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Setup DVBSky S960 with Monoblock LNB for Astra

Added by Yv Gl almost 7 years ago

Setup for DVBSky s960 USB with Monoblock LNB

Hello,

I use the latestd stable Tvheadend 4.2.x from the official packages on Fedora 27.

I have DVBSky s960 USB [1] and a Maximum XO Monoblock LNB [2].

With this setup it is possible to receive Astra 19.2E and Hotbird 13.0E.

But I fail to set it up correctly for Astra. I tried with the predefined muxes and by defining one myself (see attachment)

For Hotbird it works with the included mux-data, but with Astra Tvheadend does not find any channel at all.

Could it be related to me having set the wrong (or none at all) DiSEqC settings?

I attached some screenshots with my settings.

Thanks in advance for any pointers!

[1]: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00C0PV4LW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[2]: https://www.amazon.de/Maximum-XO-Line-Grad-Monoblock-Quad/dp/B003DT97W2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514879554&sr=8-1&keywords=Maximum+XO+Monoblock+LNB

adapter.png (44.3 KB) adapter.png Tvheadend adapters settings
adapters.png (37.4 KB) adapters.png Tvheadend adapter settings
lnb.png (14 KB) lnb.png Tvheadend lnb settings
log.png (49.3 KB) log.png Tvheadend scan log
network.png (51.8 KB) network.png Tvheadend network settings
mux.png (54.5 KB) mux.png Tvheadend mux settings
tv-astra.jpg (39.6 KB) tv-astra.jpg Working settings from my TV for Astra
tv-hotbird.jpg (44.9 KB) tv-hotbird.jpg Working settings from my TV for Hotbird
tv-info.jpg (53.4 KB) tv-info.jpg

Replies (4)

RE: Setup DVBSky s960 with Monoblock LNB for Astra - Added by Mark Clarkstone almost 7 years ago

The pre-defined "seed" mux list for 19.2E is more than likely out of date. Try manually adding a live mux from here or match your working receiver.

RE: Setup DVBSky s960 with Monoblock LNB for Astra - Added by Yv Gl almost 7 years ago

Thanks for that hint, I have already tried several muxes I found on a different satellite info site.

I will try some more from Lyngsat later today.

Another question: Where and how can I set the DiSEqC mode, as in the image tv-astra.jpg?

I guess that's also necessary... Probably it's preset to 1/4 that's why it all works fine with Hotbird but not Astra...?

RE: Setup DVBSky s960 with Monoblock LNB for Astra - Added by Gert Jansen almost 7 years ago

I have no idea how a monoblock LNB works, so keep in mind that what I tell you may be wrong...

I think you have to change the configuration of your satellite from 'Universal LNB only' to enable the switching between the 2 networks (depending on the number of connections on your diseqc switch)
[= your adapter.png screenshot]

I also have a DVSky S960 and i have connected it to a diseqc switch with 4 ports. 3 of them are used to connect to an LNB. These are just single LNBs, pointing to Astra 1, Astra 2 and Astra 3 respectively.

So, in the satellite config I have selected "4-Port switch (universal LNB)".
[see adapter_gert.png]
Once you do that, you can assign the different networks to the positions on the diseqc switch
[see adapter2_gert.png]

I have added the diseqc and lnb position to the network names - just to make it easier for myself.
[see networks_gert.png]

RE: Setup DVBSky S960 with Monoblock LNB for Astra - Added by Yv Gl almost 7 years ago

Hello Gert,

thank you for your answer.

Meanwhile I got it working with the settings visible in the attachment.

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