[mythtv-users] support for satscan rotor?

Tom Hayward esarfl at gmail.com
Fri Mar 9 19:57:01 UTC 2012


On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:05, Per Jessen <per at computer.org> wrote:
> Raymond Wagner wrote:
>
>> On 3/9/2012 12:38, Per Jessen wrote:
>>> (newbie alert)
>>> I am working on replacing our ageing Nokia Mediamaster 9602S - my
>>> rotor is satscan, and I don't see an option for that when I run
>>> mythtv-setup. Are satscan rotors supported by mythtv?
>>
>> Is "satscan" something different from DiSEqC?
>>
>
> Yes, unfortunately:
>
> http://www.sbprojects.com/knowledge/satellite/satscan.php

I was envisioning something serial controlled. This is much more
complicated! If you're a hardware guy, you could try building the
electronics to inject this signal into the coax, then control your
injector with a channel change script. Replacing the rotor sounds like
the simpler option.

Tom


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