Satellite Director NG help: 3 Director

Dish view

  • White ball and white circles
    Balance your phone until the white ball is in the white circle. When that is done the cyan arrow is at the elevation of the satellite. For an easy start you can ignore the white ball and only focus on the cyan ball.
    Balance: rotate the phone in the horizontal plane (roll) and vertical plane (pitch, under an angle of inclination, move it up and/or down) until the white ball is in the white circle.
  • Cyan ball and cyan arrow
    Turn around clock-wise or anti-clockwise until the cyan ball is in the cyan circle. When that is done the cyan arrow points to the satellite's azimuth.
    TBS.

Sky view

  • White ball and white circles
    To be specified.

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  • Settings
    Not displayed but it is the settings button of your phone. You may choose from: Help, Settings and FAQ.

    Settings Satellites

  • Audio tone
    When this is checked an audio tone will indicate if you found the satellite. Low frequency and some beeps meeans not Found which will change to heigher frequency and many beeps.
  • Vibrate
    When this is checked the phone vibrates to indicate you found the satellite.
  • Camera background
    When this is checked then the backside camera is displayed in the Director
  • Continuous mode
    When this is cheked the Map and Director screen are displayed without going to the battery save mode.
  • SatColor Compass SkyColor
    These are 3 buttons. With each of them you can change the color of the lines or circle of the Director screen.
  • Balancing ball
    When this button is selected then the white ball is not displayed on the Director screen. This may make the app easier to use for some people. Just find the satellite in azimuth.
  • Satellite ring
    When this is checked the satellite (outer white) ring is displayed.
  • Director
    Select on of the pointer forms: arrow, ball, etc.
  • Help lines
    Select the number of lines perpendicular to pointer. If you have a flat antenna without Lnb-Arm then these help lines maybe of help to align.
  • Display up to 6 satellites
    When your satellite list contains 6 or less satellites they are displayed all at once in the dish view. In the skyview they are displayed one by one but not all at once).
  • Take a photo
    When this is checked you can take a photo of what you see in the Director screen. To take a photo you only have to tap on the Director screen. This option can only be used when the Camera background is selected.
  • Take a screenshot
    When this is checked you can take a screenshot of what you see in the Director screen. To take a screenshot you only have to tap on the Director screen. This option can only be used when the Camera background is selected.
  • Shutter sound
    When this is checked a shutter sound is heared when you take a photo or screenshot. This option can only be used when the Camera background is selected.
  • Magnetometer
    When this is checked a magnometer beam is shown on the Director screen. The beam turns red when you are to close to the iron, green when you are far enough away and yellow in between.

  • Calibrate the compass !!
    When this is checked you get a warning when the compass needs calibrating.
  • Check compass
    When this is checked the Azimuth, Roll and Pitch of sensor orientation are shown. By slowly rotating your phone around its axis you can check for gaps. Some phones will show gaps or have a limited range (like the Samsung GT-B5510 and simular).
  • Swap roll and pitch
    On some devices, specially tablets, you may have to check this field to get the white ball moving naturally.
  • Compass offset in azimuth
    On some device, specially tablets, the compass azimuth is wrong (landscape instead of portrait oriented). In this field you enter the correction value for the compass azimuth. Normally that would be at 0.0 and on tablets 90.0 0r -90 degrees.
  • Rotate camera
    On some device you need to manually correct the angle of the camera. Normally it is set at 0.0 and on tablets 90.0 degrees.
  • Minimal Line width
    Here you can select the thickness (or width) of the lines drawn on the Director screen.

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