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Field Service Procedure – Replacement Pol Pot Kit, USAT 

 

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6

 

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Document No 

135929 Rev A

 

Copyright © Sea Tel, Inc 2012 - The information contained in this document is proprietary to Sea 
Tel, Inc.  This document may not be reproduced or distributed in any form without prior written 

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*Note:

 

A

 

level

 

bubble

 

or

 

spirit

 

level

 

can

 

be

 

placed

 

on

 

the

 

LNB

 

to

 

verify

 

the

 

accuracy

 

of

 

its

 

alignment.

 

 

 

(Fig:

 

1.1)

 

 

7.

 

If

 

the

 

LNB

 

isn’t

 

horizontal

 

at

 

the

 

central

 

position

 

of

 

the

 

pots

 

range

 

(120

 

counts)

 

the

 

LNB

 

will

 

then

 

need

 

to

 

be

 

physically

 

driven

 

until

 

it

 

is

 

aligned

 

horizontally

 

and

 

then

 

adjustments

 

will

 

need

 

to

 

be

 

made

 

to

 

the

 

position

 

of

 

the

 

pol

 

pot

 

to

 

calibrate

 

it

 

for

 

a

 

value

 

of

 

120

 

counts.

 

To

 

drive

 

the

 

LNB

 

to

 

horizontal

 

enter

 

drive

 

commands

 

into

 

the

 

remote

 

command

 

screen

 

of

 

the

 

DAC

 

to

 

rotate

 

the

 

feed

 

assembly

 

by

 

issuing

 

drive

 

to

 

the

 

pol

 

motor:

  

For

 

example

 

if

 

the

 

LNB

 

is

 

over

 

to

 

the

 

left

 

of

 

center

 

and

 

needs

 

to

 

be

 

driven

 

clockwise

 

to

 

bring

 

it

 

to

 

horizontal

 

increase

 

the

 

pol

 

value.

 

Enter

 

“g0130”,

 

“g0135”,

 

g0137”

 

and

 

so

 

on

 

into

 

the

 

remote

 

command

 

screen

 

until

 

the

 

LNB

 

is

 

aligned

 

horizontally.

  

Should

 

the

 

LNB

 

be

 

over

 

to

 

the

 

right

 

of

 

center

 

and

 

needs

 

to

 

be

 

driven

 

counter

clockwise

 

to

 

bring

 

it

 

to

 

horizontal

 

decrease

 

the

 

pol

 

value.

 

Enter

 

“g0110”,

 

“g0105”,

 

g0103”

 

and

 

so

 

on

 

into

 

the

 

remote

 

command

 

screen

 

until

 

the

 

LNB

 

is

 

aligned

 

horizontally.

      

 

8.

 

 

Once

 

the

 

LNB

 

has

 

been

 

aligned

 

horizontally

 

(as

 

per

 

Fig

 

1.1)

 

locate

 

the

 

pol

 

pot

 

on

 

the

 

feed

 

assembly

 

and

 

loosen

 

the

 

retaining

 

screw

 

using

 

a

 

9/64”

 

Allen

 

wrench

 

(as

 

shown

 

below

 

in

 

Fig.

 

1.2).

 

 

Slide

 

the

 

pol

 

pots

 

bracket

 

towards

 

the

 

feed

 

assembly

 

to

 

slacken

 

the

 

belt

 

tension

 

and

 

allow

 

the

 

pol

 

pot’s

 

pulley

 

to

 

be

 

rotated

 

(as

 

shown

 

below

 

in

 

Fig.

 

1.3).

 

Adjust

 

the

 

pol

 

pot

 

as

 

necessary:

 

If

 

the

 

LNB

 

is

 

to

 

the

 

left

 

of

 

center

 

(needs

 

to

 

be

 

rotated

 

clockwise

 

to

 

bring

 

it

 

to

 

level)

 

rotate

 

the

 

pulley

 

counter

clockwise.

 

If

 

the

 

LNB

 

is

 

to

 

the

 

right

 

of

 

center

 

(needs

 

to

 

be

 

rotated

 

counter

clockwise

 

to

 

bring

 

it

 

to

 

level)

 

rotate

 

the

 

pulley

 

clockwise.

 

 

 

(Fig.

 

1.2)

                                                                              

(Fig.

 

1.3)

 

 

9.

 

Resend

 

the

 

remote

 

command

 

“g0120”

 

to

 

re

center

 

the

 

feed,

 

you

 

may

 

find

 

it

 

easier

 

to

 

drive

 

the

 

feed

 

away

 

from

 

its

 

central

 

position

 

and

 

then

 

back

 

to

 

center

 

(I.e.

 

send

 

the

 

command

 

“g0130”

 

followed

 

by

 

“g0120”).

 

 

Summary of Contents for USAT

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...lookup table in the DAC If the system is unable to drive the pol motor to obtain the correct feedback or if the pot has failed and won t give the correct feedback the antenna can t complete the target process and the antenna will stay in this position Setting the pol type to 0009 will make the antenna target by removing the auto pol function from the targeting process however the miss alignment of...

Page 3: ...eaches its end stop Now measure the resistance between the slider and the counter clockwise contact grey cable pin 2 and the red cable pin 3 The feedback should be approximately 5k ohms Now slowly rotate the shaft of the pot counter clockwise the reading should count down sequentially After one and a half turns the pot will be in the center of its range giving a resistance of approximately 2 5k oh...

Page 4: ...eflector harness connector from the pol pot connection and then compress the retaining clips to remove the pol pot connector from its mounting bracket 2 Locate the pol pot on the feed assembly and remove it using a 9 64 Allen wrench The pot is secured via a single screw washer and star washer save the hardware for future use 3 Now using the parts supplied in the kit build up the replacement pol po...

Page 5: ...ible if there is a large amount of error in the pot alignment 6 Install the replacement pot assembly onto the feed by looping the pulley through the belt Then install the flat washer followed by the star washer onto the retaining screw and apply Loctite 242 to the thread Pull down on the assembly to tension the belt and tighten the retaining screw Note Additional mounting hardware is provided in t...

Page 6: ...ton again to display the Pol Offset window Verify the pol offset is set to 0030 if not press the arrow key to activate the window Now use the and arrow keys to scroll the cursor along and use the and arrow keys to change the characters to 0030 and press the button 4 Now press the button again to display the Pol Scale window Verify the pol scale is set to 0090 if not press the arrow key to activate...

Page 7: ...alue Enter g0130 g0135 g0137 and so on into the remote command screen until the LNB is aligned horizontally Should the LNB be over to the right of center and needs to be driven counter clockwise to bring it to horizontal decrease the pol value Enter g0110 g0105 g0103 and so on into the remote command screen until the LNB is aligned horizontally 8 Once the LNB has been aligned horizontally as per F...

Page 8: ...screen of the DAC This will drive the feed assembly to its upper electronic end stop set by the potentiometer Once the pol motor has finished driving the LNB should be vertical to the right of the OMT with the coax cable pointing upwards as shown below in Fig 1 5 Fig 1 4 Fig 1 5 12 Set the Pol Type to automatic auto pol Press and hold the arrow keys together until the EL Trim or Auto Trim window i...

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