Realign My Motorised Dish

[singh92]

Ok so update on my viark the motor doesn’t seem to be moving when I change Sat’s. It seems to be stuck on some west satellite. The motor light is green. Anyone know what I can do to try troubleshoot

 

[waqy]

Ok so update on my viark the motor doesn’t seem to be moving when I change Sat’s. It seems to be stuck on some west satellite. The motor light is green. Anyone know what I can do to try troubleshoot

Go into Antenna settings and make sure the motor option is on for each satellite.

It's not like enigma2 images which will have it on by default.

Like the below pic, Motor is set to USALS:

 

[singh92]

Go into Antenna settings and make sure the motor option is on for each satellite.

It's not like enigma2 images which will have it on by default.

Like the below pic, Motor is set to USALS:

Yep it all looks like this.

So I changed the satellite to 0.8w and it started knocking on my roof pipe, I think maybe the wind as misaligned it. What would be the best way to get it aligned right? Stick it on 0.8 and manually move it?

Also does the being misaligned sound right I.e can the wind blow it out of alignment?

 

[Kyser143]

Yep it all looks like this.

So I changed the satellite to 0.8w and it started knocking on my roof pipe, I think maybe the wind as misaligned it. What would be the best way to get it aligned right? Stick it on 0.8 and manually move it?

Also does the being misaligned sound right I.e can the wind blow it out of alignment?

Is the dish close to your neighbours window...eg can it be reached to be moved 😂

Yes strong wind can move the dish and you or someone competent will need to get up there and get it aligned again. Moving the dish by motor now won't get in back in line with the arc.

 

[singh92]

Is the dish close to your neighbours window...eg can it be reached to be moved 😂

Yes strong wind can move the dish and you or someone competent will need to get up there and get it aligned again. Moving the dish by motor now won't get in back in line with the arc.

Haha yeah it can be reached and I do have a clear line of sight. When it was setup it was working fine but think something happened not sure what were it’s just misaligned now.

If I put it on 0.8w and let the motor move to that position, should I then manually try and move the dish up and down, side to side to get signal?

 

[Ferret.]

Haha yeah it can be reached and I do have a clear line of sight. When it was setup it was working fine but think something happened not sure what were it’s just misaligned now.

If I put it on 0.8w and let the motor move to that position, should I then manually try and move the dish up and down, side to side to get signal?

Use this as a guide mate

Motorised satellite out of alignment

 

[linesman66]

This i the reference satellites

LocationReference Satellite
London and South East England0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02West Country and Wales5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West ALiverpool and North West5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West A or 0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Midlands and North West England0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Scotland5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West A or 0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Outer Hebrides5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West A or 8.0°W  Eutelsat 8 WestSouth West Ireland12.5°W  Eutelsat 12 West BCentral Ireland8.0°W  Eutelsat 8 West Belfast and Dublin
5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West ALe Harve North West France0.8°W  Thor 6 or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Paris & Central France4.8°E  Astra 4A or 0.8°W  Thor West France5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West ALyon, Marseilles and East France7.0°E  Eutelsat 7Belgium and Netherlands4.8°E  Astra 4A or 7.0°E  Eutelsat 7BSouth East Italy
13.0°E  Hot Bird 13

 

[singh92]

Yeah struggling here lads not going to lie. Can’t get the motor back to 0. Got a tm 2300 but keeps going further west

 

[Ferret.]

Yeah struggling here lads not going to lie. Can’t get the motor back to 0. Got a tm 2300 but keeps going further west

What make of motor is it ?

 

[singh92]

A TM 2300 M3 brand new

 

[Ferret.]

You could try switching from usuals to diseqc 1.2 to move it manually or use the goto X 0.0.

I would try a motor reset though first, check the manual it should tell you the procedure.

 

[singh92]

Yeah will try that when I get home. Worst comes to worst just use diseqc and manually set the positions

 

[manic01]

This i the reference satellites

LocationReference Satellite
London and South East England0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02West Country and Wales5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West ALiverpool and North West5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West A or 0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Midlands and North West England0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Scotland5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West A or 0.8°W  Thor or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Outer Hebrides5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West A or 8.0°W  Eutelsat 8 WestSouth West Ireland12.5°W  Eutelsat 12 West BCentral Ireland8.0°W  Eutelsat 8 West Belfast and Dublin
5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West ALe Harve North West France0.8°W  Thor 6 or 0.8°W  Intelsat 10-02Paris & Central France4.8°E  Astra 4A or 0.8°W  Thor West France5.0°W  Eutelsat 5 West ALyon, Marseilles and East France7.0°E  Eutelsat 7Belgium and Netherlands4.8°E  Astra 4A or 7.0°E  Eutelsat 7BSouth East Italy
13.0°E  Hot Bird 13

No need for any specific reference sat on usals that was more for diseqc, usals can use any sat.

 

[manic01]

This is for TM2600 but same set up basically

 

[singh92]

I set the box to 0.8w, manually got it back to 0 and then manually adjusted the dish and got 70% quality. I then when to change to 28e but the dish went west. I haven’t changed anything in my usals settings from
When it was working before.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Ferret.]

I set the box to 0.8w, manually got it back to 0 and then manually adjusted the dish and got 70% quality. I then when to change to 28e but the dish went west. I haven’t changed anything in my usals settings from
When it was working before.

What am I doing wrong?

Recheck your usuals coordinates.

Remember for a minus figure it needs to be set to West and not East.

 

[Ferret.]

View attachment 111527

That’s my usals settings which I haven’t changed btw.

Dishpoinyer says lat is 51.6035 Lon is -0.3094

So you have it set to 3.0 west and your coordinates need 0.3 west

 

[singh92]

Thank you mate!

How would I type that in though? I thought I had it at 0.3!

 

[Ferret.]

Thank you mate!

How would I type that in though? I thought I had it at 0.3!

Type 0003

 

[singh92]

Thank you sir will try this! Hopefully this sorts!