Promax SATELLITE HUNTER User manual

PRODIG-1

• Thank you for buying
our PRODIG-1
Satellite Hunter
• Aligning a satellite
dish to a digital
satellite will be quick
and easy with the
PRODIG-1
GETTING STARTED
PRODIG-1

• This document takes you through a step by step procedure
to get familiarised with the PRODIG-1 use and
applications
•We recommend you to take few
minutes to read it carefully because it
can be very helpful for you
GETTING STARTED
PRODIG-1

• PRODIG-1 needs to be programmed before use with
transponder information from the satellites you need to
work with.
• Each set of transponder data (frequency, FEC, ....) will
become a test point on board the PRODIG-1 which you
can label to identify it easily.
GETTING STARTED
PRODIG-1

• Please, check if the satellites / transponders pre-
programmed in the PRODIG-1 you have just taken from
the box are good for your application
GETTING STARTED
PRODIG-1
TEST POINT NAME
(4 characters)
FREQUENCY
(IF)
LNB
VOLTAGE
22 KHz
(Yes or No)
FEC
(2/3, 3/4, …)
Symbol Rate
TP0 DISH 1186 18 No ¾ 20000
TP1
TP2

•If the configuration is not good for
your application, please, go to the
“MODIFYING CONFIGURATION”
section.
GETTING STARTED
PRODIG-1

• Make sure batteries are charged
and eventually charge them for
few hours using the AL-101
power adapter supplied
• Connect the dish LNB to the
PRODIG-1
• Switch on by pressing on key #
1 for more than a second
STEP 1 - DETECTING A SATELLITE
PRODIG-1

• 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
STEP 1 - DETECTING A SATELLITE
PRODIG-1

• Move the dish smoothly up down left and right to get the
maximum bargraph deviation
• Display will be also showing some additional information:
STEP 1 - DETECTING A SATELLITE
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Actual LNB
voltage supplied
22 KHz signal
On /Off
Maxhold of the
Signal Energy reading
Signal Energy
on bargraph
Current Signal Energy reading

• These are some of the messages you can get on the display:
- “CABLE SHORT” Look for a short circuit in the cable
to the LNB, connectors, LNB itself...
- “NO LNB” Check connectors and LNB. Check that the
cable run is not too long
STEP 1 - DETECTING A SATELLITE
PRODIG-1

• Once you have the maximum bargraph deviation then press
key # 2. The label of the first test point will be displayed
(say DISH).
STEP 2 - IDENTIFYING SATELLITE
PRODIG-1
DISH

• Right after the label is displayed the PRODIG-1 will start
downloading information from the programmed transponder
and will show it for your evaluation.
STEP 2 - IDENTIFYING A SATELLITE
PRODIG-1

• The information displayed can be
– MPEG-2
– Orbital position
– Operators name
– Bouquet name
• Every time you push the key # 2 the next text point will be
selected in a cyclic sequence
STEP 2 - IDENTIFYING A SATELLITE
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PRODIG-1
STEP 3 - OPTIMISING THE QUALITY
• Once you know you are on the right satellite press key # 3
• Another bargraph will appear on the display but this will be
proportional to quality of the QPSK demodulated signal and
not signal energy as in step 1.

PRODIG-1
STEP 3 - OPTIMISING THE QUALITY
• Move the LNB to maximise the bargraph deviation and
eventually try very small dish fine tuning
MAXIMUM DEVIATION
OPTIMUM CROSS-POLARIZATION

PRODIG-1
STEP 3 - CHECKING QUALITY LIMITS
• The display will show some complimentary information as well
Actual LNB
voltage supplied
22 KHz signal
On /Off
Signal Quality
on bargraph
Current Signal Quality
in terms of SNR
SNR PASS/FAIL:
snr (in small letters) means
quality is not enough
SNR (in capital letters) means
quality is good enough

PRODIG-1
STEP 3 - CHECKING QUALITY LIMITS
• You may be interested to press key #2 to check Bit Error Rate
BER PASS/FAIL:
ber (in small letters) means it is
not good
BER (in capital letters) means
it is good enough
Actual LNB
voltage supplied
22 KHz signal
On /Off
Transponder
information
ber
2
DISH Net

• If you wish to work with satellites different to those pre-
programmed from origin or wish to change the test points in
any way you should proceed as follows:
–Get information on the satellites and transponders of
your choice
–Edit the configuration file accordingly by using the
RM001 software supplied and change the programming
of the PRODIG-1 using the communications cable
included as well
MODIFYING CONFIGURATION
PRODIG-1

• Satellite and transponder information is available through
different sources
• Several websites offer reliable data which can be used to
configure the PRODIG-1.
www.lyngsat.com
www.satcodx.com
GET INFORMATION...
PRODIG-1

GET INFORMATION...
PRODIG-1
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