oscam.ratelimit(5)

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Okay bestie, welcome to oscam.ratelimit(5) β€” it’s from the File Formats Manual, and it’s literally the ECMs ratelimit for OSCam ✨ This whole page is the rate-limit setup, no cap.

πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

limit rate of ECMs allowed for an interval

That’s the vibe check: limit the rate of ECMs allowed for an interval, periodt πŸ’…

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTIONS πŸ¦‹

The format is lowkey laid out like this, and you keep these exactly:

CAID:provider ID:service
ID:ChID:ratelimitecm:ratelimitseconds:srvidholdseconds

Then these three fields are the main characters:

  • ratelimitecm β€” number of different SIDs in ECMs allowed for an interval πŸ’–
  • ratelimitseconds β€” interval in seconds for ratelimit ⏳
  • srvidholdseconds β€” extra time in seconds this service ID is kept in a slot before another service ID can take its place 🫢

πŸ”₯ EXAMPLES πŸ”₯

One example, and it’s giving exactly this:

0100:00002A:3A3A:4A00:0002:0010:0004

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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