Motor question

[H2OSkier]

I posted a question on the Sadoun forum about a DG240 motor I purchased but I didn't get an answer to my question. Sooooo I'm giving it a try here.

I replaced a SM3D22 with the DG240 because I wanted more movement to be able to get 72w (the SM3D22 would JUST get me to 74w). I can get the DG240 to move to 61w, which is about 60 degrees on the DG240's scale, scale goes to 80. During Live Earth, others were watching on 58w. If I have enough travel should the motor move east a few more degrees ?

My TS is 116.8w, I'm using a Coolsat 5000, DG240, Invacom QPH-031. I also have a universal LNB if I could have gotten the DG240 to move to 58w.

Thanks for any insight to my questions,

Ken

 

[gabshere]

ken
are you tring to get there using USALS some have experinced problems trying to get the extream ends on the arc. others have no problems.(not with the DG240)
i would try this. take it as far east as USALS will take you ( 61w which is only 3 degrees away from 58w a very short distance) then pick a known transponder on satellite 58 to use 1.2 and nudge the motor one click at a time till you get the signal. once there lock it in and save.

 

[H2OSkier]

George,

Thanks for the suggestion. When I first go my equipment I was told that the Coolsat didn't like a mix of USALS and 1.2 But you are correct I'm using only USALS at the point. If I can find the magic code that I was given to reset the Coolsat maybe I'll give it a try.

Thanks again,

Ken

 

[gabshere]

ken it would probably be best to save all your information before you reset that way you have a good copy of the way it was working.
i have the coolsat 5000 and mixed them. magic code ?? is that the number to access everything , if you never changed it its 4 zeros

 

[H2OSkier]

LOL ... no the magic code will reset the box back to defaults. I just found the post here.

Ken