Reply With QuoteI've done a LOT of reading here . It is very, very logical, that the data is saved on a file somewhere. I've not seen even the tiniest shred of detail about where this data may possibly be held, though, sorry.
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I apologize, cause I have a feeling this is indeed on the forum, but after quite a few searches, I'm coming up empty.
I'm on TimeWarner cable, and want to avoid the forced (and useless) truck roll. Seriously, why I can;t just read the card data to an operator is beyond me at this point.
Unfortunately, looks like my HD box took a dive. I'm going to swap out the drive (was meaning to expand anyway), but on the off chance the old drive is sufficently readable, is there a simple known way to bring over the cable card pairing data? I'll be making an image from another existing machine, but obviously, it's pairing data can;t be used.. I'll just be performing a C&D.
I'm thinking the answer is basically no, but if I'm wrong, I'd really appreciate the info. I'm not interested in preserving anything else (shows, linneups, etc.)
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I've done a LOT of reading here . It is very, very logical, that the data is saved on a file somewhere. I've not seen even the tiniest shred of detail about where this data may possibly be held, though, sorry.
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I haven't tried it myself, but my first guess would be to use mfs_dumpobj to read the contents of /State/Cablecard, and when you create a fresh tivo drive, copy that data over verbatim. The attribute called NonVolitileData (sic) is the most interesting.
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All of the crypto keys for the CableCARD are stored on the card itself, as well as the pairing data.
Worst-case scenario you will have to have them just send the card a another hit. Re-pairing will not be necessary unless the card is moved from one slot to another, which would need new pairing data anyway.
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Doing a C&DE says it'll unpair any cable cards. When this happens they can just send the card a hit and it'll be fully paired again?Originally Posted by Omikron
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To the best of my understanding, the pairing process simply record the CableCARD ID and the Host ID of the slot and then sending it a hit. As long as the Host ID doesn't change, a simple hit should resolve the issue.
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I've done exactly that.
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Been away for a few days on vacation. In any case, I haven't even been able to get a clean image to run on this box, (as noted on another thread), so I've got larger problems than a potiental truck roll at this point. Sigh.
For anyone else lurking or reading thios thread later --- just as an aside, its certainly not going to be a simple copy/restore of a flat file or folder, after all, but instead parsing data. After all (I realized after having more time to ponder it.), nothing else other than the MFS partions and /var are mounted in a writeable status. SIncve /var is completely trashable at any time w/o warning, it woudl not make sense to store any critical data like pairing info in /var.
Not being handy with mfs object tools at this time, I haven't been able to test out Alpha's suggestion, although it certainly smells logical.
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