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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Motorized setup
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1034124" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>[USER=280388]@skomedal[/USER] - OOPS!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite21" alt=":-ohcrap" title="Oh Crap :-ohcrap" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-ohcrap" /></p><p></p><p>[USER=411737]@robert w[/USER] - having taken a look at the dish settings in my TM5402 M3, for my location (51.51N. 0.4182W - but I have to correct the latter to 0.1W to allow for a <em>very, very</em> slight misalignment of the motor on the pole - still gets the arc in my Signature though <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> ), my Motorized Settings page shows the critical setting to be:</p><p>""DiSEqC Motor = USALS"</p><p>"Sat Degree = 000.8W"</p><p>"Position Setting = 000.1W/ 051.5N"</p><p></p><p>(FWIW: one irritating thing about the TM is that you can't set the "Position Setting" to more than 1 decimal point of a degree - whereas, with a lot of other receivers, you can set it to two decimal points.)</p><p></p><p>The motor is a Superior Dark Motor, but I don't think that would make any difference</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1034124, member: 176704"] [USER=280388]@skomedal[/USER] - OOPS!:-ohcrap [USER=411737]@robert w[/USER] - having taken a look at the dish settings in my TM5402 M3, for my location (51.51N. 0.4182W - but I have to correct the latter to 0.1W to allow for a [I]very, very[/I] slight misalignment of the motor on the pole - still gets the arc in my Signature though :) ), my Motorized Settings page shows the critical setting to be: ""DiSEqC Motor = USALS" "Sat Degree = 000.8W" "Position Setting = 000.1W/ 051.5N" (FWIW: one irritating thing about the TM is that you can't set the "Position Setting" to more than 1 decimal point of a degree - whereas, with a lot of other receivers, you can set it to two decimal points.) The motor is a Superior Dark Motor, but I don't think that would make any difference [/QUOTE]
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