[vdr] Re: motorised disk

[Thomas.Bergwinkl@t-online.de (Thomas Bergwinkl)]

>
>
> Hello Thomas,
>
> Cable is about 20-25M and it is straight - (without any
> inter-connectors)
>
> Vertical polarisation implies 13V

I know. I have no problems, but other users reported that with vertical
polarization it works reliable and with horizontal polarization it
sometimes doesn't work. I don't know why.

>
> I have tried patching the vdr to send 18V before the diseq
> command, but
> still it fails and immediately after the channel switch the
> rotor "clicks"

why patching the vdr? Just edit your diseqc.conf. There you can switch
to 18V before sending the command, and after the command (perhaps with a
timeout) you can switch to the right polarization.

> and then the led on the rotor switches off - showing that there is not
> enough power. Plugging in the Nokia instead gives me enough
> power to handle
> things.
>
> By any chance would you know if there are "amplifiers" one
> can use which
> give the extra boost - unless a patch to the board fixes it ?
>
> Conrad
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Bergwinkl" <Thomas.Bergwinkl@t-online.de>
> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:57 PM
> Subject: [vdr] Re: motorised disk
>
>
> > Hallo,
> >
> > my rotor is also working on my rev 1.3 and my Nexus-S. But
> some users
> > have reported about problems, when switched to vertical
> polarization and
> > trying to drive the motor. How long is your cable from the
> dvb-card to
> > the motor? When your card can't supply enough power for rotating the
> > dish, then only commands like store, recalc, ... would
> work. (You wrote
> > about some recalculation)
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> >
> > > I did some further tests, and it is evident that the card is
> > > cutting power
> > > to the rotor.
> > >
> > > Does anyone knwo some small tweak I can use to de-sensitise
> > > the current
> > > sensing loop - and allow it to give me a little more ?
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > > On Sunday 15 February 2004 13:20, Conrad Micallef wrote:
> > > > > I have been following the discussion before on setting up
> > > a motorised
> > > dish
> > > > > but I was unsuccessful with my attempt.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using a Technotrend PCI card rev 1.3 - and I cannot
> > > get diseqc
> > > rotor
> > > > > to work properly.
> > > > >
> > > > > My setup is a SG-2100 rotor.
> > > > >
> > > > > From the nokia 9600 I can manually go to the setup
> and change disk
> > > position
> > > > > - i was hoping that setting up vdr would give me easier
> > > rotation, but
> > > after
> > > > > setting proper diseqc.conf and enabling diseqc and using
> > > rotor 0.5 the
> > > dish
> > > > > does not move, but actually when reconnecting it back to
> > > the nokia, it
> > > > > seems to have done some recalculate automatically, and I
> > > have to give it
> > > > > goto 0 and re-align it from the remote control.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas ?
> > > > >
> > > > > is the rev 1.3 perhaps too old to support diseqc motors ?
> > > - it heats up
> > > > > quite a lot !!
> > > >
> > > > Works nicely here with a Hauppauge (Technotrend) 1.3, a
> > > Stab HH-120 rotor
> > > and
> > > > vdr-1.3.4.
> > > > Check your settings (diseqc.conf, rotor-plugin, LNB) again!
> > > > As my dish is sufficiently well alligned to the south I
> > > position directly
> > > via
> > > > the "goto xy". Make also sure, that the settings for your
> > > location in the
> > > > rotor plugin are correct. Entries  for longitude and
> > > lattitude are thought
> > > of
> > > > having 1 figure after the decimal point e.g my longitude
> > > here is 9.2 -> 92
> > > > and my lattitude here is 48.08 -> 481.
> > > >
> > > > Gerd Arlitt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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