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Satellite pointing made easy

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If you have bought the SATHUNTER, this presentationwill help you to start using your unit.

If you have not got it yet, we hope it will help youto take a decision!

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With the SATHUNTER, aligning a dishto the required satellite becomes

fast and easy

Anyone even with small technical knowledge

can do the job.

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Some hightlights

• Small, light, easy to use and rought.

• It works for DVB-S and DVB-S2.

• Identifies the satellite and reads the service listof the selected transponder.

• Measures Power, MER, CBER and LBER for fine adjustment.

• Drives the LNB with voltage and 22 kHz signal.

• Li+ batteries.

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Before starting...

• Check if the satellites / transponders preprogrammedin the SATHUNTER are good for your application.

• SATHUNTER needs to be programmed before usewith transponder information from the satellites you wantto work with.

• Each set of transponder data (frequency, FEC...)will become a test point in the SATHUNTER which you can label, so you identify it easily.

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Why use preprogrammed satellites?

• Set up to 16 satellites.

• Set for testing the 4 polarities on up to 4 satelites.

• Set only one point to avoid any possibility of error.

This is a solution to make the installation and measurementswith minimum operation complexity.

You can...

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Replaceable input connector

The input connector is a frequent point of breakdown in fieldinstruments. Therefore the SATHUNTER comes with areplaceable F/F adapter.

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Li+ batteries

• Before starting operation make sure batteries are charged and eventually charge them for a few hours using the AL-101B power charger supplied.

• The batteries are Li+, so not only battery life is longerbut also the charging time is quite short.

• The unit comes with a power adaptor and a chargerfor the car lighter.

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If the preprogrammed configurationis not good for your application, please go

to the “modifying configuration” section

Click me to go there directly.

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STEP 1

• Switch on by pressing key #1 for more than a second.• Move the dish towards the position where you’d expect

to find the satellite you wish to align.• As soon as you receive signals from a satellite, the bargraph

will show some activity and the acoustic indicator will beep.

Detecting a satellite

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STEP 1

• Move the dish smoothly up, down, left and right to getthe maximum bargraph deviation.

• Display will be also showing additional information:

Detecting a satellite

Actual LNB voltage supplied

Battery charge level

Current signalenergy reading(bargraph and

percentage)

22 kHz signal On/Off

Maxhold of the signalenergy reading(bargraph andpercentage)

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STEP 1

There are some of the messages you can get on the display:

Detecting a satellite

• “LNB SHORT CIRCUIT”. Look for a short circuit in the cable to the LNB, connectors, LNB itself...

• “LNB NOT DETECTED”. Check connectors and LNB. Check that the cable run is not too long

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STEP 2

• Once you have the maximum bargraph deviation, press key . The label of the first test point will be displayed (for example TP64).

• Right after the label the SATHUNTER will display all information.

Identifying satellite

Test point name

Orbital position + Network name

Service list IF frequency

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STEP 2Identifying satellite

Every time you push the key , the next text point will be selectedin a cyclic sequence.

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STEP 3

• Once you know you are on the right satellite, press key .

• Another bargraph showing MER measurement (both graphicallyand numerically) will appear together with the CBER and/or LBER measurement (configurable with the software).

Optimising the quality

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STEP 3

• Move the LNB to maximise the bargraph deviationand eventually try very small dish fine tuning.

Optimising the quality

MAXIMUM DEVIATIONOPTIMUM CROSS - POLARIZATION

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MODIFYING CONFIGURATIONIf you wish to work with satellites different to thosepreprogrammed from origin or wish to change the test points inany way, you should proceed as follows:

• Get information on the satellites and transponders of your choice.

• Edit the configuration file accordingly by using the SATHUNTER software supplied and change the programming of the SATHUNTER using the communications cable included as well.

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Get information...

• Satellite and transponder information is available through different sources.

• Several websites offer reliable data which can be usedto configure the SATHUNTER.

www.lyngsat.com

www.satcodx.com

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Get information...

Enter Lyngsat web site and click on your region in Packages.

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Get information...

Click on the desired satellite:

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Edit the configuration...

• Install the SATHUNTER software supplied on your PC.

• Connect the included cable to the USB port.

• Start the SATHUNTER.

• Run the software SATHUNTER.

• Select Tools Detect from the menu.

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Edit the configuration...

• Select Tools Receive from the menu

• Software should then take a few seconds to extractthe test points which are currently installedon the SATHUNTER.

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Edit the configuration

• Select Edit Point from the menu.You should then get the screen where you can modify the test points as you need.

Select the detectionpoint which you wantto edit.

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Edit the configuration

Select the LNB voltage

Enter the IF frequencyof the desiredtransponder

Select ON/OFF for the 22 kHz signal

if needed

Enter the symbol ratefor this transponder

Select whether thetransponder is DVB-S2or DVB-S

Select the Code rateor leave it in Auto if

you don’t knowthe value

Enter a name (4 chars)so that you can identifyit when you see it on the SATHUNTER

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Edit the configuration

• You should perform the same procedure for everytest point you need to charge.

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Edit the configuration

• Select Edit Config from the menu.

• You should then get the screen where you can modify the configuration of all points.

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Edit the configuration

• Select the number of test points that you want to be activeon the SATHUNTER.

• If, for instance, you have edited 10 tests points, you should enter “9” as the last detection point.

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Edit the configuration

• Once all changes have been made, you should save the file,either with the same name, thus erasing the original,or with a different name thus keeping the originalfor future reference.

• Select File Save from the menu.You should then get a regular Windows screenwhere you can name and save the edited file.

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Edit the configuration

• Select Tools Send from the menu.Software should then take a few seconds to installthe new configuration onto the SATHUNTER.

• Note that this will install the last filethat you have been working on and thatyou have already saved.

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Edit the configuration

• Select File Exit from the menu.

• Turn OFF the SATHUNTER and disconnect the cablefrom the computer.

• You are ready to work with a newly configured SATHUNTER.