dish motor setup

[secheltpaul]

I setup a moteck motor with a fortec 36-inch dish the other day and it was really a lot easer then I thought. I tried with my viewsat 2000 extreme receiver and had not much luck with it.
Was trying to use USALS settings and it just didn’t like it. I could drive the motor manual.
So I switched to a captive works receiver I got from e-bay for $25 dollars mailed to my house.
Hooked it up using USALS settings and had it tracking in about 5minutes. A bit of tweaking and that was it.
Works great. So far I can get from 89west to 125 west. Lots of trees blocking the east but
Will be dealt with one day.
Now that I have the dish tracking the arc I was thinking that I would do a factory reset on my viewsat receiver and try it again. I was thinking I should be able to swap receivers in and out from the dish. Is this right? I guess I will try and see.
Now I am saving my pennies for a 4-foot dish.
I would recommend a motor to ever one.

[Costactc]

Awesome news Paul. You should be able to swap receivers without a hitch. I prefer using disecq instead of usals but no big deal. What lnb are you using?

You've tried a vs and cw, if you get a chance to score a cs5k or 6k, pansat 2500, 2700 or 3500 and a fortec you'll notice the difference immediately.

[MXFTA-FAN]

Good to hear that paul, enjoy your new toy.
:thumbsup:

[Ramo]

I setup a moteck motor with a fortec 36-inch dish the other day and it was really a lot easer then I thought. I tried with my viewsat 2000 extreme receiver and had not much luck with it.
Was trying to use USALS settings and it just didn’t like it. I could drive the motor manual.
So I switched to a captive works receiver I got from e-bay for $25 dollars mailed to my house.
Hooked it up using USALS settings and had it tracking in about 5minutes. A bit of tweaking and that was it.
Works great. So far I can get from 89west to 125 west. Lots of trees blocking the east but
Will be dealt with one day.
Now that I have the dish tracking the arc I was thinking that I would do a factory reset on my viewsat receiver and try it again. I was thinking I should be able to swap receivers in and out from the dish. Is this right? I guess I will try and see.
Now I am saving my pennies for a 4-foot dish.
I would recommend a motor to ever one.

Man you seem to sing the same song as i,
i did the same thing with a V-sat but it never moved the motor so instead it messed up my set up i had with the Cworks,i had to do manually reset motor and hook it up to the Cworks again and everything went fine again,my conclusion is the V-sat ultra sucks,it scans sats but when comes to the motor it Worths nothing and Vivas to Cworks that is one of the Best receivers i ever seen,so you made a China deal to pay 25 bucks.

[Costactc]

I use to use my vs ultra last year with my 36" motorised setup without any issues. However, I never used usals I used disecq to move my dish, initial setup takes longer because I manually setup my sats. I use it now for outside when I'm tweaking my dish or changing my feed.

[easily confused]

Awesome news, Paul, now you need a BUD to add to your collection

[Costactc]

He's told me in the past that he has tree issues. I think he might need a chain saw before a bud.

[secheltpaul]

Thanks for the reply’s everyone.
Costa, I am using a standard L N B F. will keep a look out for the receivers you mention .I will try disecq on the viewsat see what happens.
Ramo interesting, viewsat dose do a much better blind scan then the cw600s but cw set up the dish right away.
Alex I am coming to your house some day to get a bud. Would like to set one up some day but yes the trees are going to have to go and there is about 30 at 60-80ft high. Cedars.
Thanks MX it’s a fun toy.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer.

[Costactc]

Keep your eyes on ebay Paul. I recently picked up a cs5000 and a pansat 2500 for $20 each.

[easily confused]

Thanks for the reply’s everyone.
Costa, I am using a standard L N B F. will keep a look out for the receivers you mention .I will try disecq on the viewsat see what happens.
Ramo interesting, viewsat dose do a much better blind scan then the cw600s but cw set up the dish right away.
Alex I am coming to your house some day to get a bud. Would like to set one up some day but yes the trees are going to have to go and there is about 30 at 60-80ft high. Cedars.
Thanks MX it’s a fun toy.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer.

The door is open and I am hoping to get at least 4 BUDs picked up within the next few weeks

[Costactc]

Sounds great EC, keep us posted.

[Mr Hanky]

Viewsat is a tuff unit to run a motor,it can be done,save everything twice when locking the settings.Can be very frustrating....heehee.

[easily confused]

Sounds great EC, keep us posted.

Will do. Just been waiting for the time to get around to it and things have slowed down some so if I can get my truck (away from my son) for a day, I will pick at least a few of them up.