Can I connect two Multiswitches together (cascade one to another) to add more connections?
If you are using an 18″ Dual LNB dish, then you could “cascade” two switches together. You could take a 2×4 switch and have 2 of the outputs feed the inputs of another 2×4 switch to give you a total of 6 outputs. There are many issues that you have to be aware of though; length of cable, quality of multiswitches and whether they are powered or non-powered may affect. If you have an 18×24″ elliptical dish, it is a little more complex, but can be accomplished. As mentioned above, the receiver will send a 22khz tone to tell the multiswitch that it wants the 119-degree satellite. This tone is only used by the multiswitch and is not sent back up to the LNB’s There are switches designated as “cascadable” that WILL send that 22khz tone upstream, thereby allowing you to connect it in series with another multiswitch (such as a built in one on the dish). These are more expensive than non-cascading models. The other way is to get “tone generators” which go on the two cables designated for the 119
Well, that really depends. If you are using an 18″ Dual LNB dish, then you could “cascade” two switches together….so you could take a 2×4 switch and have 2 of the outputs feed the inputs of another 2×4 switch to give you a total of 6 outputs. There are many issues that you have to be aware of though….length of cable, quality of multiswitches and whether they are powered or non-powered may affect whether or not this will work. If you have an 18×24″ elliptical dish, it is a little more complex, but can be accomplished. As mentioned above, the receiver will send a 22khz tone to tell the multiswitch that it wants the 119 degree satellite. This tone is only used by the multiswitch and is not sent back up to the LNB’s….if you have two 4xn switches connected or a 4xn multiswitch connected to the built in multiswitch on a dish, the “2nd” one will never tell the “1st” one that it needs to see the 119 so the receivers connected to the “2nd” one would ONLY see the 101 satellite. There are s
If you are using an 18″ Dual LNB dish, then you could “cascade” two switches together….so you could take a 2×4 switch and have 2 of the outputs feed the inputs of another 2×4 switch to give you a total of 6 outputs. There are many issues that you have to be aware of though….length of cable, quality of multiswitches and whether they are powered or non-powered may affect whether or not this will work. If you have an 18×24″ elliptical dish, it is a little more complex, but can be accomplished. As mentioned above, the receiver will send a 22khz tone to tell the multiswitch that it wants the 119 degree satellite. This tone is only used by the multiswitch and is not sent back up to the LNB’s….if you have two 4xn switches connected or a 4xn multiswitch connected to the built in multiswitch on a dish, the “2nd” one will never tell the “1st” one that it needs to see the 119 so the receivers connected to the “2nd” one would ONLY see the 101 satellite. There are switches designated as “casc
