Installation guide

Mount Installation Guide

FUNCTION OF ANTENNA MOVEMENT

AZIMUTH

Once the antenna is deployed, the Controller (Indoor Unit) will instruct the mount to rotate clockwise

and then counter clockwise to sweep the sky for satellites. If the system does not see a satellite that it can

identify once it rotates to its clockwise or counter clockwise, as it stops against an azimuth limit it will go up

2 degrees and reverse directions. If it does not see a satellite that it can identify on this pass when it hits the

opposing limit it will go down 4 degrees in elevation. If nothing seen, it will go up 6 degrees, ever widening

its search pattern until it has swept a "box" in the sky. If nothing is found in this search pattern the system

will display an error as to what it thinks is wrong.

SKEW

Once the controller has identified two satellites or has input from a vGPS, it will calculate the arc in

which the satellites reside and tilt the antenna (and LNB's) to align each LNB at the end of the LNB Arm

with their appropriate satellites. If you travel from Southern Florida to Southern California the skew angle

will change dramatically. It will tilt or skew the antenna an opposite or more extreme direction. It will

change somewhere in the middle of the country depending upon the satellites that you are looking for.

DEPLOYED

If the mount has quit moving it has probability acquired, identified and maintained a high signal lock

and you are probably watching TV.

STOWED

When the mount is given a command to stow, it will elevate fully to clear any object on your roof,

bring skew into a neutral position and then rotate in azimuth until it hits an azimuth limit. At that time it will

move down in elevation until it comes to rest in a travel position. This is an important step. This will

prevent the automatic stow feature that an overpass provides. (just checking to see if you were reading the

manual).

ELEVATION

The controller remembers its last elevation that it saw when it last identified a satellite. It will rise to

that specific elevation to shorten your search time. If the system has a vGPS then that device will provide

the controller with the proper required information for proper satellite acquisition.