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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
DISEqC Switch Blown?
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<blockquote data-quote="Offtensive" data-source="post: 1121566" data-attributes="member: 416667"><p>I need to lay wiring underground for my motorised dish, which I haven't had a chance to do yet. My Zone 1 dish is at the back of the house, and my motorised dish is at the back of the garden. Hence, I utilised some legacy cabling that the Zone 1 dish never used, which went to the living room. So now the DISEqC connects that legacy cabling to my motorised dish. I haven't had a chance to connect my motor direct to the receiver today, as I'll need to take the receiver outside etc.</p><p></p><p>This setup had worked fine for the past 4 or 5 months and I never had issues with it. With my old receiver I had set my Sats up as</p><p></p><p>Astra 2</p><p>DISEqC - LNB 2</p><p>Motor - None</p><p></p><p>Astra 1</p><p>DISEqC 1.0 - LNB 3</p><p>Motor - None</p><p></p><p>Turksat 42e</p><p>DISEqC 1.0 - LNB 4</p><p>Motor - None</p><p></p><p>All other sats</p><p>DISEqC 1.0 - LNB 1 </p><p>Motor - USALS</p><p></p><p>Yesterday when setting up my Octagon receiver, I did power everything off first before removing the old receiver and connecting the Octagon.</p><p></p><p>I think I may have done something wrong in the setup in OpenATV. I used the advanced configuration option. Astra 1 and 2 were set up as above. But I think I had used DISEqC 1.2 commands in the set-up and USALS.</p><p></p><p>It seemed to be working fine at first. I scanned in 23.5e and 16e fine. I went to scan in 13e. At first it only picked up about 10 channels. I then scanned one transponder, which worked, and a full rescan, which seemed to do the trick.</p><p></p><p>When I was setting up ABM and I started to go through the bouquets, I noticed that on 13e, 16e, and 23.5e I was getting 0 signal.</p><p></p><p>I then removed the Octagon and reconnected my old box. I cannot say for sure that I turned the Octagon off before disconnecting the LNB cable, but I am pretty sure that I did.</p><p></p><p>Today, I was able to move the motor East/West using the manual button. I also switched the motorised dish to Port 4 on my switch. But I am getting the same issue, Port 4 now gives me Port 3 (19.2e). That did surprise me, that whatever Port my motorised dish is connected to I keep on getting Port 3.</p><p></p><p>Another thing I remember is that the Octagon had the motor speed at around 2.7/s I think whereas it is 1s on my old receiver. I wonder if the increase in speed caused more current to passthrough the switch.</p><p></p><p>I will try and have another mess with it later. I think I have a coaxial f joiner somewhere, so I might just use that instead of the switch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Offtensive, post: 1121566, member: 416667"] I need to lay wiring underground for my motorised dish, which I haven't had a chance to do yet. My Zone 1 dish is at the back of the house, and my motorised dish is at the back of the garden. Hence, I utilised some legacy cabling that the Zone 1 dish never used, which went to the living room. So now the DISEqC connects that legacy cabling to my motorised dish. I haven't had a chance to connect my motor direct to the receiver today, as I'll need to take the receiver outside etc. This setup had worked fine for the past 4 or 5 months and I never had issues with it. With my old receiver I had set my Sats up as Astra 2 DISEqC - LNB 2 Motor - None Astra 1 DISEqC 1.0 - LNB 3 Motor - None Turksat 42e DISEqC 1.0 - LNB 4 Motor - None All other sats DISEqC 1.0 - LNB 1 Motor - USALS Yesterday when setting up my Octagon receiver, I did power everything off first before removing the old receiver and connecting the Octagon. I think I may have done something wrong in the setup in OpenATV. I used the advanced configuration option. Astra 1 and 2 were set up as above. But I think I had used DISEqC 1.2 commands in the set-up and USALS. It seemed to be working fine at first. I scanned in 23.5e and 16e fine. I went to scan in 13e. At first it only picked up about 10 channels. I then scanned one transponder, which worked, and a full rescan, which seemed to do the trick. When I was setting up ABM and I started to go through the bouquets, I noticed that on 13e, 16e, and 23.5e I was getting 0 signal. I then removed the Octagon and reconnected my old box. I cannot say for sure that I turned the Octagon off before disconnecting the LNB cable, but I am pretty sure that I did. Today, I was able to move the motor East/West using the manual button. I also switched the motorised dish to Port 4 on my switch. But I am getting the same issue, Port 4 now gives me Port 3 (19.2e). That did surprise me, that whatever Port my motorised dish is connected to I keep on getting Port 3. Another thing I remember is that the Octagon had the motor speed at around 2.7/s I think whereas it is 1s on my old receiver. I wonder if the increase in speed caused more current to passthrough the switch. I will try and have another mess with it later. I think I have a coaxial f joiner somewhere, so I might just use that instead of the switch. [/QUOTE]
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