simonnev
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- My Satellite Setup
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dm7020s\dream500s\technomate7755
triac 88
moteck motor
45W-42E
- My Location
- oldham
The story so far...
Finally got the db500s, 1 motor, triax 88cm disk t&k brackets, 7ft 50mm pole..
managed to get the dish installed, I was able to get most sats in the east to about 42deg, I also flashed the box with the gemini 2.20 and even managed to get the cams/keys running, but I could not get anything going west from 10 deg east! so I decided to pull the dish down and check it over. I then discoverd that I had put the wrong angle on the motor instead of 53 it was set at 55!
so I corrected this. Anyway I decided to do a make shift set up at the bottom of the garden at ground level so I could tweak the dish, this is now where my problems are, I then managed to get sirrus sorted, astra and the eutalsats but the motor seems to stall alot and the green light goes out, a reboot seems to clear the problem but after a few satellite movements it dies on me, I have spent most of the day re flashing the little devil with various images, but to no avail.
The only things that have changed are the cable run is longer I would say its now about 60ft-70ft, I have seen posts about the db500 not being able to power a motor could the problem lie with the cable?(from b+q) also I noticed when the dish was wall mounted if I touched the pole and brushed the ladder with my arm i would get a slight shock)(-red
I have also measured the voltage from the rec 18v at the dish end 18v? but I think the reciever is on the limit, 350ma for the motor not sure about the lnb(by the way the lnb is a oldish alps, could anyone suggest a newer better type) but overall top wack for box 500ma...
anyhelp greatly appriciated Simon
Finally got the db500s, 1 motor, triax 88cm disk t&k brackets, 7ft 50mm pole..
managed to get the dish installed, I was able to get most sats in the east to about 42deg, I also flashed the box with the gemini 2.20 and even managed to get the cams/keys running, but I could not get anything going west from 10 deg east! so I decided to pull the dish down and check it over. I then discoverd that I had put the wrong angle on the motor instead of 53 it was set at 55!
so I corrected this. Anyway I decided to do a make shift set up at the bottom of the garden at ground level so I could tweak the dish, this is now where my problems are, I then managed to get sirrus sorted, astra and the eutalsats but the motor seems to stall alot and the green light goes out, a reboot seems to clear the problem but after a few satellite movements it dies on me, I have spent most of the day re flashing the little devil with various images, but to no avail.
The only things that have changed are the cable run is longer I would say its now about 60ft-70ft, I have seen posts about the db500 not being able to power a motor could the problem lie with the cable?(from b+q) also I noticed when the dish was wall mounted if I touched the pole and brushed the ladder with my arm i would get a slight shock)(-red
I have also measured the voltage from the rec 18v at the dish end 18v? but I think the reciever is on the limit, 350ma for the motor not sure about the lnb(by the way the lnb is a oldish alps, could anyone suggest a newer better type) but overall top wack for box 500ma...
anyhelp greatly appriciated Simon