How do you manually add or change the symbol rate on a Coolsat 5000?
I can add the TP freq using a green button, but the SR says only 0000
I can add the TP freq using a green button, but the SR says only 0000
Symbol rate on Coolsat 5000
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manual scan
green button to add
enter frequency and then hit down arrow to go to polarity and then symbol rate
green button to add
enter frequency and then hit down arrow to go to polarity and then symbol rate
Thanks.
I had entered a TP manually before but was having a stupid attack. (Well, more like generalized confusion) At that time, I expected the SR entry field to have arrows on either side of the value like the Polarity and Freq. fields do when you make an entry. But it's not that difficult. Just highlight the SR field and enter the number.... Bingo!
It's not the best idea to do more than one change at once. Then, when stuff goes wrong, how do you know what the cause is?:yikes
I added a G10 stationary antenna to my motorized setup and then reset the hack firmware to factory Version 1.00.
Blind scanning worked poorly. Audio on the AC3 channels stopped being identfied. If you manually entered the AC3 apids, it would work once. Then when you go back to that channel, the apids were reset and sound wouldn't work.....
The diseqc switch wouldn't consistently switch to port two. It came with my used eBay coolsat 5000. The switch was in a tidy DM* Int. box and looked new. But as I looked it over after having problems, it didn't have any sealant between the housing and the rear plate. Get it a little wet and that sounds like trouble. Time to nix that.
I tried another Diseqc switch. (a well used Pansat labeled one that came with my second hand store 80 cm dish) Works much better.
Went back to the hack software. Seems more stable.
Whew...
I had entered a TP manually before but was having a stupid attack. (Well, more like generalized confusion) At that time, I expected the SR entry field to have arrows on either side of the value like the Polarity and Freq. fields do when you make an entry. But it's not that difficult. Just highlight the SR field and enter the number.... Bingo!
It's not the best idea to do more than one change at once. Then, when stuff goes wrong, how do you know what the cause is?:yikes
I added a G10 stationary antenna to my motorized setup and then reset the hack firmware to factory Version 1.00.
Blind scanning worked poorly. Audio on the AC3 channels stopped being identfied. If you manually entered the AC3 apids, it would work once. Then when you go back to that channel, the apids were reset and sound wouldn't work.....
The diseqc switch wouldn't consistently switch to port two. It came with my used eBay coolsat 5000. The switch was in a tidy DM* Int. box and looked new. But as I looked it over after having problems, it didn't have any sealant between the housing and the rear plate. Get it a little wet and that sounds like trouble. Time to nix that.
I tried another Diseqc switch. (a well used Pansat labeled one that came with my second hand store 80 cm dish) Works much better.
Went back to the hack software. Seems more stable.
Whew...
interesting...I have version 1.00 in my 5000 and have no issues. Heck my box has been around 2+ years now
some versions after 1.00 & 1.01 give a few items that are improved
in motor control 1.2 it give a move fine besides the normal move
this in effect gives better motor control ( in 1.2 only)
the meter seems to be more accurate which is a plus (but also inflates some signals but the threshold is still 63%) example 87% on one transponder with 1.00 & 1.01 might read 94% with a later version. Besides that the signal meter actually works upwards of mid 90's when near a satellite climbing to high 90's when on the satellite signals ( and the most i've notice is 98%) move away slightly and it again falls. it normally does this before the Quality meter is green. this makes it easy to tune in satellites for me.
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a word of caution once you flash past ver 1.00 you probably can flash it back unless you find it. I've not found the original ver 1.00 and coolsat site only has ver 1.01
in motor control 1.2 it give a move fine besides the normal move
this in effect gives better motor control ( in 1.2 only)
the meter seems to be more accurate which is a plus (but also inflates some signals but the threshold is still 63%) example 87% on one transponder with 1.00 & 1.01 might read 94% with a later version. Besides that the signal meter actually works upwards of mid 90's when near a satellite climbing to high 90's when on the satellite signals ( and the most i've notice is 98%) move away slightly and it again falls. it normally does this before the Quality meter is green. this makes it easy to tune in satellites for me.
EDIT:
a word of caution once you flash past ver 1.00 you probably can flash it back unless you find it. I've not found the original ver 1.00 and coolsat site only has ver 1.01
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That's curious...
From what I found, (for whatever that's worth) coolsatusa only has the 1.00 version here. And, I found 1.01 on SatelliteGuys.US somewhere.
Now that my LNB / switch connection problem is resolved, I could retry the version 1.00 issue to validate the claims made previously... Maybe that was misidentified.... Given how I'm a newbie, you never know.....
Remember the issue about messing around with multiple things at one time to confuse things. That's still in play.
you are correct i misspoke on the version # at the CS site it is ver 1.00
and ver 1.01 is here (and i already have it )
and as long as you have the old version you should be able to flash to any version. ( i flashed to ver 1.00 to verify it was factory original)
Just to add to the list of things that are improved with "newer" firmware, you can assign some satellites to diseqc1.2 and some to Usals, with 1.00 and 1.01, it is one or the other, not both. This is great for me because the Coolsat runs my c-band dish through a G-box which understands diseqc1.2 commands, and it also runs my ku dish via Usals.
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