Jacek Popławski wrote:
Is it possible to use SG2100 rotor without vdr-rotor plugin?
Yes, it is. You must just put the right diseqc commands, which must be send to move the rotor, into your diseqc.conf. Then when you switch to a channel of another satellite these commands will be sent.
Is there any other plugin or standalone application?
What's wrong with the rotor plugin?
How can I send raw DiSEQ commands in Linux?
The rotor plugin should supply all diseqc-command you need for a rotor. (Drive East/West, Drive Steps East/West, Goto/Store Position, Recalculate Position, GotoX, Set East/West Limit, Limits On/Off)
Is it possible to see where rotor is currently positioned in vdr-rotor?
No, there is no feedback from the rotor, so the plugin can't know.
I tried to use this plugin, but I failed. Signal is always close to 50% (no matter where is receiver),
Does the rotor move if you e.g say "Drive East". When not, please look in your log-file. When there are errors like "ERROR: Operation not permitted" then you have to apply the Fd_Frontend patch (you find the diff-file in the patches directory of rotor-0.1.0) and recompile the plugin.
don't know how to change location of satelites in configuration file (HotBird is not 13E, because rotor is not directed into True South :), I tried to experiment but it is very hard when rotor is outside of room :)
Your rotor must be directed to True South. Otherwise it won't work for satellites which are further in eastern and western direction. Of course your rotor have not to rotate 13 degrees, when your site longitude is e.g 12° East, then you only must move to 1°. To adjust all stored position you must find one satellite and then send the recalculate command. The other possibility is to use the Goto X command. For this you only have to enter site longitude and lattitude in the setup menu of the rotor plugin. Then you can select a satellite and press OK and the rotor should then move to the right position.
I had no problems in Windows, but I need to use it in Linux! I want to start from raw DiSEQ commands... could you point me to any app or doc?
All needed diseqc commands are explained here: http://www.eutelsat.org/satellites/pdf/Diseqc/associated%20docs/position _app_note_v1.pdf