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#1 Moonwalker

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Posted 28 January 2020 - 21:51

I have 2 boxes (VU+HD 4k) connected to same dish. While one box is on standby it would still send supply to LNB and thus conflicts with other box. I have to put first box in deep standby for the other box to work properly.

 

Is it possible to switch LNB off in normal standby?



Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #2 jpuigs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 00:22

I asked the same question...... 8 months ago.

https://forums.openp...-in-standby-vu/

 

It seems that VU+ developers don't know how to do it, or don't want to do it... because drivers for Uno 4K SE haven't been changed, and I asked them to do it.


Edited by jpuigs, 29 January 2020 - 00:24.

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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #3 ccs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 11:14

I always thought that recordings can be made in standby, so the LNB needs power.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #4 jpuigs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 12:40

Yes, of course, if box is recording  LNB has to be enabled, but the problem is that the LNB is enabled always, although box has nothing to do.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #5 ccs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 13:16

…. if the box has nothing to do, then why not always put it into deep standby?

 

My timers/autotimers do it for me, I rarely have to select deep standby manually.


Edited by ccs, 29 January 2020 - 13:18.

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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #6 WanWizard

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 13:20

Some vendors switch the power off, some don't. Same is true with HDMI, not all of them switch the HDMI off.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #7 jpuigs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 15:16

Yes, it's true.

But when your (one's) configuration is like the one we have @Moonwalker and me ,  "sharing"  one cable on more than one receiver, we have problems with it.

 

@ccs, if the box has nothing to do, I don't put it into deep standby because of the booting time.

 

I remember old satellite receivers (not enigma) that had a configurable parameter called "LNB Power in standby" (ON/OFF)

 

As I didn't manage to turn LNB voltage OFF on a Uno 4K SE, I returned it to the shop, and now I have an octagon SF8008 twin S2X, which has Satdream image, openpli based, and works fine.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #8 WanWizard

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 15:26

It is a question of whether or not it is implemented in the drivers.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #9 ccs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 15:27

@jpuigs… so you use one box or the other, but never both at the same time? Or have I completely lost the plot?


Edited by ccs, 29 January 2020 - 15:28.

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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #10 Pr2

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 19:24

And if you use softcam for internal sharing, you cannot use deep standby.

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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #11 WanWizard

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 20:17

As I understand now the original drivers did switch off the LNB power, but for the FBC modules there were issues when the root tuner switched off, but a leaf tuner still needed the LNB. So for now, VU+ has disabled it.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #12 jpuigs

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Posted 29 January 2020 - 23:36

@jpuigs… so you use one box or the other, but never both at the same time? Or have I completely lost the plot?

 

One box (ET10000) has a HDD, and it's good for live streaming and transcoding.

The other Box (SF8008) has multistream tuners.

I have all satellites divided into 2 diseqc switches, so I could use both boxes, working each one with each diseqc switch....

 

 

 

As I understand now the original drivers did switch off the LNB power, but for the FBC modules there were issues when the root tuner switched off, but a leaf tuner still needed the LNB. So for now, VU+ has disabled it.

 

But if a leaf tuner needs LNB power.... is it too difficult to enable power as if it were the root one ??


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #13 WanWizard

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Posted 30 January 2020 - 10:39

Apparently. This is the feedback we're getting.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #14 mrvica

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Posted 30 January 2020 - 13:49

another option, you can do it with hardware, i.e. DC Blocker, may be you find one with switch to turn it on/off manually

https://www.pollin.d...-blocker-570903

this could be interesting too

https://www.dipolnet...rol__R85245.htm



Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #15 Moonwalker

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Posted 31 January 2020 - 22:57

So the only option for now is to put box in deep standby.

 

I guess there could be an option in the config whether to keep LNB power in standby or not. 



Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #16 jpuigs

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Posted 31 January 2020 - 23:56

As I've said earlier, other satellite receivers (not enigma) have that option.


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Re: Switch off LNB voltage when putting box in standby #17 Dimitrij

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Posted 1 February 2020 - 07:53

Use old drivers

http://code.vuplus.c...php?action=repo

http://code.vuplus.c...4ba4d8b987d4720


Edited by Dimitrij, 1 February 2020 - 07:58.

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