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kopite1
28-08-2010, 05:30 PM
My manual motor has packed in after we had a thunder storm,its rather

inconveinient at the mo beacuse I cannot move the dish. I dont know if

its affected the actual motor or indeed the remote and the box in the house.

All I have at the mo is a green light,when I try to manually move the dish with

remote nothing happens,I did try to contact someone on another board to

see if I could indeed install a darkman motor,only to get a mouthful of abuse

from someone on the board,all I wanted to know was could I install that

motor on my dish it does not look right,I just asked if I could indeed turn that

motor upside down,because my dish is only about 6 inches from the patio

floor,any help would be appreciated......kopite 1:respect-060:

Giga
28-08-2010, 05:52 PM
When you have a green lite on the motor would indicate you have power. Are there buttons on the motor to move it with its power? check its manual. could be press once go one way, press twice in 0.5 seconds go other way?
On the motor ther should be a gradation in ° with a 0 in the middle and a pointer indicating the position of the dish on that scale. If you can drive the motor with that button drive it to position 0. When it is exactly at position 0. If there is a pinhole for reset use that to do a hardware reset: follow instructions from manual, could be 2 seconds or more to keep pressed down. Use a small hex key or matchstick don't use to much force on this, you should just fill it go click and hold in that position.

Once you done that check parameters in receiver either diseqc 1.2 or usals, change them where needed and see if you can now move the motor from the receiver.

kopite1
29-08-2010, 09:53 AM
Thanks Giga for your reply,will give it a go and get back today sometime

Thanks again Kopite1:confused:

echelon
29-08-2010, 10:01 AM
no you cannot use a motor upside down m8 , they are designed to travel in an arc the correct way up only

if you could raise the motor for clearance then use any diseqc motor , assuming your present motor is diseqc and not one using a 36 volt motor and jack arm ( you need a vbox to change diseqc commands to those motors )

ian
29-08-2010, 10:08 AM
it would help if you actually told us what type of motor you have.

is it an actuator?
if so i might be able to offer advise

is it a diseqc motor?
if so then someone else will have to try to help you.Ian.

kopite1
29-08-2010, 11:36 AM
Hello all,

And thank you for your replies, I bought this motor about 10years ago,

cant even find the manual,have not had any probs until now,its a Superjack

EZ2000,with 32 preset positions....hope this helps,as I stated just green light

on panel of box in house no movement at all....thanks again

Kopite1:respect-055:

Giga
29-08-2010, 11:46 AM
if you need manual:

Giga
29-08-2010, 11:54 AM
metal gear diseqc 1.2 motor would do, i'm using one like that for driving my tds 110
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b256/maxinho1/moteckhowtoconnect-1.jpg

kopite1
29-08-2010, 12:18 PM
Hello Giga again,

Looking at the illistration on your last post, my patio mount is only 12 inches

I dont think there is enough of a clearance to put this motor on my mount,

please correct me if I am wrong....kopite1:iagree:

Giga
29-08-2010, 12:26 PM
your correct for this type. Think you can get away with a Stab hh 120 diseqc motor or similar?
you have with dish pole to ground and others with dish pole to sky! so your question was a valid one!
F-connectors on these motors always point to ground, so you can not reverse these motors: you buy them either with pole up or down!

kopite1
02-09-2010, 06:22 PM
Hello again,

Have now given up on the SuperJack motor, I now believe the remote

has packed in, on a better note have just purchased a Stab HH100 for a

reasonable price,so I have stripped my old motor down and painted the bracket

with rust resistable paint,I am thinking of moving this a few feet so that I can

pick up Bulsat @ 39%east.....Watch this space I may need some help!!

kopite1:respect-059: