Need Help. Willing to pay if needed!
So I know that you all are busy, and that questions from newbies must drive you nuts. To start, I am not a complete newbie. Been playing around with sat stuff for a while, but most of my experience lies years ago. At that time, I had set up a sat rig in my yard that still to this day appears to be properly aligned.
It's a 30" dish on an HH motor, affixed to a dual 4x4 base in about 100lbs of concrete. An outdoor junction box connected to an underground plastic conduit connects the wiring to the home. I have verified that the wiring is still good, insofar as I have been able to rotate the motor and (sporadically) get software on the PC to lock on some signals.
I am at wits end. The software I used to use (and likely the PCI-card) are not working as I remember. I am looking to replace the PCI-Card (SkyStar2) with a USB 2.0 solution. I am quite out of touch with the new PC USB solutions + software that I might use to achieve my goal.
The Goal: Set up my rig (with new USB device of some sort) to gain access to freely available television content from the sats available to me. This would be controlled by a server pc that sits close enough to the cabling to be connected to it, and have a client PC (in the bedroom) be able to control the server and view content it is receiving.
I am willing to pay if necessary for the assistance of someone who can direct me towards USB 2.0 receivers and the software that may be used with them in order to achieve this goal.
The receiver must be able to deal with: Receiver->13dB Amp->HH Motor->Diseqc 2-way switch->QPH-031 (1 circular output, 1 linear output), such that it can rotate the motor to the appropriate satellite and choose the appropriate LNB from the QPH-031.
I have an picture that shows the wiring layout of my current system, but this board apparently will not let me post it.
The amplifier and 2-way switch are both housed in an outdoor junction box next to the dish.
Current rig:
*QPH-031 Quad LNB
*DMS International Diseqc 2-way switch
*GS3100 H-H Motor *Philips 950-2150 MHz 13dB gain in-line signal amplifier
I do not have a lot of money to throw around, and if someone wants to help me for free, I would be extremely grateful. If not, I will try to arrange a method of payment (such as PayPal) for assistance that leads to the goal.
From a technical perspective, I am a software engineer with over a decade of experience, so software and driver stuff is fairly easy for me. Please let me know if anyone is interested, and what they would want in compensation for their help.
--Reynolds K (Milford, MI - USA)
So I know that you all are busy, and that questions from newbies must drive you nuts. To start, I am not a complete newbie. Been playing around with sat stuff for a while, but most of my experience lies years ago. At that time, I had set up a sat rig in my yard that still to this day appears to be properly aligned.
It's a 30" dish on an HH motor, affixed to a dual 4x4 base in about 100lbs of concrete. An outdoor junction box connected to an underground plastic conduit connects the wiring to the home. I have verified that the wiring is still good, insofar as I have been able to rotate the motor and (sporadically) get software on the PC to lock on some signals.
I am at wits end. The software I used to use (and likely the PCI-card) are not working as I remember. I am looking to replace the PCI-Card (SkyStar2) with a USB 2.0 solution. I am quite out of touch with the new PC USB solutions + software that I might use to achieve my goal.
The Goal: Set up my rig (with new USB device of some sort) to gain access to freely available television content from the sats available to me. This would be controlled by a server pc that sits close enough to the cabling to be connected to it, and have a client PC (in the bedroom) be able to control the server and view content it is receiving.
I am willing to pay if necessary for the assistance of someone who can direct me towards USB 2.0 receivers and the software that may be used with them in order to achieve this goal.
The receiver must be able to deal with: Receiver->13dB Amp->HH Motor->Diseqc 2-way switch->QPH-031 (1 circular output, 1 linear output), such that it can rotate the motor to the appropriate satellite and choose the appropriate LNB from the QPH-031.
I have an picture that shows the wiring layout of my current system, but this board apparently will not let me post it.
The amplifier and 2-way switch are both housed in an outdoor junction box next to the dish.
Current rig:
*QPH-031 Quad LNB
*DMS International Diseqc 2-way switch
*GS3100 H-H Motor *Philips 950-2150 MHz 13dB gain in-line signal amplifier
I do not have a lot of money to throw around, and if someone wants to help me for free, I would be extremely grateful. If not, I will try to arrange a method of payment (such as PayPal) for assistance that leads to the goal.
From a technical perspective, I am a software engineer with over a decade of experience, so software and driver stuff is fairly easy for me. Please let me know if anyone is interested, and what they would want in compensation for their help.
--Reynolds K (Milford, MI - USA)
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to Satelliteguys Renbo....I too do not use the computer for TV. I have plenty of receivers set-up and dishes in the yard, but have not done the PCI tuners yet. So hopefully someone tomorrow will come along that has a set-up like that. There is plenty of help on here and glad to have you aboard, and look forward to seeing your final solution.
