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Over the weekend, I decided to tie two of my dishes together via a DiSEqC to see how well it worked. Bear in mind, that I only have 2 of the 4 dishes in intend to use in operation right now. Both of these dishes have dual output Titanium LNB's in them. I hooked one dish to port 1, and the second to port 2 on the switch. The receiver I'm using has 1.0, 1.1 and 22Khz tone settings. I tried all 4 ports on the 1.0 setting, and got nothing. I disabled it, and went to 1.1, which has several settings under this section, and I could get one or the other to work, but not both at the same time.
I also disabled the the 1.0 & 1.1 and tried the 22Khz tone, and still nothing, which is what I was expecting. I played with it for a while and never hit the right combination. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? This is an 8 port switch, if that makes a difference. I plan on adding more dishes in the future. Keep in mind, I installed BUD's for 30 years, but I'm relatively new at FTA, and never dealt with these kinds of switches.
I also disabled the the 1.0 & 1.1 and tried the 22Khz tone, and still nothing, which is what I was expecting. I played with it for a while and never hit the right combination. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? This is an 8 port switch, if that makes a difference. I plan on adding more dishes in the future. Keep in mind, I installed BUD's for 30 years, but I'm relatively new at FTA, and never dealt with these kinds of switches.
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Here in Europe we find 8/1 switches as
A) 'purely diseqc 1.1' switches, which react to only diseqc 1.1 Input 1...8 commands; and as
B) 'combination diseqc 1.1+1.0' switches, which react to the commands: diseqc 1.1 Input 1 plus diseqc 1.0 A/B/C/D command,
and diseqc 1.1 Input 2 plus diseqc 1.0 A/B/C/D command.
So it really depends on the switch you have, how to chose your diseqc command.
Some switches also switch on diseqc 1.2 (motor)commands.
Some have a little switch to chose the switching mode (or need a special programmer); others have not, and have only one switching mode (or sometimes two).
This is not intended to make it difficult for you
, but just to help look for other possibilities if you cannot quickly find the right diseqc commands....
If you still have difficulties: share with us what brand/type the switch is!
Greetz,
A33
Here in Europe we find 8/1 switches as
A) 'purely diseqc 1.1' switches, which react to only diseqc 1.1 Input 1...8 commands; and as
B) 'combination diseqc 1.1+1.0' switches, which react to the commands: diseqc 1.1 Input 1 plus diseqc 1.0 A/B/C/D command,
and diseqc 1.1 Input 2 plus diseqc 1.0 A/B/C/D command.
So it really depends on the switch you have, how to chose your diseqc command.
Some switches also switch on diseqc 1.2 (motor)commands.
Some have a little switch to chose the switching mode (or need a special programmer); others have not, and have only one switching mode (or sometimes two).
This is not intended to make it difficult for you
, but just to help look for other possibilities if you cannot quickly find the right diseqc commands....If you still have difficulties: share with us what brand/type the switch is!
Greetz,
A33
Here in Europe we find 8/1 switches as
A) 'purely diseqc 1.1' switches, which react to only diseqc 1.1 Input 1...8 commands; and as
B) 'combination diseqc 1.1+1.0' switches, which react to the commands: diseqc 1.1 Input 1 plus diseqc 1.0 A/B/C/D command,
and diseqc 1.1 Input 2 plus diseqc 1.0 A/B/C/D command.
So it really depends on the switch you have, how to chose your diseqc command.
Some switches also switch on diseqc 1.2 (motor)commands.
Some have a little switch to chose the switching mode (or need a special programmer); others have not, and have only one switching mode (or sometimes two).
This is not intended to make it difficult for you
If you still have difficulties: share with us what brand/type the switch is!
Greetz,
A33
When I got home last evening, I used the advice Titanium & KE4EST gave me and it came right on. However, I am a bit puzzled at what Titanium said, "An 8 port DiSEqC switch is type 1.1 or 2.1 (DiSEqC 1.0/2.0) only controls up to 4 port." If an 8 port switch will only control 4 ports, why build an 8 port switch? This switch is numbered port 1-8 like you could hook 8 dishes to the same switch and make it work.
Like I said, I don't know everything about these kinds of hookups, but I'm learning. Now I need to know how to make all 4 dishes show up on two different receivers so I can hook up the wife's receiver in the other room. I doubt that will be as uncomplicated as this turned out to be. It was rather simple after I learned the particulars of the switch settings.
Breaking down what Brian said:
An 8X1 switch is 1.1 or 2.1.
The 1.0 or 2.0 protocol is only designed for 4 ports max.
So your switch being 1.1 will do all 8 ports.
An 8X1 switch is 1.1 or 2.1.
The 1.0 or 2.0 protocol is only designed for 4 ports max.
So your switch being 1.1 will do all 8 ports.
Breaking down what Brian said:
An 8X1 switch is 1.1 or 2.1.
The 1.0 or 2.0 protocol is only designed for 4 ports max.
So your switch being 1.1 will do all 8 ports.
I have 2 of these 8 port switches. At present, I am only using one hook up on my dual port LNB's. If I hook the unused port on the LNB to the 2nd switch, and do the same on the other dishes and set the switch settings like the settings on the 1st receiver, will the same channels work on the 2nd receiver in the other room? I assume the two ports on a dual port LNB works completely independent of each other and will not need a DC block on the 2nd receiver. Is that correct?
While I think of it, I assume you have found Light TV on 99W. When I first located it, it worked perfectly. Afterwards, they announced that Light and COZI were going to be become one channel, Light TV. Now, I have audio and no video. Have you experienced the same problem? My wife claims it has video during the day when I'm at work, but when I looked at the PID info last night, one PID setting was different than what's posted on SATHINT.
I haven't edited the PID settings because my wife claims it works through the day, and I guess it could be something they're doing during the switch over. What's your take on it?
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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On Tuesday, I recorded the first episodes of the new season's NCIS shows on CBS (Dish provided, not OTA). The new New York series and Origins will both do Auto Skip, but the original, now season 24 does not. What's stranger, when I do a search for NCIS, Origins and New York show the current recording and the next episode it will record, but the original show only shows the current recording and some other channel showing the very first episode of season one. It makes no sense. When I set up the timers, I was able to use search for Origins and New York, but for the original, I had to scroll ahead in the guide until last Tuesday when the show was airing. Then set the timer from there. You can see its timer type is DVR where the other two are Seek. What am I missing?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
