Once you have roughly aligned you dish using a compass and inclinometer you will need to fine tune the dish using software.
The program we recommend for doing this is called tbs-iptool
This free software and can be downloaded from the TBS website.
https://www.tbsiptv.com/download/common/tbs-iptool_v3.0.5.3.zip
To install you need to unzip the above file and run the install program.
After starting the install, Select Next
Again just select Next
Select Next to complete the install. You will notice a new icon appears on the desktop double click this to launch the program.
Once this program is installed you can fine tune your dish and set the parameters needed to receive the broadcast from the African EUMETCast broadcast.
Once you launch the program you will see there are are four tabs where you can configure options.
The first tab is Tuner Settings.
For the African Broadcast you need the following settings.
LOF: 5150
Transponder: 3848,V,9892
Frequency: 3848
Polarity: Vertical
SymbolRate: 9892
Once these settings are entered make sure you select apply.
Next select set MODCODES and select QPSK_2/3 then select ok and apply
the next tab you need to configure is the IP Over DVB tab select this and add the following PIDs. To do this enter 100 and then select the Insert Pid button.
Now add 300, 301 and 511. Again select apply and return to the first tab Tuner Setting.
You should now be ready to fine tune the dish.
If the cable is plugged into the card you should see a strength signal of around 90-100. You are looking for a quality of at least 48.
At this point in the setup it is worth taking some time to do very fine adjustments to the dish to get the best quality of signal you can. Once you have a consistent reading of 48 or above in the quality field you can lock the dish in place and it should be ready to download the broadcast.
There is an alternative program available for this called BADDataEx see below for the details of how to install this.
https://www.tbsiptv.com/download/common/BDADataEx-TBS-20141107.zip
To install you need to unzip the above file and run the install program
Select to install all the components
Then select install