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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Having a nightmare trying to install a motorised dish HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 891266" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>Try doing a hardware reset on the motor with it in the "Zero" position. (see the motors manual on how to do this for your brand of motor)</p><p></p><p>Then with the receiver disconnected look through all your settings, check to see that something was entered wrong in the satellite positions.</p><p></p><p>Also double check your latitude and longitude settings for your location, some recivers however do not have the fine setting needed for some long and lats, some only have the single decimal point, this can put you off a bit for some satellites.</p><p></p><p>And as to the freezing, it could be that your coax may be the problem, using the coax with the cheap copper plated steel center conductor can cause a lower then normal voltage drop at the motor, if the coax is too long and the center is the CPS type you could starve the motor for voltage, this could cause the receiver to try and compensate for this drop, and it doesn't have the reserve power to do so, this could cause the receiver to lock up.</p><p></p><p>There could also be a staple in the coax or small wire flakes or shavings from the coax shield causing a resistive short, as the motor turns this short could get worse, causing the receiver to lock up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 891266, member: 369937"] Try doing a hardware reset on the motor with it in the "Zero" position. (see the motors manual on how to do this for your brand of motor) Then with the receiver disconnected look through all your settings, check to see that something was entered wrong in the satellite positions. Also double check your latitude and longitude settings for your location, some recivers however do not have the fine setting needed for some long and lats, some only have the single decimal point, this can put you off a bit for some satellites. And as to the freezing, it could be that your coax may be the problem, using the coax with the cheap copper plated steel center conductor can cause a lower then normal voltage drop at the motor, if the coax is too long and the center is the CPS type you could starve the motor for voltage, this could cause the receiver to try and compensate for this drop, and it doesn't have the reserve power to do so, this could cause the receiver to lock up. There could also be a staple in the coax or small wire flakes or shavings from the coax shield causing a resistive short, as the motor turns this short could get worse, causing the receiver to lock up. [/QUOTE]
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Having a nightmare trying to install a motorised dish HELP!
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