Lets talk about motorising big dishes here.
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@All fta experts and installers,this the best thread am waiting for! Infact it is a timely thread.

Motorising large dishes start with the pole stand.
Ensure the pole/pipe is straight up i.e at angle 90. You may have to use angle meter or bricklayers' plumbline.
2. If your dish is pan or net. You have to follow the setup intructions in the manual to ensure your dish is properly assembled.
3.get your jack and positioner handy

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4. Determine your east and west
5. Get frequencies of satellites- you can use www.lyngsat.com or www.flysat.com to get list of frequencies. You can also get list of satellites recievable in your location on www.dishpointer.com

STEP TO MOTORISING
1. Track the farthest eastern satellite and mark it on the pole, eg in naija track intelsat 7/10
2. Track a western satellite eg Nss7 and mark it on the pole
3. Track a satellite on the top of the arc eg sirus4.

VERY IMPORTANT
To make the dish track the arc, you must set the declination angle also known as dish tilt. This can be done simply by tracking your due south satellite. In naija use sirus 4@4.8' E to set your declination or dish tilt.
6.When you've manually done the above, then attach your jack.
Pls follow manufacturers insruction when mounting your jack.
7. Connect your jack to the positioner as instructed in the manual. You will need a 4way cable, computer networking cable can be used. Pls pay attention to wire colour so that you do not destroy your jack due to wrong wiring.
8. Now move the dish and start to track your satellites.
GOOD LUCK

@moderator
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@ sammu
this is impressive! Good job. (applaud!!)

lets also add that the lower the satelite you want to track depends on the length(in inches)of the actuator.

@ all


and may b d perfect way to combine ur lnb's

@adeex, thank your the pix.
I hope your daarbox is rocking
@all
You can add 1 more lnb to make 3in1 set up

yeah am enjoyin d box, how is every body at ur end. will b doin my 2.5m dis weekend will u b able to come around.

@adeexy, i will be visiting a senior friend this weekend. Are you motorising it?

@ Sammu

I planned to motorize it but wont b able 2 do dat 4 now, though d installation was a success

good thinking on your write up

Can someone direct me on how 2 connect jack and positioner? I mean the wires. Thanks in advance.

Ameboperoo:

Can someone direct me on how 2 connect jack and positioner? I mean the wires. Thanks in advance.

There is a guide to connect d wires when u unscrew d bottom cover of d jack

I saw it but it's not very clear. There are 4 wires with 2 indication for +ive and -ive. What of the other two? Should I just connect them not minding the polarity? Again, at the back of the positioner, there are six ports. 2 with indication and the other 4 without any. Pls throw more light on it.

hmm, theories are far simpler than putting into practice.

@ameboperoo.
Take extreme care when connecting your positioner with the jack, any mistake could damage the reed sensor in the jack.
Here are simple steps to take.
1. Get telecom cable with 4 wires of diferrent colour code in it.
2. Study carefully the back of your positioner, you will see M1 and M2; then SENSOR 1 AND 2.
3. Again, study carefully the instruction label pasted inside the jack cover. You will see M1 and M2; sensor 1, 2
4. Now use the colour code to connect the wires. For example, if you put red wire on M1 on the jack, then red wire at the other end MUST go to M1 on the positioner.
You can call me for more explanations

Ameboperoo:

I saw it but it's not very clear. There are 4 wires with 2 indication for +ive and -ive. What of the other two? Should I just connect them not minding the polarity? Again, at the back of the positioner, there are six ports. 2 with indication and the other 4 without any. Pls throw more light on it.

to add to what sammu has said if u can't clearly see the instruction label, for ur positioner u are only going to make use of 4 ports in my own case d 2 ports in d middle is not useful so M1 and M2 should be at d top (i.e. d two ports at d extreme end) and d sensor will be below it in d same order.
Then from d Jack itself pick one positive and negative and connect it to d ports of d positioner and if dat doesn't work pick d positives for d Motor and d negatives for d sensor. am sure it shud work out fine.

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@All,

Is it possible to motorize a 4 metre dish?

Yes. It is possible. I've motorised one before

@ Sammu,

How many Jack did u use?

What are the added satellites compared with that of a 2.4 meter set up?

Used 36inches jack. The advantage is that european beams of sats came on with high signals

Thanks Sammu. Where can i get the 36inches Jark

@ Loluskysat

U can get the 36 inch jack at any satelite shop in abuja there if u are in Lagos its always available at Oshodi or alaba

i have 2.4m at home now, thinking maybe i should motorize it,

Adeexy, please where in Abuja? I'm in Abuja

@ Loluskysat

I dont reside in Abuja so I dont know any particular place may be u should try and contact Babaegun or the moderator himself dey stay in Abuja sure dey can help u.

twinskenny:

i have 2.4m at home now, thinking maybe i should motorize it,

@twinskenny,

Thats the best thing u can do to fully enjoy FTA as said yesterday, even my 4.4m dey go for motorise, i cannot avoid to miss Abu dhabi

Check the comment on the link below,

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-475774.99999.html#bot

@all

dnt mind this my question ooo

how many sat can u point to if u motorize


i have my 2.4m sitting @ home i want to motorize it,


thanks

Twins. It's depends on your location. As many as is within your horizon and that has footprint on your location,

@twinskenny
as for me here in lokoja i receive up to 19 satellites with my 2.6 mesh dish.
when i am chanced i will send the list of all of them to you