Is this all that DISH NETWORK came up with and called it DishPro?
"Legacy LNBFs and switches can only transmit one polarity at a time down the feed cable to your receiver. Legacy switches and LNBFs use a voltage signal from your receiver to change the polarity of the LNBF it is connected to, 13 volts is odd, 18 volts is even. Since voltage will drop as the length of the cable gets longer, at some point the attenuation of the cable will drop the voltage from the receiver below 18 volts so that the LNBF can't switch to the even polarity even though the signal from the receiver is 18 volts the LNBF is only able to use the 13 volt or odd polarity.
DishPro is different as it will stack or transmit both even and odd signals down the same wire, by shifting the frequencies up so both polarities can travel the same feed to the receiver or switch. Since this is the case the LNBF doesn't need the receiver voltage to switch back and forth. A switch is necessary to be able to connect one stacked 119° feed and one stacked 110° feed to each receiver. The only way a legacy receiver will work with this arrangement of LNBFs and Dish Pro switches is with a DishPro adapter that can down convert the stacked frequencies to the standard odd or even only frequencies. Each legacy receiver has to use this adapter which must be installed within 10 feet of the receiver."
It's an old idea...
It's something they should have done when they first started up..
I thought Dish Pro was something like moving into the more common, used in most of the parts of the world, the DiSEqC [protocol] for control, and what not.. I am not saying which system is better than the other, just that I was hoping for more.. . (Technically, you could push the envelope, so to speak, and call Dish's original way of communications with the equipment utilized DiSEqC, but it would be Dish's version.
"The Legacy Dish Network multi-dish switches - SW21, SW42, and SW64 - use a low bit rate (125 bps) serial protocol to control switching. The LNB control voltage is used to encode the logic level. Communication is unidirectional, from IRD to switch. The use of a serial protocol allows switches to be addressable. Each type of switch can be given a unique address that only it will respond to. The switch type can be identified and un-like switches (with different addresses) may be cascaded. The IRD must be aware of the possible types and arrangements of switches that could be connected - this requires a firmware update when new switch models are released. The IRD can identify what switches are present by sending a command to any possible switch address and detecting if the signal from the LNB changes. A change in signal indicates that a switch of the addressed type is present. " )
So, SOMEONE Please tell me this is not their only latest and greatest idea they came up with and called it DishPro, :shocked There is more, isn't there? Isn't There?.
"Legacy LNBFs and switches can only transmit one polarity at a time down the feed cable to your receiver. Legacy switches and LNBFs use a voltage signal from your receiver to change the polarity of the LNBF it is connected to, 13 volts is odd, 18 volts is even. Since voltage will drop as the length of the cable gets longer, at some point the attenuation of the cable will drop the voltage from the receiver below 18 volts so that the LNBF can't switch to the even polarity even though the signal from the receiver is 18 volts the LNBF is only able to use the 13 volt or odd polarity.
DishPro is different as it will stack or transmit both even and odd signals down the same wire, by shifting the frequencies up so both polarities can travel the same feed to the receiver or switch. Since this is the case the LNBF doesn't need the receiver voltage to switch back and forth. A switch is necessary to be able to connect one stacked 119° feed and one stacked 110° feed to each receiver. The only way a legacy receiver will work with this arrangement of LNBFs and Dish Pro switches is with a DishPro adapter that can down convert the stacked frequencies to the standard odd or even only frequencies. Each legacy receiver has to use this adapter which must be installed within 10 feet of the receiver."
It's an old idea...
I thought Dish Pro was something like moving into the more common, used in most of the parts of the world, the DiSEqC [protocol] for control, and what not.. I am not saying which system is better than the other, just that I was hoping for more.. . (Technically, you could push the envelope, so to speak, and call Dish's original way of communications with the equipment utilized DiSEqC, but it would be Dish's version.
"The Legacy Dish Network multi-dish switches - SW21, SW42, and SW64 - use a low bit rate (125 bps) serial protocol to control switching. The LNB control voltage is used to encode the logic level. Communication is unidirectional, from IRD to switch. The use of a serial protocol allows switches to be addressable. Each type of switch can be given a unique address that only it will respond to. The switch type can be identified and un-like switches (with different addresses) may be cascaded. The IRD must be aware of the possible types and arrangements of switches that could be connected - this requires a firmware update when new switch models are released. The IRD can identify what switches are present by sending a command to any possible switch address and detecting if the signal from the LNB changes. A change in signal indicates that a switch of the addressed type is present. " )
So, SOMEONE Please tell me this is not their only latest and greatest idea they came up with and called it DishPro, :shocked There is more, isn't there? Isn't There?.