And for the motor commands vs the sat list,,, no it doesn't use the sat list, has nothing to do with it at all. the stb is dumb and can't recognize sat names or orbital postion numbers of the sats, instead it sees and only interacts with the frequencies and user settings that you assign each sat position.
It works like this, the motor has a digital scale embedded in a chip, it has about 28 pre-assigned position numbers reserved for assignment of satellite positions, all of the higher position numbers are reserved for user defined postions. some stb's have trouble communicationg with the preassigned numbers therefore the user must use the user defined numbers to store motor positions. Once the motor and dish are setup correctly, you then navigate the arc and seek various sats, then you scan each one, right? Ok, but when you locate a satellite and fine tune the position dead-on the sat, you must then tell the stb to "store" or "save" that position so that it can remember where it is. this is done by the stb communicating with the motor's digital scale, each incremental digit of the scale has a certain numeric value, the stb sees which one it is and stores that position when you tell it to by "store" that position. the communications are directly between the motor digital scale and the stb, never having to rely on a satellite list. Keep this in mind, if you ever need a satellite that is not in the list and you can't add anymore or don't know how, then you can use any unused sat in the current list. all you do is edit the TP's in the sat you choose, set it up like you would as if it was the actual sat and the stb and motor won't know the diff. Sat names and sat numbers don't mean squat to a stb, it has no way to differentiate them other than the frequencies.
This applies to C-band and Ku band both, if you run out of Ku band sats in your list, just use a C-band sat and change the TP's to the proper ones. Last thing, example; if you need the 83W but it's not in the list, just use let's say the 85W Ku band if it's not already in use, leave the name and number alone but change the TP's and aim the dish to the 83W, the stb doesn't care or does it know the diff as long as it sees and locks on the correct frequency for the 83W.... freq 11735 / polarity H / SR 4444 / FEC 3/4
This TP can be put into any satellite in the list and it will work but just remember what sat it is, this is usually easy by looking at the channel info on the TV screen.
Ok, this should help, hopefully...
