Those of you with multiple receivers

[SatinKzo]

Just an observation in my readings and maybe I am reading things wrong.

I realize many of you use multiple receivers and seem to swap them into your setup regularly. Do you guys do anything special to your motors or anything to make sure it doesn't get goofed up? Do you 0 them for example so the next receiver knows what it is starting from?

Just curious as I have a couple receivers and was wanting to compare the two on my new motorized setup and got to thinking, since my TS is 85w and if I leave the dish at say SBS 6 and then swap receivers, will I have problems?

Edit:

I knew I remembered reading this somewhere.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=51848

Starting at the second post. So doing the reset seems to be advisable?

 

[ghia]

Thats what I do. I go into to the motor setting and set it to the Zero refernce point using USALS or go to my true south sat with DiSEqC 1.2. I haven't had a problem yet. If it got too out of whack you could always reset it on the motor.

 

[digiblur]

Just an observation in my readings and maybe I am reading things wrong.

I realize many of you use multiple receivers and seem to swap them into your setup regularly. Do you guys do anything special to your motors or anything to make sure it doesn't get goofed up? Do you 0 them for example so the next receiver knows what it is starting from?

Just curious as I have a couple receivers and was wanting to compare the two on my new motorized setup and got to thinking, since my TS is 85w and if I leave the dish at say SBS 6 and then swap receivers, will I have problems?

Edit:

I knew I remembered reading this somewhere.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=51848

Starting at the second post. So doing the reset seems to be advisable?

I swap between the Fortec and DVB card regularly with no problems. I can have the motor on G10R, then power off the Fortec, move the motor with the DVB card, then when I fire up the Fortec again it swings back to G10R. It's all in the USALS.

 

[voomvoom]

Although I use 3 DVB receivers in my set-up, I only control the dish movement (2 USALS motors, 1 actuator) with the same 2 receivers, one on each USALS and the 4dtv with the actuator. However, I did (only once) swap the 2 receivers I use with each other with no problem. I have never used my other DVB receiver to contol a motor.

Al

 

[Mr Tony]

I only have one receiver on a motor (The Coolsat). The others when I swap them out are either on the 2nd output on the motorized or on fixed dishes

 

[brentb636]

I use both receivers in USALS mode, but only one controlling the motor, the other direct connected to the lnb with a switch. Before switching to the other receiver for motor control, I simply "go to ref position" (zero) and turn off the STB .

 

[Othea]

Exchange receivers

I have the HH90, and I just exchange receivers without repositioning the dish first. No problems to report here.

 

[GaryPen]

Out of curiousity, why exchange receivers. Don't they all have loop-thru, so you can keep both hooked up? Also, why use more than one, if you have a good, working unit? (Other than for add'l TV's, of course.)

 

[voomvoom]

Well in my case, the Coolsat was on a 1.2m dish driven by an HH120 USALS and was having problems (for some reason) driving the dish, it was very slow. And it sometimes would not stop on the satellite. I swapped it with my Pansat on an 80cm dish driven by an HH90 USALS to see if it would work out better. It too was very slow and it turns out (I believe) that the problem was my impatience. I left them where they now are.
I use more than one because when I'm looking for a particular sporting event and I find something else, I can watch what I found while still searching for what I'm looking for. Or what's really important to me, is looking for the HD feed. I usually find the SD feed 1st.

Al

 

[ghia]

Just for fun! For example to check out how a differnet receiver acts with the motor, such as accuracy of the USALS etc.

 

[Othea]

Gary
I just swap them out to check the signal strength when I've got a bad connection somewhere in the line which I can't seem to locate.

My typical scenario proceeds by process of elimination: Let's see... it's not the diseqc this time... it's not the lnb... the cable seems to be fine... hmm I wonder if the receiver is acting up... no, it's not the receiver... ah ha, so it was the diseqc after all -- again !

In short, I'm not exactly sure that a loop-thru would help me eliminate the main unit as a possible source of problems.

 

[GaryPen]

Just for fun! For example to check out how a differnet receiver acts with the motor, such as accuracy of the USALS etc.

Right. But, once you've found the best one, why not just stick with that one?

I use more than one because when I'm looking for a particular sporting event and I find something else, I can watch what I found while still searching for what I'm looking for. Or what's really important to me, is looking for the HD feed. I usually find the SD feed 1st.

I'm not sure I understand. Are the two receivers hooked up to different TV's and dishes?

Gary
I just swap them out to check the signal strength when I've got a bad connection somewhere in the line which I can't seem to locate.
My typical scenario proceeds by process of elimination.

That's always good practice trying to locate any electronic problem. That's a great reason for keeping a spare around, especially when the basic models are so cheap. (Heck. A feature-laden model like the Neusat is only $70 shipped.)But, I don't think that diagnosing signal issues is what the others were talking about.

 

[ghia]

Quote:
Originally Posted by ghia
Just for fun! For example to check out how a differnet receiver acts with the motor, such as accuracy of the USALS etc.
Right. But, once you've found the best one, why not just stick with that one?

Thats what would happen until the next toy comes along. The other receiver would get demoted to spare room hooked up to a spare dish etc.

 

[voomvoom]

I'm not sure I understand. Are the two receivers hooked up to different TV's and dishes?

Yes and yes, each of the 2 receiver's in question, can be seen with both my HDTV's independently, and actually, with the help of diseqc switches and with dual lnb's and also to one of my BUDS, each receiver can watch all (but one of) my 4 dishes (2C and 2ku). Each one controls a separate ku dish independently. I have a 50' AV cable, split at the Coolsat output in the bedroom going to my AV Receiver at the main tv and an 8' AV cable going to the bedroom tv. Drawback, no AC3 from the Coolsat. Then I have a 50' component cable, split at the AV Receiver and going to the bedroom tv, and an 8' component cable to the main tv. The Pansat is in the same rack as the AV Receiver and has AC3 for it. I also use the component from the Pansat to the AV Receiver and the AV output to the main tv. So I can watch either receiver on either tv or one receiver on both tv's. If I watch the Coolsat through the AV Receiver, I can't watch the other receivers in the bedroom. I also have a 3rd receiver (my Qualitv) that goes into the AV Receiver on another component input w/AC3 also. It controls no dish, but feeds off the 3 dishes I use for FTA. The Pansat also has the UHF remote so I can control it from anywhere in the house.

Al