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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Techomate M5402 M3 and Diseqc setups
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 976411" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Thanks for the suggestions, but, TBH, I've given up on the idea of cascading switches because the signal loss for the less strong sats/LNBs becomes too high to make it actually worthwhile - especially since, in the end, there will be a long cable from the Opticon back to the house - and because I've spent far more than enough time and effort trying to get them to even work together. Therefore, eventually, I connected the 3x LNBs for the strongest signals on the 3x fixed dishes to the Opticon, and the remaining port (No 10) to the 2nd half of the Twin (Inverto HGLN Ultra) on the steerable dish (TRIAX 100cm on a Superior Dark Motor).</p><p></p><p>FWIW, yesterday, I connected the other half of the Twin, which is fed via the motor, on the steerable dish and ran some more checks as to what sats I can get with that dish under USALS control from the TM, and confirmed that I can get decent signal levels from pretty much all of the those with decent footprints in this area from 52E (then buildings get in the way) to 30W - and I even managed to get indications of TV signals from 34.5W but the levels (5-6bB/28-30% SQ) were too low to get signals locks and viewable pictures. Therefore I know the dish setup seems fine.</p><p></p><p>Now moving on to get the VU+ up and working as I then want to get that down to the garage to check out how well it works with both the fixed and steerable dish setups - new "territory" and new issues here we come.<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 976411, member: 176704"] Thanks for the suggestions, but, TBH, I've given up on the idea of cascading switches because the signal loss for the less strong sats/LNBs becomes too high to make it actually worthwhile - especially since, in the end, there will be a long cable from the Opticon back to the house - and because I've spent far more than enough time and effort trying to get them to even work together. Therefore, eventually, I connected the 3x LNBs for the strongest signals on the 3x fixed dishes to the Opticon, and the remaining port (No 10) to the 2nd half of the Twin (Inverto HGLN Ultra) on the steerable dish (TRIAX 100cm on a Superior Dark Motor). FWIW, yesterday, I connected the other half of the Twin, which is fed via the motor, on the steerable dish and ran some more checks as to what sats I can get with that dish under USALS control from the TM, and confirmed that I can get decent signal levels from pretty much all of the those with decent footprints in this area from 52E (then buildings get in the way) to 30W - and I even managed to get indications of TV signals from 34.5W but the levels (5-6bB/28-30% SQ) were too low to get signals locks and viewable pictures. Therefore I know the dish setup seems fine. Now moving on to get the VU+ up and working as I then want to get that down to the garage to check out how well it works with both the fixed and steerable dish setups - new "territory" and new issues here we come.:( [/QUOTE]
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