I wrote a short VB program that extracts the satellite names and DiseqC1.2 satellite numbers as per the discussion above. Real short & simple, not fancy.
Program is at :
http://wejones.ftdata.com/bjbinview.zip
This version is just for viewing, if it proves to be safe, future versions may allow editing.
As an example of what it does, the output from what I have in my
Mercury right now:
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1
IA5 Ku ...............10
2 IA5 C .................11
3 Galaxy10 Ku.......... 8
4 Galaxy10 C ............---
5 Amazonas ............---
6 AMC 1 ................---
7 AMC 2 ................6
8 AMC 3 .................7
9 AMC 4 Ku............... ---
10 AMC 4 C............... ---
11 AMC 5 ...............4
12 AMC 6 ...............---
13 AMC 7............... ---
14 AMC 8............... ---
15 AMC 9 ...............5
16 AMC 10 ...............---
17 AMC 11............... ---
18 AMC 12............... ---
19 AMC 15 ...............---
20 AMC 16 ..............---
21 Anik F1............... ---
22 Anik F2 ...............---
23 Echostar1/2 .............---
24 Echostar 3.......... ---
25 Echostar 4 ..........---
26 Echostar 5.......... ---
27 Echo 8/10.......... ---
28 Echostar 7.......... ---
29 Echostar 9 ..........---
30 Galaxy13/H1 ..........---
31 Galaxy 3C ..........---
32 Galaxy 11 ..........---
33 Galaxy 14 ..........---
34 Galaxy 15.......... ---
35 Galaxy 16 ..........---
36 Hispasat ..........---
37 IA 6 ...............---
38 IA 7.......... ....---
39 IA 8 ................9
40 IA 13............... ---
41 INTEL705 ..........---
42 INTEL805 ..........---
43 INTEL905 ..........---
44 INTEL907.......... ---
45 Nimiq 1 ............---
46 Nimiq 2............. ---
47 NSS7 ..............---
48 NSS806.............---
49 PAS 1R .............---
50 PAS 3R Ku.......... ---
51 PAS 3R C ..........---
52 PAS 9 Ku.......... ---
53 PAS 9 C..............---
54 SatMex 5 ............---
55 SATMEX 6.......... ---
56 SBS 6 .................3
57 SOLIDAR 2.......... ---
58 T STAR11.......... ---
59 T STAR12 ..........---
60 AMC-6KU ............2
61 BJ-NEW .............---
62 G25-C ..............---
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{EDIT I had to insert a bunch of "......." since this forum doesn't like multiple spaces. }
The above is the default sat list plus a couple I added. The numbers after the sat names are the DiseqC1.2 sat numbers as defined by the Mercury, so if you switch to another receiver, you can just assign those numbers to the various sats, rather than searching again for each sat. The sats followed by "---" have not had DiseqC1.2 positions assigned in the Mercury yet.
As you see, the sat numbers seem to be in random order, but the order is the order in which I saved the sats. I started out using the Mercury slaved to my analog receiver, but have switched it over to being used with my 90CM dish. I obviously haven't finished loading all the sats yet. I don't use the Mercury much.