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Originally Posted by Bibbler
OK Bill...
I just disassembled all the wiring, start over from scratch... For the moment, let's forget the Analog and moving the C band dish. Let's just see if I can get the LNB's to send me a signal from both dish and getting the small dish to move (the C band dish is more complicated because of the vBox etc).... |
I couldn't remember if you were moving the C-band dish via VBOX or an analog receiver. If you're trying to control both VBOX and 80cm through the same coax, then that sounds like all sorts of potential issues that could be problems.
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Originally Posted by Bibbler
I am going to try the 80 CM dish Alone...
From the receiver I am going to go into the switch (Output), out of the switch (using the #3 connector) and then into the motor..... The dish ought to work as normal before I even had a C band other than I need to set the Sats in the Receiver on DiSEqC to 3....
Im thinking That should work ...
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I think this is still a problem. I don't have any direct experience trying this, but most people here say that you can't put the motor after the switch. I don't know if it's a power issue, or if the switch doesn't pass the diseqC signals or what, but most people say not to do this. However besides the power issue, and filtering the signal issue, there is also the question of whether the dish move signal is sent before the switch signal. Ie say you are on C-band port 1 and want to move the 80cm, if the move command is sent first, it would go to the C-band not the 80cm. Even if the switch command is sent first, it might then send the move command before the switch actually switches. Anyway, all sorts of potential problems here.
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Originally Posted by Bibbler
Next, if the little dish moves and works as normal, then move on to the big dish.... Come out of the C band connector on the LNB and run it into the switch (connector #1), Come out of the Ku connector on the LNB and hook it to the switch (Connector #2)...
At this point I should have my normal Ku stuff on the little dish, and the C band and Ku for whatever sat the big dish is pointing to..
Does this all sound about right??? If it works, then I'll go back and hook up the vBox and add that to the equation ..
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Without the VBOX, and assuming that you put the switch after the 80cm motor, it sounds OK, but once you put that VBOX back in there are potential problems. I have a 4 port diseqC after the motor on my 90cm, and run a C/L lnbf and a 2nd dish off it, and am thinking about running a line to a 3rd dish, but the 2nd and 3rd are fixed dishes. If I tried going to a motor after the switch I'd be looking for trouble. I think you should just run a 2nd coax out there, or perhaps another route might be a 12v switch, although that requires more wires too.