Whats the best driver for a SkyStar 2 PCI card?

[pharos]

Hi Folks,

Since I got my SS2 card I've been drilling it with different setups and tests but I have yet to find a flawless setup when it comes to Diseqc setup.

I recently added yet another sat to my rig so now I'm on 110/119 & 82, the setup seems to confuse the beans outta my switch.

I started out by using the regular 4.4.0 driver that came with the card, was ok...diseqc really buggy, channels and scans resulted in very erratic and iffy results (channels/.transponders mixing up, erratic signals), still usable but left alot to be desired.

So the other day I ventured off to try the new 4.4.1 beta driver, a slight improvement, especially with channel changing speeds.....but yet the diseqc issue still remains....

I finally disconnected all sats from the switch and scanned each individually...no major probs there during scan ...chans came in properly...

but after a few days the quirkiness returned....reason unknown (streams from sats mixed up)

So my question to you all is what is the best driver and or setup to use with diseqc 1.2 or 2.0?

Do I need special plugins, DLL's or BDA drivers?

My current set looks like this on a 4x1 Diseqc:
- LNB1 = empty
- LNB2 = Nimiq 2 - 11250/sw=0/11250/power off/22khz lof controlled
- LNB3 = Echo 7 - 11250/sw=0/11250/power off/22khz lof controlled
- LNB4 = Echo 5,8 - 11250/sw=0/11250/power off/22khz lof controlled

tried setup on both a diseqc 1.2 and 2.0 - same quirkiness

Lookin forward to your feedback/comments!

thanks

[owlish]

You need another choice in this vote: "they all suck", or perhaps "SS2 is junk".

[DocPookias]

Your skystar 2 has not support for Raw Diseqc - see here http://www.dvbdream.org/supported_devices.php
Could this be why you are experiencing problems? Can someone confirm if the Skystar 2 is FULLY supported by DD?

[jerryt]

SS2 does support raw diseqc with 4.4.0 drivers

[DocPookias]

Aaah, perfect... I'm looking to get a skysar2, what device do you choose in the program to initiate the card? In don't see a skystar option?

[smarg]

pharos, try changing your diseqc, i had similar problems with cheap diseqc...

[DocPookias]

jerry, what is the issue with the new 4.4.1 drivera and DD?

SS2 does support raw diseqc with 4.4.0 drivers

[jerryt]

jerry, what is the issue with the new 4.4.1 drivera and DD?

SS2 does support raw diseqc with 4.4.0 drivers

I tried 4.4.1 to see if they fixed using a dual core CPU, which they did not, then back to my standards.

I use 4.2.11 for blind scans with a version 2.3 card and 4.4.0 for everything else.