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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Home made positioner
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<blockquote data-quote="bifferos" data-source="post: 161741" data-attributes="member: 196106"><p>So far I have been 'positioning' my dish with a 12volt battery and a signal meter. I'd like to change this for something connected to the parallel port of my PC. It's an ACME actuator I bought about 10 years ago, with 4 wires - two are for the motor, which have to be reversed depending on direction, and another two probably for the positioning pulses??? Can anyone point me to any circuits that can be used for this? I don't really want to take the actuator apart and I've long since lost the documentation, but I imagine they work the same way.</p><p></p><p>thanks for any help,</p><p>-biff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bifferos, post: 161741, member: 196106"] So far I have been 'positioning' my dish with a 12volt battery and a signal meter. I'd like to change this for something connected to the parallel port of my PC. It's an ACME actuator I bought about 10 years ago, with 4 wires - two are for the motor, which have to be reversed depending on direction, and another two probably for the positioning pulses??? Can anyone point me to any circuits that can be used for this? I don't really want to take the actuator apart and I've long since lost the documentation, but I imagine they work the same way. thanks for any help, -biff. [/QUOTE]
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