Originally Posted by
gw1
I'd say it's a (eg 'Bush' brand) which they've repackaged to masquerade as a Dream - it's a fake.
You can disregard the box artwork and startup picture - they are easily faked.
Its is a descendant of used in older receivers from Humax, Strong and many others. It's totally different to the used in DM500 and DM600, thus completely incompatible with Dream images.
Besides the processor difference, it also appears to have insufficient RAM for it to be a Dreambox. I think they've just taken a standard STi5105 , massaged the PCB to fit into DM500 clone cases, and substituted a dream-like background image. Quick, cheap and misleading.
Possibly they've used a third party application stack from someone like (WiPro) to get more advanced features, but more likely they've stuck with the standard ST reference firmware. It doesn't use Linux, but STlite VxWorks. That's way it's able to get away with so little RAM (Linux wasn't designed for embedded applications and needs tons of RAM compared to lean & mean realtime operating systems).
What does its instruction manual look like? Is there a copy online we can see? What operations does the ethernet port support at the moment? (Possibly only firmware updates, with other features "coming soon".) Ask your supplier for the address of the manufacturer's website so you can obtain backup copy of its firmware in case you need it. Seeing that file would confirm whether it's Linux or not. I bet it's not.
By the way, beware that it's designed for a 5V plugpack only. If you try to use the standard Dream DM500 power supply with it you'll blow it up.
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