dpp twin vs. sw21 3sat ???

[nitromikee@gmail.com]

hi, im totally new to this forum, i have one issue to fix and i dont know how.
i hope for some input.
i've heard that :
"i bought two cnx mini one for me and one for my buddy, i did factory update, firmware upgrade and something else

i have dpp twin swith and he has sw21 3sat switch.

we both have two dishes directed at 61.5,110,119
for me everything worked, i was getting channels from echostar 8/10, 3 and 7. the think i worried the most was all international channels, especially at 91.5 on frequency 12414L and 12326L. I had all of them listed for this sat.
When ive installed cnx by my friend's i had problems with setting up this sattelite, it could find channels for 110 and 119, and still didnt want to display all of them (showing no signal on display).
He is using SW21 3SAT switch because thats what he originally had when using reciever from dish network.

What is the apropriate set up. is this the fault of switch ? Im clueless and my friend is dissapointed he bought reciever for nothing.
Im total newbie in fta, but trying to learn, right now i have no clue how to set it up, ive tried every combination. :/ how can i narrow down the cause.
thanks for any input."

[DJ COOKIE]

if i was you i would go for a dishpro switch if you have dish pro lnb

[woodcreeker]

Well, I can tell you the CNX Mini will work fine.

Go to the Antenna Setup, and check the switch settings. Since you were vague on how he has the LNBs connected, I will leave you to experiment with the settings.

The CNX Mini has the ability to tell you which satellite you are seeing. Since he has a SW-21 in there, I cannot see how it is wired to the LNBs. (See, the perplexing thing is you say it is a 3SAT SW-21. Normally, SW-21 means 2 LNB inputs, 1 output, hence SW-21.

The SW-21 is triggered by turning the 22KHz setting to ON. Now maybe the LNB for 110W and 119W has a DiSEqC switch built into it.

So, try this...

119W
DiSEqC Port 1
22KHz Off

110W
DiSEqC Port 2
22KHz Off

61.5W
DiSEqC None
22KHz ON

You can tell when you get the settings right, as the satellite name appears at the bottom in the middle. This satellite name has to match the same satellite you are setting up. If you had described better the LNBs that your friend has, this would have been easier to explain. All you had to do was read what was on the switch, and on the LNBs, and also describe the LNBs better, like are they all seperate LNBs, or is one seperate, and one a Twin LNB, etc.

Good Luck !!