Satellite dish antenna positioning system based on Android technology.

Abstract

This report presents satellite dish antenna positioning system based on android technology control system to position dish antenna to a desired elevation and azimuth angle for maximum power/signal reception from the satellite. The main reason of using a dish antenna is to receive signals from satellites and other broadcasting sources. Currently in order to get the exact angle of position of the dish, it needs to be adjusted manually and to overcome the difficulty of adjusting manually, this project helps in adjusting the position of the dish through an android application control. Android application control acts as a transmitter whose data is received the Bluetooth module HO6 which is interfaced to a microcontroller which also relays the commands to steppers motor via the driver. The android application control sends ASCII coded data to the Bluetooth module HO6 receiver whose output is then sent to the microcontroller. A prototype dish antenna is constructed and then positioned by using the developed control system. Results show very good agreement between the desired position and the actual position of the dish antenna. Android application remote operation control is achieved by any smart-phone/Tablet with Android OS, upon a GUI (Graphical User Interface) based touch screen operation.