sw21x sw21 issue

[universitypng]

I have installed these switches for getting 110,119 and 148. I am getting three sattalites with check switch but when i move from channels on 110/119 to 148 and visa versa i am getting check switch. though there is no issue with 110/119 channels . Also when i try to move to next channel on same sattalite say from 200to 202 there is no issue but if try to go from 200 to 611(on148) i am getting check switch error message. Can anyone help please........

[Sky I]

I am no expert, but do have some Dish experiance. Are you using a dish 500 with stacked LNB's??
How many 21sw are you using and in what configuration??
How many IRD's (receivers) are you connecting??

[universitypng]

i am not using dish 500 there are three seprate dishes with dual lnbs. 119 and 110 are connected to sw21x and out of sw21x to sw21 and 148 to other input of sw21. I am getting the signal , check switch gives me three sattalites

[Sky I]

Cascading switches is beyond my experience and sw21x I have never used....But.
If I were in your shoes the first thing I would do is confirm that my IRD is activated for the 128 signals by feeding the signal from that dish (and only that dish) directly to my IRD. If this signal produces the channels you want....then it is obviously a switch configuration problem.
I would replace all the swx/sw with a sw34, assuming you are using DP and not Legacy IRD's.

[Mike500]

The Microyal sw21x is the electronic equivalent of one half of an sw42. Make sure that is is configured to 110 and 119 inputs for each leg of a legacy dual lnb for each satellite position and cascade the output of the switch to an input to an sw21, with another input from a legacy dual lnb from the 148 dish. The output of the sw21 ten goes to the receiver. If all of the signals are strong, the check switch should work and function. The sw21x will be identified by the software as an sw42.

[SimpleSimon]

universitypng: Try hooking up JUST the SW21X and, as Mike500 says, confirm that it shows up correctly. If so, then hook it back to Port ONE of the SW21 and see what's what. If it still fails, try the SW21 on 110/119. The above will confirm proper switch operation.

If you still have trouble, a Legacy Twin on a Dish 500 would be the answer - except I'm guessing you have 3 dishes because of your location.

Sky I: There is no such thing as a "SW34". For DishPro, it's a DP34, and for legacy, it's a SW64.

[Sky I]

The Microyal sw21x is the electronic equivalent of one half of an sw42. Make sure that is is configured to 110 and 119 inputs for each leg of a legacy dual lnb for each satellite position....

Mike, Thank You for saving this soul from my ignorance :grin:
For clarification, what do you mean by "configured to 110 and 119"
I would "assume" that the inputs on a sw21x is marked "110/119". But since I have never seen one ....???

[Sky I]

Simon, your right, it's 1:30am here, I'm fried.....Horizontal Polarization is calling me :)

[Mike500]

Mike, Thank You for saving this soul from my ignorance :grin:
For clarification, what do you mean by "configured to 110 and 119"
I would "assume" that the inputs on a sw21x is marked "110/119". But since I have never seen one ....???


The sw21x can be connected to either 110 or 119, but do not use it to connect to the wing satellite. The combined feed out form the 110 and 119 feeds using the sw21x should go to one leg of the sw21.

[Smoke24]

If you are using a 21 switch with a Dish Pro dual, that is your problem. If the 110/119 are running from one dish and the dual LNB is the wide one, it has a built in switch and won't work through another one. I found one on a trouble call just the other day that had been hooked up that way. Removed the 21 switch and all worked just fine. If using Dish Pro twins, the narrow LNB's, then you would need the switch (two of them for two feeds).

[boba]

If you are using a 21 switch with a Dish Pro dual, that is your problem. If the 110/119 are running from one dish and the dual LNB is the wide one, it has a built in switch and won't work through another one. I found one on a trouble call just the other day that had been hooked up that way. Removed the 21 switch and all worked just fine. If using Dish Pro twins, the narrow LNB's, then you would need the switch (two of them for two feeds).Smoke why are you bringing up an old post that if you read said the person had 3 dishes with dual LNBs on them.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[SimpleSimon]

And Twins are NOT the narrow LNBFs - those are Singles or Duals.

Twins are the 2-eyed wide units with integrated switch and 2 outputs.