Can I still buy a V Box with a 5v output?

[Gazzamo]

I am trying to reuse a motorised dish with a Chaparral H-H motor in a new digital system using a VU+ Duo2. The motor has 3 sensor connections from the old receiver (a Chaparral Monterey). Does anyone know if I can still get a V Box with the required extra 5v dc output?

[Dave5118]

I believe you will need a v-box mk 3..... as rare as rocking horse sh*t.

I've sent you a link to 1 in a PM.

[mikie8]

i use a fibo motor which requires a 5v+ . i had to mod my vbox as i could not find one to buy .

[Burnham]

Moteck vBox II has 5v. Listed for sale with many online retailers.

[Gazzamo]

I wondered about this positioner, but looking at images showing the back of the box, I can't see any connection point for the 5v wire. In fact I've just had a look at the image on a site in Cologne and I can only see motor, ground, sensor, and in and out F connectors

[stars]

I have a Moteck vBox II with 5v output (the 5V output is for the optical sensor in the motor)
and this version is a rebuild of the normal Moteck Vbox II version.
No big deal only 5V DC feed to the sensor. So ask your dealer if he have got this
mod.

regards stars

[Burnham]

My Moteck also has a 5v output terminal - I have just checked, and it is a large red knob on the back of the box.

I bought it from a UK dealer some years ago. It was standard stock back then, but the spec might have changed since.

[Gazzamo]

I think I read a post on another forum which gave an outline of your mod to a Jaeger Superjack. I can wield a soldering iron, but would need a detailed components list and instructions to do this mod myself. I'm having no luck at all tracking down a Mk III box, so it may come down to modding a Mk II.

[magician]

Would this help????

edited post no links to othere supplyers

[captainglassback]

Wow! That looks a good bit of kit. My Echostar went wonky the other day so was looking to get a Chaparal out of retirement to drive my 1.2 Channel Master. This looks like a more sensible alternative. Are my assumptions correct in that this box is not connected to any stb but just to the dish? (Fortunately the wonderful Echostar has come back to life....for the time being!)

[Mickha]

A V-Box II can be used as a stand alone positioner or used with a receiver.
You simply connect the wires, from your motor, to the V-Box positioner, then either use the supplied remote to position the dish, or better still, connect the V-Box to your receiver, using a piece of coax cable. Once done you can set the satellite positions, using the Diseqc 2 option, and manually allocate the satelite positions, using your receiver.
Once set up your receiver will move the dish when a channel, or satellite, is selected, it even works using the timer recroding settings, in your receiver.

[mahler]

I am trying to reuse a motorised dish with a Chaparral H-H motor in a new digital system using a VU+ Duo2. The motor has 3 sensor connections from the old receiver (a Chaparral Monterey). Does anyone know if I can still get a V Box with the required extra 5v dc output?

I also have a fibo 1.2 mtr dish being used with a receiver not containing a five volt feed to the positioner, and there is nothing special about this 5 volts as it does not need to be high current capability, and only feeds a couple of small transistors.

What I did was to buy one of those small plugin power units used for charging mobile phones and lot's of other things, then connect the 5 volt positive connection to the dish, and the negative connection to the earth connection to the dish terminal block, and I could not actually source a exact 5 volts but six volt ones are ok, and have been working fine for 7 years.

To prevent forgetting I leave mine permanently plugged in but you could use a 13 amp switch socket if prefered.

Regards mahler.

[Gazzamo]

I also have a fibo 1.2 mtr dish being used with a receiver not containing a five volt feed to the positioner, and there is nothing special about this 5 volts as it does not need to be high current capability, and only feeds a couple of small transistors.

What I did was to buy one of those small plugin power units used for charging mobile phones and lot's of other things, then connect the 5 volt positive connection to the dish, and the negative connection to the earth connection to the dish terminal block, and I could not actually source a exact 5 volts but six volt ones are ok, and have been working fine for 7 years.

To prevent forgetting I leave mine permanently plugged in but you could use a 13 amp switch socket if prefered.

Regards mahler.


That looks an interesting and practical solution. Just to be clear, would I take the positive feed from the charger, and connect to the wire going to the +5v connection on the motor, and connect the negative from the charger to ground on the V-box, which would also have the sensor and ground connections from the motor?

Regards

[Gazzamo]

Would this help????

edited post no links to othere supplyers

It might have! Who knows?

[captainglassback]

Shame that link was removed as the exceptionally superb Goldwafers don't stock this kind of kit. Rules is rules I guess! Fortunately I kept a note of the bit of kit if anyone needs to solve this issue as indeed I will one day.

[DCG]

Shame that link was removed as the exceptionally superb Goldwafers don't stock this kind of kit. Rules is rules I guess! Fortunately I kept a note of the bit of kit if anyone needs to solve this issue as indeed I will one day.


yes and rules are rules

@captainglassback
hers part of them

plz reread them

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[Gazzamo]

Shame that link was removed as the exceptionally superb Goldwafers don't stock this kind of kit. Rules is rules I guess! Fortunately I kept a note of the bit of kit if anyone needs to solve this issue as indeed I will one day.

I'd be more than happy to receive this information whatever means. My post count isn't high enough to send PM's yet.

Regards

[magician]

My Bad!! Sorry.



Would this help????

edited post no links to othere supplyers

[Gazzamo]

My Bad!! Sorry.

Hi Magician,

Would it be possible for you to send the link to me via a pm?

Regards

[Gazzamo]

Thanks captainglassback!. Unfortunately, I tried this site for the Technomate more than a week ago. My order immediately went to status "Cancelled", and attempts to contact the site through email have so far gone unanswered. My Paypal payment is still sitting there. I must get around to cancelling it. I am trying to contact Technomate themselves to find out whether the product is still available. It would be the complete solution if it were.

[Mickha]

The Technomate V Box MK3 DiSEqC Positioner is very old, in satellite terms, and it is unlikely you will find one availabler, but not impossible.
Why not try an internet search for "Technomate V Box MK3 DiSEqC Positioner" and contact any suppliers, to see if they have one in stock, or ask if they know of anything similar, that will do the same job.

[Gazzamo]

captainglassback, site references had *'s after the three w's, so I'm unable to follow these leads. If you know that these sites have the box, it might be worthwhile trying the links in some other way? At this rate I'll have my required number of posts for pm's on this thread alone!

[mahler]

That looks an interesting and practical solution. Just to be clear, would I take the positive feed from the charger, and connect to the wire going to the +5v connection on the motor, and connect the negative from the charger to ground on the V-box, which would also have the sensor and ground connections from the motor?

Regards

Yes Gazzmo that's correct, and you connect the small power unit exactly as you would if your receiver or Vbox had the five volt feed on it but in this case the 5 volt is independant to anything else.

Rrgards mahler.

[magician]

SENT!! ;-p

[Gazzamo]

Yes Gazzmo that's correct, and you connect the small power unit exactly as you would if your receiver or Vbox had the five volt feed on it but in this case the 5 volt is independant to anything else.

Rrgards mahler.

Well it's all up and working now, although I'm only receiving a few satellites between .8W and 19E (I think that while the dish wasn't being used it has moved east on its mounting post. It probably just needs realignment). I found an old phone charger that outputs 5.5v and I'm using that as you described to provide the voltage to the dish.

Many thanks