Pace MSP 995 - SETTING DISH MOVEMENT LIMITS; Adjusting East and West Limits; Handling Out-of-Limit Positions

OPERATION
This section includes information on how to set up and operate your Pace MSP995
Dish Positioner. You might like to use it as a guide to getting your unit "up and
running". More detailed information on the MSP995's features can be found elsewhere
in this manual.
Typically, you should follow these steps:-
1) Set Limits: Establish actual physical limits for the movement of your satellite dish.
2) Set Up Positions: Programme in the positions of any satellites you are interested
in. This can be done at the Dish Positioner or in conjunction with a Pace 800/900 or
MSS1000 series satellite TV receiver (or similar model).
3) Normal Mode Operation: Your MSP995 should then be ready for use and can be
operated automatically using your satellite TV receiver handset.
SETTING THE LIMITS
Introduction
Following installation of your MSP995 Dish Positioner, your first task should be to limit
the panning movement of the satellite dish antenna. This is needed to prevent the
dish from moving into physical obstructions or into areas where its reception is
affected by objects such as overhanging tree branches or adjacent buildings.
You do this by setting up an East limit and a West limit for the Dish Positioner unit.
Using your handset, follow the procedure outlined below:-
* Dish panning limits are established by using the set limits mode of your Dish
Positioner. Press MODE then 2 on your handset. The LIMIT LED will illuminate
and the Positioner front panel will show a 3-digit value (such as 024), indicating
the current position of the dish.
¢ Toset up an East limit, press and hold down the EAST key on your handset. The
satellite dish should move as you do this and the front panel display will count
down. Take your finger off the key to stop the dish from moving. NOTE: If the dish
moves in the opposite direction to that expected when you press the WEST or
EAST key, then the actuator unit motor wires should be reversed.
¢ Move the dish Eastwards until it has reached the position you want to set as the
East limit. (You are advised to visually check the dish as you do this, to pinpoint
any possible physical obstructions.)
* Press STORE. The display will read "L1 set", indicating that Limit 1 has been
established. The 3-digit figure "000" will be shown. This corresponds to the
Eastern limit of the dish panning range.
¢« You can now set up the West limit. Using the WEST handset key, move your
satellite dish to the opposite extreme of the panning range you require. Press
STORE. The display should indicate that Limit 2 has been set ("L2 set"), and will
show a corresponding 3-digit position for this West limit.
Having established your East and West limits, you are now ready to store the
positions of any satellites which fall within these dish panning limits. See the next
section, Satellite Positions, for details of how to do this.
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Here, four satellite positions have been programmedin within this dish panning range.
You should note, however, that your Pace MSP995 Dish Positioner allows a
maximum of 128 satellite positions to be set up.
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> IMPORTANT
When you first connect up your
MSP995 with a Pace 800/900 or
MSS1000 Series Satellite TV
Receiver via a full SCART lead,
you should initialise the Dish Po-
sitioner. Bring the receiver into,
and-then out of, standby mode.
The MSP995 will then be set up to
work correctly with your receiver.
> ADJUSTING THE LIMITS
The East and West limits you set up
when first using your Dish Positioner
are not fixed — you can alter them.
New satellites are being launched
all the time and you might wish to
extend the panning range of your
satellite dish to include their trans-
missions. The MSP995 allows you
to quickly change the East and West.
limits. However, you should note the
information below prior to doing this,
particularly when you have already
set up satellite positions which
you may wish to preserve.
East Limit
Gointo set limits mode (MODE, 2).
Move the dish East and STORE the
new limit. The display will read "L1
set 000". This will be the new start-
ing point and all existing satellite
positions you may have set up will
be recalculated automatically by the
MSP995. Press NORM to get back
into normal mode.
West Limit
Enter set limits mode (MODE, 2),
go tothe new Westlimit and STORE.
When."L1 set 000" is shown, press
the NORM key. This will ensure that
the position is taken as the new
West (not East) limit.
Both Limits
Set the East limit (L1) as shown
above. Then, move to the new West
limit and STORE. Whilst the dis-
play shows "L2 set" press the
MODE key. This will ensure that all
existing satellite positions are pre-
served. The MSP995 will recalculate
their 3-digit positions accordingly.
Out Positions
Rearranging the East/West limits
for the MSP995 may "knock out"
some existing satellite positions.
They may be outside the new limits,
for instance. When you try to move
to these positions the display will
read "out". To regain these positions,
simply readjust the East or West
limit as required.