Faulty motor?

[chavo]

Hi guys,

Right i have my system all set up plugeed it in but guess what, no LED's are one the motor it aint moving at all!

i have a dark motor and a 500s from alsat. everything is plugged in the right holes the dish is pointing dead south at the moment. but i cant move it!

any thoughts?

This is the coax i am using, could this be an issue?
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[babis3g]

are u sure all cables are in the right holes?

then to give light to lnb need to be receirver on as well & move the motor from the stb
go in stb menu & turn motor from there

i not sure if black motor using usal or diesq but u need to add one of them options in the stb & save before the stb makes motor to turn

if u got satellite meter digital then u go to motor setting of your meter & turn from meter option

remember both of the options u need to move dish slighty up down as well by hand & then left right from the motor to tune a satellite

[chavo]

The motor is a diseqc 1.3 with gotox function.
I set it up on the 500s as a complex system (more than one sat with one LNB)

I have set the cables up as follows,
LNB to motor LNB in
Motor receiver out to ANT IN on 500s

the motor has buttons on it to turn it to east and west that you are supposed to be able to use to fine tune at the motor end.

When i set the box up as a complex system i input my long and my lat. then tried to do a scan but when the motor is supposed to turn it just said on the screen turning dish please wait, but the motor is doing naff all.

[babis3g]

when you turn on the stb is any light on the motor?
if not then the connection is not good

try lnb (the cable coming from lnb) > to lnb in
then the reciever cable (the one going down to stb) > to motor

let me know

[chavo]

since my last post i set up a portable tv in the garden with the 500s right next to the motor. I plugged it all in and used new cable. still nothing. i am at my witts ends to be honest! not much more i can do tonight as it is dark now. I think i may call a pro in.

[babis3g]

since my last post i set up a portable tv in the garden with the 500s right next to the motor. I plugged it all in and used new cable. still nothing. i am at my witts ends to be honest! not much more i can do tonight as it is dark now. I think i may call a pro in.

my friend this is the best think to do to call a profesionall but rigng few for prices as they all diferent & you got all the needing

if is not coming light to motor usally a green led is not going power to the motor

also even if you manage to give power to the motor then u need add long & lat to the motor as well & then tune it to the thor 1 west if you are using usals & then up down the dish & left right by the motor & so on till you get singal....
& even if you get when you will put back the srews you may loose the sat again

i dont mean to disapoint you is not bad once you do first time but is more complicate than a single fixed dish

i advise to call few of them & not just the first one, cos prices may vary

it dont need be profesional just make sure & tell him that if the wind move easy thr dish in short period of time,will not charge you again in that period

a small secret is........most of them here in london are so many going to do the job for cheap & they dont tide the bolds etc well & so later you got to call them again lol

but dont worry once he will set it up there after is easy

good luck

[chavo]

haha thats sneaky, but hey thats london for you!! i know of 2 in my area one is very pricey but a real pro the other is cheap but less experienced.

thanks fir the tips. I did hear a rumor that the motirs are 14v and the 500s is only 12 and doesnt have the power to move it. someone else told me this is crap so i dont know what to think!

[babis3g]

well i m not that expirience with motors one time i involed with my tm motor diseq

try the setting in stb the lnb to be at universal mode coz suppost both voltages & if there is voltage setings at stb motoration setting check there as well for voltage

if i was you i will go to the cheap one & call him first & ask him that as well about the voltage
i m sure will give some help over the phone

but becarefull one mate call someone for infos
the sat man come down to his place & the mate start talk long time so the sat man said 20 quids before he go

the mate in suprice what?

well the sat man no one will come down for free i could had done some other jobs

so try over the phone first as long will give you some warranty is ok

but check post again maybe some read this & can help more in here

[storky]

Have you tried the Dreambox section ? some guides in there which might help.(i take it 500s is a dreambox)

[kildin]

Yes there are some instructions for Motor setup for a DM500 - download this if you haven't already studied it in Dreambox section Dreambox_500_For_Newbies_5[1][1].6.zip in first post here http://www.sataid.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8852

[babis3g]

mate as i told you & you did ask other forum as well check if you have a green light that is usally next of the cables connection under the motor,when the stb is on
regards