Anyone Had Success At Cascading a DPP44 with a DP34?

[tvrocker2k5]

I have five receivers total (3-7200's, 1-942, & 1-2800). I have a DPP Twin LNB for the Dish 500 and a DP Dual LNB for the Dish 300(61.5°). I have the 942 connected to port 1 and I have the power inserter on this port as well. I have three of the other legacy receivers connected to ports 2-4 and I have a cascaded DP34 on the output of the DPP44. I have the other legacy receiver connected to port 1 of the DP34 with a legacy adapter connected to this receiver as well. The receivers that are connected to the DPP44 work great. However, on the legacy receiver that is connected to the DP34, it only sees the 119-even transponders and it says it can't find a switch box.

I had read on here before that I thought that you could cascade a DPP44 with a DP34 as long as you have a legacy adapter for it. Is this an incorrect assumption??? Has anyone else tried doing this and had any success at it?

I only have a legacy adapter on the receiver that is connected to the DP34. I wonder if maybe I could put the 942 on the DP34 and then put my other 4 legacy adapters on the the DPP44? Would I connect the DP34 to the LNB's first and then have the DPP44 on the output of the Dp34 or would I connect the DPP44 first to the LNB's????

Thanks for any info you can provide!!!!!

[RandallA]

Don't know why is not working but a DPP Twin must have at least one DP receiver connected. As for your problem all I can think of is the cables connecting the DPP44 and the DP34.

Are they rated to at least 2250 Mhz?

Edit: "Don't know why is not working but a DPP44 must have at least one DP receiver connected. So putting all 4 legacy receivers on the DPP44 won't work."

Since I can't find the thread to back it up, I'm going to edit this post. A DPP Twin must have a DP receiver connected.

[tvrocker2k5]

Don't know why is not working but a DPP44 must have at least one DP receiver connected. So putting all 4 legacy receivers on the DPP44 won't work. As for your problem all I can think of is the cables connecting the DPP44 and the DP34.

Are they rated to at least 2250 Mhz?

Yes...in fact they are all RG6 cables that are only about 8" long.

[RandallA]

Then my guess is the legacy receiver on the DP34. Have you tried the other way around? DP34 first and then DPP44.

[SimpleSimon]

Before you spend too much more money on this problem, why not retire the 2800 and replace it with a used 111/301/311?

You could probably sell the Legacy adapter to someone and break even overall.

[rowemance]

Your Problem is that your 3 - 7200's and your 2800 ARE NOT DISHPRO COMPATIBLE But they will work with your Dishpro Plus 44 switch as long as you have the 942 connected to it. They will not see the DP34 switch because it is not compatible with legacy receivers. The cheapest and easiest solution is to replace your 2800 with a used 301.

[tvrocker2k5]

Your Problem is that your 3 - 7200's and your 2800 ARE NOT DISHPRO COMPATIBLE But they will work with your Dishpro Plus 44 switch as long as you have the 942 connected to it. They will not see the DP34 switch because it is not compatible with legacy receivers. The cheapest and easiest solution is to replace your 2800 with a used 301.

I realize that the 7200's and 2800 are not Dishpro compatible, but I am using a Dishpro legacy adapter that is supposed to correct this problem with using a DP34 and a legacy adapter...correct????? This is what has me stumped!

[rowemance]

I have never heard of any one using a DPP 44 and a DP 34 switches together they may not be compatible because one is a Dishpro and the other is Dishpro Plus.

[Van]

DPP44 can be cascaded to DP34's and is supported by dishnetwork. When you cascade to the next switch you must make sure that ports 1 and 1 are linked as are 2 and 2 and so forth. If you have done this then your next step is to swap the 2800 over to the dpp44 and see if this issue persists on another legacy reciever, if it does then you may have a bad switch or a faulty connection or coax or even a bad adapter.

[SatinKzo]

I have never heard of any one using a DPP 44 and a DP 34 switches together they may not be compatible because one is a Dishpro and the other is Dishpro Plus.

I can attest to the fact that it works just fine, so that is not the issue here

Rock,

Per your post at dbstalk
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=46002

and my response there. I did run into a small issue when I put my DPP44 first then cascaded to the DP34 but a check switch cleared it up.

Try not hooking the DPP44 up or the 942 and just the legacy receivers with legacy adapters to the 34, see what happens.

I don't see any problems with a legacy receiver and a DishPro receiver on a DPP44 together (as long as a legacy adapter is not used) like ROWE.. said.

From what I can see it seems the setup is correct. Like I said, time to start isolating stuff. Just try one switch at a time, add receivers to that switch until you have a problem.


Have you checked this stuff?

http://www.satelliteone.com/dish/support/support.html




There is a good selection of DPP install stuff there. Each PDF says that DP34's can be trunked on to DPP44's without a problem.