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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Adding a dish motor to HUmax / quattro LNB / 5/8 Multiswitch setup
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<blockquote data-quote="a33" data-source="post: 1108900" data-attributes="member: 332642"><p>Welcome to the forum, dagbaruch!</p><p>So the question is about the combination of motor and multiswitch?</p><p></p><p>There are two possible setups for your cabling: serial, or parallel.</p><p></p><p>Serial would be: motor between the motor-controling receiver and the multiswitch. This usually means <strong>2 extra cables</strong> (back and forth) between multiswitch and dish setup. (Impedance-wise a clean setup.)</p><p></p><p>Parallel would be: a splitter/tap between the motor-controling receiver and the multiswitch. The main input of the splitter to the MS, the tap-'input' to the motor. So <strong>only one extra cable</strong> needed to the motor (second connection on the motor can stay open, or a DC-blocking terminating resistor at it).</p><p>Special care is needed to choose the splitter/tap. A UniTap by Spaun would be a good tap, the best solution I would say. I myself use a simple splitter for a setup like this, but it should have power pass in both directions, or at least in the right direction (but these are rare!). A simple T-piece is also possible, but impedance-wise not a good solution.</p><p></p><p>All this assumes only one receiver having motor-control.</p><p>When you want two receivers having motor control (but not at the same time, of course), that is only possible (AFAIK) in the parallel way, and you'd need an extra tap/splitter, and a satellite (smart) priority switch.</p><p></p><p>Does this make things clearer?</p><p></p><p>Greetz,</p><p>A33</p><p></p><p><em>Edit. I assume you realize that when your motor/dish is aimed at the one satellite, the other satellite cannot be received....</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="a33, post: 1108900, member: 332642"] Welcome to the forum, dagbaruch! So the question is about the combination of motor and multiswitch? There are two possible setups for your cabling: serial, or parallel. Serial would be: motor between the motor-controling receiver and the multiswitch. This usually means [B]2 extra cables[/B] (back and forth) between multiswitch and dish setup. (Impedance-wise a clean setup.) Parallel would be: a splitter/tap between the motor-controling receiver and the multiswitch. The main input of the splitter to the MS, the tap-'input' to the motor. So [B]only one extra cable[/B] needed to the motor (second connection on the motor can stay open, or a DC-blocking terminating resistor at it). Special care is needed to choose the splitter/tap. A UniTap by Spaun would be a good tap, the best solution I would say. I myself use a simple splitter for a setup like this, but it should have power pass in both directions, or at least in the right direction (but these are rare!). A simple T-piece is also possible, but impedance-wise not a good solution. All this assumes only one receiver having motor-control. When you want two receivers having motor control (but not at the same time, of course), that is only possible (AFAIK) in the parallel way, and you'd need an extra tap/splitter, and a satellite (smart) priority switch. Does this make things clearer? Greetz, A33 [I]Edit. I assume you realize that when your motor/dish is aimed at the one satellite, the other satellite cannot be received....[/I] [/QUOTE]
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