Set up help for 2 anntenas for Shaw Direct in Mexico

[panchocuerdas]

The 2 main satellites for Shaw (Anik F1R and Anik F2) work as far south as Central America.

I have two separate 6 feet antennas to serve my 630 Motorola equipment
I have two coaxial cables hooked to the equipment, but I have problems with the Micro switches
They have to Sat ports one for 13v and one for 18 V which antena goes in 13 and wich one goes in 18? I have two switches hooked to 2 switches and frome each switch a cable to the 630 Motorola equipment
Questions
1.- need to be an order on what hooks to Sat 18 V and what to hook in Sat 13V ?

2.- do I need 2 switches? one per cable to the RX? (since this equipment has a PVR you need two signals) each Zinwell switch has 2 Sat terminals but up to 4 RX exits do I need two switches or I can hook the two coaxial cables to the IRD to the same switch.

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[ftageekyyc]

Are your LNBs single or dual output?

You will need dual output LNBs on each dish, and a 4 input by however many x output switch based on how many ports you need for the number of receivers you want to connect.

13 and 18 v is used to select polarity on each satellite, then the switch selects the dish by tone.

 

[DJdish]

The 2 main satellites for Shaw (Anik F1R and Anik F2) work as far south as Central America.

I have two separate 6 feet antennas to serve my 630 Motorola equipment
I have two coaxial cables hooked to the equipment, but I have problems with the Micro switches
They have to Sat ports one for 13v and one for 18 V which antena goes in 13 and wich one goes in 18? I have two switches hooked to 2 switches and frome each switch a cable to the 630 Motorola equipment
Questions
1.- need to be an order on what hooks to Sat 18 V and what to hook in Sat 13V ?

2.- do I need 2 switches? one per cable to the RX? (since this equipment has a PVR you need two signals) each Zinwell switch has 2 Sat terminals but up to 4 RX exits do I need two switches or I can hook the two coaxial cables to the IRD to the same switch.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Right, you need two input lines for the 630,
if you´re using dual output lnbs´s you´d have 4 lines, 2 for each sat.
Shaw works with 22khz tones so you need a 22khz switch.

You could use 2 switches to combine F1 and F2, and then have 2 incoming lines to the receiver. F2(111w) goes on the 22khz side,

http://www.satelliteav.com/p/shop/?ws_pid=1371&ws_cat=429

Or I think you may use a multi 22khz, hopefully someone has had experience with this switch and may provide feedback.

http://www.satelliteav.com/p/shop/?ws_pid=654&ws_cat=429

If your lnbs have a single output, you need to split both sat lines, since you will need 2 lines (with both F1 and F2) for the 630.
If you don´t want to first split the signal and then use the 22khz switch, you could get dual output lnbs and just use the 22khz switch as mentioned above.

 

[ftageekyyc]

This is the 4x8 switch that ShawDirect is currently advertising on their web site.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007WWI2E/?tag=satell01-20

https://secure.shawdirect.ca/english/customercare/techcentral/hardware.asp?page=accessories&sub=15