New Setup!

[Easty]

Hi Guys,

I've just completed my order for the following;

VU+ Solo 2 Twin Tunes DVB-S2 Preloaded with ViX Image

Technomate 80cm Mesh Dish
Technomate Tm-2600 motor (Diseqc/USALS)
Technomate TM-4 Gold Quad 0.1db LNB.
Wall mount kit, F Type connectors. clips, tape, cable etc..

I'm new to all this satellite stuff, but my dad used to have a motorised dish humax / protek boxes etc.. a few years back bun unfortunately he's now passed away.

I've looked over various posts / videos regarding setting the dish up.

From what I gather im looking to find hotbird 12 / 19 / 23 / 30w and viast etc..

But I am a bit lost on how I find my current location to set he dish up?

Many Thanks
Aaron

[ramjet]

use dishpointer or bingmaps or your satnav to find your longitude and latitude

there is a sticky thread on setting up a motorised dish, and we have a vu section here too

you can use catseyes settings (channel) list on your new E2 box

[Easty]

I've managed to find out some details from them sites, are these what I need.


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[ramjet]

certainly some of the details on there are what you need, including your longitude and latitude

you really need to get more satellites so have a look at what I wrote in here where I listed the popular ones

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/how-do-two-stbs-work-multi-lnb-satallite-311753/index3.html

[Easty]

I will be able to get the following looking at website again.

30w , 15w , 5w , 0.8w , 5e , 7e , 10e , 13e , 16e , 19e , 23.5e , 28.2e , 39e , 42e

Possibly a few more..

[Easty]

Box & Dish will be with me tomorrow, so will start running the cables and get the bracket on the wall Saturday and see where we get too!

Looking forward to getting it all setup :) I doubt ill have it all done in time for the arsenal / man city game though, but I will try!

[mdt]

i cannot stress this highly enough m8 your wall bracket needs to be 100% plumb in all planes and the dish needs to be centerd on the motor stub. everything else will fall into place if these are set up correctly. regards mdt

[Easty]

When you say plumb, do you mean bang on level?

And isit best to;

1: fit the bracket to the wall bang on
2: connect the dish and bracketry to the motor
3: then fit the complete unit to the bracket, and terminate the connections at this point?

[ramjet]

When you say plumb, do you mean bang on level?

And isit best to;

1: fit the bracket to the wall bang on
2: connect the dish and bracketry to the motor
3: then fit the complete unit to the bracket, and terminate the connections at this point?

plumb here means absolutely vertical, using a plumb line or a spirit level but top to bottom not side to side

so its not about level in the horizontal meaning (like floors in a house) but vertically plumb like hanging wallpaper, but around the 360 degrees sides of the vertical pole of that bracket

so the pole the motor bolts onto must be vertically plumb on all sides

1) pack the mount to ensure the vertical pole is vertically plumb

2) yes, ensuring the dish is aligned exactly with the motor and in line with the lnb arm

3) thats one way of doing it

I am not sure what makes you think you will decode the footy, but maybe you know something we cannot talk about ;)

[mdt]

When you say plumb, do you mean bang on level?

And isit best to;

1: fit the bracket to the wall bang on
2: connect the dish and bracketry to the motor
3: then fit the complete unit to the bracket, and terminate the connections at this point?


i tend to do the wall mount and cable first, then assemble the whole dish,motor,lnb ect at ground level then hump the whole thing up the ladder. once on connect up the wires send dish to 1 west with box, put on bbc world 11.862.h then ajust motor left/right untill you find the signal.. if not ajust elevation on dish very slightly then sweep left/right untill you pick up bbc news. if you have no sat meter is is time consuming but if you make very small ajustments, check transponders in h/v and take your time you will be fine and should get a minimum of 30e to 30w but probably 45e to 45w,regards mdt

[Easty]

Right i understand now, so all angles have to be perfect for the motor to function correctly!

So i was to put a level on the vertical shaft where the motor would sit top and bottom would be level

(think i will order a sat meter from ebay, if this will sav me time)

[ramjet]

Right i understand now, so all angles have to be perfect for the motor to function correctly!

So i was to put a level on the vertical shaft where the motor would sit top and bottom would be level

(think i will order a sat meter from ebay, if this will sav me time)

correct except it means plumb , not level, and plumb as in up/down is crucial here , also with the motor and lnb arm in alignment so the dish is focussed where the dish is pointing

nothing will be level , but the motor pole will be vertically plumb

[Easty]

Right ok, worst case if i cant get it working ill try find someone local!

[Easty]

I have ordered a satellite digital finder think it will help me, watched a few videos now on the how to "plumb" the mount so if I can get that bit done that's a step in the right direction :bird:

[ramjet]

there is also a sticky thread at the top of the forum, containing tutorials and pictures on setting up a motorised system

[Easty]

thanks for your help much appreciated!

[Easty]

I've now received all my stuff.

Got the VU+ Solo out of the box installed my internal hard drive and plugged into a spare TV via HDMI and powered on ran through a few of the menus now just trying to get the CCCam .ipx file to install I've copied it to the tmp folder band cant find it on the receiver..

I have also unboxed all of my dish , motor and bracketry and had a little play to see if I could understand and work out how it all goes together.

Below is a few pictures of what I think it needs to go like hopefully some of you can have a look and give me any pointers

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[blueflash234]

m8 nice set up but i think you will get a better signal if you fit it outside

[Easty]

m8 nice set up but i think you will get a better signal if you fit it outside


haha

I think im going on the right details now.

Technomate said I need to have the motor

elevation 36-37

and my latitude is 52.0487

does the lnb have to be skewd?

[ramjet]

haha

I think im going on the right details now.

Technomate said I need to have the motor

elevation 36-37

and my latitude is 52.0487

does the lnb have to be skewd?

no skew when pointing due south

[Easty]

looks like im slowly learning!!

Bought an app for my phone to use when up the lader that shows the satellites!

[Easty]

Dish is now fixed up!

All the cables run through my loft back out on the rear wall and through to behind the tv and terminated into two satellite moudlar sockets mounted into a face plate to keep it all tidy.

All tested and signal is passing correctly.

I have now inputted my details into tuner configuration

Latitude: 52.0487?
South
Longitude: -0.2754?
West

But the longitiude doesnt have a minus so i just put it in there anyway.

I can move the dish now from the remote, but still cant get any signal from swinging it side to side.

I think im going to need to adjust the elavation on the dish to see where im at and try and get a singal to show up on the reciever, depending how i get on tommorow is wether i call someone out to set this dish up!

Should i be taking thor 0.8w as my 1st and centre satellite?

[ramjet]

minus is west , plus is east (of the greenwich meridian)

so 0.275 west of due south, so thor is almost due south of you so near zero on your motor, and yes thats the best place to point the dish if there are no obstructions

[Easty]

Right ok, so that bits right.

So i just need to get the angle of my dish perfect.

Ive got signal meter on my phone via the web control as well as a satellite meter so hopefully i get somewhere tommorow.

I also have CCCam now setup, do i need to install a program list now or will it find them when i do a scan and find the satellites?

[ramjet]

Right ok, so that bits right.

So i just need to get the angle of my dish perfect.

Ive got signal meter on my phone via the web control as well as a satellite meter so hopefully i get somewhere tommorow.

I also have CCCam now setup, do i need to install a program list now or will it find them when i do a scan and find the satellites?

I dont bother scanning, my duo has the catseye list he posted recently on it, which you can download onto your box from the server or from the ts panel plugin using one of its servers, or download it and ftp it using dreamboxedit or try dreamset or the vu control centre

in any case you wont get far without the channels already in your box as you wont know when you are on thor unless you use a meter costing hundreds of pounds like a laguna when you have no channel list installed

[Easty]

I now have a channel list thanks for that pointer!

Hopefully tommorow i can get some signal on the go!

[digicon]

If using an app on your phone use the Enigma2 signal meter it locks to the ip address of your box and gives both signal and quality readings as well as having an audible tone to boot.

[Easty]

Do you have a link buddy?

[digicon]

Do you have a link buddy?


No Problem:


http://www.krkadoni.com/log/index.php/enigma-signal-meter-android/