Setup help required please

[Redrooster]

Hi Guys,
I'm in need of a little help and support please.

Although I have a fully motorised system I have just bought a Gigablue Quad from WOS to replace my old Echostar 3600IP.

To be totally honest, I am right at the bottom of the learning curve when it comes to Linux boxes so I am looking for a simple setup starting from the basics.

Searching around I realise I need to download and install a few things but at the moment I'm looking for basic guidance as to what to initially install and in what order to get the box setup for use.

Any help would be greatly appreciated at this stage.

many thanks

Red

[Stanman]

What image is on the box, if VIX than it will be relatively easy to get uou going.

[basilyoung]

I know very little about the Giga blue units, but the unit would of come with a working image, ( operating / user interface )

There are several "basic areas" that you need to understand, and its best to start with one, then move to the next basic thing

you first need to get the unit moving the motor perhaps, so your tuner configs need sorting sorting out first, along with a channel list

others might have a different opinion,

so is your set up, Motor only, or do you have a second dish?

also I will see what relivent "stickys" are available

and welcome to the forum

[Stanman]

Sorry ignore my post, blonde moment, VIX is not yet out for the quad

[Redrooster]

Thanks guys,
Wow, that was quick !!
At the moment the box is still in the box, unopened!!
I assume with it coming from WOS that it may have the Vix image installed?
My motorised setup has a 1m dish with a Jaeger 36v motor, so I've also purchased a Vbox to plug in to control the motor/dish.
Thats as far as I've got so far, thought I'd start asking the questions before I plug it all together and just go one step at a time to learn?
I'll set up the system tomorrow and get the dish moving first.

Thanks again, I'll report back when I've got things connected.

Red

[basilyoung]

as far as the v-box goes, I can help you there, but not tonight, and its actually quite easy

MrMister ( a MOD ) with luck will get involved, as he is upto speed on this unit

[Redrooster]

Hi Guys,
Ok, I've connected everything up, and also powered up, so everything seems ready for setting up.

[Redrooster]

I've had a go at setting the box up today and hit my first obstacle, after downloading the latest openmips and loading the Gigablue folder onto the root of my USB stick (FAT32) and inserting into the front usb before powering on, The message I got when I powered on was that it could not read the files on that medium?
I went into setup> device manager and it recognized the stick ok. Am I doing something wrong here or am I missing something else?

Thanks for any help

[Redrooster]

I said I was at the bottom of the learning curve !!
I was powering on from standby, as soon as I powered from the mains it worked

Next step is to configure the box to the V-box positioner, any ideas anyone?

Red

[basilyoung]

is the V box already setup? as in what sats are setup on the v box? if none please state so

[Redrooster]

Hi mate,

No sats set up on it at all, just looped to the receiver, connected to motor, switched on and now shows 0000 on the display and then goes to standby when the receiver is switched off.

thanks.

P.S. My dish position is currently aimed at Hotbird 13 deg

[Redrooster]

Is it best to use the v-Box as a stand alone positioner rather than using the receiver to position?

[basilyoung]

ok...the way I use my setup is simple

1 west I save as position 001
13 east as position 13
and so on

this is done on both the reciever and v box

so as you are on 13 east, and assuming the dish is correctly aligned

on the receiver go menu setup tuner config, set to advanced ( the tuner that is connected to the v box )

to be cont shortly

[basilyoung]

ok part 2

on the unit, @ advanced tuner config

Satellite set to 13 east
set it to DiSEqC mode 1.2
set USALs to no
stored position 13

then for now, go to top of list again,

change sat from 13 east to say 28 east
again set USALs to no
and and change stored position to 28

hit OK, this will save the 2 sat we have set up

you can if you want do this for all the sats you need

following the formula above

you the on the v box need to save the dishes current position to 13 or 013

to be cont

[basilyoung]

once the above has been done

assuming you have channel listings already, select a fta channel on 28 east

then via the v box, nudge the dish east until you get a signal / piccy ( 19 east has very simular settings to 28 east )

alternitly use sat finder in service searching, and set it to 28 east ( make sure its set to the tuner you are using )

once you have a piccy/strong signal, save it on your v box as 28 or 028

your unit should now move the dish from 28 to 13 east and vice versa

you need to follow this procedure on all other sats ie

on unit go to tuner config..add 19 east, disable USALs, save position as 19 and so on