Antennas Direct ROTR100 - Manual (Page 5)

OPERATING THE SYSTEM
POWERING THE SYSTEM
" Plug the control unit in to the 120 VAC power source. This puts the unit into OFF/STANDBY mode.
Note the green LED on the display.
" Press the POWER button to switch the unit on. The display will indicate the current position, e.g.
“186” degrees; or the current channel, e.g. “P27”.
" Switch the unit OFF by pressing the POWER button again.
" When the unit is OFF, only the POWER button is functional.
MOVING THE ANTENNA MANUALLY
" Press the LEFT arrow to make the antenna turn counter-clockwise, or the RIGHT arrow to make the
antenna turn clockwise. When the rotator is turning, the display will indicate the digital compass
angle position.
" When 000 has been reached, pressing the left arrow will have no effect; similarly when 450 has
been reached, pressing the right arrow will have no effect.
" Note that a single, quick press of left or right will move the antenna approximately 1 degree.
Rotation speed is approximately 6 degrees per second (or one minute per rotation).
MOVING THE ANTENNA DIRECTLY TO A DIGITAL COMPASS LOCATION
" You may turn the antenna directly to a digital compass location by pressing 3 digits in sequence on
the remote.
" The 3 digits will normally be in the range 000 to 360; but may be 000 to 450 (see minimizing
rotation time).
" For example, press “090” to point east, press “180” to point south, “270” to point west, “000” or
“360” to point north.
MINIMIZING ROTATION TIME
Note that the rotator is capable of turning 450 degrees, even though only 360 deg is needed to cover all
possible directions.
The reason for this feature is to minimize rotation time when the most frequently used locations are slightly
either side of north, e.g. north-west (315 deg) and north-east (045 deg).
000 deg is the same position as 360 deg. 090 deg is the same position as 450 deg, etc.
For example, if north-west and north-east are the most common locations, then use 405 deg for north-east
(not 045 deg).
STORING A DIGITAL COMPASS LOCATION
" First optimize the antenna position manually using the left and right buttons on the remote.
" Decide what preset number you wish to give to the location. It is convenient to assign locations the
same number as the TV channel number. Note that the preset channel number range is from “01” to “99”.
Do NOT use “00” as that is reserved for other functions.
" For example, to store a location as Position 07, press “STORE; 07; STORE”. That position is now
stored.
MOVING THE ANTENNA TO A STORED LOCATION
" Press the RECALL key followed by the two digit stored location, e.g. “RECALL 07”.
The rotator will start turning to the stored location.
MOVING THE ANTENNA BETWEEN STORED LOCATIONS
" You may move the rotator between stored locations by pressing the UP or DOWN keys.
" The display will cycle through the stored locations, e.g. “P08, P13, P22, P35”.
" The rotator will only start moving after the key has been released for half a second.
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