satellites.xml " merge xml trick "

[Larry-G]

ok i came about this by a question i answered on this forum a while ago. i have searched the net and never come across any form of tutorial or any one who could tell me how to do it so i am making this post to help the many many people who would like to know how to do this so called " MERGE XML TRICK ".

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iv'e been asked this time and time again how to do the so called merge xml trick so that two very close satellites can be received from the same lnb / location with no hardware modifications etc. after a good hunt around the net with absolutely no help what so ever i decided to do it my self.

so here we go.

included are two files, one is the original i downloaded from

http://satellites-xml.eu/

which includes the Tp data for both 10.0 and 9.0 east as two separate locations. i have also included my modified satellites.xml file which combines both locations into one so that you can compare both and see exactly what i did to make it work.


NB. i used notepad+++ to open and modify these .xlm files but you can just use windows notepad if you like, although i find notepad+++ the better option and it's free as well.