1.1m dish set up

[satelliteman]

No you need to align the dish El back to thor at the top of the arc.

A good point has been raised regarding the coordinates your inputting on the receiver.

Are you sure they are correct?

 

[Robbo]

Whe dish is picking up Thor Motor FRONT scale shows approx 4 degrees west of centre.

I am 1.2 west, Thor is 0.8w so surely the motor should be showing 0.4 east of centre position when pointing at Thor?

Yes, you need to sort this problem out first, otherwise your arc will be shifted to one side and too high in the centre, and too high on the eastern sats

 

[mick2me]

I am getting 19e 13e, still checking for others.

My coords are exactly as Postcode input for Streetmap_co_uk

I did initialy use Thor and had to adjust dish elevation by for degrees to get 28e.

If you set up by thor and all variables are correct, all other sats should fall into place on the scan. Therefore in theory, if all variables are correct,
you shoulf be able to set up on any satellite?

 

[satelliteman]

Can you post exactly your coordinates that is shown on your receiver.

 

[Robbo]

In theory yes, but only if the dish has gone to the right place. Still best to do it on Thor though.

 

[mick2me]

The coord on the receiver are 1.2W, 52.5N for NG10 3GG

got a signal from 45e (1 channel only on a scan)

Tried western sats, got nothing

Including now Thor with no signal

 

[Robbo]

Is the motor still showing 4W on front motor scale? (when you send to Thor with USALS)


If so, USALS is not working properly. Maybe try manually sending the motor so the scale reads 0.4E ish using DiSEqC 1.2, and setting up for Thor there.
Then store the sats manually.


EDIT, By the way , 52.5N, puts you south of Leicester, Nottingham is more like 52.9N.

 

[mick2me]

When dish is picking up Thor Motor FRONT scale shows approx 4 degrees west of centre.

I am 1.2 west, Thor is 0.8w so surely the motor should be showing 0.4 east of centre position when pointing at Thor?

Yes, you need to sort this problem out first, otherwise your arc will be shifted to one side and too high in the centre, and too high on the eastern sats

How can I make the motor point east of me to Thor, and not Show Thor as west of me?

You posted as I was typing this.

I can send it with 1.2 on the motor and adjust the motor on the pole, but its saving it that I am not sure of.
Will it not revert back when I switch back to USALS?

I am using a FortecStar FRCI-5100 with the motor at the moment.

 

[Robbo]

Yes, if you switch back to USALS, the position will possibly be forgotton.

USALS should just work! but it doesn't seem to be, maybe there is something screwy with your receiver/software I don't know, but if it works OK with Diseqc 1.2, then try using that I.E, Don't switch back to USALS.

 

[mick2me]

I will switch back to the Passion to drive the motor tomorrow.
Are settings stored by the motor?

 

[Robbo]

With USALS, no. With DiSEqC 1.2, yes.

 

[mick2me]

Then If I switch to 1.2, Set the motor to 0.4e (or is it 0.8w) as I am 1.2w.
Turn the motor on the pole and elevate dish to peak Thor.

All other satelites should be picked up on the arc?

 

[Robbo]

Yes, you are at 1.2W, so you need to send it to 0.4E on the motor scale,as 0.8W is 0.4 degrees east of your due south. Set it up there and it should follow the arc pretty much.

 

[satelliteman]

mick2me,

Your longitude is the same as mine and a 0.4º of a difference will have little or no effect for this quick test using DiSEqC 1.2 on this size dish with a 1.8º beam width.

To simplify this test just set the motor to ZERO then align to THOR. It's close enough for the test. Then drive the dish round to 28.5e using the receiver in DiSEqC 1.2 mode and see if you get reception.


SM