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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 5825" data-attributes="member: 175166">The 790FF DiSEqC analaogue system which I bought in France last year has given me hours of fun.&nbsp; However, when I had motor problems, I decided to effect a DIY repair in preference to returning the item to the hypermarket where I bought it - for obvious reasons.&nbsp; The problem was a broken solder joint - easily repaired, even by a rank amateur such as myself.&nbsp; The system now works perfectly again.What surprised me though, given that satellite tv is supposed to be hi-tech, was the simplicity, even crudity, of the construction inside the housing - cheap electric motor threaded rod gearing, reed switch/magnet position sensing, microswitch rotation limiters and a very basic pcb for the control hardware.It seems that, with a little ingenuity and my moderate technical skills, the motor could be improved to give a wider h-h arc from its current 35 deg E to 35 deg W.&nbsp; I intend to make the appropriate modifications as soon as the need to extend the size of my required arc becomes more pressing.&nbsp; Having got this far, I now wonder whether there are any worthwhile modifications I could make to the hardware and software.&nbsp; Are there any DiSEqC 1.2 controller circuit diagrams in the public domain?&nbsp; If so, is there any software available for it?Wolsty</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 5825, member: 175166"] The 790FF DiSEqC analaogue system which I bought in France last year has given me hours of fun. However, when I had motor problems, I decided to effect a DIY repair in preference to returning the item to the hypermarket where I bought it - for obvious reasons. The problem was a broken solder joint - easily repaired, even by a rank amateur such as myself. The system now works perfectly again. What surprised me though, given that satellite tv is supposed to be hi-tech, was the simplicity, even crudity, of the construction inside the housing - cheap electric motor threaded rod gearing, reed switch/magnet position sensing, microswitch rotation limiters and a very basic pcb for the control hardware. It seems that, with a little ingenuity and my moderate technical skills, the motor could be improved to give a wider h-h arc from its current 35 deg E to 35 deg W. I intend to make the appropriate modifications as soon as the need to extend the size of my required arc becomes more pressing. Having got this far, I now wonder whether there are any worthwhile modifications I could make to the hardware and software. Are there any DiSEqC 1.2 controller circuit diagrams in the public domain? If so, is there any software available for it? Wolsty [/QUOTE]

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