It's very frustrating when you can't program an stb emulator or you have stb emulator is being blocked and nobody is responding on what's going on or if this issue is going to be fixed.... the way that I look at it it's bad for business !!! I've sent emails to papiao and he told me to refer to you guys I've sent private messages no responses and I posted asking what was going to happen and I still get no responses. I hope this is not how we're going to continue to do business I would like some answers please
NFPS / Private Stb Emulator being blocked by portal 2 3 4 and 5 . !!!????
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I'm not sure what device you are using, but if you can use an alternative way of obtaing he sevice, I'd go that route until the STB issue is sorted out.
I'm not sure what device you are using, but if you can use an alternative way of obtaining the sevice, I'd go that route until the STB issue is sorted out.
It's not that simple I have 30 people complaining that they're blocked..... fixing 30 boxes and switching everybody to Portal 1 will be a lot of work. I'm just curious to know if the stb emulators will be updated to be compatible with middleware 5 and how soon so I don't have a bunch of angry people at me
You sound a like reseller to me...
So far I have instructed other members of this forum and the NFPS forums to change to portals that don't have Stalker Middleware 5, and in this case it is only Portal 1 for a limited time only.
You can't fight this upgrade it is happening whether you like it or not. I'm sure a new version of the STB Emulator is in the works but when it will be released is anyone guess. I have a feeling that the STB Emulator may be pushed out (unless mvas figures it out), and replaced by the official Infomir Emulator dubbed "StalkerTV" which is available for both Android and iOS device natively. The provider has to activate this feature and is a feature only available on Stalker Middleware 5.
Again these are my own personal thoughts, doesn't mean any of it will come true, it's just how I see it playing out.
Edit: Seems like changing MACs to 79 from 78 also does the trick for Portals 2-5. It appears like the 78 prefix coding has been overwritten with the upgrade and has to be reimplemented on the servers that contain Stalker Middleware 5.0.1. Which I'm not sure they are aware of as of yet, or they do know and have something else in store!
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Thanks for your response ..
I actually did try changing the prefix from 78 to 79 once before .. I could not get channels to play . Do they now . ? I can try that as well .. never used they stalkertv emulator where can I find that ??? Thanks again .
The person who tested my theory with 78 to 79 said it work and played the channels as it should. We're sure that all parties involved are now aware of this particular bug that is preventing the emulators on Middleware 5, and they just have to recode so hopefully is should be fixed soon.
StalkerTV is available in the Google Play Store, and iTunes App Store, with that in mind I wouldn't jump the gun on those as no one knows if there supported currently. It was my own thoughts. If your curious to know what it looks like you can look in those stores. There is a StalkerTV Lite which has a demo portal, but then there is the paid version not sure of the pricing but I know in Canadian iTunes store it was list as $6.99 and is customizable unlike the Lite version.
Just wait patiently, and if your customers need an answer tell them to go to portal 1 as temporary fix, while the 78 protocol is being worked on. Not that I'm aware of it but I know it's been brought to the attention of the ones that know where to send information.
People are hard to please as we all know ..my customers would not know how to change portals . You know how it is .. never mind having them go buy and app and configuring it on they're own ... what I don't understand is if certain people that may or may not be working on this solution didn't prepare for this ... rather then letting this happen to the people that support them... now I look bad ..
You best take this up with Papiao themselves, as you won't get any sympathy here. You resell... you take the risks of pissing off customers.
There was never a formal announcement that these changes were going to occur (I heard/saw hints), and something to keep in mind that this service was never intended to be used by a STB Emulator. It was always meant to be used strictly by hardware, and the primary hardware being Infomir devices hence why MAC 78 was introduced to not interfere with actual valid MAC that belong to hardware.
As for you being a reseller, this forum, and all the homesites made it pretty clear a while ago that they will not help resellers with issues. Only Papiao can help you out when it comes to that, and well that can take a couple of days to be tended to.
A formal announcement ... ?? I checked and never saw a announcement saying stb emulatorso would no longer work ... if I knew that they were gonna be phased out I would have took a different approach . It's funny that papio site says check the forums even though you state they you guys will not help resellers .. !! Hey no worries man.. I was looking for info yes . None found .. point taken .
Realize, though, that there are very few products that you can sell and then wipe your hands of of the product and the customer. There are always issues. This is especially true of technology-based products --and even more so with technology-based products that are on the cutting edge.
I know this doesn't make it any easier time-wise, but maybe it does in the grand scheme of things.
I know this doesn't make it any easier time-wise, but maybe it does in the grand scheme of things.
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