Configuration
To run FastSatfinder: Go to the Start menu, then All programs and select FastSatfinder. Open FastSatfinder (rightclick) or doubleclick on the FastSatfinder icon on your desktop. FastSatfinder will immediately be started after the program’s initialization and is ready to receive a signal from a chosen satellite. You should first verify that all parameters are preset correctly before you can start adjusting your antenna.
Select Device
When you run FastSatfinder for the very first time you must select your installed device from devices list (See:
Supported Devices) in the FastSatfinder program. Click on the Device button. The Devices List window will appear.
Select the type of card you have installed in your computer to work with FastSatfinder and click on the Start Button
Set DiSEqC
Click on the DiSEqC button to configure the DiSEqC switch parameters.
In DiSEqC list, there are seven options:
None, Simple A, Simple B, LNB1, LNB2, LNB3 and LNB4. If you only have one dish and LNB without a motor installed, you may choose None. If you are using DiSEqC Multiswitch you possibly have to change the presets to your own personal needs.
Select Satellite
Click on the Satellite Button. The Satellite list box appears. Select the satellite you want to search for.
The selected Satellite and other parameters are pre-selected each time by default when you load the program. You can also sort the information by clicking the tabs.
Select Transponder:
Every satellite has many transponders and you must select the transponder for the satellite where your dish is now directed to. Click on the Transponder Button and select the transponder in the Transponder list you want to check.
To obtain the best possible results, it is recommended that FastSatfinder users should download the most recent transponder files. You can download them here.
You can manually add a transponder to the list, but you will need to know the frequency, symbol rate, and polarity of the transponder that you want to add. To add a transponder, enter the parameters of the transponder and click on the Add Button under the Transponder list. Use the following format: 12245,V,27500 or 12245000,V,27500000.To delete a transponder that you are no longer using, highlight the transponder and click Delete under the Transponder list.
Control Panel
The Control Panel provides information about the current configuration and shows indicators of the signal that displays the current values of quality and level.
On the Control Panel you will also find several buttons which can be used to control the sound parameters. There are seven sound modes that you can select by clicking the Sound Button:
- Auto - if and when a signal is found, it will three times give a tone signal and then will tell you the values of that signal;
- Tone - if and when a signal is found, it will give a tone signal;
- Voice - if and when a signal is found, FastSatfinder will tell you the values of that signal;
- Mute - sound is disabled;
- Bird - if and when a signal is found, it will play singing the birds sounds;
- Alarm - if no signal is found - alarm;
- Music - if no signal is found, play the music.
FastSatfinder can report the values of a signal in nine different languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese or Turkish simply by clicking on the flags from the country where each language is spoken.
Click on the L/Q button and the FastSatfinder program reports the level/quality of signal.
Double-click on the control panel to view the graph of signal in full-screen mode.
