Antenna tuning setup

Once you have roughly aligned you dish using a compass and inclinometer you will need to fine tune the dish using software.

TBS IP Tool

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.

BDADDataEx

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

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