Few Questions Regarding Motor Setup

andyman502

Hi all, Ive just bought my self a motor from southern satellite which gave great service. Now I have set my latitude on the scale on the back to roughly 53.7. The angle on the bracket on the dish I believe I can set when I'm aligning for my nearest due south satellite?

The main question I have is my longtitude shows as -2.740°. Should I use 1W as my reference for south? Also do I set the motor to 1W then spin the whole assembly to face the satellite, or do I simply leave my motor at 0° then point to the whole assembly to 1W??

Thanks Alot Andy

rolfw

Send motor to 1W and then line up on it.

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andyman502

Cheers I thought so it makes sense

Andy

andyman502

Well it seems to be working somewhat after several hours trying to lock onto 1W. I couldn't get it so I gave up and went to try it out and to my surprise it does work. The goto x function doesn't work accurately, when I send it to 1W I seem to receive viasat channels which I cant see on lyngsat?

I think I might have to try and re align it all again. But so far I can get 28.5E 19.2E 13E and something in the position where 1W should be.

Is it even possible for me to receive 1W on a 90cm dish?

Thanks Andy

satelliteman

If you don't have an alignment meter then use BBC World 11325 Hor 24500 S/Rate on THOR 0.8W, it's a strong signal

rolfw

Yes you should be able to receive it well, make sure that your transponder frequency is set to one which has something on it. http://www.lyngsat.com/1west.html

Looks like you have found sirius at the moment, so only 6 degrees too far East.

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cdtronix

As Rolf says you should be able to pick up 1w no prob on an 80cm dish, Im getting approx 68% Signal & 83% Quality on my 80cm dish & 0.2db ICE LNB.

Get that locked first then the rest should all drop in ok providing you got the angles correct on the dish & motor.

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andyman502

Thanks for all the help guys. I will give it another shot then later on today, I have got a signal meter I just couldn't seem to find it

Andy

satelliteman

Get it down quick b4 the any bad weather comes in

andyman502

Just tried again now im at 8W This is harder than I thought

satelliteman

Don't know what signal meter you have but BBC World 11325 Hor 24500 is a nice strong signal.

Start with send the motor to zero OR reference
Input long/lattitude
Send motor to 0.8 West
The motor will move from your longitude to 0.8 West
when it stops, align the assembly to a signal from the above 11325 H frequency

If you use the receiver signal levels, you should have a lock when you have found the satellite (make sure you scroll down to BBC World freq). If your using a needle meter, you may find it a bit difficult as you will pick up many. Trial and error !!



Results from dishpointer:
AZ between 177 & 181 degs, EL 28.8 degs

keano

m8 I have just install my new dish and moteck 2100 this afternoon.

Make sure motor is at zero and at the side you want 53.5 latitude.

Put dish on the motor and make sure it is perfectly in the center.

Then tighten down but not over tighten, then using your hands turn the motor on the pole, so everything moves to where you think 1.0w is once you think you have found 1.0w then adjust the dish ( not the latitude on the motor ) up and down until you find the strongest point and tighten.

So now you have dish pointing at 1.0w with the motor set to 0 and the dish is at the right angle for its peak signal.

Now drive to dish to the west and find 30.0w, then drive dish to the east and find 42.0e.

Its really not that hard, you just have to find 1.0w and make sure the moteck is set to 53.5 then the rest should follow.

Make sure your pole is perfectly vertical, if need be use a spirit level to check.

satelliteman

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Don't forget, given that your longitude is 2.740°W you need to send the motor to 1W using USALS...

popovp

After pick up 1W, adjusting strongest signal and tighten – press OK.
Go to “0”-position.
Probe the RESET button behind the bottom of the motor via a thin rod for 2-3 seconds. The LED blinks in Qrange color. The reset is OK while the LED is green.The current position is now set as 0-deg.

andyman502

Well I finally got 1W, picked up all the channels from there which is good. I can tell it to got to 28.5E 19E 13E and all works well. So it seems to be ok, I dont think there is anything of interest to me else where anyway.

Im not sure if its setup as it should be, but I can get all of the above with about 65% - 90% quality so seems reasonable.

I also got BBC HD working with 25fps which is watchable and dolby digital on my A/V receiver

Thanks everyone for your help.
Andy

satelliteman

Good to hear you got it working