One OK2 account in two boxes

[forzaazzurri]

Will this work as long as both aren’t connected at the same time ?

[dishuser]

Will this work as long as both aren’t connected at the same time ?
yes it will

[squirtNcider]

How would that work? Each box has its own mac addy? Unless Im missing something....
No smartass remark from you dishuser either....lol

[dishuser]

How would that work? Each box has its own mac addy? Unless Im missing something....
No smartass remark from you dishuser either....lol
my zoomtak uses stbemu pro and has several mac addy's

[Canadian]

I have tried this before but couldn't get it to work.
i used the same mac on another Android-Box but it wouldn't log in.
Guess i was doing something wrong lol.

[Emporium]

If you are using OK2 APK android app, then there is no issue.. It works as long as you only use one at a time.

For STB Emu, it is NOT only tied to the MAC. It is activated by MAC, but it marries to the serial number of the first box that connects with that MAC. So after initial connection, it is tied to both the MAC and Serial number of the box (or as defined by STBEmu.

On STBEmu, the Serial Number is an editable field, so you can change it to match the serial number of another unit also (probably NOT on actual hardware STBs - but I don't know). To see how to change it, you can check out one of my previous posts here (https://www.satfix.to/showthread.php?203928-server-mac-setup&p=1244522#post1244522).

Keep in mind that you should only use 1 active connection at a time, no matter if you use MAC based, or U/P based (Android APK) connection.

[dishuser]

If you are using OK2 APK android app, then there is no issue.. It works as long as you only use one at a time.

For STB Emu, it is NOT only tied to the MAC. It is activated by MAC, but it marries to the serial number of the first box that connects with that MAC. So after initial connection, it is tied to both the MAC and Serial number of the box (or as defined by STBEmu.

On STBEmu, the Serial Number is an editable field, so you can change it to match the serial number of another unit also (probably NOT on actual hardware STBs - but I don't know). To see how to change it, you can check out one of my previous posts here (https://www.satfix.to/showthread.php?203928-server-mac-setup&p=1244522#post1244522).

Keep in mind that you should only use 1 active connection at a time, no matter if you use MAC based, or U/P based (Android APK) connection.if my global box is off upstairs my zoomtak can connect
only the zoomtak is using stbemu and global was the first to use the account

[Canadian]

Wow ... you are very helpful. Thanks so much :)
:thumbsup:
Ill try it out on STBemu shortly.

[Emporium]

if my global box is off upstairs my zoomtak can connect
only the zoomtak is using stbemu and global was the first to use the account

With STB Emu, you can obviously have multiple profiles and MAC addresses. So it is ideal that your global box connected first, since I don't know if the Global would allow you to change MAC (I don't have one to confirm).

From my experience (at least with STB Emu), once you connect with one box, another box would need to be confirgured with the same MAC/Serial to work. MAC alone is not enough (at least not with STB Emu).

Now, there are obviously other situations which may cause different results. With STBEmu alone, MAC is not the only part of the equation. Maybe some hardware boxes don't transmit a serial number in their negotiation protocol, and as such may ONLY be bound to MAC. I don't know how the server handles the various negotiation handshakes, and when a first connection gets established by a box with blank serial (if that is possible).

I don't have a true STB, so my experience is purely with STBEmu Pro, on my 2 MiiBoxes, a Beelink GT1 and a generic Chinese Abox S905X based box. One of the Mii box connected first... Then the others got the "your STB is blocked" message when I only modified the MAC to match. When I went back and modified the serials to match that set on the first MiiBox, then they all worked as expected (one at a time obviously).

[jedi]

I have had the same experience Emporium. After the first box connects - it is locked into the server system - then when I tried to use a different box it was blocked. After logging into the reseller panel and submitting a ticket they could release the first receiver so that I could use the second receiver.

I did try using STBEmu Pro and thought I put in the same serial number but it didn't seem to help.

I'll have to try it again.

[dishuser]

I have had the same experience Emporium. After the first box connects - it is locked into the server system - then when I tried to use a different box it was blocked. After logging into the reseller panel and submitting a ticket they could release the first receiver so that I could use the second receiver.

I did try using STBEmu Pro and thought I put in the same serial number but it didn't seem to help.

I'll have to try it again.I only changed mac in stbemu pro
never touched serial

[Emporium]

I only changed mac in stbemu pro
never touched serial

I guess you were one of the lucky ones :thumbsup:

Like I said.. There are obviously other situations which may cause different results. Order of events.. possible blank serial numbers being transmitted by some actual STB... And we don't know for sure what the system records/locks into.
When I tried it with STBEmuPro, after ensuring MAC "and" serial matched, I had no issues with all 4 android boxes connecting and working (1 at a time). Before that, only the orignal box was fine, the rest were "blocked". I just put it out there, in case it can help anyone else.

I don't have any hardware STB, and I don't really want to keep getting things blocked and asking my reseller to keep raising tickets to be resetting to try to figure out a pattern :) Naturally, he'd get upset...

Right now, I'm just using the OK2 APK. I tried Perfect Player, but I which i could figure out if there was a way to specify 2 different playlists (one for IPTV channels, and another separate one for just the VOD). Right now, if I use

http://ok2.se:8000/get.php?username=xxx&password=xxx&type=m3u_plus&output=ts
as playlist URL, I get everything all together (IPTV and VOD). Would be nice to be able to figure out how to get 2 different playlists.. 1 just for IPTV channels, and a different one for VOD. That way they'd be separate (as they are in the OK2 APK). I'm sure it's doable, but I just don't know what the URLs would be.

[#1tiny]

I only changed mac in stbemu pro
never touched serial

Yep works perfect

[Mr Hanky]

I have had the same experience Emporium. After the first box connects - it is locked into the server system - then when I tried to use a different box it was blocked. After logging into the reseller panel and submitting a ticket they could release the first receiver so that I could use the second receiver.

I did try using STBEmu Pro and thought I put in the same serial number but it didn't seem to help.

I'll have to try it again. Is it not the ID # the real long one thats secured.

[Emporium]

Is it not the ID # the real long one thats secured.

I initially thought it would be that, since it would make sense.. But not from my experience with STB Emu. ID number remained different on all 4 boxes I used. Other than the MAC, it turned out it was the serial that needed to match. And I was even surprised that t was an editable field.
Keep in mind, this is strictly with STBEmu, I don't own any actual IPTV STB.