922 shorted out

[Ski5010]

Well i just checked all my wires again and there all tight,Thanks anyway

[rainman]

does your dish move free and easy when the acuator isn't attached?
only other thing i can think of is you got bad wiring. try removing your acuator and hook it to the receiver with a jumper wire made up of about 10 feet and see if it works if it does then you will need new wiring.

[Ski5010]

Will I connected my V-Box II to the dish and it moves it so i can guess my receiver isn't working,How do i check the receiver any further now.

[wejones]

A couple other possibilities. I get the actuator error thing all the time for a couple reasons. Basically that means that the receiver isn't receiving any pulses from the actuator. It can mean that the dish isn't moving, because it's frozen like Rainman said, however it can also be because the sensor wiring isn't correct. There are usually 3 wires, however with most actuators, only 2 are used, and if you use the wrong ones, it won't work. Also, if moisture gets into around where the magnetic reed switch is, sometimes the pulses are shorted out or damped a bit. Every time we get a heavy misty rain, I end up getting actuator errors on my dish, and everything is fine after it dries out.
Also, on some actuators, the magnetic wheel can be positioned closer or further from the reed switch, in the event that it isn't switching.
I'd recommend getting a ohm-meter, and hooking your actuator up to a car battery, and run it from the battery, while watching the ohm-meter across the sensor wires. If the motor turns, and the ohm-meter indicates alternating open/closed pulses, then everything is OK at the actuator, and the problem is either in the wiring or the receiver setup.

One other thing, is that about half the time, when I've hooked up actuators, I've hooked up the big power wires backward. If your actuator is fully retracted, or fully extended, ie at a mechanical limit, and you try making it go the other way, it will try going the wrong way, but can't, because it's at it's limit. Try manually moving the dish both ways, just to make sure it isn't going in the wrong direction.

[Ski5010]

Will I connected my V-Box II to the dish and it moves it so i can guess my receiver isn't working,Other then checking the board How do i check the receiver any further now.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by Ski5010

Will I connected my V-Box II to the dish and it moves it so i can guess my receiver isn't working,Other then checking the board How do i check the receiver any further now.

Other than looking for a circuit breaker button (most receivers have a circuit breaker button to protect against shorts or excess current if dish freezes), it isn't easy. You might be able to check for pulses by artificially connecting the pulse wires to see if the counts change on the receiver, although it will take a lot of tapping (I think on most receivers, the counts will change even if you aren't telling the motor to move via the receiver). However it usually isn't easy to check for voltage on the main motor wires. This is because most receivers almost immediately cut off motor voltage if it doesn't see pulses immediately, so if you hook up to a voltmeter and try moving the dish, all you normally get is a very short pulse, then nothing.