motor-sat

[dxuall1]

HI to every one. I installed the motor/dish and found amc 4 101w with no problem when I move the dish east/west I can't find no other satellites what's wrong with my setting? motor is set to latitude 26 and my dish elevation is 29 deg. it doesn't match the dishpointer criteria the only thing that matches is the lnb skew but for each satellite the skew and settings are diferent how can i solve this problems? what do i need to do now??........help help. thank you

 

[Mr Tony]

the dishpointer info only works with fixed dishes

Is your true south satellite 101? If not, that is why there are issues. you need to line it up with your true south satellite (the satellite the same as your longitude)

 

[qwert1515]

Mission Tx
lat:26
long:98

So you can use 97 West or 99 West as your true South Satellite.

 

[dxuall1]

That is the problem i cant find galaxy 16 at 99w. that is my true south how can i find galaxy 16? the set up menu in the receiver ask me for transponders i dont know wat to put there. can u guys help me with this???

 

[qwert1515]

In the Antenna Setup menu (under the 99.0°W Galaxy 16 Ku satellite) press the blue button to add a strong transponder:

Strong Transponders:

99.0°W Galaxy 16 Ku
11760 H 30000
12100 V 30000

 

[dxuall1]

my menu doesn't have any of those transponders above....my coises are



:3744/h/1953,3776/h/3255,3786/h/5000,3790/h/3256,3810/h/3256,3880/h/29687,3928/h/3125,3935/h/3114,3950/h/12296,3825/h/2604

 

[qwert1515]

You need to add them, is there a different satellite for Ku band only? Those frequencies are C-Band.

 

[dxuall1]

just great now my motor dont move e/w

 

[qwert1515]

What happened?

 

[dxuall1]

I dont know the motor green light is on that means is ok it used to move east /west manually now it dosent want to move. in the menu says moving west or east and the dish doesn't move at all dont even make noise. Is there like a master reset for motor and receiver? to start all over again.

 

[turbosat]

Power-cycle the receiver (off-on with the power switch) first. What kind of motor do you have??/

 

[dxuall1]

I have the geosatpro gs-120 hh motor

 

[dxuall1]

I did the power cycle and the motor worked. I moved it west then back east to 0 position then stoped working again....

 

[turbosat]

WELL hello, I wonder do you need to reset the motor also? (Hope it is not on the roof lol)
You know about the button to reset the motor, right? I think some of them need a paperclip or something tiny to reach
the reset switch....

 

[SatelliteAV]

Sounds like your are using DiSEqC 1.2 mode ....... Did you reset the motor while it was in the (0) ZERO position? If not, drive the motor to zero and reset the motor with the manual reset button beside the LED. Also, perform a reset on the receiver as a mistake could have been made in the receiver set-up.

Are you using USALS or DiSEqC 1.2? I would recommend using only USALS. Despite what you are being told here on the forum.... you do not need to aim the system for the TRUE SOUTH satellite. This procedure is a left-over from the days before USALS. Simply input your Longitude and Latitude then save. Activate a satellite and put the positioner setting to USALS. The motor will land in the calculated position then adjust the motor by rotating it on the post. Once your latitude is set on the motor mount, there is no need to adjust any further. Fine tune the elevation settings by slightly adjusting the dish angle.

 

[Wescopc]

If you need to reset your receiver, save the AMC4 channels first, then restore them after the reset. Like I mentioned, in your previous thread, I would use AMC4 for the alignment rather then your True South satellite. It has strong and easy to find transponders (as you know already).
Bob

 

[dxuall1]

the problem with the motor was that i disabled the limits w./ e. (I was frustrated) how dumb is that....the latitude is been set to 26.0 scince day one. I am using diseqc1.2 with no luck. i already found galaxy 25 97.0w and amc 4 101.0w but only as a fixed dish. with usals for example i enter my long./ lat. activate a sat. (which sat? galaxy 16 99.0w or one of those mentioned before)and save it. after the motor finds the location it should be at cero or what? Iam sorry for asking too many questions. Probably dumb questions for you guys.

 

[qwert1515]

You questions are not a problem, feel free to ask as many questions as you need, to setup you FTA equipment. We are here to be helpful

Most likely some one has been through the same problems that you have.

 

[dxuall1]

are tose settings ok for usals? what satellite do i activate?

 

[turbosat]

I would start on a sat that you can receive. Then try going to the next sat east or west of that one. If you get weak signal, or nothing , try pushing down on the bottom of the dish's edge , then pulling up on it slightly to see if the east/west setting may be off. If you find that either way helps, then you should adjust the dish/motor on the pole very slightly. The point is to find out where the dish is losing the arc and correct it.