Motor movement failure - DM500 too Weak?

[ecowarm]

Using the Digital Kaos V1.1 on my new Blackbox. Got my motorised dish fitted on Sunday but the guy didn't know much on Dreamboxes. He connected up his Technomate that seemed to do everything very quickly and easily through USALS.

With the Digital Kaos Image I can't find a USALS option and the motor just doesn't seem to be moving at all. One thing suggested was that the PSU on the DM500 was a bit low powered for running a motor, does this mean I need a second box to do the movement? Secondly I have heard that some images have USALS built in. Could anyone suggest a good one for me to try?

Hopefully things will get better as I get going, at the moment I can just see weeks of pulling my hair out, maybe moving onto teeth if it doesn't start playing ball within a month.

[andymc1s]

Hi m8 I use nabilosat image with a motorised dish and dreambox 500.
I assume you know your position with regard to longitude and latitude for
motor setup. If you dont know them you can use a satnavs where am I feature to find them. It has been a while since I changed my Image but using this Image you need to go to x function were you can input your position ,ie
long and lat I hope this is of some help

[ecowarm]

Tried that, still zero joy an getting it to move the dish at all. Could it be the box or does anyone have any other suggestions?

[opsmonkey]

i doubt its the box mate.. check your setup.. what make is your motor..?? i remember from a while back some motors dont work too good with the Dreambox

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

gotoxx doesnt work on DM500s so i believe!

[opsmonkey]

gotoxx doesnt work on DM500s so i believe!

you believe right..

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

you believe right..

Thats about the first thing ever i have got right about dm500s'..

[ecowarm]

Have tried with and without the old Goto xx. Gonna see what the fitter thinks on arrival and whether Linuxsat can give me any hints as to how to test the box with a multimeter on the sat connection before sending it back to them.

[westkill]

just a thought
do you no what sat its pointing at at the moment if you could set it up as a single sat to see if you get a picture or signal lock to see if it is the tuner in the box

[Curious123]

gotoxx doesnt work on DM500s so i believe!

I think you are wrong I believe gotoxx does work on dm500. I had a dm500 up until about 9 months ago running the Pli Jade image. After flashing the image I slected Complex configuration( many sats) > Rotor Setup > ticked gotoxx > inserted long/lat > saved. I then loaded the Captains settings and then did a scan on Thor 1W. I never had any problems moving my motor with clone dm500.

[ecowarm]

just a thought
do you no what sat its pointing at at the moment if you could set it up as a single sat to see if you get a picture or signal lock to see if it is the tuner in the box

Works flawlessly with my Sky Minidish to get Freesat. Not the tuner at all. Looking at AZBox HD and returning the Blackbox if the Technomate works and Linuxsat don't come up with a solution.

[ecowarm]

I think you are wrong I believe gotoxx does work on dm500. I had a dm500 up until about 9 months ago running the Pli Jade image. After flashing the image I slected Complex configuration( many sats) > Rotor Setup > ticked gotoxx > inserted long/lat > saved. I then loaded the Captains settings and then did a scan on Thor 1W. I never had any problems moving my motor with clone dm500.

Through the net there seems to be a massive mix of opinions on this. Numerous people seem to have problems getting the Gotoxx working with the DM500, likewise some have it working a treat. Would be better if it worked or had UsalS though as they seem to make life much easier.

[portbhoy]

I have it working here on a clone 500 no problem have you tried rebooting the box, driving the dish to 0 manually or manually setting up the sats? But like I said no reason why it wouldn't drive a dish!

[ecowarm]

I have it working here on a clone 500 no problem have you tried rebooting the box, driving the dish to 0 manually or manually setting up the sats? But like I said no reason why it wouldn't drive a dish!

Tried them all bud, not looking good for this little Dreambox at the moment. Thinking of trying a PC Sat card as a cheap way to test.

[portbhoy]

PC sat cards the wrong way to go they dont carry enough voltage to turn a dish properly either if your looking for a good Linux sat box then look here and that will drive a dish Technomate TM 500 LINUX?::?Satellite Receivers?::?Skywonder Ltd