DISEqC Ports Which Satellite

[Archive7]

I helped a relative few years ago to setup a satellite dish at her home with the help of a professional installer.
He used three LNBs pointing to Hotbird 13E, Amos 4W and Astra 19.2E on a 1.2m dish and connected the three LNB outputs to a 4 Port DISEqC switch.
I then configured the satellite receiver myself, scanned the channels and everything worked well.
I noted at the time which satellite went to each port number, but I have mislead my notes.
Now she has trouble with all the channels maybe the receiver changed the software and deleted everything except the default channels.
All the Astra channels and Amos have gone
Is there an easy way to determine which satellite goes to which port?
Unfortunately I don't have access to the roof top otherwise I can just check which LNB goes physically to which port, but I know for sure that port 4 is not used.

 

[Mickha]

Just configure them, one at a time, and check if you can view the channels.
Are you sure it's the Diseqc configuration, and not a cable problem?
If all the channels suddenly went, and the receiver was still working, I would first check all my connections, then the Diseqc switch.
If you have another receiver, you can take round, try that, and see if you can view any Astra 1, 19.2E channels, by configuring the Diseqc options, 1-4.

 

[Archive7]

Just configure them, one at a time, and check if you can view the channels.
Are you sure it's the Diseqc configuration, and not a cable problem?
If all the channels suddenly went, and the receiver was still working, I would first check all my connections, then the Diseqc switch.
If you have another receiver, you can take round, try that, and see if you can view any Astra 1, 19.2E channels, by configuring the Diseqc options, 1-4.

Thanks for your reply.
I am sure it is not a cable problem and that the automatic forced software update has deleted all the channels except the default subscription channels. The receiver is an old Polish "n" receiver and they have a mind of their own. The menus are in Polish which makes it even more difficult to setup.
I was hoping (wishful thinking of course) that I would get a message that says "you are connected to satellite xyz)
Anyway, I will have to do it the hard way I guess.

 

[a33]

If you set diseqc to 'none', the switch normally will only switch to port A.
So if you test at what satellite you have reception with that setting (all satellites with diseqc 'none'), you come to know port A.

For port B and C you have only two options, then.
Not that difficult to determine the last two satellites, I would say...

Greetz,
A33