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Ummm, insertion loss? Just to see temperature?

How does that display the temp via the STB?? "Return" Diseqc data, as far as I know, isn't implemented in any consumer DVB-S/S2 'box'.
And in all actuality, when it's this cold, (-17°F yesterday AM) I don't need reminders.

I see no point in it... better to have the extra port available for an LNB.

Where and how does it display the detected temperature? Personally, I don't want more things in the signal path.


EDIT: O.K. That was answered. Had eye test this morning dilated eyes not seeing too good at the moment

My local temperature is sensed at the airport, sent across the internet to who knows where, and is displayed in the upper left corner screen of my STB running E2 firmware. All for free.

3 Ports DiSEqC Switch with Temperature Sensor
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Own development of company Dr. HD! DiSEqC 3x1 with the built in thermode. The arrangement deduces in the menu of a receiver temperature behind a window.

Given digital ????? the sensor control works with receivers of ruler HotCake HD!
Protection against short circuit on a cable
The tight plastic body protecting from a rain and snows
High pass of a feed, up to 500 ??
3 port DiSEqC 1.1
Range of frequencies: 950-2400MHz
The Internet-connection is not required!

Description:
· Faster loading;
· Full compatibility DVB-S2 / S, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVC H.264;
· Ultra CAS card slot
· Support for external WiFi-adapter;
· Officially certified Crypton;
· Fast channel switching;
· Clear menu, easy setup and management;
· 2x USB 2.0
· PVR-ready - possibility to record on external USB-drives;
Multimedia Player: Audio - MP3, MP4, OGG and others., video - MKV, AVI, DIVX, etc., the graphics - JPEG, BMP and others; · Compact body, which if necessary can be mounted on vertical surfaces; ·
TV guide and TV shows for the week; · Power Supply 12V, allowing the device to work in the car, on the boat, in nature, etc; · Copying the software and settings from the receiver to another receiver by cable;

Ability to work with weather station Dr.HD;

I think in Russian Siberia with cold -50C degrees-sensors fail.

I've never seen -50C here, nor do I want to. However, according to one of the well known but unwritten laws of antennae theory, the colder and more miserable the weather is when you install or repair an antenna, the better it will work. Imagine how well their antennas work when they can install at -50!

How cold is it out there?

:kaboom: anyone seen wally lately?

Maybe his tongue froze to the flagpole during the thermometer testing?

I saw Wally:

Maybe this is what Dish wanted to do when they talked about their weather stations.