In this article I will explain how to setup a NewCS cardsharing server on windows. I will use it to share my dutch Digitenne /KPN smartcard on my home network. This DVB-T system uses conax encryption but this method will work for all kinds of encrypted cards on different DVB broadcasts. In this article I will be using ProgDVB with WinCSC-plugin to connect to my wincs cardserver but other CAM emulators like NewCAMD, EvoCAMD and MGCAMD will also work.

What you need

Setup NewCS

  • Decompress the files from the NewCS archive to some directory
  • Go to the configs directory and find your config file or download my simple or advanced (rename to newcs.xml) config file.
  • Copy the newcs.xml file to the win32 directory
  • Open the newcs.xml file.
  • Now the <node> and <newcamd_port> tags are interesting for us. Specify the serial port (COMx) on which You have a cardreader hardware installed (for infinity USB you can choose your emulated COM port here). Also, specify the debug port for the NewCS server (starts its numbering from 10001).
  • Add some users. Find a user tag:

<user>
<name>username1</name>
<password>password1</password>
<au>on</au>
</user>

Modify the <name> and <password> to fit your needs. You can have multiple <user> tags, of course.

  • Start the newcs.exe from the command prompt or by double clicking on it.

Note: If NewCS is not running properly and/or shuttin down, try setting debug output to none in your xml config file.

Connecting to you cardsever

  • Install ProgDVB
  • Extract WinCSC archive to some directory
  • Copy the contents of the different folders to ProgDVB plugins folder, Main folder and the windows->system folder
  • Start ProgDVB, activate your device and search for channels
  • Choose plugins – -> Cardserver client –> configure server
  • Delete all current configurations
  • Fill out server details, mine where:

protocol: newcamd525
username: testing
Password: ********
Cardserver IP Adress: 192.168.1.101 (my server address in home network) choose localhost if cardserver is on same windows machine.
port: 15000

That’s it! Enjoy!