SWM readings...what are they for?

[Mr Tony]

Simple question

when going through the sat readings on the SWM3 there is 101, 99c, 99s, 103s, 103ca, 103cb and SWM

The others I understand but what does the SWM readings mean? It shows 1-9 and some are 100, a couple are 0 and the others show like 98/99

 

[raoul5788]

Good question. I have wondered that myself.

 

[Mr Tony]

mine right now show
100
100
0
0
0
0
96
96
96

I have 2 R22's and a HR23 hooked up to my 8way splitter

 

[spaceghost]

If I recall correctly, they are the signal levels from each of the receivers in the SWM system.

 

[Jables]

Those are the SWM "channels" - iirc a SWM 8 allocates 8 channels for programming, and there is an additional channel for the guide data that all the receivers get.

Here we go:

http://forums.directv.com/pe/Reposi...96641/SWM - Integrated LNB-ModuleTraining.pdf

That powerpoint spells it all out.

 

[Mr Tony]

thanks for the link....got some reading to do