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Originally Posted by littlelor
the receiver is a viewsat extreme, I hired someone to install it for me, from a satelite center,as I had no idea how to set up the motor(female, not into technical stuff) he set it up as installer then user, I did a factory upgrade, and this is when the swing on the sats started, and will not go auto only manually, I had the installer come back and he then tried usuals (i don't use any switches)and he never seen anything like it, and had no answer, he then tried the first way he hooked it up, but still does the same thing. Could it be the memory in the receiver, or lnb line? |
I don't know anything about the Viewsat receiver, maybe someone else does. Since the problem started when you did the factory upgrade, I wouldn't think the coax would be a problem. Also, the only related things kept in memory in the receiver is your longitude/latitude and the sat's latitude (if you're using USALS), and the DiseqC1.2 sat number, if you're using DiseqC1.2. When using DiseqC1.2, the positions are stored in the motor, not the receiver, and when using USALS, the positions aren't stored, they are calculated each time you go to a sat.
Typical things that might be entered wrong though, are:
In general,
try to disable the limits, and reset them manually.
Make sure that the motor's "ZERO" is correct. Ie issue a goto zero command, and see where the motor goes. If it doesn't go to zero, see if there is a hard-reset procedure. I have a different motor, but on my motor, you can manually move the motor to zero, then do the hard reset, and it will calibrate where the zero is.
Make sure that the firmware you upgraded to was indeed for your receiver. Perhaps revert to the old firmware you had before the upgrade.
If using USALS... Make sure your lat/lon and sat lon are entered with proper hemisphere (E,W,N,S).
If using DiseqC1.2... After insuring that the zero is at zero, do one sat at a time, starting near your due south sat. Manually bump the motor until you find a known transponder, using a meter in the transponder scan section, and when you have found the transponder, then save the sat position.
What I think most likely happened, is that somehow your receiver sent a reset command, or resync or something that changed the motor's zero position, so it is calculating all the sat positions vs a zero position that is way off to one horizon.