Recent content by arlo

With all of the theoretical jargon aside. Relating to scanner dudes mentioning that 75 ohm coax don't make a difference. Within limits my choice is to do it right. You know? There are the "figure eight" looking dual scalars for multiple feeds both C band and C/Ku mounting. And from web searches...

It was at the time I took the pic. Now have a ortho setup for c band. The slight misalignments you might see are just from setting it all up back then.

I've had the same setup with a geosatpro lnbf for several years.Cheap and easy and pretty darned good signal strength. It still illuminates only a portion of the 12 footer....because it's designed for a smaller dish. And yeah. Playing around finding the sweet spot because I have a buttonhook...

Probably highly suggested to install the GPU with case on it's side so plug it in vertically. And take every precaution to add supports if at all possible.

I'm a bit leery of Nvidia high end GPU's. I keep updated on Nortwest Repair, Northridge Fix, and a few others on YouTube. All the same. Fried power connectors. Tendency to crack where the main board connector latch is on them. A bit scary. Companies ditching warranties and just reflowing the...

Then there's the DPP-44 dilemma. Conceptual probably. Running multiple FTA receivers all at once can be a pickle. If anyone has three single or twin tuner E2 receivers and wishes to try an experiment. Use client mode on the remote receivers. See if setting up the master receiver right and put it...

There is a conundrum gonna' happen. The master receiver will put out either 13 or 18 volts depending on the tp polarity it is currently tuned to. Any SWM device is designed to work with just that. SWM components from the lnbf (ku band) to the receiver. Far as I know from folks hammering the...

1 coax from the dish that can fan out to 3 receivers?

I hope it works. My way? Save the settings file at the very least using FTP to a known location. New image after setup. Make sure both images have the same IP or you create new profiles in telnet, Filezilla, channel editor. Same IP is easier. Add your first sat. in tuner setup. Save it. Gives...

Perhaps not. Guys? It might be possible to backup the settings file to save a complete tuner setup. Would like to see the existing mini file. /etc/enigma2. The lamedb might be the same. Again a comparison between the receivers would be handy. I know that because I use my own custom...

More gook. The RCK movers use RS-422. And there happens to be RS-422 Arduino shields. I don't know why I'm on the Adruino thing but people are doing some pretty cool things with them. Research Concepts told me in a phone call when I asked if there was a company or if they knew of anyone offering...

Oh. Further and deeper. And for me frustrating to think of a solution. 1) Receiver LNB port sends command. 2) Just like the ASC1/Vbox, etc. Filtering captures the diseqc data stream from coax pass thru. 3) Data wakes up the Arduino/MCU. Receives the string. 4 Data stream packet is decoded and...

There's a guy on SatsUK who will build a real nice "better than" ASC1 for you. The RC units are really cool and very robust. My dream would be to develop (because I suck at programming) an Arduino diseqc interface that sat in the middle of a receiver and the dish mover to translate commands. On...

Apologies if you don't. Will you verify that the actuator shaft w/o the motor attached turns with moderate force in either direction? Are Brian's tests being done with the motor disconnected from the actuator tube? It's rather frustrating to see folks hammer a motor with voltage that has been in...

Slap up a good photo showing the sensor section. As always.