Any USALS plug-ins that actually work?

[mchomicz]

I installed ProgDVB as well as DVBDream but I can’t find any plug-ins for USALS that actually function. I did try DiseqcU and kvaDiseqc on ProgDVB. The first one actually does move the dish - but not at all to correct positions (I did set my geographical location; as an example I’ve observed that command that reads 10 deg West caused the dish to move East; that’s not good…). The second one complains there is no satellite list - but no readme was included with the distribution - just the dll; so there is no way to know what it expects... Stock TwinHan software is also useless. The only thing that is does do reliably is “go to 0”. Other than that - it plain refuses to move the dish ANYWHERE telling me that the satellite I’m trying to move towards can’t be viewed from where I’m located. For DVBDream I can’t find any USALS plug-ins at all

Any pointers to plug-ins that actually work would be much appreciated. I’ll also gladly try any DVB program other than ProgDVB or DVBDream if a plug-in in question only works on something else.

Thank you,
Michael

PS And of course it figures that the day I finally manage to put my dish up on a temporary pole we get the biggest rain and thunderstorm since 2004 huracaine season!

 

[Cascade]

I had the same problem with DiseqcU. I spent a while with Claude (The author) working that problem out, try this version:

http://members.cox.net/cascade/Diseqcu.rar

Don't put it in the Plugins directory, Extract the 2 files into ProgDVB root.
Enter your Lat/Lon and you should be good to go.

 

[mchomicz]

Thanks a lot!
BTW - what is the Lat - LONG format supposed to be? If I live at 35° 10.621'N 80° 50.067'W, am I correct to assume that what I need to input in 35.16 and 80.83?

Thanks again - I will give this a try right now.

Michael

 

[Cascade]

35.16 and 80.83?

Yep,
35.16 Nord.
80.83 Ouest.
You may wanna turn Autodrive off for now, use the control panel, hit "Go to angular position" and see if your sig is there, you may have to nudge the dish a couple of clicks East or West for optimum signal.

LMK how it goes.