Help! Motorised dish won't turn

[andy91]

Yep, configured as it was when the box was working

Pain in the arse, but I'll get there.

Have you looked at my picture in post 8?
Tuner Simple/Mode Positioner and then your Long and Lat?
If they are wrong it wont help
Andy.

[maca]

i reckon its a connection to the motor m8 can you see a light on the motor ??

[andy91]

i reckon its a connection to the motor m8 can you see a light on the motor ??

Weird that Maca cos thats what happened with my mates box,yet when i put mine on the green light on the motor came on and the dish moved yet ive got his old box and it works fine on my motorised set up but not on his.
I do think the tone ampitude works though.
Still be tempted to get a short piece of coax from dish to box and see if that changes anything.

Andy.

[southpaw83]

USALS set up fine

Can't see the motor mate. Will get to that if the DM500 doesn't work

[The fat man]

had the same prob on and off . I get it moving again by going on position setup and keep pressing left right stepping button until it moves then once its moved slightly it will move as usual but sometimes it takes about 20 mins to get it to start to move.

[andy91]

USALS set up fine

Can't see the motor mate. Will get to that if the DM500 doesn't work

The light should stick out like a sore thumb in the dark if the motor is getting power.
Try moving the dish with different channels that might get it moving.One with a strong tp.

Andy.

[The fat man]

my light kept going red/green and clicking until the bugger finally moves.

[smirnoff_rules]

red means ~~~~ed m8

[The fat man]

yea but i keep trying and eventually it starts to move and works fine again until it decides to play up again

[southpaw83]

Tried with the DM500. Still not moving. The satfind on the DM500 showed 63% and 63% which I think is when there is no satellite being picked up, but does that mean there is power to the satellite?

[alec]

Ideally try another sat box. Also connections at box
If not try to move it on postioner setup, using manually config with a Horizontal programme on that sat. You can see if it is moving by the signal strength. Apart from that it is ladder time.
If the signal is less than before the trouble it indicates bad connections.

[southpaw83]

It was a loose wire on the dish