gotox dm500s

[mikmoz]

hi folks,can anyone tell me if they have had any success using the gotox function when first setting up motorised system,ive been tryin to set up for a couple of days now and getting nowhere.after doing a few searches on the subject i am finding conflicting info some say it works fine,otheres say not,i have a dm500s with pli jade image which was all working great with fixed dish.any info would be great as im about to kick the f*****g thing up the garden.cheers

[porter1]

depends if ye usals settings are right,ive never had much luck with it,i have always tended to manual tune them over the years but i find nabilo on my 800 hard work aswell,nemesis on the 7020 was easy,can be frustrating though

[mikmoz]

well thanks for that,i have all day monday to try and get it going.will just try to do it manually,see if i have any joy,before i rip this dish down and use it as a wok.

[porter1]

always start one 1 west,get the best signal on there first,very frustrating at first

[mikmoz]

1west doesnt seem to be there in my list of sats i was trying 0.8 west think that is thor.would that work do you think?if i start there and gradually go west then east would that be ok?

[porter1]

ye that is 1 west,r ye using a sat beeper or meter or did someone fit the dish for ye

[mikmoz]

i put the dish up myself and was having no joy so went a bought a beeper.i sent the dish via gotox to 0.8west then went out and fine tuned with the metre,then came in and scanned but it was 3.8west.so i moved the whole dish motor on the pole.but now all i get is a box on screen saying moving to 0.8 west but the dish doesnt move.

[porter1]

set the dish at south with compass then put the box on 1 west ,where you can see a signal,then loosen dish with beeper connected and move it slightly west,see if ye find it then move it up and down for strongest signal,lock it and then disconnect beeper go back to box scan 1 west then start moving it to other sats,hope thet helps slightly

[mikmoz]

will do mate.got a full day to play tomorrow.although its really frustrating i am quite enjoying it.dont know how long that will last.but think i have wasted a day with the gotox thing.appreciate the advice,cheers.

[Curious123]

i put the dish up myself and was having no joy so went a bought a beeper.i sent the dish via gotox to 0.8west then went out and fine tuned with the metre,then came in and scanned but it was 3.8west.so i moved the whole dish motor on the pole.but now all i get is a box on screen saying moving to 0.8 west but the dish doesnt move.

You need to re-align to 0.8W and the BBC World Service that is the only way to really identify that you are correctly aligned. The dish does not move because it does not have a transponder that it can properly move to on the arc. You need to move the dish and motor exer so slightly until you can find 0.8W. Once you can get the maximum signal on BBC World then you should be fine aligning all your other sats.

[mikmoz]

thanks curious123.will try,i think i know what i am doing wrong,do you think the gotox thing will work if i get a decent lock on 0.8west or will ihave to do all of them one at a time.

[porter1]

go to x is based on south isnt it

[meechan08]

Same Here

[mikmoz]

go to x is based on south isnt it

is it?i didnt know that.ive done a bit of googling tonight and some people say it works ok others say no its crap,and i think it works better on some boxes than others.not sure if it works or just me being a nob.

[porter1]

get 1 west then use go to x ,might take ye close enough to a sat such as 13 east then use the manual tune on it,that sometimes helps,catch up[ tomorrow night see how ye get on,good luck