Showing posts with label NewCS CardDetect observation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NewCS CardDetect observation. Show all posts

Sunday, September 6, 2009

NewCS CardDetect observation with Jaycar Reader

Just tried a little test.

- Set carddetect=yes in newcs.xml.
- Started up NewCS without card and let it run through its startup sequence
- Observed activity via Telnet (Reset of course had failed on init)
- Inserted a plastic card into reader slot so that carddetect switch active
- NewCS then tried to carry out a card init, failed, tried again, failed, repeat....
- If I pulled the plastic card out then the sequence stopped, inserting card starts sequence again.

Why is this good? It means your NewCS server PC can startup fully without a card. As soon as you insert your card it will initialise it/self ready for serving. Kinda cool if you need to move your card between your STB and PC (PC does not need to be rebooted).

NOTE: The Jaycar Reader has had the CardDetect Invert Mod carried out.