Power Scan

[Jim-S]

I have the Mercury II.........why is it that when I do a Power Scan and sometimes twice that it will not pickup all the TPs? Case in point on AMC 4 I had to manually input 12120v30000. I scanned at #4 freq step as well.

[Former Cbandguy]

I have the Fortec Star Dynamic FTA KU band receiver and I sometimes find that a power scan does not pick up all the frequency transponders all the time. There are times when I have to manually enter the frequency, polarity and symbol rate to get a signal. The power scan generally works well but it definitely is not 100% accurate. I wonder why this happens.

[Vitruvius]

I have noticed that I have to set the scan to 4 increments instead of the default 6, and set the scan to Detailed instead of Normal. Are you all doing that when you powerscan?

[Former Cbandguy]

That's what I'm doing wrong! I'm using normal in 4 steps rather than detailed in 4 steps. Thanks a bunch for the suggestion. I will try it by changing the parameter for searching to detailed in 4 steps.

[Jim-S]

Originally Posted by Vitruvius

I have noticed that I have to set the scan to 4 increments instead of the default 6, and set the scan to Detailed instead of Normal. Are you all doing that when you powerscan?

Yes, I always use 4 step and detailed..............sometimes 6 step.
Thanks for reply.

[bobkat]

I've noticed this too and not only on Fortec receivers. Some transponders take a second or two for the receiver to lock in - maybe the power scan goes too fast to grab the signal - I don't know. I always use Lyngsat and manually enter everything; much more fun anyway...

kat

[Jim-S]

I always relied on the Power Scan.........I guess I had better pay attention to Lyngsat and other lists. With so many changes going on it's a hard to keep up.
Jim

[rainman]

I have notice if the freq are close that it sometimes skip a freq don't know why but it does. I usually Power Scan then check it against lyngsat and add the ones it missed.

[spongella]

I found that the best way to scan to get the most live TP's is to set the frequency step to 4mHz, and use "Detail" instead of "Normal" on the scan capture. This takes the longest time to scan, but you'll increase your chances of getting live transponders.

If that type of scan does not get the TP you are seeking, than it is best to enter the TP freq., SR, and polarization, save the information, then go to TP scan.

[Vitruvius]

ok, I am having a problem now with my powerscan on my Fortec Dynamic receiver. It doesn't seem to be picking up anything... It just goes through the movements and keeps 0 as the number of channels found. I backed up my channels and then cleared all channels and it still would scan in the same old channels. I had to reload the old channel list. I am afraid to do a factory reset for fear of not getting anything in the end. Do you think that I have reached the limit of transponder quantity for the receiver's memory? It doesn't explain the inability to scan after deleting channels.

[spongella]

Something does not sound right, I have done many factory resets without any effect on the scanning. You might want to call Fortec Tech Services in Canada they are tops. I have called them with problems, and they have always helped.

In my receiver I must have at least 200 or more channels without any effect on Powerscan.

I assume you have tried Powerscanning other satellites with the same results.

Spongella

[lordbelokh]

I have also developed the same problem about few weeks ago. I hid the power scan botton and it scans like one transpondant and after about 5 to 10 percentage more, the transpondant disappears and it does that few other times as the transpondant appear and disappears, but no more than that first transpondant appears. I don't know if it is some software problems or hardware.

[Vitruvius]

Oh yes... I am still having problems with scanning... it is just not finding anything now.

I get all the channels and sats that are programmed, but when I do a new powerscan I get absolutely nothing detected.

I will call Fortec Star this Friday or Monday to see if they can shed light on this. Thanks Spongella...

[Jim-S]

What I have been doing is go to Edit TP the red button under antenna setup, delete all the TP's except one, which is automatic, listed with the satellite I want to scan. Then do a Power Scan, and after I do that, I sometimes do an Auto Scan. That way the receiver doesn't get overloaded with TP's. Like a computer keep it clean.
Jim

[Vitruvius]

Jim, thanks... so you think I may be overloaded with TPs? That is what I hope is the problem...

[Jim-S]

Originally Posted by Vitruvius

Jim, thanks... so you think I may be overloaded with TPs? That is what I hope is the problem...

I don't know for sure if that is your problem, but my Mercury II acted real strange. I would hit the menu button to go back a screen it would jump to the radio screen or I would have a partial screen on top of another screen. I would have to shut it off and on the get it right. I read somewhere in this forum that TP overload can cause odd things to happen. I did a factory reset and kept the TP's cleaned out. I have not had a problem since or up till now.
Good Luck

[Vitruvius]

Jim, thanks for the suggestion. I really thought the transister (do they still use those?) controlling the powerscan was on the blink... I did what you suggested and deleted a couple of transponders on one satellite... I think it was Sat 89. I then was able to powerscan and get some existing and new transponders. Thanks for the help. I guess there is a limit on the number of transponders allowed in the Dynamic.

[Jim-S]

I think like a PC if too much data or the drive has a lot of stuff on it they tend to slow down.
I guess the old saying is true... KISS.......keep it simple stupid.

[Former Cbandguy]

Originally Posted by Vitruvius

ok, I am having a problem now with my powerscan on my Fortec Dynamic receiver. It doesn't seem to be picking up anything... It just goes through the movements and keeps 0 as the number of channels found. I backed up my channels and then cleared all channels and it still would scan in the same old channels. I had to reload the old channel list. I am afraid to do a factory reset for fear of not getting anything in the end. Do you think that I have reached the limit of transponder quantity for the receiver's memory? It doesn't explain the inability to scan after deleting channels.

I am having the same exact problem. When I power scan, the blind feature will pick up all the frequencies and symbol rates but when it goes through the movements 0 channels show up. You indicated on a thread follow-up to this issue that you we're going to contact Fortec Star regarding this issue. Did Fortec Star provide you with any explanation regarding this problem and how it can be resolved?

[Vitruvius]

I did not call fortec since by deleting un-used transponders, my problem was solved. I went into the channel listings and pushed the red button for TP Edit. I then deleted any transponders that were not getting any signal, assuming that they were not being used. I only deleted 5 or 6 and then when I did the powerscan, everything went back to normal and I was able to get new transponders and scan for FTA channels no problem...
Jim's suggestion fixed my problem.

[spongella]

One more thing that may help - what I did recently was to delete all my radio channels, since I do not use them at all, figuring they must take up some space in memory. There are lots of radio channels that are saved automatically. Even data transponders are saved in the Fortec Dynamic Receiver.

Hope this helps.