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    Problems tuning multisat unicable setup

    Hi all,

    First post, but long time lurker, great info here, but can't just find the answer I need for my problem.

    Firstly, my setup:
    • a SelfSat H22dCSS+ Unicable, pointed at 28.2e Astra 2 (original setup)
    • a 90cm dish, with 2 x GT-Sat GT-S1DCSS24 SCR/dCSS Unicable LNBs, centered on 13.0e Hotbird and 19.2e Astra 1 offset with a multilnb holder (this is new)
    • a Gigablue UE 4K with OpenATV 6.4, with 2xDVB-S2X FBC and 2x DVB-T tuners in optional slot
    • a simple Technomate 4x1 Diseqc TM-4S
    • a server with a TBS6909 DVB/S Octo feeding into TVheadend + a card for DVB-T.. can't recall the model


    The Selfsat dish has been up for a while along receiving Freesat, and I have separate a terrestrial feed (am in Ireland, DVB-T is for local Saorview). These have been feeding my previous box (Formuler F1) & TVheadend ok for a while with no issues. I upgraded recently to the Gigablue UE 4k and then also put up the new dish which I had previously + 2 new unicable LNBs, and introduced the diseqc into mix:

    - port 1 = 28.2 Astra 2
    - port 2 = 19.2 Astra 1
    - port 3 = 13.0 Hotbird
    - port 4 = unused

    I've completed what I think is the tuner setup on the Gigablue, and am getting 28.2 coming in ok (as well as the terrrestrial) but I cannot get any signal on 19.2 or 13.0, or not at least consistently. There are 2 cables feeding into the DVBSX2 ports on the gigablue. I should also say that I've tested the output from the 2 new unicable LNBs by putting a meter on their legacy ports, and am getting 80%+ signal on the Hotbird, and high 60s%+ on the Astra 1 and both are locked and displaying channels.

    I had originally setup all 8 tuners, to be multisat:
    - LNB 1:
    - - Astra 2
    - - appropriate Unicable SCR & freq
    - - Diseqc 1.0
    - - Port 1
    - LNB 2:
    - - Astra 1
    - - appropriate Unicable SCR & freq
    - - Diseqc 1.0
    - - Port 2
    - LNB 3:
    - - Hotbird
    - - appropriate Unicable SCR & freq
    - - Disqec 1.0
    - - Port 3
    .. times 8 for each of the tuners, changing the SCR setting each time to give them a unique address on the 3 LNBs, but I decided to pare this back til I got things working.
    At some stage, I had stumbled across configuration setting which meant that I was getting some channels coming in on Astra 1 19.2 once I did a scan, but I dunno what I had set :-S

    Note that TVHeadend has a similar setup, but is able to tune both Astra 2 & Hotbird, i.e. not Astra 1 19.2, so am not thinking that it's a cabling issue, especially when 28.2 works ok
    Here's a sample of the settings for one of the tuners, pointing at 19.2 :
    tuner_d_pg1.jpgtuner_d_pg2.jpg

    My hunch is its something to do with getting getting the Diseqc working correctly, but can't work out what's the best settings for me.

    Thanks in advance!
    Last edited by armanic78; 03-11-21 at 00:23.

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