Drive program starting method and drive program starting system for set top box

The invention relates to the field of set top boxes, in particular to a drive program starting method and a drive program starting system for a set top box. The method includes steps: S1, recognizing a processor model and a communication device model of the set top box; S2, acquiring a preset drive configuration file corresponding to the processor model to obtain a first drive configuration file; S3, acquiring a number of a first port for connection of a processor and a communication device, and writing the number of the first port into the first drive configuration file to obtain a second drive configuration file; S4, setting values of drive program path parameters of the second drive configuration file according to the communication device model to obtain a third drive configuration file; S5, starting a drive program corresponding to the communication device model according to the third drive configuration file. The universal method for automatically loading drive programs of different models of communicati