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<blockquote data-quote="mohiken" data-source="post: 967824" data-attributes="member: 406224">Now [USER=406224]@mohiken[/USER] that is a very interesting project. Talking to Steve at S-T this morning we are looking at over £1000 for a new control box for the internet system to be able to lock on to 23.5. Being able to control the dish from the laptop would be great.Any suggestions as to how Teleco work out the criteria would be great so I can lock on to 23.5.Steve</blockquote>hi Stevenot sure on teleco criteria ,possibly using sio code and frequencythe idea I had in mind was a 'point and shoot' method using the 2 motors in the roof unit and binning the control box.going back (way back) I had a 2 metre dish motorised on a polar mount and simple east west controlthe idea I'm thinking of is to take control of the motors via relays controlled by this idea gps + compass + arduino board +display (showing direction/elevation/signal-strength and relay PCB gps to give location to work out elevation compass for directionarduino as the heart of the system (small pc board with memory etc.)display (about 6/7 inch) showing location/direction/elevation/sat name/signal strengthgps pcb (10x10 mm) about £3compass pcb (10x10 mm) about £3ardiun0 pcb&nbsp; (60x100 mm) about £30display 6 or 7 inch about £15relay board 1 1/2 x 3 inch&nbsp; about £8so for about £60 the parts a readily available ,which I am confident I could assemble the crunch !!! it would need&nbsp; programming ,which I am sloooowly learningand pin outs to motor unit now back on road with motor-home till September so it all stop for nowsorry for long reply but if you want to see the arduino board there are lots of projects on the webColin[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="mohiken, post: 967824, member: 406224"] Now [USER=406224]@mohiken[/USER] that is a very interesting project. Talking to Steve at S-T this morning we are looking at over £1000 for a new control box for the internet system to be able to lock on to 23.5. Being able to control the dish from the laptop would be great. Any suggestions as to how Teleco work out the criteria would be great so I can lock on to 23.5. Steve[/QUOTE] hi Steve not sure on teleco criteria ,possibly using sio code and frequency the idea I had in mind was a 'point and shoot' method using the 2 motors in the roof unit and binning the control box. going back (way back) I had a 2 metre dish motorised on a polar mount and simple east west control the idea I'm thinking of is to take control of the motors via relays controlled by this idea gps + compass + arduino board +display (showing direction/elevation/signal-strength and relay PCB gps to give location to work out elevation compass for direction arduino as the heart of the system (small pc board with memory etc.) display (about 6/7 inch) showing location/direction/elevation/sat name/signal strength gps pcb (10x10 mm) about £3 compass pcb (10x10 mm) about £3 ardiun0 pcb (60x100 mm) about £30 display 6 or 7 inch about £15 relay board 1 1/2 x 3 inch about £8 so for about £60 the parts a readily available ,which I am confident I could assemble the crunch !!! it would need programming ,which I am sloooowly learning and pin outs to motor unit now back on road with motor-home till September so it all stop for now sorry for long reply but if you want to see the arduino board there are lots of projects on the web Colin [/QUOTE]

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