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    Repairing my EarthRoamer's KVH TracVision A5 (again)...

    We are more than close, as of last thursday the project has been complete. The replacement motor we got actually had a longer shaft so I had to add some plastic spacers and rubber washers to get the right depth of the gear to line up with the belt, and that worked out very well. The pinouts...
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    Repairing my EarthRoamer's KVH TracVision A5 (again)...

    Arclight, you rock! With that info we were able to narrow it down dramatically. The link for surplus motors also helped, I picked out the only one they had that matched most of the specs, ordered it, and we hooked it up to test and it seems to work. Today should be the day we put everything back...
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    Repairing my EarthRoamer's KVH TracVision A5 (again)...

    Hello again everyone, we are a bit stuck. The stickers on our rotational stepper motor have faded and we can't pull any model numbers from it. We were wondering if anyone on this forum with the same Tracvision A5 would have any indication or photo's of these motors with model numbers. Also, if...
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    Repairing my EarthRoamer's KVH TracVision A5 (again)...

    YES! It's definitely a stepper motor, and this site looks perfect! Thanks a ton you guys rock. I will keep updating with as much relevant information as possible. I couldn't get 100% of the specs, so finding an exact match might be troublesome unless we send them the motor we have. What I know...
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    Repairing my EarthRoamer's KVH TracVision A5 (again)...

    Hello everybody. I've just had to make some repairs to my Tracvision A5, so I thought I would share some info just in case anyone has the same problems. So at first the rotational drive belt was slipping and causing the dish to not spin. We tried (and failed) to cut nearly an inch off the belt...
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