Multiple sats via motor, C & Ku (1 Viewer)

[Das Hammer]

Good morning.

I started looking at the diseqc motor control last night in the TV Engine 0.3. (Made it that far without the need to post anything ).

When selecting my card (skystar 2 at the moment), there are three tabs. One is diseqc setup, the next is motor, and the third is scanning.


I have read this thread (specifically frodo's post regarding the steps in what order to do things) https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/diseqc_motor_support-t14244.html?t=14244 This makes sense.

However, I'm confused about how a guy can have C band and Ku on the same rotor? I see that I can select a satellite in the motor tab, but when I go to scan it, how does the application know what type of LNB to use? For example Galaxy10R at 123W. This bird has C band and Ku. My dish is connected to a diseqc positioner (36V positioner box (VBoxII)). The LNBF is switched from C band to Ku via 22KHz tone (this is a built-in function of the LNBF (BSC621) that I'm using). If I move the dish to Galaxy10R, store it as position#1, and then tell it to scan; how do I know what it is going to scan? Where does it pull the LNB info from?

 

[Das Hammer]

Nobody?

Ok, well maybe I'm just getting tripped up on "How do I know which LNB it is going to use" when I hit the scan button?

Does it default to the "LNB#1" setting on the diseqc setup tab?

I'll do some more experimenting when the Twinhan finally arrives.

 

[bakra]

Are you able to move the dish?
Mine is not moving at all. I'm using a Skystar 2 with a Motech Disecq motor.
With other programs it DOES move!

 

[Das Hammer]

I did some scanning last night with a SkyStar2.

First tab (LNB Setup):
Checked LNB#1
Selected "None" for diseqc
Set it to C band with a 5150 LOF

Second tab (Motor):
Changed Satellite to Galaxy10R 123W
Clicked Store
Note: I don't have a motor connected at this point. I used an STB to move the dish to Galaxy10R.

Third Tab (Scanning):
Clicked scan.
It went through the TP list and scanned using settings from LNB 1 (which is the only LNB I have checkmarked in the first tab, and it is set to C band)
**It tells you in the dialog window which lnb and which TP it is scanning**
It found all of the C band channels I expected it to.


I wanted to scan the Ku portion of this satellite as well, but I'd need to turn 22KHz ON to do so because of the way I have things wired right now. The LNBF I'm using has a built-in 22KHz switch to change from C band to Ku.

Unfortunately, I did not see a 22KHz ON/OFF option in the LNB setup.

The only other thing I could do is use a diseqc switch instead of a 22KHz switch. Then, (I'm speculating) I could setup LNB1 as C band with diseqc selected for port#1 and then setup LNB2 as Ku with diseqc selected for port#2. Then (still speculating) it would scan the selected satellite with LNB#1 then LNB#2.
That would rock.