Satellite Dish Disecq motor controlled from two locations
Attention Diseqc motor manufacturers and distributors.
Sometimes we are asked, if it is possible to use a Diseqc USALS motorised satellite dish and control it from more than one room. Currently, however, there doesn’t seem to be an easy to use solution for this.
One method that we know of and have tried is using the IF output of the main receiver fed to a second one in a separate room.
Another method is to use a Linux satellite receiver in the main room and log onto its web interface from a 2nd room using a laptop web browser for example.
Another method is to obtain 2nd remote control for the main receiver, feed its RF output to a television in the 2nd room, and use a remote control IR link over the cabling to control the main receiver from the 2nd location.
What would be ideal though, is a Satellite Diseqc USALS (or Goto X) motor that had an in-built in capability to connect two satellite receivers and a twin LNB to it. That is, a motor with four connections on it, with built in logic and diseqc docoder so that the diseqc commands from both receivers can be ‘OR ed’ together, so that either receiver can be used to control the dish without the user having to think about too much.
So, come on motor manufacturers designers, how about making a twin input diseqc motor.
We would happily post its details here, if there were to be such a thing
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Eutelsat W2 at 16E suffers on-board failure.
It has been reported that the Eutelsat W2 satellite at the 16 degrees east orbital position has suffered an on-board failure.
It has positioned itself into a ’safe mode’ pointing to the sun, this has rendered many services that were using the satellite unobtainable.
Some channels have been transfrerred to the EB 16 satellite also at the same orbital position, Eutelsat have also said that Eutelsat W2M which was previously at 3 degrees will be temporarily moved to 16 degrees east to try and help with the situation.
Satellite television packages affected include the Albanian DigitAlb service and Bulgarian Tring.
News is currently awaited as to whether W2 will be fixed, and also whether all services that were using W2 will be accomodated.
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Fortec star master pin codes
Here’s a few to try
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1010
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1004
2002
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1002
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Motorised satellites dish, Mult-feed dish installations, helpwith BBC Freesat or Sky.
Foreign satellite systems.
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Free to Air satellite Channels Europe
With a multi satellite reception system there is an enormous range of channels available from all over Europe and beyond. For foreign free satellite TV in the UK, click one of the links below to see what is available. (The first link is for English TV)
English TV
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Plus many many more, all FREE.
In the South East we also also very lucky to be able to receive from Nilesat 7W,with a 1m dish, there can be found the MBC channels showing quality movies and programming in English totally free.
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Freesat Installation
It is a little known fact is that when purchasing your Freesat satellite receiver it is is not necessary to pay £80 for the installation service provided by the retailer. Obviously a professional installation is required to ensure that best use is made of the Freesat service. A more cost effective solution may be to contact a local independent satellite installer to install Freesat instead. A fixed dish for Freesat can be installed from as little as £60.
Help with my motorised satellite system.
Having problems installing a motorised dish?
There is one fundamental rule to remember, and that is to get your mast perfectly vertical.
The motor must then be adjusted to align the axis of rotation with the Earth’s polar axis , and the orientation of the motor adjusted to point due south.
The next task is to set the declination, which varies according to the site Latitude.
After some adjustments whilst near the apex of the satellite arc, the dish should now track the satellite arc.
MBC satellites specialise in installing motorised dishes to track the arc. To receive Turksat, Hotbird, Astra, Thor, Hispasat in Kent, install a motorised satellite dish.
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