dm800 H-H motor problems

[mark299]

I recently got a dm800 hd receiver. I have a small dish which has a H-H motor. I previously used the same dish and motor with a strong box, and i could just set it to diseqc 1.2 and move the dish.

The dm800 hd however is not moving the dish. I have tried usals, i have tried diseqc 1.2. Nothing seems to move the dish.

I am using latest Gemini image.

A box as expensive as the dm800 is not able to move the H-H motor. Has anyone here had the same issue, or am i missing a trick?

If anyone has the H-H motor working with dm800 can you please post your configuration or setting details.

[beer4life]

I recently got a dm800 hd receiver. I have a small dish which has a H-H motor. I previously used the same dish and motor with a strong box, and i could just set it to diseqc 1.2 and move the dish.
The dm800 hd however is not moving the dish. I have tried usals, i have tried diseqc 1.2. Nothing seems to move the dish.
I am using latest Gemini image.
A box as expensive as the dm800 is not able to move the H-H motor. Has anyone here had the same issue, or am i missing a trick?
If anyone has the H-H motor working with dm800 can you please post your configuration or setting details.

G'Day Cobber,
I assume you have two F6 connectors on the rear, marked, LNB and IF.
If you are on the IF connection, you wont have motor control.

[mark299]

G'Day Cobber,
I assume you have two F6 connectors on the rear, marked, LNB and IF.
If you are on the IF connection, you wont have motor control.

Thanks for the reply, but i am on lnb connector. It works fine to move my cband dish via a motek vbox. The problem is when i connect my small ku dish which has a H-H motor, it wont drive / move the H-H motor.

I hope you understand my issue now.

[jonc]

I do not use Gemini but the setting advanced tab, of diseqc 1.2 it works on all my move 3.2m dishes including a HH motek and at far better speeds than other DM boxes.

I suspect it is a setup issue there. As I use PLi Jade2 update, I can not be of much help other than that sorry. Although it you look at the DM800 wiki for this it might give you a few tips - wiki link in my sig below.

[mark299]

thanks for the wiki link. i will have a look. my bigger dish cband with vbox works fine, but the hh motor is not moving. i may have to try another image. can you recommend any good image for dm800 please.

[jonc]

thanks for the wiki link. i will have a look. my bigger dish cband with vbox works fine, but the hh motor is not moving. i may have to try another image. can you recommend any good image for dm800 please.

I am biased so beware of this (or so many think) yes as I said in my post about the latest release of Jade2 update, on the 31JAN09 from PLi.

[updatelee]

Im biased as well, but the latest Jade2 works for driving my sg2100 well in both v1.2 and usals

[mark299]

looks like i need to move from gemini to pli, one last question.

with the latest gemini image i am using, it seems to take an enternity to auto scan or scan a full satellite. is this the same with other images?

is this something because of the dm800 or because of the image i am using?

my dm500 was 50 times faster than this. it takes around 20 mins to scan one full satellite.

[jonc]

It is the same in all images, due to no signal on the transponder being scanned, mostly on the C band. The difference being PLi give you notice of this in the release notes (smile).

[updatelee]

make sure you dont have tp's that arent sending signal. Ive noticed as well that if your trying to tune a tp that isnt broadcasting it does try and try and try for quite awhile.

[mark299]

is there a spot where you can edit the transponder list for each satellite in dm800?

[jonc]

yes by hand in the satellites.xml file or with dreamedit ..