Like how convert old DTV or dishnetwork boxes to Pansat... I must read now very much before all that tech disappear from internet....
hurry!
Actually, none of the cloned IRD's in their proof of concept projects will blindscan like a Pansat 25 or 2700 can, nor will it have the RS-232 data port. Doesn't matter if all you need is something that works for FTA channels that don't change parameters or sats much. I periodically checked their work in progress, to see if anything close to a flexible FTA unit would result, because the older units that can be converted are so common and generally free. Most of their work was incomplete and focused toward THEIR goal. Until near the end, there was a good effort to make a stable unit AND one that would allow symbol rate entry - not just 20M. As far as I know, that was a success, but the site has disappeared. It's still going on though, if you hunt around. The point I should make is that there was an interest to make a REAL FTA unit out of a DN IRD, because that had not been done very well. And that is what they are good for now, only TRUE FTA. Another thing, over the years, the conversion project was stolen from another group of coders, who started the effort and encrypted their work. But of course, their protected files were hacked by their own blood. No honor among thieves.
-sidha
