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Ameneh explains to us how it works:"You put the intelligent satellite finder in the spot where the real dish antenna is supposed to go. You select the desired satellite you want to receive on the display." The ten strongest transponders of that satellite are stored in the intelligent satellite finders' microprocessor and are visible on the display.
Now it gets interesting; Ameneh explains what happends next "Now you enter in your local position either by selecting a city on the display or by entering in your geographical coordinates." The unit then shows the strongest usable transponders and best of all the small dish on the intelligent satellite finder with the help of two servo motors starts to move to the exact position that the real dish needs to be. "The small dish acts as a guide as to how the real dish needs to be installed and aligned", adds Ameneh about the real purpose of the intelligent satellite finder. Ameneh and her colleague Mohammad have come up with a very interesting
concept. Only recently, TELE-satellite reported on an ¡Phone application from dish pointer: it provides a list in the iPhone display of where all the satellites can be found but this information doesn't take the installer, the one who actually has to set up the antenna, all the way to the finish line. When aligning a dish, the azimuth and elevation data is what's really important. This is where the intelligent satellite finder can really be helpful in providing alignment data for an antenna.
Naturally, the intelligent satellite finder needs to be properly aligned as well. Ameneh explains, "If you want to
install a satellite dish, you first need to align precisely to north. You hold a compass exactly to north until the needle no longer moves. Our intelligent satellite finder uses sealed IC's so that they don't influence the compass."
An especially nice feature of the intelligent satellite finder is the display of skew data for the LNB. "Two LCD's indicate the placement of the LNB", explains Ameneh, " since the skew for every satellite is different from one location to the next; some satellites even use their own skew." Ameneh is convinced that the intelligent satellite finder solves a unique problem - it indicates the exact skew and you merely need to adjust the LNB on the real dish exactly as indicated.
Amenah and Muhammed are students at a university in northern Iran and developed the intelligent satellite finder as part of a student project.
They are both now looking for investors to help them market their new product. Ameneh, who speaks perfect English and has taken on the communications role of the team, says,
"We are really interested in producing the intelligent satellite finder here in Iran and then also exporting it. Maybe this TELE-satellite report will help us find a foreign manufacturer."
Now it gets interesting; Ameneh explains what happends next "Now you enter in your local position either by selecting a city on the display or by entering in your geographical coordinates." The unit then shows the strongest usable transponders and best of all the small dish on the intelligent satellite finder with the help of two servo motors starts to move to the exact position that the real dish needs to be. "The small dish acts as a guide as to how the real dish needs to be installed and aligned", adds Ameneh about the real purpose of the intelligent satellite finder. Ameneh and her colleague Mohammad have come up with a very interesting
concept. Only recently, TELE-satellite reported on an ¡Phone application from dish pointer: it provides a list in the iPhone display of where all the satellites can be found but this information doesn't take the installer, the one who actually has to set up the antenna, all the way to the finish line. When aligning a dish, the azimuth and elevation data is what's really important. This is where the intelligent satellite finder can really be helpful in providing alignment data for an antenna.
Naturally, the intelligent satellite finder needs to be properly aligned as well. Ameneh explains, "If you want to
install a satellite dish, you first need to align precisely to north. You hold a compass exactly to north until the needle no longer moves. Our intelligent satellite finder uses sealed IC's so that they don't influence the compass."
An especially nice feature of the intelligent satellite finder is the display of skew data for the LNB. "Two LCD's indicate the placement of the LNB", explains Ameneh, " since the skew for every satellite is different from one location to the next; some satellites even use their own skew." Ameneh is convinced that the intelligent satellite finder solves a unique problem - it indicates the exact skew and you merely need to adjust the LNB on the real dish exactly as indicated.
Amenah and Muhammed are students at a university in northern Iran and developed the intelligent satellite finder as part of a student project.
They are both now looking for investors to help them market their new product. Ameneh, who speaks perfect English and has taken on the communications role of the team, says,
"We are really interested in producing the intelligent satellite finder here in Iran and then also exporting it. Maybe this TELE-satellite report will help us find a foreign manufacturer."
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