Fixed & Motorised Dish

[Gizmo60]

Greetings All.


Some advise please for a newbie please. Currently have TM5402HD Super and fixed 60cm dish at 28.2E.


Can I add a 110cm motorised dish (ground level) and operate both dishes on one lead back to the TM?. Will a Diseqc switch allow me to do this?.

[dick b]

no,but if you only have one box why would you need a fixed dish? the motorised one will get all you need.

[potrobber]

i cant see any need for what your asking with a single tuner box one motorized dish is all thats needed

what is your idea behind needing 2 dishs with a single tuner?

the 2 dish set up ie one fixed, one on motor only works with a twin tuner or 2 boxs

[ramjet]

Greetings All.


Some advise please for a newbie please. Currently have TM5402HD Super and fixed 60cm dish at 28.2E.


Can I add a 110cm motorised dish (ground level) and operate both dishes on one lead back to the TM?. Will a Diseqc switch allow me to do this?.

yes, is the short and true answer

you have the motorised dish on a diseqc switch on LNB A of the A B C D lnb inputs, and the common back to the receiver

you can have the 28e 60cm dish on LNB C (or any of the rest but I would always choose C for 28e)

you then have almost all of the satellites set to LNB A to drive the motor, except for 28e where you choose LNB C which switches the diseqc switch over to the third lnb input just for 28e

the switch then switches to LNB A for all satellites except 28e where it switches to C

this is how mine is arranged, and I have a fixed 30w dish on lnb D too, so 2 are fixed onto C and D, and the first input A is used for any other satellite meaning it moves the motor

this can be handy where you want to leave the motor on say 0.8w, but instantly switch from 0.8w to 28e and back again

its also handy if you have a second receiver running from a twin output lnb like I am now using, where you have one watching the footy and the 28e one is on say soaps for er indoors LOL

a common use for this setup is where you have sly plus on 28e with a quad lnb, and that has to stay put for the sly box, so you have a motorised dish like mine, run a third cable from the quad back to a 4-way diseqc switch on lnb C and have the motorised dish connected to A

this means its instant to get 28e and the motor only moves when other satellites are required, so you may leave it on 13e hotbird for sly italia and instantly swap to sly uk on 28e, or back again (the best of both worlds, fixed and motorised)

so if somebody says no, try it yourself and see, like I have

[dick b]

no,but if you only have one box why would you need a fixed dish? the motorised one will get all you need.

yeah "ramjet" is no doubt right about my "no" being incorrect but what a palaver and I still dont see the point of it for the sake of a bit of cable and an A/B switch near the box.

[ramjet]

yeah "ramjet" is no doubt right about my "no" being incorrect but what a palaver and I still dont see the point of it for the sake of a bit of cable and an A/B switch near the box.

well in my case the 60cm fixed dish is on 28e for sly plus and has a fully occupied octo lnb fitted by me (I also fitted the zone 2 dish too)

the motorised twin ultrablack lnb also feeds another switch for box in my living room, where its one of 6 cables that allows 5e + 13e + 19e + 28e + 30w + the sixth lnb input is whatever the motor is pointing at (leaving 2 spare from an 8 way diseqc switch)

the first box is a spiderbox controlling the motor and another 4 way diseqc switch giving a fixed 30w and fixed 28e and motorised from the inverto twin ultrablack on A with lnb B being spare for now

so lets say the footy is on and I decide to point it at 16e or 0.8w , its left there on the motor and yet each box has access to 4 or more satellites so I can decide which one is best for the match, and should the sly plus box be recording at the same time its not affected as an octo supplies up to 8 feeds

complicated ? maybe ? can it be done ? - oh yes - definitely

and to answer some of the other replies, it saves on moving the motor all the time, so less wear and tear, less noise at night as the motor isnt moving all the time, and quicker switching between satellites, especially the usual suspects like 13e + 19e + 28e

at one time when there were fta channels on 15w I had a zone 2 on a tree stump pointing at it for the 7th input on the 8 way switch LOL

it is a hobby - after all !

[Gizmo60]

Thanks ramjet,

As you say i want to leave fixed dish on 28E for sly + fta and use motorised for some sat surfing.

You lost me with the "LNB A of the A B C D lnb inputs, and the common back to the receiver", am just going to use one LNB on each dish.

[ramjet]

Thanks ramjet,

As you say i want to leave fixed dish on 28E for sly + fta and use motorised for some sat surfing.

You lost me with the "LNB A of the A B C D lnb inputs, and the common back to the receiver", am just going to use one LNB on each dish.

yep , I understood that m8, and I also guessed why you would leave the 60cm dish on 28e seeing as its the primary function of these dishes to feed mainly sly plus boxes like mine does

basically, a 4 way diseqc switch in simple mode has 4 lnb inputs and one common feed back to the receiver

input A

input B

input C

input D

and

COMMON

so my point is you have your spare 28e feed from the quad going to input C, and the motor lead going to input A, so A is cabled to the motor, and there is another cable from the motor to the lnb on the motorised dish

so the lnb on the motor is going via the diseqc motor to lnb input A on the switch, and the fixed dish feed is going to lnb input C on the switch

B and D are unused at this time

then its a case of setting up the receiver so every sat apart from 28e uses option A on the switch, and thereby uses the motor, but 28e is different and uses option C on the switch, switching from motorised A to fixed C

[Gizmo60]

Thanks again ramjet,

I think I understand it now, will keep your instructions handy, just have to get a good pole, concrete and 4 way diseqc switch. Tks.