diseqc rotor wrong control

[mr.krash@…]

Hi, I have a problem with the control of rotor: when I try to scan, any satellite and any frequency, rotor turn all to west. If I retry, rotor come back slowly but stop after timeout. Next try, it go again to west. Needless to say that with other systems working properly. My specs is:

• MythTV: last svn (21756);
• Rotor: SM3D12;
• SatCard?: Skystar 2 PCI;

Thank's in advance. mr.krash

[Janne Grunau]

what type of rotor? are you sure it correctly configured?

please attach a mythtv-setup -v most log.

[mr.krash@…]

Debug log of failed rotor configuration

[mr.krash@…]

Hi. Rotor -> SM3D12 with DiSEqC 1.2 positioner, GoToX, DiSEqC 1.3, USALS compatible. The rotor is correctly configured, I use it with an ABCom IpBox? PVR250S. On MythTV i have configured Rotor (diseqc 1.3) with 1 LNB and My position (lon 14,52 - lat 36,95). In input connection i have insert a lon of my preferred sat (Hotbird 13°) and i ìn scan section i have insert a sicured transponder.

[Dibblah]

You seem to have a very low tuning / signal timeout applying here. Can you check the entries in mythtv-setup, capture card setup please? For -s with a rotor, these should be longer than your rotor can possibly take to transit.

[mr.krash@…]

I have changed timeout and now is set to max (60000/65000), but don't change nothing. It's necessary that dish turn all when position of my sat is only -1,72 from 0 on graduate scale of rotor?

[Janne Grunau]

I think you've configured the input to 13 degrees west. btw the correct orbital position of hotbird is 13.5E

[mr.krash@…]

I have inserted only 13 without west or est. Now I have also test with 13.5, but nothing.

[mr.krash@…]

I have changed in input connection the coord of my sat. Now if I set 13 and orienatl hemisphere, in log I see the correct diseqc command that set dish to 13 (Azimuth -1,72..). But dish don't move...

[mr.krash@…]

Ok, problem (maybe) solved. In input connections, when i must set grade, i must set also emisphere that it's relative to satellite and not to my position. Now i have set oriental and mythtv send correct diseqc command. Tank you for your support.

[Dibblah]

Thank you for following up on this. You are one of very few rotor users - As far as I know, no devs have rotors, therefore bugs may not be noticed in this code.

If this problem is not in fact just a configuration issue, please comment on this ticket and it will be reopened.