[mythtv-users] Where to place satellite receiver?

[Mike Jasper]

Kristo Kriechbaum wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 11:32:31PM -0800, Mike Jasper wrote:
> 
>>>>What if you have multiple frontends?  Is a single satellite receiver
>>>>hooked into the backend sufficient to handle two or more PVR-250s that
>>>>might be operating simultaneously?
>>>
>>>
>>>You need one receiver for each PVR-250 that is operating because the
>>>Satellite receiver is what tunes and decodes the channel for you. In this
>>>case you'll really just use the PVR-250's S-Video input and control the
>>>receiver with some sort of external tuner script (configurable in Myth). 
>>
>>Thanks.  What if the receiver has two tuners?  I'm thinking of the Dish 
>>322 (picture of rear at 
>>http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/Dishnetwork/Receivers/DISH_322_back.jpg 
>>), wondering if it could provide input to two PVR-250s simultaneously. 
>>What's not clear to me is whether you need to have two dishes attached 
>>before you can use the two tuners.  Also, it appears to only have one 
>>S-video out...
> 
> 
> I think you'd be better off buying 2 recievers each with a single
> tuner.  You may also want to consider how you are going to change the
> channel on them.  Some DirecTV recievers have serial ports on the back
> (labeled "low speed data").
> 
> That's the setup I have - 2 DirecTV recievers, each controlled over
> the serial port (with a change_channel perl script).  I keep them both
> right next to the backend so I don't have cables running all over the
> place.  Then I have a homebuilt serial IR reciever for remote control
> (lirc).

Thanks for the info.  That's essentially what I'm planning to do, also. 
  One more question - are you able to control the DirecTV receivers 
through the frontend using your remote control, even though they're 
attached to the backend?