Is it possible?

[adamsphoto]

Can you use a switch of some type to run two different dish set ups with motors on each of them from one reciever? Can it be done and if so what would I use?

Thanks

[lumpkin666]

I've done this a couple ways, but the easiest/most reliable is to use an Ecoda 22k switch to split the RG6 cable from the receiver and send the 2 cables to your motors. This works fine because the Ecoda 22k switch will pass the diseqc commands through the switch and to both motors fine. Most other brand 22k switches will strip the diseqc and not allow it to go to the motors.

The down side of useing the Ecoda 22k switch is that sometimes the switch appears to switch slowly (or something, not quite sure what happens), and the diseqc commands end up going to both motors - causing both motors to move. This doesn't hurt anything per say, but if you wanted to quickly switch back to the other satellite after switching, you'd have to wait for your first motor to return to position. I've seen this happen a few times, but don't notice it much.

Another option that I'm using is to daisychain the motors. I setup one motor using usals 1.2 directly from the receiver, then removed the cable and plugged it into port 4 of a diseqc that was between the motor and the lnb of another dish (that dish was running diseqc only). Then all I had to do was change my settings in the receiver to point to port 4 for the original motor. The key here is that the diseqc switch appears to be forwarding the usals commands, AND I've set the diseqc controlled motor with no usals positions saved in it - thus it does not attempt to move the diseqc dish at all when I move the usals dish.

[adamsphoto]

Thanks for the info... had to draw this out to wrap my head around it (daisychain method). I will give it a try this weekend and see what I come up with. Thanks again!