Emtech 200

[spagy]

Hi
I would like to know if you could help me.I live in Perth I have got a em 200 ci cam,Vbox11 Positioner , 850mm ku dish With a motor ,2.4 cband dish 24 inch ACTUATOR , 2 way DiSEqC SWITCH A,B. Now the problem is I can track Sats on Cband Ok thru Em200 only Can track Sats on Ku only Put the too together ku srcews up Cband Have changed settings but no luck is there a new switch i need or i thick i need a firmware up grade on my em 200 { have got your new upgrade firmware } Please help

[simmo]

Gidday spagi, and welcome to our forum. I have read your post about half a dozen times and cannot make head nor tail of it. Could you please edit it or pm me as I am sure we can help you out.

[SPLog]

I don't have a answer but here is a Translation

Looks like he has a C band setup and a Ku band setup and is using a 2 way DiSEqC SWITCH to change between the two and is having problems.

His decoder is a emtech 200
Vbox11 Positioner

KU setup
850mm dish With a motor

C band setup
2.4 cband dish 24 inch ACTUATOR

Each individual setup works fine but join them together with the DiSEqC SWITCH and the C Band doesn't work.

[sax0607]

spagy
maybe you should try a 0/12volt switch for around $15 works for me , when switching between c-band and moteck sg2100 (ku). some decoders don't seem to work well with two DiSEqC devices in series (diseqc switch and moteck) . humax and xtreme to name two .
sax

[simmo]

Ha a translation!! Spagy has PM'd me and I think it all works fine on Cband untill he switches to Ku, then C band wont work anymore?
I'm unfamiliar with the Vbox, but that doesnt work via DiSEqc does it?
A little difficult to diagnose the fault until we have all the info.
Sax I remember when you were telling us about the switch... might be the answer?

[sax0607]

this all sounds to familiar , ok on c-band go to ku and the moteck does what it likes ! i have the vbox11 it is both diSEqc 1.0 and 1.2 compatable, so this just seems to add to the diSEqC confusion , some of the more up to date software down loads can fix the problem (definitly for humax 5400) ,but as suggested in previous post when a 0/12 volt switch is put in place of the 2-way diseqc switch the vbox11 and motech sg2100 get along with each other quite well . i am only presuming (never played with one) the emtech has a 0/12 volt output as it seems to fairly common on newer decoders
sax

[spagy]

Hi All
Sorry about the translation that is what i ment I wiil try the 0/12 volts switch Thank you

[theslydog]

It should also work with a 22k tone switch if u dont have a 0/12v switch.

tsd

[sax0607]

yes tsd,
i tried a 22khz tone switch before the 0/12volt switch , it works but seemed to be slow in switching , personal preference for 0/12v , but either will work
sax

[wtyt2]

Originally posted by sax0607
yes tsd,
i tried a 22khz tone switch before the 0/12volt switch , it works but seemed to be slow in switching , personal preference for 0/12v , but either will work
sax

I know I am late, but scrappydoo just solved the problem for us!

http://www.vetrun.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=10438#post10438

I have the same problem. create a dummy satellite/transponder entry which selects port 1. you will need to "pick" this satellite so that port 1 is activated before going to your c-band. this seems to work reliably for me.

This problem is due to the receiver never give the diseqc the signal to switch back to the C band side when you return from the KU band, as your sat config is set on motor control for the C band, and not diseqc!

ps scrappydoo must be credited for this idea.