Posted by Unregistered on 12/27/82 11:54

Yes, the +5V/square wave/ground connections are the polarizer (servo) connections.
And yes, you do need something like a relay to hook both receivers up at the same
time. Someone with more electrical experience could probably offer various alternatives.

As far as programming, it'll probably be more complicated than that, but I really
don't know, as I haven't fiddled with a recent Pansat receiver. I've used an older
one that required entering all the info manually with the remote. Big pain.

wa5dxp wrote:
> I looked in the Pansat 2700 Manual, and it has on back panel
> connections for "Manual Polarizer", showing +5V, a square wave symbol,
> and ground. Would that be the same as the servo on an old Analogue
> receiver like my Uniden Supra? If that's the case, then I would just
> have to use the Supra to position the dish, then could use the 2700
> to scan the satellite. As you say, a multipole relay could switch the
> servo to prevent interference between Supra and 2700, does that
> sound right to you?
>
> Thanks for your help, I didn't know that the 2700 had a servo output,
> DUHHHHHH.....
>
> Lets say it would work, to program the 2700 I guess you would use
> the Smart Scan first for C-Band channels, then switching inputs with
> Diseq switch to KU, do another Smart Scan using KU input, is that
> correct? It sure would take all the work out of fooling with manually
> programming polarity and all that....
>
> Thanks again
>
> Jim

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