DTV DOWN!!!

[John2021]

help!!!
I got home tonight and i got the 772 error code on my boxes.after running a system test i got a diagnostic code 41-937. i ran a signal strength and nothing. i also noticed that my wifi setting in my genie 2 have been knocked off so no on demnd. i also have noticed the protection plan was removed from my acct as well.
any thought an inputs on this

 

[Dawgsfan]

Looks to be a nationwide outage. I'm monitoring it on Twitter.

 

[John2021]

Looks to be a nationwide outage. I'm monitoring it on Twitter.

thanks for the input. i guess i'll have to go visit twitter!!! that should not knock off my wifi settings though or remove the protection plan off my acct. unless they been hacked

 

[Dawgsfan]

Man I hope not.

 

[John2021]

Man I hope not.

After just checking out down detector it seems to be nationwide

 

[John2021]

https://downdetector.com/status/directv/

 

[John2021]

it's back on now

 

[John2021]

DIRECTV Acknowledges a Widespread Satellite Television Outage across the United States Sunday Evening

9.4.22: DIRECTV, the nations largest provider of satellite television, appears to be suffering from a widespread outage on Sunday evening, at 10:30 pm PST. From New Mexico to California and from Kentucky to Missouri, DIRECTV receivers seem unable to acquire the Satellite Signal. "It has to be...

www.smobserved.com

 

[Jimbo]

No issues here last night, I watched the Football game and the Local News and a few other things last night till about maybe 1 Am, no issues.

Must have been after I turned in and cleared up before I got up at 7am.

 

[Dawgsfan]

Anybody know what happened? Haven't seen any explanations.

 

[comp9]

Anybody know what happened? Haven't seen any explanations.

Nope and you won't

 

[Inclined Orbit]

I'll take a guess that it was either a power buss problem on the 101 spacecraft or a mistake in maneuvering that mis-pointed the satellite antenna. The power bus is redundant and I don't know if they are in parallel or switched automatically or requires commands from the ground to switch to backup. On the mis-pointing, that usually takes some time to figure out what went wrong and to calculate new parameters to make corrections.