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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 650688" data-attributes="member: 325666">Hi EEk ..I suspect the Skystar card gets a lot of mentions ..because it was really one of the first to arrive on the hobby scene ..Its proved to be very versatile and durable..Many are still in service after a number of years..Also Skystar2 produced (as far as I know) the only pci card which was capable of true blind scan..These cards are old ..and highly sought after..As to driving a motorized dish with a sat card ...its not just about having a big power supply in the pc ..The fact is that the power to drive the motor has to be passed through the pci cards tuner .....So logically drawing any substancial current through the tuner can't be good for the card....As a motor is inclined to do this ..it isn't neccessarily a good idea...though some cards 'claim' to be able to do this for 'stab' type motors..I personally thing anyone doing this is asking for trouble ..in the long run..but many people are happy to use this method anyway..If you go down this route ...be sure your chosen card is capable of drivng a motor directly.A better choice is to drive a 36 volt motor with a Vbox positioner ...which can move a dish easily under program control through most pci sat cards..rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 650688, member: 325666"] Hi EEk .. I suspect the Skystar card gets a lot of mentions ..because it was really one of the first to arrive on the hobby scene .. Its proved to be very versatile and durable.. Many are still in service after a number of years.. Also Skystar2 produced (as far as I know) the only pci card which was capable of true blind scan.. These cards are old ..and highly sought after.. As to driving a motorized dish with a sat card ...its not just about having a big power supply in the pc .. The fact is that the power to drive the motor has to be passed through the pci cards tuner ... ..So logically drawing any substancial current through the tuner can't be good for the card.. ..As a motor is inclined to do this ..it isn't neccessarily a good idea...though some cards 'claim' to be able to do this for 'stab' type motors.. I personally thing anyone doing this is asking for trouble ..in the long run..but many people are happy to use this method anyway.. If you go down this route ...be sure your chosen card is capable of drivng a motor directly. A better choice is to drive a 36 volt motor with a Vbox positioner ...which can move a dish easily under program control through most pci sat cards.. rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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