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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="Simba27" data-source="post: 57339" data-attributes="member: 182734"><p>Gameboy,</p><p></p><p>I bought a DiSEqu 1.2 motor from Maplin, it's made by Metronic, model number 450908. The first problem was the manual which seems to be badly translated from another language, and I had to read it (and the excellent tutorials on this site) a few times to really understand what I was doing.</p><p></p><p>One tip I haven't seen anywhere: It's useful to figure out how many degrees the motor moves when you move it one step. I found that mine moved 45 degrees in 120 steps, which works out at about a third of a degree per step.</p><p></p><p>First you set the angular position of the motor for your latitude. Then you drive the motor it to it's reference position. Then calculate the position of the satellite based on it's longitude minus your longitude. Then drive the motor the exact number of steps, so that the motor is in the right position. Then you manually move the motor mountings left and right relative to the pole and adjust the elevation of the dish moutings relative to the motor until you find the satellite, then tighten all the bolts and try driving back and forth for some other satellites nearby.</p><p></p><p>(If I'm talking BS here then I hope someone who knows better will correct me.)</p><p></p><p>The problem I have been having is that I get every working just fine, then after a few hours, it goes out of alignment and I have to start all over again. I'm not sure at this point whether my mounting is shaky or whether I have an equipment fault.</p><p></p><p>But having played with it for a few days, I'd never go back to a fixed dish again. If you have the Lidl kit, you really must get a motor for it. It's so much fun to scan backwards and forwards seeing what you can find.</p><p></p><p>Phil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simba27, post: 57339, member: 182734"] Gameboy, I bought a DiSEqu 1.2 motor from Maplin, it's made by Metronic, model number 450908. The first problem was the manual which seems to be badly translated from another language, and I had to read it (and the excellent tutorials on this site) a few times to really understand what I was doing. One tip I haven't seen anywhere: It's useful to figure out how many degrees the motor moves when you move it one step. I found that mine moved 45 degrees in 120 steps, which works out at about a third of a degree per step. First you set the angular position of the motor for your latitude. Then you drive the motor it to it's reference position. Then calculate the position of the satellite based on it's longitude minus your longitude. Then drive the motor the exact number of steps, so that the motor is in the right position. Then you manually move the motor mountings left and right relative to the pole and adjust the elevation of the dish moutings relative to the motor until you find the satellite, then tighten all the bolts and try driving back and forth for some other satellites nearby. (If I'm talking BS here then I hope someone who knows better will correct me.) The problem I have been having is that I get every working just fine, then after a few hours, it goes out of alignment and I have to start all over again. I'm not sure at this point whether my mounting is shaky or whether I have an equipment fault. But having played with it for a few days, I'd never go back to a fixed dish again. If you have the Lidl kit, you really must get a motor for it. It's so much fun to scan backwards and forwards seeing what you can find. Phil. [/QUOTE]
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