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<blockquote data-quote="Spiff" data-source="post: 1069357" data-attributes="member: 404998"><p>Good evening after a very sunny day in Mullion Cove.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for the advice, moving the pole up meant it was no longer pointing in the same direction, jacking it rotated the pole.</p><p></p><p>We could have just rotated the motor bracket till a satellite from the poles original position came in, but it had never tracked properly at far East or West.</p><p></p><p>Buy the time we were ready to start it was 12 midday, so I decided to go for the 12.28 sun it being a lovely sunny day.</p><p></p><p>As the shadow approached I could see it was going to be out, so loosened the bolts ready.</p><p></p><p>We set it when the shadow of the centre LNB support crossed the centre of the dish, as instructed.</p><p></p><p>I then found 5 West easily, I have a scale on the motor mount with a webcam providing the image to a laptop near the TV.</p><p></p><p>I peaked it up East and West as well as with a jack that moves the motor mount up and down.</p><p></p><p>Tested it at far East and West and it is perfect.</p><p></p><p>I then proceeded to peak all the satellites from East to West, I got as far as about 7 East when it refused to peak to the East, the Primesat Box came up with ER2.</p><p></p><p>Driving to a satellite further West was fine but it refused to go back East.</p><p></p><p>I rebooted the receiver, unplugged the Primesat Box, all to no avail.</p><p></p><p>I then fed the jack direct from a power supply, it moved fine in both directions.</p><p></p><p>The reed switch also showed it was switching on and off in both directions.</p><p></p><p>Next would have been a reset using the Primesat Box remote, before I tried that I decided to check the cables, though how that could affect one direction is unlikely.</p><p></p><p>The top right spring device for connecting one of the motor feeds flew apart, it had broken being only thin plastic.</p><p></p><p>The box came apart easily, so I used a block connecter as per the image.</p><p></p><p>After reconnecting it all up it works fine ?</p><p></p><p>A poor connection unless it was acting like a diode, would have effected both East & West movement ?</p><p></p><p>Anyway it is all now working, that is so far : )</p><p></p><p>If you look carefully at the first image you can just see Alanna using the jack to lift the pole.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all again God Bless Spiff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiff, post: 1069357, member: 404998"] Good evening after a very sunny day in Mullion Cove. Thank you all for the advice, moving the pole up meant it was no longer pointing in the same direction, jacking it rotated the pole. We could have just rotated the motor bracket till a satellite from the poles original position came in, but it had never tracked properly at far East or West. Buy the time we were ready to start it was 12 midday, so I decided to go for the 12.28 sun it being a lovely sunny day. As the shadow approached I could see it was going to be out, so loosened the bolts ready. We set it when the shadow of the centre LNB support crossed the centre of the dish, as instructed. I then found 5 West easily, I have a scale on the motor mount with a webcam providing the image to a laptop near the TV. I peaked it up East and West as well as with a jack that moves the motor mount up and down. Tested it at far East and West and it is perfect. I then proceeded to peak all the satellites from East to West, I got as far as about 7 East when it refused to peak to the East, the Primesat Box came up with ER2. Driving to a satellite further West was fine but it refused to go back East. I rebooted the receiver, unplugged the Primesat Box, all to no avail. I then fed the jack direct from a power supply, it moved fine in both directions. The reed switch also showed it was switching on and off in both directions. Next would have been a reset using the Primesat Box remote, before I tried that I decided to check the cables, though how that could affect one direction is unlikely. The top right spring device for connecting one of the motor feeds flew apart, it had broken being only thin plastic. The box came apart easily, so I used a block connecter as per the image. After reconnecting it all up it works fine ? A poor connection unless it was acting like a diode, would have effected both East & West movement ? Anyway it is all now working, that is so far : ) If you look carefully at the first image you can just see Alanna using the jack to lift the pole. Thank you all again God Bless Spiff [/QUOTE]
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