Motor instalation problem

baxter_norway

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I have a Andrews CM120 dish, wich has served me well for years, and a motorised 90cm FIBO with the original FIBO motor(36v) and a DM7000 tuner.


I now want to put the FIBO motor on the CM120 dish, and control it all from the DM. I know I'll need some sort of interface like a V-box, and I need to machine a piece to fit between the dish and motor.

Does anyone have any experience with projects like this, or is this something I should leave and just buy a new motor?

Regards Baxter
 

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Get yourself a Jaeger 1224 and V-Box, they are superbly matched for the 1.2m CM.

Leave the Fibo as it is, as they are quite sought after. :)
 

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baxter_norway said:
I have a Andrews CM120 dish, wich has served me well for years, and a motorised 90cm FIBO with the original FIBO motor(36v) and a DM7000 tuner.


I now want to put the FIBO motor on the CM120 dish, and control it all from the DM. I know I'll need some sort of interface like a V-box, and I need to machine a piece to fit between the dish and motor.

Does anyone have any experience with projects like this, or is this something I should leave and just buy a new motor?

Regards Baxter

Hi

I have a Fibo 90 and also a Fibo 120 on a 1224 motor with V-Box. :)

I am a fan of the Fibo mounts and have modded them and the motors quite a bit, including a reed switch mod. :confused
I do not think that it would be a good idea to mount a 1.2mtr dish on the 90cm Fibo mount, I don't think that the diecastings would be up to it. The 120cm Fibo mount is much more substantial and uses steel adaptor plates to hang the dish on. It does use the same drive motor, but the internal gear on the mount is a larger dia. and a bit more substantial.

If you do want to keep the Fibo layout, I do have an unused 120cm mount, minus the steel plates, but you would probably have to make some to suit the CM120 anyway.
 

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90cm FIBO W/36v motor
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Thanks for the replys so far, I haven't quite decided what to do yet, so I'll probably end up just buying a 1224 and a v-box.
 

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Or you could get a polar mount for the c/master dish, with actuator and v-box.;)
 
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