Powermax SG9120 not working

[CoolJoe]

My motor is stuck in the most west position and it will only come east a few inches then stop,I have only 1 button that controls E-W movement,I press the button twice then hold and it moves east a little then stops,then press the button once and hold and it goes full west and stops,I checked my voltage at the reciever and at the motor,14.8 volts so no interuptions between reciever and motor,the light on the motor stays red or blinks sometimes,can this motor be reset somehow or is it a boat anchor?
What do you think?

 

[Magic Static]

It has overrun the limit switch. If you can open it up and reposition the main shaft temporarily to get it back across the limit switch. or disable the switch so it will move across it.

 

[CoolJoe]

You are exactly right!
I took it apart and losened the motor bolts and lifted the motor off the jack screw and got it turned around,I found the reset button also and reset the thing and it seems to work again..thanks for the help!

 

[CoolJoe]

I had to remove the motor from its position on the pole and now Im having a hard time hitting Galaxy 19 or any other satellite,its a PITA running back and forth from dish to inside the house to see if I have a signal,any easier way to locate a satellite?

 

[Magic Static]

I had to remove the motor from its position on the pole and now Im having a hard time hitting Galaxy 19 or any other satellite,its a PITA running back and forth from dish to inside the house to see if I have a signal,any easier way to locate a satellite?

Most everybody when starting out with FTA will take the receiver and TV out to the dish so it is not that far

 

[CoolJoe]

Most everybody when starting out with FTA will take the receiver and TV out to the dish so it is not that far

It would be hard to drag a 50 in.flat screen outside.
How about one of those $10 satellite finders off fleabay do they work?

 

[Magic Static]

It would be hard to drag a 50 in.flat screen outside.
How about one of those $10 satellite finders off fleabay do they work?

Never tried one of those cheap signal finders. I couldn't take my big screen out either so I bought a little 7" Haier TV for $50 and when I got serious about this I invested in some quality and bought an AI TurboS2 meter.

 

[a33]

its a PITA running back and forth from dish to inside the house to see if I have a signal,any easier way to locate a satellite?

Select a music channel on your TV; have a phone at your TV and a phone at your dish, and you can hear if you receive the wanted satellite.
For fine-tuning this doesn't work, however

For finetuning you need a computer-camera pointed at your signal-quality bar and a skype-connection to a laptop or tablet computer at your dish. Skype has a delay time, so you'll have to be sloooowwwwwww.

Greetz,
A33

 

[iBoston]

I bought one of these things used, and only paid $45.00 for it. Money WELL spent. It doesn't do DVBs2 signals, so i cannot use it for KU 125w, but i can use it on every other bird because most have atleast one non dvbs2 signal.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Professiona...264170?hash=item2a6c386eea:g:z0kAAOSwAPlXhdtM

Makes my life much easier fine tuning!

 

[CoolJoe]

I ordered a meter off fleabay for $5
simple and no bells and whistles,I really only need it one time or so,I will post when I get it and try it out.

 

[CoolJoe]

I got my satellite finder meter off fleabay a few days ago and just now tried it out,I was not out there 5 minutes and had galaxy 19 tuned in,this $5 meter worked like a charm!
I came in did a blind scan on my Geosat pro and WALLA..got lots of channels with 80% signal...I couldnt be more happy with the meter and reciever!

 

[FTA4PA]

I got my satellite finder meter off fleabay a few days ago and just now tried it out,I was not out there 5 minutes and had galaxy 19 tuned in,this $5 meter worked like a charm!
I came in did a blind scan on my Geosat pro and WALLA..got lots of channels with 80% signal...I couldnt be more happy with the meter and reciever!

Glad to hear that worked for you!

 

[KE4EST]

It's a nice feeling to have those channels back!