This page will contain definition and pictures of switches and motors you can use with your fta system
When you decide that you want to get more than one sat, you have a basic choice to do : either you use a motor or a combination of 1 or more switches.
Motors allow you to move your dish with the help of your receiver. It is not very easy to do the first time but many web sites offer you help on this. Patience and precision will help you. So with a motor the dish move from sat to sat using either usals or programmed positions. The advantage is, when your motor is configured you will get all sats available to you. The drawback is the wait time between sats. When I go from Telstar 12 at 15 degrees to Galaxy 10 at 123 degrees this could be very long.
The other option is switches. With the right switches and receiver you can connect to 64 sats at the same time easily. You can even connect multiple receivers to the same lnbs. You can also see example of cabling with those switches here
| Diseqc 8 port switch | ||||
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This switch allows to connect natively 8 lnbs on one receiver.
It uses diseqc protocol 1.1 or 1.2. That means that if your
receiver supports diseqc 1.1 you can use a combination of committed and
uncommited settings to address each port. If your receiver only supports diseqc 1.2, then you use the switch just as you would use a diseqc motor. You program a position in the receiver that correspond to an input on the switch. Please note that you can combine this with 22kzh switches to go to more than 8. Easily 16. Example Graphs/16 LNB ON 1 RECEIVER WITH 1 22 KZH SWITCH.pdf
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EMP-Centauri 8 ports uncommitted
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A very good and surprising switch. It works
with diseqc 1.1 and 1.2 protocols. If you are lucky enough to have
a receiver supporting diseqc 1.1 then setup if very fast and easy, as
easy as a committed diseqc switch. If your receiver don't support
diseqc 1.1 but support 1.2 then you can use it by programming each
outputs like a sat position on a motor. Also I have been able to put committed switches behind this allowing up to 32 lnbs, add an ecoda 22kzh switch and you can go easily to 64 ! Example |
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| 22khz switches | ||||
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This switch will allow you to connect up to 8
lnbs with a committed diseqc switch. Example Graphs/16 LNB ON 1 RECEIVER WITH 8 22 KHz SWITCH.pdf Graphs/16 LNBs with multiswitches and 22 khz switches.pdf |
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| 22khz ecoda switches | ||||
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This switch is very special. Diseqc commands can pass through
this switch. What that means is that you can put two 4 ports (or 8
ports) diseqc switches. Example Graphs/24 LNB ON 1 RECEIVER WITH 1 22 KZH SWITCH.pdf Graphs/32 LNB ON 1 RECEIVER WITH 1 22 KZH SWITCH.pdf |
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| Diseqc Motor HH-120 | ||||
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This motor will allow you to move your dish 140 degrees on your arc. This is my favourite because it has good quality, support usals and it is very easy to fit the dish on it. You can add a diseqc switch between the motor and the dish if you have many lnbs. | |||
| Diseqc Motor Sg2100 | ||||
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A very good motor, very tough, easy to setup. The only thing I don't like is the fact that if you are installing your dish high in the air it is more difficult to attach it to the motor. | |||
| Diseqc 4 port switch | ||||
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The most standard switch allowing you to get 4 sats on a receiver. Works with almost all receiver (diseqc 1.0). | |||
Multiswitches |
This switch allows you to feed 4 receivers (8
receivers version available) Basically, using a dual lnb (lnb with two
outputs) you place the the outputs of the lnbs in the input of the
switch. Then the switch distribute the signal to all the
receivers. This allows 2 or more receivers to watch two different channels at the same time even on different polarities. Example : |
