DIRECTV D12MP Support Question
DIRECTV D12MP Support Question
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Question posted by Enginebuilder67 on November 18th, 2013
Which Sat Dish To Use
I have a D12MP 700 receiver. I also have slimline sl3 sat dish. Will these work together or do I need to buy a standard 18'' dish. As of now I can not get a sat signal with what I have.
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Installation Guide - Page 2
... default baud rate and added R15 in
Table 3-1.
Added support for HR20.
Version 2.2
Page 2 of Issue September 1, 2005 October 19, 2005 November 17, 2005
November 18, 2005 January 3, 2007 March 2, 2007
August 6, 2007 March 5, 2008
REVISION HISTORY
Author
Scope
D. Updated formating
J.
Fixed baud rate in Section 3.9. Added command GetTuner and the...
Installation Guide - Page 3
... ...15
4.8 STB Responses ...15
5 Data Port Command Details...16
5.1 Standby (0x81) ...16
5.2 Active (0x82)...16
5.3 GetPrimaryStatus (0x83) ...17
5.4 GetCommandVersion (0x84) ...18
5.5 GetCurrentChannel (0x87) ...19
5.6 GetSignalQuality (0x90)...20
5.7 GetCurrentTime (0x91)...20
5.8 GetUserCommand (0x92) ...21
5.9 EnableUserEntry (0x93)...22
5.10 DisableUserEntry (0x94) ...23
DIRECTV...
Installation Guide - Page 4
... GetTuner (0x9A) ...27 5.16 GetPrimaryStatusMT (0x8A) ...28 5.17 GetCurrentChannelMT (0x8B) ...30 5.18 GetSignalQualityMT (0x9D) ...30 5.19 OpenUserChannelMT (0x9F) ...31
6 Remote Control...33
6.1 Introduction ...Non-Empty STB Buffer 39
8.3 Low-Speed Input Characteristics...39
8.3.1 Input Signaling Characteristics (Pin 3 39
8.4 Low-Speed Output Characteristics...40
8.4.1 Output Drive Characteristics (Pin 2...
Installation Guide - Page 5
... ...15 Table 8-1: Timing Characteristics ...39 Table 8-2: Input Drive Characteristics 40 Table 8-3: Output Drive Characteristics 40 Table 8-4: Passive Drive Characteristics 41 Table 8-5: Low-Speed Data Port Signaling Conventions 41
DIRECTV, Inc. Bit Timing Diagram...39
List of Tables
Table 2-1: Shortcut Keys Combinations 7 Table 2-2: Supported Shortcut Keys...7 Table 3-1: Type of Data Port...
Installation Guide - Page 6
... panel, and remote control commands as is relevant to change without limitation any warranty as to [email protected]
DIRECTV, Inc. Anyone planning to make use of technology covered by this document.
1.3 Notice
Previous "Set-top Information for Installer" documents had a companion document listing various peculiarities of 42
March 5, 2008 DTV...
Installation Guide - Page 7
... screen instead of 42
March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058
ACTIVE and RIGHT
Access the System Setup: System Diagnostic (hidden) screens.
The shortcut keys may not work if user interface graphics are on the default channel. The System Diagnostic screen contains menu items to change the LNB configuration to stacked/unstacked; Version...
Installation Guide - Page 8
... of connector and data rate the STB data port has.
Only the HR20 and HR21 USB ports works differently. DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the Installer
3 Data Port Connectors
Table 3-1 shows what ...type of 42
March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058 Serial commands are interfaced through the data port using a USB-Serial adapter. That means USB ports will be plugged before the STB is plugged in...
Installation Guide - Page 13
...command is issued to a multi-tuner STB, it will use the command and data acknowledgment protocol for each additional tuner ...major and minor numbers of the tuned channel.
0x9D
GetSignalQualityMT Get the signal level for the tuned channel.
0x9F
OpenUserChannelMT Tune to be identified for...-tuner STBs, the tuner needs to a channel by issuing the command GetTuner. The [TunerID] can be executed as...
Installation Guide - Page 14
... Response = ACK_FCNOK (Parser is free)
*Command Prefix (0xFA)? YES
Send
STB Response = ACK_PARAMS
Execute Command and send Return Data Stream as appropriate (Parser is in use)
*Known Command? YES
Send STB Response = NACK_PARAMS
NO *Correct # of Input
Parameters? NO
Send STB Response = NACK_PREFIX
YES
**Command Parser attaches to current
data port...
Installation Guide - Page 15
...Command buffer
DIRECTV, Inc. Version 2.2
Page 15 of parameters Parser timed out when receiving parameters Service command completed successfully Service command completed unsuccessfully Command parser reset - break condition detected A previous service command is pending completion Command parser in use by another device Expected Prefix, prefix not sent Command parser reset - DIRECTV Set...
Installation Guide - Page 22
... instead. The GetUserCommand provides a Type of 0x00 (Key Toggle), Device of 0x01 (Remote) and Key of 42
March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058 The GetUserCommand is used to reach the user interface handler. On the other hand, if the user pressed the Select (0xC3) key, held it so that the remote repeats...
Installation Guide - Page 23
... same effect as pressing the red reset button on the STB. (1) Since a hard-reset is performed, no return value or return response can be obtained using the GetUserCommand service command.
5.11 GetReturnValue (0x95)
Command Label Command Byte Input Parameter(s) Return Data Stream
Return Response Return Value Description
GetReturnValue
0x95
None
[RVal3...
Installation Guide - Page 25
menu)
STB -> Controller: F2
(Received the correct number of 42
March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058 Bad command
Description
The STB will respond to the user interface task.
remote, F7 - Undefined ... (key #51)
Note: All keys not otherwise identified above will take place whether command DisableUserEntry (0x13) is not active, particularly from stray IR remote control signals.
Installation Guide - Page 26
... - Controller -> STB: FA
(Command Prefix)
Controller -> STB: A6
(Command ID)
STB -> Controller: F0 Controller -> STB: 01 14 FF FF
(Command acknowledged) (Parameters[1])
STB -> Controller: F2
(Received the correct number of 42
March 5, 2008 DTV-MD-0058
Version 2.2
Page 26 of parameters)
DIRECTV, Inc. Not a DIRECTV System channel
Return Value
0x0000 : Success...
Installation Guide - Page 28
...Failure
0x0000 : Success
0x0001 : Failure - Others : Failure - This Tuner ID may be used as input to the multituner commands.
5.16 GetPrimaryStatusMT (0x8A)
Command Label Command Byte Input ... ID3] [STS Ver] [CAM ID0 ][CAM ID1] [CAM ID2] [CAM ID3] [CAM ID4] [CAM ID5] [Signal Quality] [Rx ID0] [Rx ID1] [RxID2] [RxID3] [RxID4] [RxID5
MajorChnHI and MajorChnLO (Major Channel Number): 0x0000...
Installation Guide - Page 32
... OpenUserChannelMT command by viewer
0x1005 : Failure - Channel spending limit exceeded
Others : Failure - DIRECTV Set-Top Box Information for the specified guide major/minor channel number using the specified tuner.
Installation Guide - Page 33
...DTV-MD-0058 This chapter also provides links pointed to documents that listed the brand setup code used for setting up the remote to control the TV and auxiliary devices can be found on www....can be found within the STB user interface.
6.2 Brand Setup Code List
The brand setup code used to control the TV and auxiliary devices.
Find the setup code in the appropriate document. On ...
Installation Guide - Page 38
.../4 position jack). Figure 8-2. Low-Speed Data Port Pin Assignment Diagram
Line positions, designated as "optional", may require a "TRUE" state for data transfer. The STB will use three (3) lines (L2-Rx, L3-Tx and L5-Grnd) for the Installer
8 Appendix: Low Speed Serial Port Specifications
8.1 Low-Speed Data Port Connector
The connector...
Installation Guide - Page 39
... 104 μs ±7 μs 1.04 ms ± 8 μs
8.2.1 Bit Timing (Start, -D0 TO -D7, and Stop) The STB complies with the input signaling characteristics shown in the STB receive buffer, given that the port is a minimum of zero (0) msec. Start Bit
Total Character Interval 8 Data Bits
D0
D7
Stop Bit Idle
Figure...
Installation Guide - Page 42
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