BigDishSatellite, Mouriol, 87440 Milhaguet-Marval 05 55 78 72 98
www.bigdishsat.com
The transmitting and receiving device in front of the dish is
called the Tria. Connect one end of the cable to the Tx port on
the tria … it’s the one just next to the earth connection.
Connect the other end of the cable to the Viasat modem. You
can now connect the modem to the mains power supply and
also connect the modem to your computer using the supplied
Ethernet cable.
Open up your browser … it will probably try to open up your
home page and promptly fail to do so. In your browser, type
in
Just to be clear, you are not on the internet at this stage …
this page is coming from inside the modem.
Now start the dish pointing by typing the following into your
browser:
Select your spot beam which was calculated for you in step 1.
When done, click on the arrow and the Dish Pointing process
starts … the Tria will start a beep-bip like a heart beat.
You have already set the calculated elevation angle … now slowly turn the dish towards the satellite
position. Use a compass if you wish … the position doesn’t have to be exact at this stage.
When the signal from Ka-Sat is captured by the dish, the Tria will change tone similar to a mobile
phone. Then, the Tria will start a regular beep-beep. Tighten the 4 nuts holding the dish to the wall
or patio mount. At this stage, your satellite dish is probably within 3° of being optimally aligned.
Ensure the azimuth locking nuts are loose, then slowly turn the
adjustment bolt in one direction and note what happens to
the pitch of the beep-beep … as the dish slowly moves away
from the satellite the pitch gets lower, as it moves nearer it
gets higher.
As soon as you hear the pitch of the beep-beep drop, stop
turning the bolt. Start to turn it the opposite way and you will
hear the pitch rise again … keep going until you hear the pitch
drop again … stop turning the bolt at that stage.
Now turn the bolt the other way again until the pitch is at its
highest and stop. Now you can tighten the azimuth locking
bolts.
