Captain Jack
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Just a question on how people like to number their Vbox positions.
For me, I put in the actual orbital positions for western satellites and actual positions + 50 for eastern satellites.
For example: 11w would be put in as 11 and 30w would be put in as 30. 13east would be put in as 63 (13 + 50) and 40e would be put in as 90.
This works 90% of the time, except when it comes to managing extreme west and east satellites.
For example: 5e lives at position 55 but then what do I do with positions 55w and 55e? Both clash. Same with 53W clashing with 3e.
Additionally, I cannot store 46-49e under numbers 96-99 because these are 'reserved' for DiSEqC 1.0 switching on the Vbox (limited to 4 positions obviously). So I stored some somewhere random...
Does anyone else have a "system" or is it pen and paper type thing?
For me, I put in the actual orbital positions for western satellites and actual positions + 50 for eastern satellites.
For example: 11w would be put in as 11 and 30w would be put in as 30. 13east would be put in as 63 (13 + 50) and 40e would be put in as 90.
This works 90% of the time, except when it comes to managing extreme west and east satellites.
For example: 5e lives at position 55 but then what do I do with positions 55w and 55e? Both clash. Same with 53W clashing with 3e.
Additionally, I cannot store 46-49e under numbers 96-99 because these are 'reserved' for DiSEqC 1.0 switching on the Vbox (limited to 4 positions obviously). So I stored some somewhere random...
Does anyone else have a "system" or is it pen and paper type thing?