Question about blind scanning.....

[Wildeye]

Have a pansat 2700a. Whenever I do a blind scan I get the same tps'. Keep coming up NYN amc5? when pointing at amc9 or any other sat. My setup is motorized. I used a gps to give me my lat. for the motor. it gave me 26.4(33615) so I set the elevation on the motor to 26. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

 

[Mr Tony]

sounds like the motor isn't moving. Do you have it set up to move?
USALS you put in your latitude/longitude and store your true south satellite. Then when you move to other satellites the motor will move.

 

[Wildeye]

I can hear and see it move. It will pick up new tps but keep adding in the same ones.

 

[Tron]

What kind of scan are you performing, and are you changing the satellite in setup before scanning? On the Pansats, a blind scan is labelled "Smart Scan".

 

[Wildeye]

What kind of scan are you performing, and are you changing the satellite in setup before scanning? On the Pansats, a blind scan is labelled "Smart Scan".

After a hole lot of trail and error I figured that was the problem. The satellite had to pointed using setup. The smart scan function wont point the dish for you. I didn't see that little detail in the manuel.

 

[Das Hammer]

I've noticed on the 6000 that if you initiate a "Smart Search" on a satellite that you are NOT pointed at, it will go ahead and start searching and turn the dish at the same time. So, it's sitting there doing a scan while the dish is turning. Guess that's why they had to slow the smart search down so much on the 6000. Hehehe.