Any success with more than 4 sat positions?

[lars18th]

Hi,

With this tool the LNBs can be programmed for position A, B, C or D. Any option to set E, F, G or H ?

[lars18th]

No one? Any idea?

[lars18th]

Hi,

I want to share some research information about this:

• Using the Unicable II Programmer for PC I discovered that with the ".TXT" config file you can edit the SAT position and add more than 4 orbital positions.
• The hack is based on this line: sat_group=0 ; satellite group from 0 to 3 to address up to 16 satellites
• How to select between A/B positions:
  • A = [ODU_BAND] map=1,1,0,0,15,15,15,15
  • B = [ODU_BAND] map=15,15,15,15,1,1,0,0
  • ABCD (all positions, default mode one sat only) = [ODU_BAND] map=1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0
• How to select between A/B or C/D positions:
  • AB = [ODU_BOOT] sat_cd=no
  • CD = [ODU_BOOT] sat_cd=yes
• How to select between A/B/C/D, E/F/G/H, I/J/K/L or M/N/O/P positions:
  • ABCD = [ODU_BOOT] sat_group=0
  • EFGH = [ODU_BOOT] sat_group=1
  • IJKL = [ODU_BOOT] sat_group=2
  • MNOP = [ODU_BOOT] sat_group=3

And the best is that I can READ with the tool the TXT files edited, and then store them as BIN files. And with one HEX EDITOR you can see that the sat_group is mapped to offset 0x1A in this way:

• group=0: 0x01
• group=1: 0x03
• group=2: 0x05
• group=3: 0x07

So, in principle, it's possible to programme LNBs for more than four satellite positions. However, we need to test if:

• The LNB accepts the programming and if it works as expected.
• And check if the diseqc command from the STB can select the unicable LNB positions 5-16.

Any help?