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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Advice required please driving two dishes from one receiver. : )
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1063737" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>[USER=404998]@Spiff[/USER]</p><p>BTW: With the TM5402 (or at least the M3 version) , you have only the choice to switch a DiSEqC 1.2 /USALS motor either ON or OFF for ALL the sats at the same time, i.e. you cannot select that for the individual sats. (OTOH, some more modern Rx do allow individual settings, but I don't think there is a newer TM that has 4K)</p><p></p><p>Also, as for using an R/C antenna relay and forgetting to change the relay position, the remotes for those are very small, and mine is stuck to the rear of (ATM) the SX88+ R/C with some double-sided foam tape, and it has a sliding cover over the selector button to prevent you hitting that accidentally. With the SX88+, the relay switches between a steerable TD88 (and via a <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0051C2BWC/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item" target="_blank">Smart Priority Switc</a>h - SPS) and (via another SPS) a 10-1 DiSEqC 1.1 switch connected the fixed dish LNBs. The SX88+ has both 1.1 and USALS commands set for most of the sats, and that setup works "seamlessly", even when I switch between a fixed dish LNB on (say) 13E and the TD88 pointed at the same sat.</p><p></p><p>Therefore I think that using DiSEqC switches for what you want to do is "over-complicating" what should be a simple switch-over task - an antenna relay between the Rx and the 2x Primesat boxes is by far the simplest solution IMHO. OTOH, it's a pity that most (all?) modern Rx's have lost the switchable- per-sat 0/12V o/p that used to be on the rear panels of many of the old Rx's, as, with that option and an antenna relay, you could do exactly what you want automatically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1063737, member: 176704"] [USER=404998]@Spiff[/USER] BTW: With the TM5402 (or at least the M3 version) , you have only the choice to switch a DiSEqC 1.2 /USALS motor either ON or OFF for ALL the sats at the same time, i.e. you cannot select that for the individual sats. (OTOH, some more modern Rx do allow individual settings, but I don't think there is a newer TM that has 4K) Also, as for using an R/C antenna relay and forgetting to change the relay position, the remotes for those are very small, and mine is stuck to the rear of (ATM) the SX88+ R/C with some double-sided foam tape, and it has a sliding cover over the selector button to prevent you hitting that accidentally. With the SX88+, the relay switches between a steerable TD88 (and via a [URL='https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0051C2BWC/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item']Smart Priority Switc[/URL]h - SPS) and (via another SPS) a 10-1 DiSEqC 1.1 switch connected the fixed dish LNBs. The SX88+ has both 1.1 and USALS commands set for most of the sats, and that setup works "seamlessly", even when I switch between a fixed dish LNB on (say) 13E and the TD88 pointed at the same sat. Therefore I think that using DiSEqC switches for what you want to do is "over-complicating" what should be a simple switch-over task - an antenna relay between the Rx and the 2x Primesat boxes is by far the simplest solution IMHO. OTOH, it's a pity that most (all?) modern Rx's have lost the switchable- per-sat 0/12V o/p that used to be on the rear panels of many of the old Rx's, as, with that option and an antenna relay, you could do exactly what you want automatically. [/QUOTE]
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