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Available Multi-Stream CableCards and Tuning Adapters?
What are the various brands and model numbers of multi-stream cablecards and tuning adapters available from Cox?
Went into a Cox store today to pickup and cablecard and tuning adapter and was surprised to receive such old models (Cisco STA1520 and Scientific Atlanta PowerKey PKM800.
bryaninphx
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Both of those models are fine and the only ones Cox offers in a Cisco market.
(For CableCARDs, you might occasionally see a PKM801, 802, or 803, but they all run the same Firmware or OS Version)
It is really the firmware that needs to be up to date.
The Cisco CableCARD should be running OS Version: PKEY1.5.3_F.p.1301, Build Time: Apr 4 2014
If your market has not yet updated you may still have PKEY1.5.3_F.p.0601, Build Time: Jun 19 2012
The Cisco STA1520 Tuning Adapter firmware should be FLASH: STA1.0.0_1520_LR_F.1601
There is newer firmware for the Cisco TA, F.1901, but Cox is refusing to push it out.
The Cisco Tuning Adapters have been very reliable for me, I have 3 of them on TiVos. Make sure you reboot the TA every 3-4 weeks, if you don't it will eventually stop working.
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j_maloo82
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Thanks bryaninphx!
Got the STA1520 from my local Cox store today along with a cable card (Cisco PowerKEY PKM908). How do I check the firmware versions on each of them?
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I'm surprised to see you received a PKM908, I thought those only came with the Cisco 9800 series DVRs
You will find the firmwares listed in the CableCARD Diagnostic menus, and the Tuning Adapter Diagnostic menus.
CableCARD Menu > Cisco CableCARD Diag(nostic) Screen
Tuning Adapter > Tuning Adapter Diagnostics > Versions & MACs
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