JynxBox HD and SW-34 switch with power injector?

[walterw]

Hi,

Can JynxBox be used with SW-34 switch with power injector or am i going to burn the Module?
Seems to me that's what happened when i connected it to this switch (just stopped getting signal).
Ordered new module and now i'm worried i may burn it again. My dreamlink T5 has no issues...

Thanks

[jvvh5897]

If you use a DC blocker at the receiver then the box is DC isolated from the power inserter and should be OK regardless of what you have driving the dishes. Now, whether the box can be used with the switch and dish setup you want to use I don't know, but I suspect it will work just fine with the right TP setup and dish settings.

[diode]

If I recall correctly Jynxbox has never played well with SW-34. If you are going to use a DPP LNB You must use a power inserter. I believe the switch you need is the DP44 Power inserter goes into port 1.

[Terryl]

An SW34 switch is a legacy device it will not work with the newer DP type LNB's.

I have also found out that the DC power inserters from dish do not play well with most FTA receivers with the add on HD module's, so the DC power inserter needs to be on it's own coax out to any switch or LNB.

Connecting a FTA receiver to a dish (or maybe a DTV) type power inserter could over time (how long who knows??) do some sort of damage to the receivers tuner.

And depending on the type of LNB will determine the need for any extra DC power.

A DP twin LNB will not need one, but a DP twin with a second DP LNB on the input port will need one, a DP1000 LNB will, or using three DP single LNB's into a DP44 switch will need the DP power inserter, all that need one will need a separate coax for the DP power.

Remember a standard FTA receiver will only supply 500 mA maximum to any attached device, a DP1000 LNB needs at least 700 mA, and around the same with a DP twin and a second DP external LNB attached.

Drawing too much DC current will slowly cook the receivers power supply to the LNB if it is beyond it design limits.

[jvvh5897]

Then add in the fact that most of the modules seem to have issues with overheating as well and it is not good.
I don't know why folks insist on using the LNBs that come with their prov dish rather than switch over to FTA LNB and use diseqc sw with most of these FTA boxes--just makes sense to use a setup that will be in the range of drive that the box can do and not have to play with power inserters or weird TP/dish settings.

[walterw]

Thank you for all responses.

The reason i want to use the the original provider installed equipment is because i currently have a sub on 3 receivers. I've been testing my own north IKS server and i just tried this JynxBox receiver and even though it worked for about a week, it lost all the signal. Dreamlink units have no issues, this Jynxbox one is the only one i tried other than dereambox, and it seems to have issue.

Thank you for all information.

[jvvh5897]

Although I did look at the coolsat source for how that old box did provider LNBs and it seems very easy to do--I suppose if you have the current to drive that many LNB in a box then they should work just fine. I wonder how hard it would be to build a "box" to take the output of a FTA box 13/18 V and/or diseqc signaling and drive a higher current control with prov signaling. Seems like it would be very easy--a $2 atmel Digispark Kickstarter ATTINY85 Arduino General Micro USB Development Board, an LM317 regulator 1.5 Amp chip and a cheap power supply around 20V or so should be all it would take (24V is a common output level).