Problem with Motorised System with my Zgemma H9S 4K Please help ?

carmine

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Hi Guys,

I have owned my Zgemma for over 4 years now it was all working well for what i needed it for until the last 4/5 months on and off a but problem has steadily worse.
I have motorised system that turns from 30 west to 42 east.
Problem is that it gets stucks on any satellite position and only way to get in working is with remote go to menu / set up / tuner & scannings / Signal Finder and then move with remote to 0.8 west and by changing frequencies or going with left arrow or right arrow to other sat positions and back to 0.8 west it locks onto 0.8 west with Green Lock and its working again,
This fix use to last a couple of days but now im finding that i have to do at least a couple of times a day if im in all day watching TV very annoying.
As of now am stuck again on Signal Finder page but 0%AGC or BER and dB....
I try and tune in on signal finder page different frequencies but with no luck although this use to work straight away before ???
All very confusing.
About 1 year to 18 months ago ran whole new run of Satellite Cable all new f connectors and new lnb and motor so im guessing its problem with the box itself, has anyone else had this problem and if so is there an easy fix or is it a case that i may need a new box ???
as im posting this its now locked in again on frequency 10841H 25000 3/4 not that i can see these channels but system back up working as it should as i said all very strange Please advise any advice most welcome

Regards
Carmine

Im running Openpli 7.3-release
 
If it the H9 they do this, others on here will swear they dont like so what do i know.

We have been over the basics many times regarding this on your last thread but redo all f connectors between the box and the LNB.

Send the motor to zero then 0.8 west and manual peak the singal to max then recalibrate.

All you can do really.
 
Are you using USALS or Diseq and what is the make of motor but as Ferret said box is the issue. Get a good box if you can afford it.
 
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If it the H9 they do this, others on here will swear they dont like so what do i know.

We have been over the basics many times regarding this on your last thread but redo all f connectors between the box and the LNB.

Send the motor to zero then 0.8 west and manual peak the singal to max then recalibrate.

All you can do really.
Hello again

sorry for late reply have been going through a family problems
just tried watching satellite box today same prob as before tried to lock into 0.8 west it would then with remote chose 30 west it founnd it but now stuck on 30 west cant get it to go anywhere else wth lol ??

when i go into positioner set up i press with remote to move to 0 but does nothing
 
Hello again

sorry for late reply have been going through a family problems
just tried watching satellite box today same prob as before tried to lock into 0.8 west it would then with remote chose 30 west it founnd it but now stuck on 30 west cant get it to go anywhere else wth lol ??

when i go into positioner set up i press with remote to move to 0 but does nothing
Well your at a crossroads box or Motor i tipping the box as ive said many times the H9 does not always work well with motors. Only you can diagnose whats a fault here.

Best way to do that is try another box on the motor if it works its the H9 if it does not work its the motor or the F connections along the run of cable.
 
No Increased power supply low powered l.n.b
Will fix the problems with the h9 series of recievers the problem is with the internal drivers
Even using advanced settings additional power
Will not fix the problem The reciever will drive
The motor from East to west but eventually will
Lose power and stay on a transponder then it is back to square 1 This problem has been covered on many fourms across America and Europe Might be better looking at recievers which have
much better motorised satellite abilities
 
No Increased power supply low powered l.n.b
Will fix the problems with the h9 series of recievers the problem is with the internal drivers
Even using advanced settings additional power
Will not fix the problem The reciever will drive
The motor from East to west but eventually will
Lose power and stay on a transponder then it is back to square 1 This problem has been covered on many fourms across America and Europe Might be better looking at recievers which have
much better motorised satellite abilities
The H9s is a budget box really its asking a lot to run a motorised system when you see the other boxes out there.
 
Well your at a crossroads box or Motor i tipping the box as ive said many times the H9 does not always work well with motors. Only you can diagnose whats a fault here.

Best way to do that is try another box on the motor if it works its the H9 if it does not work its the motor or the F connections along the run of cable.
I have an older Humax box will try that and let you all know
 
Well your at a crossroads box or Motor i tipping the box as ive said many times the H9 does not always work well with motors. Only you can diagnose whats a fault here.

Best way to do that is try another box on the motor if it works its the H9 if it does not work its the motor or the F connections along the run of cable.
I just tried connecting a Humax box that I have set to usals but nothing moving just checking I put in correct longitude and latitude. The Humax box is from Italy with tivusat already in with card it's model number HD-5400S/IT ithink
 
Try send the motor to zero with the Humax sorry ive forgotten how to do that. If it wont it looking like a motor problem.
 
When you set up the humax for a motor using USALS you have to select the ANTENNA as motor BEFORE you do USALS and save. When you have MOTOR set you have to select the sats you want and save. If you know the sat the dish is at use that first. You will need to scan each satellite.

Have you the manual?
 
Try send the motor to zero with the Humax sorry ive forgotten how to do that. If it wont it looking like a motor problem.
Just an update today had some spare time got on ladder tried sendinng back to 0.0 east/west with two button on rear of Icecrypt DM200 motor but nothing happening red and green light on rear of motor disconnected then tried with Zgemma sending to 0.8 west nothing but just green light on rear of motor.

anyway today tried through remote settings on zgemma though Signal finder accidentally pressed yellow and green button calculate settings sent motor to 80 west and now have no power on motor after tyring it with other Humax after i put in correct longtitude and Latitude settings, OMG what have i done lol
 
When you set up the humax for a motor using USALS you have to select the ANTENNA as motor BEFORE you do USALS and save. When you have MOTOR set you have to select the sats you want and save. If you know the sat the dish is at use that first. You will need to scan each satellite.

Have you the manual?
Yes i found that in ANtenna set up selelcted motor and USALS set my correct Longtitude and Latitude and still found nothing and as i wrote earlier its now stuck on 80 West
what a pickle lol
 
Apologies if I am not allowed to do this but can I get any recommendations for a new or second hand working motor ?
 
Did you select the satellites in the humax? I think you put a tick against each one. 80WEST :whistle::whistle::whistle::whistle: dish would be horizontal! Your motor is only 18 months, if you can reach it easily you can use buttons to move it east or west.

You need a better box ie receiver but that humax may work. You need to make sure its configured correctly and the lnb should be connected to IN at rear, not out. I know all this sound very basic but its so easy to do a silly thing. I'm sure we can get you sorted. Dont get second hand anything except the box if its a VU+ SOLO2 etc.

Look at the motor and see if it has flashiing lights, and you may even need to connect that ZGEMMA. If no lights then it may be a gonner.

Can you do any pics?? Have you checked the leads so inner braid is not touching the core.
 
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One other thing if you are using poor quality sat cable then it wont carry sufficient current to move motor and one other tip, pick a H channel to move motor as that send 18v. I take it you meant 30west!!:ROFLMAO:
 
One other thing if you are using poor quality sat cable then it wont carry sufficient current to move motor and one other tip, pick a H channel to move motor as that send 18v. I take it you meant 30west!!:ROFLMAO:
I recently changed sat cable so it's not that changed f connectors and no it was on 30 west then moved all the way to 80 west and that's where I left it as it shows no more power on rear of motor. Tried buttons on rear of motor but nothing moves at all
 
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