Interesting. My Ultra is performing OK but when I d/l the channel list and load it into AzBoxEdit the sat names are associated with the wrong orbital position. I took the risk of rebooting the Ultra. After reboot, the sat names and locations are still OK. I re-downloaded the sat list and it still is wrong in AzBoxEdit (as well as other settings). Yes, I loaded the correct files.
JohnnyN,
I have personally witnessed the anomaly you mention here. I was rather puzzled and obviously apprehensive of reloading the list to my AZBox as I did not want it to foul or corrupt my resident list. I took the chance and uploaded it to the box anyway and the list turned out correct. Although I did not make any edits to the list at first, I merely viewed it.
Now, I cannot seem to reproduce this strange occurrence and therefore don't know what I did to cause it (if anything) or what I have done since to prevent it (if anything). I will just give you a run down of my current process for you to compare.
This is going to appear lengthy, but it is because I am detailing the process for the purpose of the explanation. Many of the steps that I explain here will be rather redundant, but read them all one time for sure to identify if there is anything that I am doing that is different from your own procedure.
I am only using two programs to upload/download, create, edit and maintain my lists. ACC v 1.1 and AZBoxEdit v 0.9.2880a and I am using the most recent firmware available, 0.9.5020.
I uploaded the original factory list of satellites from the AZBox using ACC via the option RECEIVE FROM AZBOX inthe TOOLS 2 panel. Then closed ACC and opened AZBoxEdit. Here, the first step was to click on the editor programs panel "Organize Sat & TP". Then, select or click on the option at the bottom of the screen... "OPEN: antenna_list.dat & DVBS.dat". This opens a menu to search or browse for where ACC stored these files when they were uploaded from the AZBox to the PC.
Once these lists were opened, I deleted all the satellites in the list, except one. The one that I retained was the western hemisphere satellite that was furthest to my east or the lowest numbered satellite by its orbital position that I still had a LOS for. For me personally, this was Hispasat at 30.0°W.
With this and only this one satellite remaining in my list, I saved the file (see the bottom of the editor screen... "SAVE: antenna_list.dat & DVBS.dat") and then closed the editor program.
I then opened the ACC program and dowloaded this list to the AZBox with only the one satellite (Hispasat) contained within.
I then located all the *.dat files that were previously uploaded to my PC and deleted them.
I then uploaded the current (new) files from the AZBox back to my PC using ACC and closed the ACC program.
I then opened the AZBoxEdit 0.9.2880a program and opened the newly created *.dat files via the editor's "Organize Sat & TP" option.
Here is where the tedious work begins. I consulted "The List" here and Lyngsat and SatBeams sites to determine as many valid satellites (C and Ku) that I could list from Hispasat westward to the last valid satellite for my personal LOS. I wrote these all down and separated them into C and Ku bands and then I started entering them in the AZBoxEdit program from east to west.
When entering each satellite in the list, I made absolutely certain that I entered a transponder for each satellite as I went. I did not worry whether the transponder was truly an active one or not, I just recorded a valid TP frequency (i.e. 3700 for typical C band and 11700 for standard, linear Ku band). These TPs are just dummy TPs and I will delete them later, but you must have something legitimate recorded here to start with. For C band TPs, your entered numerical value must be 7 digits (therefore 3700 must be entered as 3700000) and for Ku band TPs it must be 8 digits (therefore 11700 must be entered as 11700000).
You will want to enter a SR value for each TP as well. Enter any arbitrary number that is 6 to 8 digits long (i.e. 100000).
Regarding the entry of the LNBF type/frequency, I would simply select something from the drop down menus that is as close to legit as you can find for your equipment. Whatever I selected didn't seem to be right after downloading the lists to the AZBox and I was required to correct this via the remote within the menus later anyway. I am not sure why this is or what I am doing incorrectly here, but it isn't very cooperative. Don't fret over this too much, it is easy to correct once the list is installed.
Once you have entered all the satellites for your entire horizon (LOS), SAVE the edits and close the editor. Then open the ACC program and download the files to the AZBox using the SEND TO AZBOX option in the TOOLS 2 panel.
Now you can go through all the individual satellites listed in the AZBox using the remote and the menus and check the TP frequencies, polarities and miscellaneous settings such as the LNBF type and the L.O. frequency. You will also need to set up each satellite for USALS or DiSEqC 1.2 as you go along here. Get all of these settings squared away first. Check the settings of each satellite and correct any discrepancies here first. Enter your personal latitude and longitude coordinates for any one satellite that is going to be set up to use USALS (you only need to enter this information for one sat in the list).
Once you have all the parameters properly set, go back to your PC and save all your *.dat files to an external disk first. This is just a precautionary backup measure in case something goes awry. Then, delete these files from your PC and open the ACC program and once again, upload these files from the AZBox. Save these files to another external disk or device, also as a precautionary backup measure. Ensure that these files and the others are kept separate so that you do not confuse them.
It is important to make backups all along the way, at each step, so that you do not ever have to start over completely from scratch. There is a lot of work involved here, you do not want to have to repeat all this if you can avoid it. Burn the files to an inexpensive CD disk and label it, that is the best way.
Now that you have your entire list set up as a basic skeleton structure, send it back once again to the AZBox. This will ensure that the backup file in the DISK1 folder will be overwritten with all of your latest changes.
The next step depends upon which AZBox receiver model you have. If you have a Premium, or better yet the Premium Plus, you may simply go to each satellite in your list and blind scan it for all the active TPs and channels. If you do not have blind scan capabilities, you will have to enter the truly legitimate (active) TPs manually. Either by using the remote and the menus or with the editor (AZBoxEdit). Just as a note, it should be obvious to see the benefit of blind scan capabilities right here.
JohnnyN, can you identify anything in what I have done and what I am doing that is different from what you have been doing? Anything that might account for the anomaly that you first cited?
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