Whats the best driver for a SkyStar 2 PCI card?

pharos · Postby **pharos** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:41 am

Hi Folks,

Since I got my SS2 card I've been drilling it with different setups and tests but I have yet to find a flawless setup when it comes to Diseqc setup.

I recently added yet another sat to my rig so now I'm on 110/119 & 82, the setup seems to confuse the beans outta my switch.

I started out by using the regular 4.4.0 driver that came with the card, was ok...diseqc really buggy, channels and scans resulted in very erratic and iffy results (channels/.transponders mixing up, erratic signals), still usable but left alot to be desired.

So the other day I ventured off to try the new 4.4.1 beta driver, a slight improvement, especially with channel changing speeds.....but yet the diseqc issue still remains....

I finally disconnected all sats from the switch and scanned each individually...no major probs there during scan ...chans came in properly...

but after a few days the quirkiness returned....reason unknown (streams from sats mixed up)

So my question to you all is what is the best driver and or setup to use with diseqc 1.2 or 2.0?

Do I need special plugins, DLL's or BDA drivers?

My current set looks like this on a 4x1 Diseqc:
- LNB1 = empty
- LNB2 = Nimiq 2 - 11250/sw=0/11250/power off/22khz lof controlled
- LNB3 = Echo 7 - 11250/sw=0/11250/power off/22khz lof controlled
- LNB4 = Echo 5,8 - 11250/sw=0/11250/power off/22khz lof controlled

tried setup on both a diseqc 1.2 and 2.0 - same quirkiness

Lookin forward to your feedback/comments!

thanks

owlish · Postby **owlish** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:08 pm

You need another choice in this vote: "they all suck", or perhaps "SS2 is junk".

DocPookias · Postby **DocPookias** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:08 pm

Your skystar 2 has not support for Raw Diseqc - see here http://www.dvbdream.org/supported_devices.php
Could this be why you are experiencing problems? Can someone confirm if the Skystar 2 is FULLY supported by DD?

jerryt · Postby **jerryt** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:21 am

SS2 does support raw diseqc with 4.4.0 drivers

DocPookias · Postby **DocPookias** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:32 pm

Aaah, perfect... I'm looking to get a skysar2, what device do you choose in the program to initiate the card? In don't see a skystar option?

smarg · Postby **smarg** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:10 am

pharos, try changing your diseqc, i had similar problems with cheap diseqc...

DocPookias · Postby **DocPookias** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:09 pm

jerry, what is the issue with the new 4.4.1 drivera and DD?

SS2 does support raw diseqc with 4.4.0 drivers

jerryt · Postby **jerryt** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:14 pm

jerry, what is the issue with the new 4.4.1 drivera and DD?

SS2 does support raw diseqc with 4.4.0 drivers

I tried 4.4.1 to see if they fixed using a dual core CPU, which they did not, then back to my standards.

I use 4.2.11 for blind scans with a version 2.3 card and 4.4.0 for everything else.

Whats the best driver for a SkyStar 2 PCI card?

What SS2 driver are you using with your Diseqc SW?

Skystar 2 - No Support for Raw Diseqc

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