spiderbox 9900 motorising problems

[dick b]

a few more pics to try and explain it more.this was done on the bench with the STB set to your longitude of 1.8West.
pic84 with motor at "0",everthing should line up dead straight.
pic85 showing motor on 28.2E
pic86 with motor on 0.8w
pic87 close up of motor at 0.8W.this will show slightly to the eastern side due to your longitude of 1.8West.
(we will get you up and running one way or another)

[spudorange]

Hi guys, thanks for input so far.

After leaving it for a bit I had a very quick go at restarting and have got a "little" bit of progress.

I will as requested take some close up pics hopefully tomorrow of the new position.

What I did and have at the moment:

reset motor to central position.
told box to save
selected thor
tweaked dish and got 95% on meter & strong signal on telly & stored it.

Went to 13deg and with a tweak (west I think) got 89% and picture, stored that.

Tried 28.2 & no matter how much I tweaked it I got nothing so I really do need to post up them pics.

If it's of any help, working back from strong 13 deg signal I got the following:

9 deg good picture no tweaking needed
7 deg nothing obtainable
4.8 deg nothing obtainable

Dunno if that helps or even means anything.

Will check back in tomorrow and just like to say thanks again to all.

[mdt]

Hi guys, thanks for input so far.

After leaving it for a bit I had a very quick go at restarting and have got a "little" bit of progress.

I will as requested take some close up pics hopefully tomorrow of the new position.

What I did and have at the moment:

reset motor to central position.
told box to save
selected thor
tweaked dish and got 95% on meter & strong signal on telly & stored it.

Went to 13deg and with a tweak (west I think) got 89% and picture, stored that.

Tried 28.2 & no matter how much I tweaked it I got nothing so I really do need to post up them pics.

If it's of any help, working back from strong 13 deg signal I got the following:

9 deg good picture no tweaking needed
7 deg nothing obtainable
4.8 deg nothing obtainable

Dunno if that helps or even means anything.

Will check back in tomorrow and just like to say thanks again to all.

hi m8, when you drive your dish to zero you dont need to store anything. if your dish is on usals with correct lat/long in it you just need to tell the dish to go to 1 west and it should move just a bit from zero to 1 west. when its done this peak the signal on bbc world then try the weaker txp,s at 12.606v/h and the low band nordic beams also. when your satisfied that you cant sqeeze anymore signal from 1 west by doing dish elevation and motor azimuth then tighten the nuts up.now send your dish to 42e and then back to 30w and if its set up correctly you shoul get a very strong signal, if your pole is 100% plumb and the lat is correct on the motor scale and the usals lat/long in the box are correct then the dish should track from 45e to 45w(line of sight and dish size permitting). regards mdt

[dick b]

with the symptoms you give it still sounds like either your mounting pole is not 100% plumb,or the dish is not 100% central on the motor spigot because on usals if they are correct once you have 1 sat aligned the rest follow suit(it doesnt really matter which sat you set up on with usals)

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi guys, thanks for input so far.

After leaving it for a bit I had a very quick go at restarting and have got a "little" bit of progress.

I will as requested take some close up pics hopefully tomorrow of the new position.

What I did and have at the moment:

reset motor to central position.
told box to save
selected thor
tweaked dish and got 95% on meter & strong signal on telly & stored it.

Went to 13deg and with a tweak (west I think) got 89% and picture, stored that.

Tried 28.2 & no matter how much I tweaked it I got nothing so I really do need to post up them pics.

If it's of any help, working back from strong 13 deg signal I got the following:

9 deg good picture no tweaking needed
7 deg nothing obtainable
4.8 deg nothing obtainable

Dunno if that helps or even means anything.

Will check back in tomorrow and just like to say thanks again to all.

Hi. I think your problem is one of the following:
1) Dish angles ie try to bring dish in sligthly on satellites where you dont get a signal.
2) Are your TP's(frequencies) correct for the channels you are trying to get??
3) Is your LNB positioned correctly?? Try and twist a bit to the left or right to see if it picks up signals.
4) Have you tried to move dish manually with remote to see if USALS is correct ie send dish to FREESAT 28.2. When dish stops
and you have no signal then move it manually with remote 7 or 8 clicks left(east) and right(west). If you get a signal then USALS needs adjusting. If no signal then dish angles/LNB may need adjusting.
To be honest if you are getting 1 west and 13 east you are almost there. Like i said your problem appears to be dish angles or USALS setting.

Regards

[spudorange]

Thanks again guys

gonna leave this for a few days as only just got back and weather a bit poor.

We will crack it

cheers

[dadd2533]

hi all new to forum and spiderbox so please be gentle. just bought a spiderbox 9900hd do i need to load patch and softcam on it or is patch enough going to be using cline which ive never used before as i have been running a protek 9750hd with free gift any help appretiated

[digicon]

hi all new to forum and spiderbox so please be gentle. just bought a spiderbox 9900hd do i need to load patch and softcam on it or is patch enough going to be using cline which ive never used before as i have been running a protek 9750hd with free gift any help appretiated

Load the latest patch and softcam and it should run similar to your protek, Not sure what differs on the gift side of things between the 2 boxes.