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Aux-over-IP [ by Shaun Willingham/r0f ]
MONTREAL - History was made in this famous Canadian Hockey city today - and the result is almost
unimaginable for DSS Hacking Enthusiasts. Emulation, a method of safely and effectively "testing" the
entertainment DirecTV has to offer, has been taken to a new level.

Meet nerg343, a 30-something man from Montreal. Two weeks ago, he released the first beta distribution
of his emulation utility called pitou. Pitou is intended to be used in conjunction with the open-source
operating system, Linux. Linux is a powerful OS, that excels in true multi-tasking, and networking
features. I've had the privilege of testing pitou over the last few weeks, and have seen a lot of dedicated
work, and intelligence put into this project. Today, the project reached a new level.

Pitou Beta, build 94 was sent to me for evaluation and testing. Build 94 has a new feature which is about
to change the way the emulation scene operates. Build 94 has the option of using a remote aux card,
over TCP/IP. This means one central server, can provide an aux card for up to 47 IRD's (DTV Receivers) to
use. This number has only been tested on a 100Mbps LAN. Nerg343 says a reasonable number for
internet use is 6-8. This number may go up as caching features are added into future releases.

Around 3pm on June 25, an aux card server on the East Coast was put online. IRD's in Montreal,
Winnipeg, and abroad were successfully able to function as if the card was located locally, at each
location.
Dare I even mention Napster? Now I've got you thinking. Public aux card servers can be set up, and you
no longer need an H card of your own. Bandwidth considerations are minimal, (a few hundred
bytes/minute) but what is important, is latency. This will work much better for DSL and Cable customers,
as opposed to dialup users. All that will be required is a linux PC running pitou, with a network
connection, and an available serial port. Of course, you will still need an IRD, and emulator interface.

Aside from this amazing feature, I must say pitou is very stable. The first few releases did have quite a
few bugs, but now that more research and code changes have been implemented, the problems have
vanished. The author is using an 3rd generation RCA, and is experiencing no problems. Other users have
reported success with Sony's and Hughes equipment.

It can only get better from here. Those who are comfortable and satisfied with PGM's MS-DOS based
SLE_44 software, are advised to keep their current configurations. However, if you are a linux junkie, or
the option of having a remote aux card interests you, I highly suggest investigating Pitou. Pitou runs on an
AMD K6-2 550 machine at an average of 0.4% CPU utilization, and has an optional interactive interface to
"look" into the card's memory contents at any time during operation. Datastream logging, and aux card
command logging are all options included with the pitou package. You can even set up pitou to decode
the 800's (Audio Only) without having to use an aux card. Pitou also has the ability of simulating an IRD,
so that scripts and other projects can be tested without the possibility of damaging a precious H-card.

Pitou official website is at http://pitou.skie.net. Visit HackHUForums.com for discussion on this amazing
new piece of software.
Shaun Willingham / r0f
[email protected] 
HackHU.com