I'm still having lots of strange problems. If I set DD to "Auto Drive on Channel Change" (of course, only after saving sat positions with raw diseqc commands and entering the goto position commands under the appropriate satellite properties) when I change channel either:
1) the program freezes and/or crashes
2) the motor moves over to an arbitrary point (about 69°W) and stops. Curiously, this is not a location that I've set for any sats (I've been testing 119, 110, and 82 W). The motor is now "stuck" at 69°W until I restart DD and use the Raw diseqc command to manually send the motor to another location.
Also, although I have selected "Confirm Motor Driving" in the Positioner Window, DD *never* asks for confirmation for motor drive (it used to; I'm not sure when it stopped).
Now a new problem has arisen. If I change channels on Nimiq 2 at 82.0°W, the motor kicks in and moves over to that abitrary fixed spot at 69°W that I've never set. This is bizarre for 2 reasons
1) I have disabled "Auto Drive on Channel Change" -- why is DD moving my motor?
2) I'm already on Nimiq 2 -- I'm just trying to change to another channel on Nimiq 2 -- why is DD moving my motor?
I just erased the goto position command in the Nimiq 2 satellite properties box and this glitch stopped. But why?
Very confusing. Any ideas?
You can also use the USAL raw commands, which don't require you to save any positions.
jerryt, could you possibly walk me through how to do that? In the positioner window I only see a place to enter raw diseqc commands, not USAL.