3.i Settings from other receivers and how to convert a settings file


In the following you find a description how to transfer a settings file from a receiver of the same family into your receiver or how to convert a settings file from another receiver supported by SetEdit into the format you need, so you can write it into your receiver.


Settings files from other receivers of the same familiy

If you have got two receivers of the same family (e.g. two different receiver types of the same manufacturer) and you want to transfer a settings file from one receiver into the other you may get problems because in addition to the pure channel data also the satellite and LNB configuration and some receiver identifications are included in the settings file. Many receivers only accept settings files with their own receiver identifications. That is the reason why it is not so simple to exchange settings files between two receivers even if the satellite and LNB configuration is the same.

So if you want to write a settings file from one receiver into another, you should first read once the settings from the receiver, into which you want to write the settings file.

Then please save the satellite configuration for this file: click with the right mouse button into the satellite list and select the function "save satellite configuration". Now your satellite and LNB configuration is saved on your disc.

Open with "File" -> "Open" the settings file you want to write into the receiver. Then click with the right mouse button into the satellite list and choose the function "load satellite configuration" to overwrite the satellite configuration of this file with the satellite configuration you just saved.

Finally you can write the settings file into your receiver without any problems.


Example:

You want to write a settings file from receiver A into receiver B.

1. Read with "File" -> "Read from receiver" the settings from receiver B.

2. Click with the right mouse button into the satellite list and choose the function "Save satellite configuration".

3. Load the settings file from receiver A with "File" -> "Open" in SetEdit.

4. Click with the right mouse button into the satellite list and choose the function "Load satellite configuration".

5. Write this settings file into receiver B with "File" -> "Write into receiver".


If you often take settings from the Internet but always want to keep your satellite settings, you can enable the option "When loading use personal sat settings" in the configuration menu. Then this part of the settings is always taken from your previously saved configuration.


Convert a settings file

You can convert all settings formats that are supported by SetEdit and for that you have got the corresponding editor (in form of a DLL file) into the SetEditHisense format.

In chapter 2 is described how you can add other SetEdit editors.

Please open with "File" -> "New" an additional editor window with the format of the file you wish to convert.
Then please load with "File" -> "Open" the settings file you want to convert into another format.

You can only convert a settings file into the SetEditHisense format, if you have already saved your satellite configuration with the function "Save satellite configuration" in the popup menu of the satellite list (see above). If you want to convert a SetEditHisense settings file into another format, it depends on this format, if you first have to save the satellite configuration for this format or if this is not necessary (e.g. DVB2000, SatcoDX or DXAndy).

Important: If you convert a settings file only the pure channel and transponder data is taken from the source settings file. The satellite and LNB configuration are taken from the satellite configuration that has to be saved before (see above). If some channel parameters don't exist in the source settings file, a default value is taken for this parameter.

Now you can convert the loaded settings file. To do this, please click on "File" -> "Convert to" and select the format you want to convert this settings file to.



Now you see the loaded settings file in the new format with the corresponding SetEdit version on your screen.

Note: The different settings formats often contain different information, so you will always loose information, when you convert a settings file. If you convert e.g. a SetEditHisense settings file into the SatcoDX format and back, you will see that all favourite channels are gone, because the SatcoDX settings don't have favourite lists. If you convert a SatcoDX settings file into the SetEditHisense format and back, you will recognize, that all analogue channels have disappeared. The Hisense receivers only support digital channels. In the same way it may happen that certain PIDs (e.g. the text PID), volume information or the flags for "Scrambled" or "Locked" get lost.

In the configuration in the menu "Convert" you can enter the options that should be used, if you convert into this format (see chapter 5.b).
If you want to convert another settings file into the SetEditHisense format, you can for example sort the channels by satellites or take the FAV lists from the source list. As the Hisense receivers only have four FAV lists, only the first four FAV lists will be taken from the source list.
If you want to convert a SetEditHisense settings file into another format, you have to choose these options in the configuration menu of this other format.


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