These Instructions are for Educational Purposes ONLY and are not offered for you to try. Read them only. Never carry these instructions out. Ali - "I am the Greatest" ------------------------ TWO different test chips for Jerrold Analog CATV: There is no need to use INIT or the STICK with this chip. Connections: --u-- +5v 1| |8 GND Ultra/E-II 2| |7 -> data out STD/HRC 3| |6 <- data in Boot/Reboot 4| |5 switch virtual ground ----- Pin 2: Unconnected => Ultra Grounded => E-II Pin 3: Unconnected => STD tuning Grounded => HRC tuning Pin 4: Normally closed switch connected to pin 5 => Don't reboot on power-up. Pressed => reboot No switch (pin 4 unconnected) => reboot every power-up. The default with only 4 wires connected (1,6,7,8) is Ultra, STD tuning, reboot every power-up. Both of the chip versions wait until a sitecode is found on the stream before the boot sequence is sent. It can take a minute to find a sitecode, so be patient. Note that the box must be connected to the cable TV network before powering up the box, otherwise the chip won't find a sitecode and the box won't be rebooted correctly. 1. Episode II - The Attack of the Clones ---------------------------------------- This hex sends a mini reboot sequence, waits until a new box is added to the network and grabs the new box's ESN and uses it as its own, creating a clone of the original box. It can be setup in two modes: a. NO SWITCH connected, using only pins 1, 6, 7 and 8: On powerup: it Waits 10 secs for box to start, sends a reboot sequence, waits until a new box is added to the network and clones the box. b. NORMALLY-CLOSED SWITCH connected between pin 4 and GND or pin 5: On powerup: it waits 10 secs for box to start, no reboot sequence or clone box sequence, straight into the filter bullet code. If the switch is installed, once a valid clone is created, the box doesn't search for a new ESN every time the power goes off. If the switch is pressed, it goes through the reboot sequence and searches for a new ESN to clone. Suggested setup: Install the switch, ground pin 2. Ground pin 3 if HRC tuning is used, or connect to +5v for STD tuning. Power the box up. Press the switch to search for an ESN, then only press the switch again if the box is somehow disconnected. Sometimes it can take several tries before a 'good' ESN to clone is found. It is quite normal for the box to boot to channel 2 twice. The first boot is at startup (with no switch installed) or when the switch is pressed. The reason for the first boot is to check that the chip is installed correctly, and so that the box can be used until a clone is found. The second boot is when the chip finds a new box to clone. It is the second boot that signifies the permanent cloned box. It may take some time for the second boot, as it depends on how often new boxes are added to the network. 2. Ultra - Enhanced Super ------------------------- This hex is functionally similar to super4 but it also handles static mode which super4 does not do correctly. This enables decoding a form of box setup which first became evident in the Bronx late 2001. It also handles all box addresses (ESN's) E0804000 to E7BF7F3F, rather than just E0804000 to E0BF7F3F as super4 does. This enables it to quickly acquire channel maps in systems that use boxes with ESN's E1xxxxxx to E7xxxxxx. It sends the same reboot sequence as E-II, authorizes all channels acquires a channel map and then filters harmful packets. When the box powers up, if there is no switch connected between pins 4 and 5, the box should reboot and go to channel 2. At this time the channel map will be incorrect with many channels in the wrong place. The chip then waits for the first channel map on the stream and uses that for the A side, leaving the logical or 'default' channel map on the B side. It also waits for the commands in the stream that setup the box to enable the correct descrambling mode. Because it can take a little for the descrambling mode commands to appear in the data stream, it is quite usual to have to wait before the scrambled channels descramble correctly, in much the same way as it can take a while to acquire a valid channel map.