How to set up DiSEqC Switches
There are various DiSEqC switches you can buy
2 way, 4way, 8way, 10way, 16way
There are different protocols which are listed below
* DiSEqC 1.0, which allows switching between up to 4 satellite sources
* DiSEqC 1.1, which allows switching between up to 16 sources
* DiSEqC 1.2, which allows switching between up to 16 sources
* DiSEqC 2.0, which adds bi-directional communications to DiSEqC 1.0
* DiSEqC 2.1, which adds bi-directional communications to DiSEqC 1.1
* DiSEqC 2.2, which adds bi-directional communications to DiSEqC 1.2
The 2 and 4 way switch use the standard diSEqC 1.0
Sat1........A/A
Sat2........A/B
Sat3........B/A
Sat4........B/B
For switches above 4 ways it will be diSEqC 1.1 Settings which is a combination of committed and uncommitted commands.
Switch input Committed Uncommitted
1.................AA or 1......1
2................ AB or 2......1
3 ................BA or 3......1
4 ............... BB or 4......1
5 ............... AA or 1......2
6 ............... AB or 2......2
7 ................BA or 3......2
8 ................BB or 4......2
9 ................AA or 1......3
10 ..............AB or 2......3
11 ..............BA or 3......3
12 ..............BB or 4......3
13 ..............AA or 1......4
14 ..............AB or 2......4
15 ..............BA or 3......4
16 ..............BB or 4......4
On some of the newer switches and the 10 way switch you can use diSEqC 1.1 but with these settings
Switch input Committed Uncommitted
1 .................1 ..............1
2 .................1 ..............2
3 .................1 ..............3
4 .................1 ..............4
5 .................1 ..............5
6 .................1 ..............6
7 .................1 ..............7
8 .................1 ..............8
9 .................1 ..............9
10 ...............1 ..............10
and so on up to 16
You can also use diSEqC 1.2 if you receiver is not compatible with 1.1.
This is done by using fake motor positions ( Your receiver will see the switch as a motor).
Just set up as if you had a motor. So drive motor until you get a signal then store position.
all credit for this post to Hacksat, the original poster
