Rover master STC

[chavo]

hi, been offered a used rover master stc for £130, I use very occasionally and am no expert so rely on the easy find wizards that editors have.

Is this meter any good for satellite and is it user friendly?

Is £130 a good price?

Many thanks

 

[satelliteman]

Take the meter, it's a good price.

Although the spectrum sweep isn't real time... (but still functional), the meter is packed full of useful measurements, MER, aBER, bBER, EVM, CNR, Noise Margin, CH ID.

 

[chavo]

Great. I'm having it. £115 final price. Very happy.

 

[satelliteman]

Nice result ;)

 

[chavo]

Ok,I'm have got my meter. I am very confused by it to be frank. My thought is that I am going to update it then creat my "plan" .

If anyone who has one could give me some pointers on where to begin I would be over the moon, I really don't know where to start. I plugged it in to my sky dish which works fine and every tp that was in the list said no signal. Any pointers? Anyone got a plan that they can share?

 

[satelliteman]

First of all, can you see the transponders on spec mode?

Have you a 28e plan selected?

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[chavo]

Thanks, yes i select the plan called sky28 then hit spect key and I get the spectrum graph. I am such a novice though that the spectrum doesn't mean anything to me and I have looked everywhere but I can't find beginners tutorials to spectrum analyser!

 

[gibertini]

use the sat finder function, also what sat plan does it have on it? if its a old firstline one which there are loads appering on e*** it could need the mem plan updating as it only has 28.2e/13e and a uk wide dtt plan. here is a copy of the manual and i can provide pdf,s on how to update the firmware,mem file and the loader/firmware and multi-sat mem file if needed.

 

[lovelyperson]

use the sat finder function, also what sat plan does it have on it? if its a old firstline one which there are loads appering on e*** it could need the mem plan updating as it only has 28.2e/13e and a uk wide dtt plan. here is a copy of the manual and i can provide pdf,s on how to update the firmware,mem file and the loader/firmware and multi-sat mem file if needed.

Nice upload and an interesting read......good luck chavo....looks a good buy.

 

[satelliteman]

If using the sat finder function for 28e, program 3 transponders / parameters that do not conflict with another satellite using the same parameters, ie 19e. Simply done and the meter will lock on 28. Personally I never used this function but I believe it does work.

 

[chavo]

Thanks very much, I just opened it up to get stuck in and quickly had a confused look on my face - That's not my meter

Mine looks like this, but dirtier.

 

[chavo]

Actual device, is the the STC new?

 

[chavo]

Also I found this which looks like mine and has a decent manual attached. Will be giving it a go later. does anyone have a memory pre-set that they would be willing to share? or is there a windows application to create one and then upload it to the meter?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fkhf1rcs6g48iw2/BC75051A_MASTER-STC user manual.pdf.crdownload?dl=0

 

[satelliteman]

You need to register and download ROVER-S.M.A.R.T for all SW version upgrades and plans. You can also create and edit plans, then write them to the meter.


https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/rover-master-stc.160996/#post-877685

 

[gibertini]

you said you had a master stc, not the stc-eu...

Also I found this which looks like mine and has a decent manual attached. Will be giving it a go later. does anyone have a memory pre-set that they would be willing to share? or is there a windows application to create one and then upload it to the meter?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fkhf1rcs6g48iw2/BC75051A_MASTER-STC user manual.pdf.crdownload?dl=0

i can give you the files you need but as @satelliteman says if you go to the roversat website and register you can get all the files you need for your meter

 

[chavo]

Hi, I am having a bit of a mare and worry I have bought a dud! I have two meters, satlink crap and the rover stceu.

I flashed the rover with latest firmware, uploaded latest plan. Plugged the meter in to my working sky uk dish and...

Turn on
Select sky 28 plan
Press memory for 2 seconds
Select satellite finder
Press start.
No signal detected.


Any help

 

[gibertini]

satfinder is for peaking a dish primarily. seeing as you are using a working dish on 28.2east. just select astra2 and then scroll through the transponders to tpc1l-11.222.h.27500. now press the meas button as it will give you signal qual ect and see if it gives a reading... you could also try the spectrum function to see if there are peaks or just a flat line.. the little padlock in the bottom right hand corner will close when you have a lock. the mem plan is 20 months old now and the 3 txp,s in the sat-finder could have changed parameters

 

[chavo]

Hi, thanks for the advice tried what you said and no good, just get signal too low. I get 13db on my iPad dreamote app and 80% on the sat catcher. I am fuming with this fella. He isn't taking my calls now. This guy is a professional installer. Gonna be sending him a letter in the morning or may even head up at the weekend.

 

[rolfw]

Are you getting a spectrum trace?

 

[chavo]

Battery ran out but see the spectrum in the pic

Nothing. When I press spect button it just shows some black lines across the bottom, mainly flat line with 1 small peak

Same line plugged in to sat link