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db500 setup woes
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<blockquote data-quote="simonnev" data-source="post: 137241" data-attributes="member: 195979"><p>The story so far...</p><p>Finally got the db500s, 1 motor, triax 88cm disk t&k brackets, 7ft 50mm pole..</p><p>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<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" />!</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>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...</p><p>anyhelp greatly appriciated Simon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simonnev, post: 137241, member: 195979"] 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:-DOH! 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 [/QUOTE]
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