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Motor not at zero degrees when set with DiSEqC

  • 10-08-2010 11:32PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭


    So my motorised dish project that I got advice on here about, got sidetracked a little. 4 years to be precise :P

    Anyway I'm planning to do it over the next few days. Pole is mounted and just needs a shim or 2 to get it perfectly vertical. But I've come across a slight problem when testing the motor.

    The motor is brand new out of the box (although bought 4 years ago so no warranty whatsoever now :P )

    When I took it out I noticed that the arrow isn't perfectly on 0 Degrees, I figured it would just reset to 0 when I hooked it up to the receiver.
    I hooked it up and used Goto X to set it to 0 degrees. It didn't move.
    I set it to various different locations and it moves but the arrow always sits approx 1 degree West of where it should be.
    If I set it to 1 degree East, it looks to be on 0.

    So how should I go about setting up the system?
    Is it normal for the motor to be out by a little bit?

    Thanks in advance.

    Here's a photo of the scale that I'm talking about. (Sorry about the quality, it was taken with my phone)
    img0018fz.th.jpg


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    well it wont be at zero. you should be using usals not diseqc. Have you set it up using your south satellite (5 west for dublin or 8 west for Galway/Limerick?)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭after_shock3000


    Just figured it out. Found a manual for a Moteck SG2100A and figured out how to manually set where it thinks 0 degrees is. (Mine is a Twindish copy of the Moteck).

    Snaps, I haven't got the motor mounted yet, I just wanted to centre the motor's arm for when I do mount it. it was set up so that when it thought it was centered it was actually at 1 West.
    I'm in Cork. I was planning to use Intelsat at 1W or Thor at 0.8W to set up with.
    Should I not use those?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    I'm in Cork. I was planning to use Intelsat at 1W or Thor at 0.8W to set up with.
    Should I not use those?
    No,you should use 8w to set it up.
    The motor will be pointing at around 0 Degrees on 8W.


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