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3.3 Parking the Dish
You need to park (lower) the dish before you can transport or relocate it. You can park
from the SatAimer interface, or from the dish skid.
You can cancel a park command by clicking
Stop,
or by moving the electronics box Kill
switch to the down position.
Important:
The motors that move the dish are powerful, and can cause serious injury or damage property.
Before aiming or parking the dish, ensure that it’s not going to come into contact with a building or
a vehicle. Keep others clear of the dish skid when aiming or parking.
When the Kill switch is in the down position, you can’t park the dish.
Parking from the SatAimer interface
To park the dish from the SatAimer interface:
1. Open the SatAimer home page (see
Open the SatAimer User Interface
12.)
2. Make sure that the Front Panel display’s Ready to Park light is green.
3. Click the
Park
button. The system starts the parking process.
Figure 9: The Park button
Parking from the dish skid
If the Park light is green, you can also park the dish from the dish skid: when ready, hold
down the aim/park switch on the dish’s electronics box for 1 second.
3.4 Cancelling an Aim or Park Command
To cancel an aim or park command, open the SatAimer program and click the
Stop
button on the SatAimer home page.
Figure 10: The Stop button
You can also cancel an aim or park command by clicking
Stop,
or by moving the
electronics box Kill switch to the down position.