Asking for help Channels scan

ruvain

Vu+ Newbie
Hello

I wonder if someone can assist with with following configuration I want to use with my Ultimo

Configuration Mode: Simple
Mode: DiSEqC A/B/C/D
Port A: Select the satellite connected to the port A
Port B: Select the satellite connected to the port B
Port C: Select the satellite connected to the port C
Port D: Select the satellite connected to the port D
Set voltage and 22KHz: Yes
Send DiSEqC only on satellite change: No

1. Is there importance to the satellite selected to be assigned? To be more accurate in my question, Should I use the built in satellite finder and determinate that on port A specific for better results?

2. I was suggested to download and install a settings package by the Black Hole Addons Manager, Rather than making a channels scanning. I looked at the Addons Manager and could not determinate which is the addon do I need. Can anyone please indicate the right one?

Regards and thanks to whoever replies

Ruvain
 

paolino

Vu+ User+++
Hello

I wonder if someone can assist with with following configuration I want to use with my Ultimo

Configuration Mode: Simple
Mode: DiSEqC A/B/C/D
Port A: Select the satellite connected to the port A
Port B: Select the satellite connected to the port B
Port C: Select the satellite connected to the port C
Port D: Select the satellite connected to the port D
Set voltage and 22KHz: Yes
Send DiSEqC only on satellite change: No

1. Is there importance to the satellite selected to be assigned? To be more accurate in my question, Should I use the built in satellite finder and determinate that on port A specific for better results?

2. I was suggested to download and install a settings package by the Black Hole Addons Manager, Rather than making a channels scanning. I looked at the Addons Manager and could not determinate which is the addon do I need. Can anyone please indicate the right one?

Regards and thanks to whoever replies

Ruvain

You have to insert in configuration exactly which sat on what port is (example portA Hotbird 13E, portB Astra 19,2E, and so on)
1. satfinder is for dish alignment (it's like signal meter)
2. I personally prefer channels scan.
 

ruvain

Vu+ Newbie
Thank you Paolino

This is one of the points where I get confused. As you suggested, I'd treated satfinder as a signal meter.
Can you please tell if the signal level showed by the satfinder reflects a correct satellite assignment to the port?

Regards,

Ruvain
 

paolino

Vu+ User+++
Thank you Paolino

This is one of the points where I get confused. As you suggested, I'd treated satfinder as a signal meter.
Can you please tell if the signal level showed by the satfinder reflects a correct satellite assignment to the port?

Regards,

Ruvain

Satfinder shows you only signal strenght of tuned transponder. It doesn't detect "Name" of satellite.
You should choose four different trasponders (one for every sat). If your dish is alligned and you want only to detect sat on port, insert TP for first sat and do a manual scan. Change config (portA) until you'll get a signal. Let known sat on portA and take a note of sat name. Do the same for 2nd sat on portB, 3rd on portC and at the end check 4th on portD.
 

roozbehk

Vu+ Newbie
if you know witch lnb belong to witch satellite, you can identify them by you switcher.
the shape of the switcher is standard. 4 port with lnb numbers and one ( always in middle of the other ports) with receiver tag.
you can see sample of a switcher in pictures below.
411-1a-400x400.png

as you can see there is 4 port name lnb1,lnb2,lnb3,lnb4 and one named receiver.
the cable attached to receiver port is the one that goes to your box.
the other 4 goes to your set of lnb.

when you know witch lnb belong to witch satellite, you can config them very easily.
for example, this pictures shows a 4 lnb dish. ( maybe this is some kind of weird for you guys, but this is how we set our satellite dishes in iran :)) )
images


so the first one is hotbird, second eutelsat w3 ( changed to eutelsat w7 ), third nilesat, and the last one is telstar 12.

you can follow the cable that attached to lnb and find out witch port belongs to that satellite.
when you found the numbers, you just need to set them in the box.

lnb1 = port A
lnb2 = port B
lnb3 = port C
lnb4 = port D

hope this was enough for solving the problem.
 

roozbehk

Vu+ Newbie
I can install more...up to 8,,,but 4 Sats are more than enough....:D !
i cant say i agree with that :D
it is based on what use you have for your satellite. in my opinion, your 4 choice are the best. but when you want use satellite internet or offline download, w3 and w6 jump out like a pop star :)
so if i had choice ( idont have any right now because i live in apartment and satellites is illegal in iran and i must install my dish behind the windows and etc, ), i use 5 lnb or more. but what can i do :D, 4 is most i can get right now. so i must remove badr and use w6.
 

ruvain

Vu+ Newbie
I have some more newbie questions...

As I want to understand the principles of the structure of files in enigma2 and their functions, (as a learning method of how all this work"...). Please see enclosed few questions I'd like being answered.

  1. If I'd correctly understood Paolino and roozbehk, in order to have the right satellite-scanned services correlation, I must be able to know which lnb is aligned with which satellite, am I right? If so how does blind works?
  2. Does blind scanning method needs to have some kind satellites list or it should be able to query what "what do I see via connected LNB's"? Is it capable to build up a complete list of satellites that my dish is aligned with in a "reverse engineer" method?
  3. If remember it right, receiver is capable of working with predefined list of sats-services automatically built
    for instance within Dreamset application. This without the need of a priori port mapping (satellite X on Port A etc'... ). If so... what is the mapping needed for if while downloading the lists, I the mapping information is not provided? May I had to do this mapping if anyway?
Regards,
Ruvain
 
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