OScam quickstart

Why OScam?

OScam is the more modern softcam. It handles more cards, has better logging, and reloads without dropping clients. Every cccam.io line includes both a CCcam-protocol endpoint and an OScam-protocol endpoint. This guide uses CCcam-protocol because it's the simpler reader setup.

1. Add a reader to oscam.server

nano /usr/local/etc/oscam.server
# Or:
# nano /etc/tuxbox/config/oscam.server

Append:

[reader]
label                         = cccam_io
protocol                      = cccam
device                        = multics01.cccam.io,12000
user                          = <username>
password                      = <password>
cccversion                    = 2.3.0
group                         = 1
audisabled                    = 1

2. Allow your user in oscam.user

nano /usr/local/etc/oscam.user

Make sure your local user has group = 1 (or whatever matches your reader).

3. Reload OScam

oscam -d 4096
# Or restart the softcam service:
# /etc/init.d/softcam restart

4. Check the webif

Visit http://<receiver-ip>:8888. The reader should be CONNECTED and show CAIDs. Tune to an encrypted channel — ECM time should be under 500ms.

Tip: use both endpoints

Your cccam.io credentials also work on the OScam-protocol host. Add a second reader with protocol = newcamd (port and DES key are emailed with your credentials) and put both readers in fallback to one another.