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rcwilcox
05-30-05, 09:26 PM
help. hooked a 721 to a location with one coax and very difficult to add another coax so the dpp44 with a splitter is a major savior. did the software thing and all works well EXCEPT----- I had a 508 there and diplexed to the TV down stairs. Now when I put the diplexer in the 721 does not see the satellite anymore. Has anybody used the dpp44 plus splitter with a diplexer?
larrystotler
05-30-05, 10:10 PM
Yes, I have. However, I have found that sometimes you have to do the check switch and THEN put the diplexors into the line.
rlegan
05-31-05, 01:16 AM
If this is the DPP44, single coax, no diplexor and DPP LNB, this could become a very unstable situation, until DIsh gets the software right. At least once a week I have to power reset my 721 because it has lost at tuner, or ipled just because it feels like it... In these cases I have to redo the check switch to get everything working again, even though the matrix still shows 119 and 110 for both tuner.
SimpleSimon
05-31-05, 01:37 AM
ipled just because it feels like itYo - another old IBM mainframer. :D
David_Levin
05-31-05, 09:31 AM
Is the Diplexer and the extra piece of cable rated to 2 Ghz?

Is the power inserter running through the Diplexer too?
rcwilcox
05-31-05, 09:56 AM
Is the Diplexer and the extra piece of cable rated to 2 Ghz?

Is the power inserter running through the Diplexer too?

Yea 2 ghz cable no power inserter also this is a DP twin not a DPP twin
Bob Haller
05-31-05, 02:23 PM
Didnt E specifically say diplexors werent recommended with a 44 switch?

wireless transmitter might be better choice
kzosat
05-31-05, 09:36 PM
Yo - another old IBM mainframer. :D

Wow, I haven't hear the IPL term from anyone in quite some time. Nothing like the old reliable systems that just do their job day in and day out.
tnsprin
05-31-05, 10:00 PM
Yo - another old IBM mainframer. :D
Your BOOTstrap did an Initial program load.

Specifically the bootstrap was 24 bytes that loaded in you initial program load.

Still used on the IBM's zSeries machines.
SimpleSimon
06-01-05, 01:25 AM
:D

The bootstrap was actually 2 CCWs that read 24 bytes (a PSW and 2 CCWs) and TIC'd to it. The 2 CCWs could load some more, and TIC to them, repeat as needed.

I have actually hand-multipunched a 3-card loader. Load address = 00C. ;) Gawd, I'm old.

And Bob H: The restriction on DPP44/diplexing is that when using them on the same line as the power inserter, and closer to the switch than the inserter, they have to be high-current rated diplexers.