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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Amiko DM2400 (DG240) motor would not turn to western positions
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<blockquote data-quote="pbasista" data-source="post: 1139994" data-attributes="member: 418178"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I would like to ask for advice regarding satellite antenna motor branded as Amiko DG240. It looks very similar to Amiko DM2400 motor. I have this motor, it is at least 5 years old and until recently it worked well. I have now noticed that it would not turn to western positions past roughly zero degrees angle.</p><p></p><p>I can use USALS and navigate via local latitude and longitude. Or I can use GoTo function to navigate directly to a certain angle. Or I can use the buttons on the motor. It all works well with eastern positions, i.e. roughly from zero to the maximum of roughly 80 degrees east which the motor supports. But it would not work with any western positions. Not even with 1 degree west. It actually stops working at around 1.5 degrees east.</p><p></p><p>When I try to position the motor manually by pressing the buttons on it, it would stop at roughly zero degrees and it would not turn further west. If I issue an USALS or GoTo command, it would start turning but it would also stop at roughly zero degrees and it would not continue turning further west.</p><p></p><p>I have disassembled and examined the motor but I have not noticed any apparent damage or irregularity.</p><p></p><p>I would therefore like to ask whether someone could perhaps give me some advice on what could potentially cause this kind of issue. It seems like some kind of software limitation is in place directly in the motor device and it would not allow it to turn past roughly zero degrees to western positions. But I am unaware of any way to set such limits directly on the motor device. And I have no limits in place in the software that I use to operate the motor from the receiver.</p><p></p><p>The only hardware limits this motor has are from roughly 80 degrees east to roughly 80 degrees west. But those are not user-configurable.</p><p></p><p>I have also tried to look for some way to reset the motor device but I was unable to find any. There is no reset button and I am unaware of any way to perform a reset via some DiSEqC command.</p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance for any advice.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>Peter Bašista</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pbasista, post: 1139994, member: 418178"] Hi, I would like to ask for advice regarding satellite antenna motor branded as Amiko DG240. It looks very similar to Amiko DM2400 motor. I have this motor, it is at least 5 years old and until recently it worked well. I have now noticed that it would not turn to western positions past roughly zero degrees angle. I can use USALS and navigate via local latitude and longitude. Or I can use GoTo function to navigate directly to a certain angle. Or I can use the buttons on the motor. It all works well with eastern positions, i.e. roughly from zero to the maximum of roughly 80 degrees east which the motor supports. But it would not work with any western positions. Not even with 1 degree west. It actually stops working at around 1.5 degrees east. When I try to position the motor manually by pressing the buttons on it, it would stop at roughly zero degrees and it would not turn further west. If I issue an USALS or GoTo command, it would start turning but it would also stop at roughly zero degrees and it would not continue turning further west. I have disassembled and examined the motor but I have not noticed any apparent damage or irregularity. I would therefore like to ask whether someone could perhaps give me some advice on what could potentially cause this kind of issue. It seems like some kind of software limitation is in place directly in the motor device and it would not allow it to turn past roughly zero degrees to western positions. But I am unaware of any way to set such limits directly on the motor device. And I have no limits in place in the software that I use to operate the motor from the receiver. The only hardware limits this motor has are from roughly 80 degrees east to roughly 80 degrees west. But those are not user-configurable. I have also tried to look for some way to reset the motor device but I was unable to find any. There is no reset button and I am unaware of any way to perform a reset via some DiSEqC command. Thank you in advance for any advice. Regards Peter Bašista [/QUOTE]
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