[rainman]

Originally Posted by whodart

Hey, man. Thanks for the response. OK, I will hold off on upgrading the software and firmware. I ordered a null modem cable so it won't be here for a few days yet.
OK, in the USALS mode I entered my lat/long, 34.8 x 92.1 for my location as determined with a GPS. It wanted to go to satellite at 97°, which is west of my location. I have the dish and motor lined up as close to exact south as I can get, using the solar noon method. I selected a satellite at 91° since it was closer to my longitude and the dish went to the extreme east position and stopped. I cannot get it to respond to any commands from the receiver, go to zero, or go west, or by pushing the two buttons on bottom of motor that are supposed to move the dish a little. I can hear the relays clicking inside the motor when I do that with the buttons, or when I tell it to go to zero, but the motor doesn't operate. I just wonder if it is a bad motor? I have disconnected everything, tried all three of the reset methods, I get no led blinks from the motor. I will try again, will reset back to factory options on the receiver and get in the USALS mode and set limits and my position, and try again to get the dish to move west. Someone has told me that there is a reset hole in bottom of the motor that you have to push a pin in there and then you can move the dish and motor manually? Can't find any reference to that in the books.
THanks, agian for advise. WIll see what happens. Regards

Dave E.

make sure you put the lat and longitude in as North and West.