FTA and a BUD

[charlieh88]

HI Guys Thanks to all who Helped me with my limits problem New question I was looking in syatem status and in the line c band all I have is c band horz left I have c/ku lnb's and a servo on top is this normal or is there something that I havent got right yet
Next is what all do I need to do to hook up and instal my FTA receiver I've read that I need a hi freq splitter and a switch how do you find the sats with the fta receiver after that Thanks Again
ps where is the outdoor chanel it used to be on go-24 where did ther move to Thanks

 

[C-band]

What model FTA reciever do you have. MOST FTA recievers cannot control a servo motor.

 

[charlieh88]

Hi I have a pansat2500 I want to use my 4dtv GI 920 to control the dish and the ps for fta Thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

The Pansat 2500 will control a servo motor if I remember correctly

Since you have a 920 do you subscribe to something? If so, you might want to use the 920 to do everything instead of 1/2 and 1/2 (920 moving the dish and the Pansat changing polarity)

 

[turbosat]

charlieh88 the outdoor channel scrambled, went digital. (Digicipher2 so you need a 4DTV receiver to get that, if its still avail). There is another outdoors type show with fishing and hunting on it, I think its on G23 now, cband digital. Last I checked it was still free...

edit : Its called Sportsman channel, on Gal23 at 121 W...cband digital, 3724H SR3002 Good channel!

 

[melgarga]

Here's what I do with this equipment -
7.5' Laser mesh w/ C and Ku single output LNB, polarotor type
DSR922
Coolsat 6000
PV high freq splitter dc block one side
4 port DiSEqC
V-box positioner
I split the C band signal, powerpass side to the 922, the other (power block) to port 1 of the DiSEqC.
I bring the Ku feed straight to the DiSEqC port 2 (I have another Perfect View splitter but I dont mess with DCII on Ku)
The CS satellite settings are configured for C=port1 Ku=port2. (The 2 extra DiSEqC ports are for future fixed dish inputs, that I need the RG6 re-run )

Currently the 922 controls polarity
and the V-Box controls dish position. (I tried suplementing the V-Box control using the DiSEqc 1.2 motor control feature from the CS, but was not able to get it to operate properly. Yes I know the V-Box needs to be before the dc block splitter. I will re-visit it when I have time.)

Using the 922 for both would mean I have to switch back to the 922 video to change dish position for DVB viewing/surfing. Since the 922 is for primarily for viewing, not surfing, it is little trouble to occasionally move to the desired sat when needed.
I have enabled and switch to satellite B6 in the 922 for polarotor fine tuning when using the DVB so I dont disturb the settings on any of the other DCII birds. I use B6 because it's map for channel polarity is direct, not reversed. Odd/even ch's on the 922 display = H/V polarotor positition respectively
The extra remote (V-Box) to manage is a bit of trouble initially, but you get used to it. A learning remote programmed with 4D and V-Box codes would be ideal.
The DiSEqC 'faults' occasionally (dont they all?) and I have to cycle the power on the CS to resync it, but other than that, the setup serves my purposes. Good luck with your ventures.

 

[charlieh88]

Hey guys thanks for the help I'm in the learning process now so I just keep tring like I did with the dish try and read someomre and try that so bear with me and Thanks for the help and advice hope you dont mind lots of ?

 

[Mr Tony]

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