Accutrac22Pro and DishProPlus

[Led]

Hi,
I purchased the Accutrac22Pro to fine tune the alignment on my new Dish Pro Plus dish.
I have a few questions on the Accutrac and on DPP technology.
Sadoun has a wealth of tech material online, and it helped somewhat.
Since the DPP has 2 LNB's and it has 2 outputs for my receivers, there must be an internal switch. How do I know that the Accutrac is seeing both 119 and 110 when I hook it up to the 2 output ports?
The Accutrac doesn't have the ability to select a satelite.
Do the Dish Pro Plus LNB's default to one selecting 119 and the other selecting 110 when not hooked to a receiver?
I called Perfect 10 the company that makes Accutrac, and they couldn't tell me. I called Dish support and they said "HUH!!". That's normal for Dish support.
I hope I am making sense. It seems to make sense to me.
After writing this note I had an idea. After I hook up the Accutrac, I could block the LNB.s one at a time and see if one then the other signal drops off. Of course that wouldn't help me if both outputs are the same satellite signal.
Thanks

[pictureon]

By default; port 1 is 119 and port 2 is 110. You should tune your dish on 119 using port 1 of the lnb. If your settings are correct, then 110 should have good signal too.

[D D X]

I take it the AcuTrac iz a dish mover ... ( right? ) ...

Well , az you should already knOw , a Dish Pro Plus dish duzz nOt require a dish mover , it's dezigned to be locked down after it's tracked in ( statiunarily mounted ) , so once this iz done , moving it would ( will ) only serve to loooze tha satellite signalz or make them weaker! The idea iz to track in all tha sats it's dezigned to receive and then lock it down and be done with it! a dish mover on the uther hand iz dezigned to be uzed with a larger dish to track the entire geostatiunary satelllite arc or at least mOst of it to receive a number of various diff 'rent sats that are spread out all across the entire arc ... so trying to uze one with a dish that wuzzn't dezigned for one izzn't "overkill" , az it's nOt going to help you to receive a better signal frum any of tha sats it wuz dezigned to receive ... and it's nOt just simply tOtally unnecessary ... it's simply defeating tha purpose of tha very dezign of tha DPP dish!

( NOTE: DPP dishez also have "SKEW" or "TILT" adjustments in tha back , just like tha standard Dish Pro dishez before them did , to compensate for tha skew or tilt of tha satellite arc az compared to tha geographic locatiun of where tha dish iz installed and this adjustment iz also to be locked down once it's made. )

[lumpkin666]

Originally Posted by D D X

I take it the AcuTrac iz a dish mover ... ( right? ) ...

Well , az you should already knOw , a Dish Pro Plus dish duzz nOt require a dish mover , it's dezigned to be locked down after it's tracked in ( statiunarily mounted ) , so once this iz done , moving it would ( will ) only serve to loooze tha satellite signalz or make them weaker! The idea iz to track in all tha sats it's dezigned to receive and then lock it down and be done with it! a dish mover on the uther hand iz dezigned to be uzed with a larger dish to track the entire geostatiunary satelllite arc or at least mOst of it to receive a number of various diff 'rent sats that are spread out all across the entire arc ... so trying to uze one with a dish that wuzzn't dezigned for one izzn't "overkill" , az it's nOt going to help you to receive a better signal frum any of tha sats it wuz dezigned to receive ... and it's nOt just simply tOtally unnecessary ... it's simply defeating tha purpose of tha very dezign of tha DPP dish!

( NOTE: DPP dishez also have "SKEW" or "TILT" adjustments in tha back , just like tha standard Dish Pro dishez before them did , to compensate for tha skew or tilt of tha satellite arc az compared to tha geographic locatiun of where tha dish iz installed and this adjustment iz also to be locked down once it's made. )

Nice try attempting to be a smart alleck, but an Accutrac22Pro is a dual satellite meter designed to help you peak multiple satellites at one time by showing you the signal strength that both lnbs are receiving while you make minor adjustments to the dish in order to find the best combination to peak both locations to their maximum.

[Led]

Originally Posted by D D X

I take it the AcuTrac iz a dish mover ... ( right? ) ...

Well , az you should already knOw , a Dish Pro Plus dish duzz nOt require a dish mover , it's dezigned to be locked down after it's tracked in ( statiunarily mounted ) , so once this iz done , moving it would ( will ) only serve to loooze tha satellite signalz or make them weaker! The idea iz to track in all tha sats it's dezigned to receive and then lock it down and be done with it! a dish mover on the uther hand iz dezigned to be uzed with a larger dish to track the entire geostatiunary satelllite arc or at least mOst of it to receive a number of various diff 'rent sats that are spread out all across the entire arc ... so trying to uze one with a dish that wuzzn't dezigned for one izzn't "overkill" , az it's nOt going to help you to receive a better signal frum any of tha sats it wuz dezigned to receive ... and it's nOt just simply tOtally unnecessary ... it's simply defeating tha purpose of tha very dezign of tha DPP dish!

( NOTE: DPP dishez also have "SKEW" or "TILT" adjustments in tha back , just like tha standard Dish Pro dishez before them did , to compensate for tha skew or tilt of tha satellite arc az compared to tha geographic locatiun of where tha dish iz installed and this adjustment iz also to be locked down once it's made. )

Hey DDX,
Thanks for the comic relief. It must have taken you some time to compose that message with so much gibberish. Very entertaining.

[Led]

Originally Posted by pictureon

By default; port 1 is 119 and port 2 is 110. You should tune your dish on 119 using port 1 of the lnb. If your settings are correct, then 110 should have good signal too.

Thanks Pictureon,
Thats what I thought, I just wanted someone to confirm it.
I have some questions about cable types, but I will make a new post.