA H9S stb

your operating system is something different , perhaps OpenVIX as you stated earlier had been installed by the supplier , or OpenATV or whatever else may work

so you have neither the box nor the operating system quoted by Mickha, but what Mickha is showing you is the file structures from his box, yours will be similar but may not be the same

you will have to learn file structures same as on your windows pc using windows explorer, because a linux box uses something similar , you said you are not computer literate but you need to have good knowledge to operate one of these linux boxes , they are not for newbies like the spiderbox was

so what I am saying is that these linux boxes are more complicated then your old spiderbox , you need to have more computer knowledge than you did with the spiderbox , more tools , more to learn , and dont assume everyone has the same as you , yours contains chips that neither me nor Mickha have in ours , such as the arm processor for example (and ours arent 4K boxes either)

its like cars , we all drive them but there are many differences , such as makes , models , engines , fuel , number of seats , number of gears , manual or automatic , types of ECU and oil filters and spark plugs and brake pads , steering wheel on the left or the right etc

they will all go to the shop and back, but get into a strange vehicle and you may struggle to even start it, because it may have a start sequence

Hi,
An even easier way to install oscam.ipk file is to format a usb pen drive in fat 32 put oscampowervu-arm_Vix-11537_all.ipk to the root of the pen drive, put it into the back of your zgemma and follow the onscreen instructions do not forget to put a green tick beside the oscam file and oscam will be installed.

Thanks for that apachee. And a big thank you to everyone else who has partaken in my problem with this. I have now managed to resolve my issue using satpimps very own concierge, I even managed to put in the disable line for Sky Germany, although that's a bit patchy.
Anyhow I'm going to close this thread now, as I'm very happy with this stb now its working wiyh my lines added. Before I go I must say a very big thank you to Mickha, who has been extremely helpful, and patient wit me, and to be quite honest, I don't know what I would have done without his help. Anyway thanks again for everything, from everyone.
davexxxx.