faulty motor

[starbug]

Hi
dm500s and Alsat Dark motor, 85cm dish

had the above kit 3 months...working fine thanks to forum help, untill I decided to have a clean out and feel my way around. Did a factory reset on the 500s then successfully flashed with Gemini 4.3.1 26-02-2008. I then reset the Diseqc motor as per instructions now cannot get motor to work from 500s but it will turn by manually pressing East West buttons.

If I go to Setup-service searching-motor setup and then Blue button for next page, the motor lights stop flashing as soon as the Blue button is pressed and it will not operate manually, I have to reboot then motor lights come back on.

Could the motor be faulty or have I forgot something
Please Help

[LilleMama]

I suguest you reflash box with the last working image and see if you get it working again . If it work use flash wissard pro to create a backup image ( just for safe keeping . All other stuff about motor settings I leave to others to reply on ( my knowledge is allmost zerro on motors )

[starbug]

thanks for reply lillemama, will try......

[data100]

reflash image then make sure it set up to muiti sat in menu at start try cable might have loose connection turn mill amps up to 150 in menu

[Sateurope]

did you input longitude and latitude in usals ?(motorsettings)

[starbug]

yep....did that

[starbug]

cheers will try........

[starbug]

reflash image then make sure it set up to muiti sat in menu at start try cable might have loose connection turn mill amps up to 150 in menu

How do I turn Milliamps up....where in menu is this function

[data100]

go in to service searching then motor setup then click on motor input power put up two 150 mA:DTHE EXTRA CURRENT TO DRIVE MOTOR BETTER AND SLIGHT FASTER AND FOR LONG RUNS OF CABLE

[starbug]

hi data
i have Gemini 4.5 maxvar image on my dm500s and unfortunately there is not an option to turn up milliamps in the motor setup screen

cheers

[starbug]

Hi all
the motor was at fault and has been returned for repair/replacement under waranty

thanks for all replys

[starbug]

Hi
The motor has been found OK so what is making the motor switch off when I send a command...If I bypass motor I can recieve channels

[starbug]

Hi all

I still need help bigstyle so posting again
Everything was working fine until I decided to try a different image.
After erasing image and then reflashing with various images the latest one Nabilosat darkstar II image, I could not get the motor to turn but it will turn by manually pressing E/W buttons. I have factory reset the box and reset the motor but everytime I try to set up the motor by entering LAT and LONG the lights on the motor go out when I go to the next page of setup and also everytime a signal is sent to the motor, and I have to reboot to get the lights back on.
The motor has been tested and it is OK. Using a meter the power goes from 10v to 17v when I send a signal to the motor which I think is OK. If I bypass the motor I can receive channels.

I unfortunately did not backup before flashing

Am I missing something? Do I need to install anything else?

Any help would be greatly appreciated PLEASE
Cheers