MediaPortal Forum - View Single Post - Which DVB-S card would support DiSEqC with motor?

JDWestoby · 2008-06-10, 08:45

Both the Twinhan 1034 and the FloppyDTV-S2 support being motorised and they both have CI. Also the later SkySat card has an additional CI module but not sure if it supports motorised - check out a supplier like HiSat.

(I've got the first two, but only the FloppyDTV-S2 is installed, going to a 36V motor via a SuperJack positioner - feel very sorry for my wallet...)

But the RC1 TV engine has a problem with configuration as is mentioned in another post (not started by me).

Although it easily moves the dish using the tab in the TVEngine setup it refuses to scan more than one bird and thus far there isn't a sensible workaround for this.

I am impressed by MediaPortal and am trialling it replacing everything TV related (Sky, FreeView and multi Satellite) and the install is SO much easier than just a couple of months ago!

But some things are still outstanding and (reasonably so) you never know when they'll get looked at. (Crumbs! These people must have lives somewhere as well!)

Having said that, an awful lot of the functionality is already there and the feature freeze might 'allow' the developers to look at some of these 'sticking points' - as a working developer I know how hard it is to track down bugs, especially if all you've got to go on is a log and a vague description!

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JDWestoby Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rural Devon Age: 53 Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	DIsEQc PC cards (more info) Both the Twinhan 1034 and the FloppyDTV-S2 support being motorised and they both have CI. Also the later SkySat card has an additional CI module but not sure if it supports motorised - check out a supplier like HiSat. (I've got the first two, but only the FloppyDTV-S2 is installed, going to a 36V motor via a SuperJack positioner - feel very sorry for my wallet...) But the RC1 TV engine has a problem with configuration as is mentioned in another post (not started by me). Although it easily moves the dish using the tab in the TVEngine setup it refuses to scan more than one bird and thus far there isn't a sensible workaround for this. I am impressed by MediaPortal and am trialling it replacing everything TV related (Sky, FreeView and multi Satellite) and the install is SO much easier than just a couple of months ago! But some things are still outstanding and (reasonably so) you never know when they'll get looked at. (Crumbs! These people must have lives somewhere as well!) Having said that, an awful lot of the functionality is already there and the feature freeze might 'allow' the developers to look at some of these 'sticking points' - as a working developer I know how hard it is to track down bugs, especially if all you've got to go on is a log and a vague description!