Manikm909
Small'ish Dish Man
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- My Satellite Setup
- Channel Master 1.8M on Edision MIO 4K & GTMEDIA Combo, and CM1.2M on Octagon SF8008
- My Location
- Kent, UK
As John says, the error is due to lack of feedback pulses if it's trying to move but can't thereby preventing damage if the dish jams. If I forget to switch the motor supply on it takes about 2-3 seconds to trip. It will also trip if the pulse rate is too low e.g.if I reduce the motor speed too much.thanks @John this is when the unit is just "resting" and not at any extremity
I suppose it could be an EMC problem but it would need to be a big spike from something that couples to the lines. You could try something like a 10n capacitor across the pulse inputs to ground and/or a resistor, say 1k between inputs and ground. The resistor will drop the impedance of the inputs. Beware that the capacitor may make counting erratic if it is too big a value. It will depend on the cable length amongst other things.im still being hammered by this error -
Nope ...36 mins after. Clunk. Error
Thanks @John .
I had a thought this morning. When it first started happening I did do a reset and I also switched the sensor wires over. To no avail.
I'm now thinking of swapping over the elevation and sensor wires over with azimuth . To see if the problem follows / to see if I get the elevation fault still or if I get an azimuth error instead. Then I'll know if it's the rc2k or the actuator /wiring.
I do have a spare 12 inch actuator to try your test also.
What I've noticed is that if I reset the error after any dish movement and then don't move the dish again I don't think the error comes up. I think I'm correct in saying that .
Thanks everyone
Check the green connector blocks at the back are fully home, they pull out to make it easier to connect any wires. Might be worth pulling them out and back in again. Check all screws are tight etc..thanks @John this is when the unit is just "resting" and not at any extremity
i dont know if im tempting fate or not, but since re-seating the green blocks i've not had the issue!Check the green connector blocks at the back are fully home, they pull out to make it easier to connect any wires. Might be worth pulling them out and back in again. Check all screws are tight etc..
You could always email RC, last time I did they were very helpful.
Hi Channel Hopper,I doubt it makes much difference, you may find the coordinates of the ground station need to be entered differently, perhaps a negative value since you are the other side of Greenwich.
From my time with the inclined orbit tracker the 2000 had just one RS422 interface, is the A series Ethernet compatible with a floating earth system?@marrull Manuals and some simple RS485 software are all here Research Concepts, Inc. » RC2000 The manual tells you how to set it up and one of the steps is to manually set your location.
I'm not sure about later versions than those listed but RC are quite responsive to queries. They charge a lot for firmware upgrades and I have never been sure if FPGA changes are needed when changing firmware.
The full RS485 command set is in the manuals. However, not being a coder, I found it easiest to make a simple interface that connected to the keypad connector. I controlled it using an F1EHN system. My pan and tilt is AC driven so I use variable frequency drive to control the speed. I only used the RC2k initially as I already had it configured for geo, I've since removed it and use the F1EHN controller alone.
<edit> I shoud have said that my experience is based on RC2000X units.
You're right. It's ages since I played with remote control of the RC2k. I used one of these:From my time with the inclined orbit tracker the 2000 had just one RS422 interface, is the A series Ethernet compatible with a floating earth system?
You're right. It's ages since I played with remote control of the RC2k. I used one of these:
USB to 4-Port RS-422, RS-485 DB9 Serial Interface Adapter - Sealevel
The SeaLINK® 2402 USB serial I/O adapter provides four RS-422 or RS-485 serial ports for USB connectivity to legacy or non-USB compliant devices.www.sealevel.com
Hello s-band,@marrull Manuals and some simple RS485 software are all here Research Concepts, Inc. » RC2000 The manual tells you how to set it up and one of the steps is to manually set your location.
I'm not sure about later versions than those listed but RC are quite responsive to queries. They charge a lot for firmware upgrades and I have never been sure if FPGA changes are needed when changing firmware.
The full RS485 command set is in the manuals. However, not being a coder, I found it easiest to make a simple interface that connected to the keypad connector. I controlled it using an F1EHN system. My pan and tilt is AC driven so I use variable frequency drive to control the speed. I only used the RC2k initially as I already had it configured for geo, I've since removed it and use the F1EHN controller alone.
<edit> I shoud have said that my experience is based on RC2000X units.