DVB-S DiSEqC Support?

[Torrox]

I have only just noticed that the release notes for "SageTV V6.3.0 Beta 11/2/2007" claims under "Windows Updates" point 7: "Add DiSQEC and LNB support for DVB-S". Does anybody know how to enable this or can point me in the direction of some documentation? Many thanks.

[rjg]

Does anybody have information about how to configure diseqc ports and different styles of LNBs?

-Robert

[debennett2]

Anyone?

[rjg]

I figured out how to configure LNBs, but still haven't figure out how to setup the Diseqc portion for switching..

-Robert

[debennett2]

Originally Posted by rjg

I figured out how to configure LNBs, but still haven't figure out how to setup the Diseqc portion for switching..

-Robert

OK. I'll bite. How?

[rjg]

I created the Hauppauge WinTV 88x Capture-0.lnb file as described in this thread.

I didn't use the patch they are discussing, but just created that file and I was able to do a few test scans and it found the channels.

I haven't spent alot of time on it yet, but it is getting there...

-Robert

PS - I am using a HP Nova-S Plus, so I don't know if this works on other cards...

[debennett2]

Can someone from Sage please give us some semi-official answer on diseqc support please?!

[debennett2]

BUMP

[JREkiwi]

If you are wanting some sort of response from Sage, have you tried a Support Request?

John

[grooves12]

I submitted a support request, and was told that while the backend work was done to support diseqc setups, that the UI has not been updated to include the necessary screens to configure them, but that they should be included in a future update???


Seems like sort of a weird response, because how could you test them without implementing the setup screens?

But, I guess we'll have to wait a little longer to see this working.

[debennett2]

Wonder when that "future update" is? Anyone?

[Lucas]

It's any ones guess, but I suspect that the next release (7.0?) could have it.

Also, DISEQC is not in place for all DVB-S cards.

[Hammud]

This is my first time I use SageTV and from what I learned from MT and other STBs/DVBs, I tried these configurations and it did NOT work. When I run

Scan I Get 0,0 channels. In MT I get over 1000 channels. Does anyone know how to get Sage to work with 8 LNBs?

DiSEqC ports: are in TOS1 and TOS2
Port 1=AA (TOS1=A TOS2=A)
Port 2=AB (TOS1=A TOS2=B)
Port 3=BA (TOS1=B TOS2=A)
Port 4=BB (TOS1=B TOS2=B)

LOF1 = Lo MHz for LNB
LOF2 = Hi MHz for LNB
LOF SW = Switch (0=22K off, 11700=22K on) that is how MT uses it



>>>>>>>>>*******<<<<<<<<<<
File Name [DTV-DVB-PCIe-BDA-Digital-Capture-DVBS0-0.lnb]

#LNB setup for DTV-DVB PCIe BDA Digital Capture DVBS0
sat_no:0
sat_name:"EchoStar (110.0)"
LNB=11250-11250-0 pos:A opt:A

sat_no:1
sat_name:"EchoStar (119.0)"
LNB=10750-10750-0 pos:A opt:B

sat_no:2
sat_name:"Galaxy 25 (97.0)"
LNB=10750-10750-0 pos:B opt:A

sat_no:3
sat_name:"EchoStar (148.0)"
LNB=11250-11250-0 pos:B opt:B



>>>>>>>>>*******<<<<<<<<<<
File Name [Sage.properties]

Sage Preferences
#Mon Sep 01 03:16:11 PDT 2008
ConfigWiz/Enable=true
ConfigWiz/MCFullyConfigured=true
ConfigWiz/Remote=XNone
ConfigWiz/ServerFullyConfigured=true
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (110.0)/LOF1=11250
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (110.0)/LOF2=11250
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (110.0)/LOFSW=0
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (110.0)/TOS1=A
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (110.0)/TOS2=A
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (119.0)/LOF1=10750
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (119.0)/LOF2=10750
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (119.0)/LOFSW=0
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (119.0)/TOS1=A
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (119.0)/TOS2=B
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (148.0)/LOF1=11250
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (148.0)/LOF2=11250
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (148.0)/LOFSW=0
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (148.0)/TOS1=B
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/EchoStar\ (148.0)/TOS2=B
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/Galaxy\ 25\ (97.0)/LOF1=10750
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/Galaxy\ 25\ (97.0)/LOF2=10750
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/Galaxy\ 25\ (97.0)/LOFSW=0
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/Galaxy\ 25\ (97.0)/TOS1=B
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/Galaxy\ 25\ (97.0)/TOS2=A
DVBS/DTV-DVB\ PCIe\ BDA\ Digital\ Capture\ DVBS0/Providers=EchoStar (110.0);EchoStar (119.0);Galaxy 25 (97.0);EchoStar (148.0)
DVBS/LOFMhzRange/Max=40000
DVBS/LOFMhzRange/Min=3700


>>>>>>>>>*******<<<<<<<<<< This is just a sample of the TPs
File Name [PredefinedDVBS.frq]

"EchoStar (110.0)"
frq:12224000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:4
frq:12239000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:3
frq:12253000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:4
frq:12559000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:3

"EchoStar (119.0)"
frq:12224000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:4
frq:12239000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:3
frq:12399000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:4
frq:12486000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:3 pol:4
frq:12326000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:3

"EchoStar (148.0)"
frq:12224000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:4
frq:12574000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:4

"Galaxy 25 (97.0)"
frq:12146000 rate:22000 fec_rate_in:3 pol:2
frq:11999000 rate:20000 fec_rate_in:6 pol:2



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System
Twinhan DVB-S PCIe AD-SE200
Intel Q6600 2.4GHz
SageTV 21 days trial (SageTV_V6_4_8Setup.exe)

[Hammud]

Here is an update. After I left it to scan and test I got the following channels in the frq file. But it only scan the first LNB and did not switch to the other 3. Any idea on how to make it switch?


Here is the file content

VERSION 3.0, country:United States of America-

TYPE DVB-S

#fec_rate: 1:fec1/2, 2:fec2/3, 3:fec3/4, 4:fec3/5, 5:fec4/5, 6:fec5/6, 7:fec5/11, 8:fec7/8 9:fec8/9
#fec: 1:VBC, 2:RS/2048, 3:maximum
#polarisation: 1:linear_H, 2:Linear_V, 3:Circular_L, 4:Circular_R
#modualtion: 0:QPSK, 1:16QAM, 2:32QAM, 3:64QAM, 4:128QAM, 5:256QAM, 6:QAM_AUTO, 7:8VSB 8:16VSB
#ctrlbits: 0:diasable, 1:enable, 3:encrypted
#format:
# ch:index onid:networkid tsid:transport_id sid:sevrice_id frq:frequency rate:symbl_rate pololarisation fec_rate_in:FEC_inner_rate ctrl:ctrlbits
#example:
# CH:11 onid:123 sid:456 tsid:789 frq:670000 rate:2200 fec_rate_in:6 pol:1 ctrl:1 #:BBC-WORD


CH:1 onid:4102 tsid:2275 sid:7300 frq:12573920 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:KERO
CH:2 onid:4102 tsid:2275 sid:7303 frq:12573920 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:KBFX
CH:3 onid:4102 tsid:219 sid:103 frq:12501020 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:1 #:ONPPV
CH:4 onid:4102 tsid:219 sid:345 frq:12501020 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:EDRA
CH:5 onid:4102 tsid:219 sid:865 frq:12501020 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:CINEL
CH:6 onid:4102 tsid:219 sid:9398 frq:12501020 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:RFDT
CH:7 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:133 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:FOXMO
CH:8 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:177 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:NICKG
CH:9 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:314 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:5-MAX
CH:10 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:341 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:ENCR
CH:11 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:351 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:1 #:STRZ
CH:12 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:873 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:BOOM
CH:13 onid:4102 tsid:215 sid:897 frq:12442700 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:3 fec_rate_in:6 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:FOXMO
CH:14 onid:4102 tsid:221 sid:309 frq:12515600 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:3 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:HBOLT
CH:15 onid:4102 tsid:221 sid:347 frq:12515600 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:3 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:EW
CH:16 onid:4102 tsid:221 sid:899 frq:12515600 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:3 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:TMCXW
CH:17 onid:4102 tsid:221 sid:5998 frq:12515600 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:3 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:INFO
CH:18 onid:4102 tsid:221 sid:9110 frq:12515600 rate:20000 mod:20 pol:4 fec_rate_in:3 pilot:0 sat:0 ctrl:3 #:WOI

[Lucas]

There's no chance you will be able to do 8 LNBs.

Depending on your DVB-S card, SageTV may or may not support DISEQC 1.0 (ie, 4 LNBs).

There are very few DVB-S cards for which SageTV supports DISEQC.

Your best bet is to contact support with your card and let them check to see if they support DISEQC for it.

[Hammud]

Thank you for the feedback, without Diseqc support this product will not work for me. I am now playing with MT plug-in to SageTV and I think this will solve the problem.
As far as my [Twinhan DVB-S PCIe AD-SE200] it is working fine with MT and 4 LNBs Diseqc support (some problems with the 22K switch 8 LNBs support because my 22K switch is before the Diseqc switch) just limiting me to 4 LNBs ~~sometimes. I just need to find the correct Diseqc commands (SW= 12200-On, 12700-Off or 11700-On, 0-Off)
For now Sage DVB-S needs lots of work to match what others are doing like MP
HS,