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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Motor rotates wrong.. driving me crazy!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Mickha" data-source="post: 983341" data-attributes="member: 187442"><p>USALS is only a program, designed to calculate the satellite positions from the information, you have entered, into your receiver, the Latitude, and Longitude, of your location.</p><p>You still need to do the basics, in setting up your motor.</p><p>Ensure that the pole is plumb, and both strong enough, and secure enough, to handle the weight of the dish, and motor, plus any bad weather, especially strong winds.</p><p>You then set everything to 0, the motor, and LNB, so that there's no skew, rotation of the LNB.</p><p>Ensure everything is done up tightly, prior to using your receiver to move the motor/dish.</p><p>Next you enter your Latitude, and Longitude, into your receiver, negative Longitude readings = West, positive = East. Your Longitude reading is your True South.</p><p>Now you use your receiver, to send the dish to a suitable satellite, preferably one closest to your True South.</p><p>Once done you physically move the dish/motor, both East/West, and adjust the elevation, after slackening the bolts, on the motor/dish, to get the strongest possible signal, from the selected satellite.</p><p>You then tighten everything up, go to your receiver, and check your furthest East, and West, satellites, making a note of the signal quality readings.</p><p>You then move the dish back to the starting point, the satellite used to align your dish, and make minor adjustments, to get it to track the satellite arc.</p><p>If your motor isn't moving the dish, to the correct location, it could be due to a loose cable connection, a faulty motor, probably the reed sensor, your dish/motor not being secure enough, so slipping, or your receiver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mickha, post: 983341, member: 187442"] USALS is only a program, designed to calculate the satellite positions from the information, you have entered, into your receiver, the Latitude, and Longitude, of your location. You still need to do the basics, in setting up your motor. Ensure that the pole is plumb, and both strong enough, and secure enough, to handle the weight of the dish, and motor, plus any bad weather, especially strong winds. You then set everything to 0, the motor, and LNB, so that there's no skew, rotation of the LNB. Ensure everything is done up tightly, prior to using your receiver to move the motor/dish. Next you enter your Latitude, and Longitude, into your receiver, negative Longitude readings = West, positive = East. Your Longitude reading is your True South. Now you use your receiver, to send the dish to a suitable satellite, preferably one closest to your True South. Once done you physically move the dish/motor, both East/West, and adjust the elevation, after slackening the bolts, on the motor/dish, to get the strongest possible signal, from the selected satellite. You then tighten everything up, go to your receiver, and check your furthest East, and West, satellites, making a note of the signal quality readings. You then move the dish back to the starting point, the satellite used to align your dish, and make minor adjustments, to get it to track the satellite arc. If your motor isn't moving the dish, to the correct location, it could be due to a loose cable connection, a faulty motor, probably the reed sensor, your dish/motor not being secure enough, so slipping, or your receiver. [/QUOTE]
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