Hello guys. Just recently I got to get my hands on the new Motor from DMSI. They are calling it the Monster Motor. The first thing I noticed when I took it out of the box was that it was bigger than the other motors that I have ever had. I mean it wasn't 10 times bigger or nothing but it was notably bigger. I also noted that it had a 7-segment read out on the top. Further investigation tells me that this read out tells you how many degrees that it is from 0 or reference. I also noted that it was made better than other motors that are on the cheaper end of motors. It is not made as solid as the STAB motor, but it wowed me. So anyway I put this thing together in about 10 minutes. I then went out and mounted it to my pole. Also I have done this many times and I also had some marks on my pole so it made things go faster.
Ok it is on the pole then I proceed to mount one of my GEOSATpro 90cm dishes on it. That went easy. I then get my meter out and align it to my true south. It worked great. Very smooth I set my latitude setting and left it. I then went by the chart in the back of manual to set my dish to where it supposed to be. I wish it would have provided the formula to set the dish, but that is only because I am a geek I guess. Now one thing I did note was that where the shaft mounted it was a little loose. I quickly went and found a Allen wrench and tightened that up. Also there is a little play on the inside, which I am not happy with. I should not be able to grab the dish and with very little effort cause the shaft to move back and forth. Now it was not very much just a little, but I guess I am too much of a perfectionist.
So anyway I set my dish elevation as per the manual and it was there almost on the money. I should add that I had already hooked up my microHD receiver and told the motor to go to my true south which is a bit off of "0". So it didn't take to much effort to peak the the elevation and move the motor on the pole just a hair. Ok now time for the test. I go back in the house and have a great signal on 83W(my true south) and watching PB&J TV great. Ok now lets see how good this baby is. So I told it to got to 125W. I watched the dish as it moved. I don't know how they did it but man did that thing go fast. In just a few seconds it had stopped. I went back to my TV and there it was PBS East with some cartoon on. I then set it to go way over to the east at 30W it did that no problem. Then I set it to go back to 125W. In just about 30 seconds it was back to 125W and working great.
What is my opinion so far on this motor? As of right now I am very pleased with it. I would recommend this motor to anyone wanting to have a motor on their Ku dish. I will say this though. I did not try it with DiSEqC I only have used it with USALS with great results in spite of the little bit of play in the shaft. It is supposed to do DiSEqC as well as USALS. I did not try that though.
Equipment used in this test:
microHD receiver
DMSI SG6100 motor
Ok so what did I do next. Well I decided to try and use a GEOSATpro 1.2 meter dish. Well the shaft was to small so, I sleeved a bigger tube over the shaft to work and it worked well. The dish is 27 pounds and it moved it back and forth with no problem.
So yes I would buy this Monster Motor if you need a new motor.
The only other down side is the new read out display, cool as it is, is that it is on top so you can't see it unless you get a step ladder out to view it, so it is kinda worthless. It also don't work very well in direct sun light, very hard to see. I never used it, even though it is there and works, and actually forgot about it.
Ok it is on the pole then I proceed to mount one of my GEOSATpro 90cm dishes on it. That went easy. I then get my meter out and align it to my true south. It worked great. Very smooth I set my latitude setting and left it. I then went by the chart in the back of manual to set my dish to where it supposed to be. I wish it would have provided the formula to set the dish, but that is only because I am a geek I guess. Now one thing I did note was that where the shaft mounted it was a little loose. I quickly went and found a Allen wrench and tightened that up. Also there is a little play on the inside, which I am not happy with. I should not be able to grab the dish and with very little effort cause the shaft to move back and forth. Now it was not very much just a little, but I guess I am too much of a perfectionist.
So anyway I set my dish elevation as per the manual and it was there almost on the money. I should add that I had already hooked up my microHD receiver and told the motor to go to my true south which is a bit off of "0". So it didn't take to much effort to peak the the elevation and move the motor on the pole just a hair. Ok now time for the test. I go back in the house and have a great signal on 83W(my true south) and watching PB&J TV great. Ok now lets see how good this baby is. So I told it to got to 125W. I watched the dish as it moved. I don't know how they did it but man did that thing go fast. In just a few seconds it had stopped. I went back to my TV and there it was PBS East with some cartoon on. I then set it to go way over to the east at 30W it did that no problem. Then I set it to go back to 125W. In just about 30 seconds it was back to 125W and working great.
What is my opinion so far on this motor? As of right now I am very pleased with it. I would recommend this motor to anyone wanting to have a motor on their Ku dish. I will say this though. I did not try it with DiSEqC I only have used it with USALS with great results in spite of the little bit of play in the shaft. It is supposed to do DiSEqC as well as USALS. I did not try that though.
Equipment used in this test:
microHD receiver
DMSI SG6100 motor
Ok so what did I do next. Well I decided to try and use a GEOSATpro 1.2 meter dish. Well the shaft was to small so, I sleeved a bigger tube over the shaft to work and it worked well. The dish is 27 pounds and it moved it back and forth with no problem.
So yes I would buy this Monster Motor if you need a new motor.
The only other down side is the new read out display, cool as it is, is that it is on top so you can't see it unless you get a step ladder out to view it, so it is kinda worthless. It also don't work very well in direct sun light, very hard to see. I never used it, even though it is there and works, and actually forgot about it.
