Recent content by Jdurand

I'm at 122W. Now that I have AMC-21 it's about time to start dialing in the other satellites, hope that goes easier. I've got an HD8000 so it might be "interesting" to get the rest of these in (not the best documentation in the world).

right, brain fade. Well then, not bad for my eyeball aiming. Thanks for the mental reset...somehow I started reading the wrong aiming for Galaxy 18

I'm setting up a motorized dish and printed out the map from dishpointer for Galaxy 18 at 123W (almost due south of here). I set the motor to zero and turned the pole using the landmark (just to the right of a big tree several blocks away) and I'm way off. I'm currently watching Montana PBS...

I just loaded the 2.57 firmware (from the SV support page) into my receiver and now it's tries to connect to the Internet. I wonder, are they really adding things to make the iHub useful? Wish I could find an actual list of things it does. BTW, I couldn't find anyplace to tell it there wasn't...

Ah, well I'm not hacking the HD8000, so it sounds like that's out. :mad: Anyone know of a list of the stock HD8000 RS-232 commands? I design industrial control systems along with other stuff and might want to build my own remote control for it. You can tell business is slow at the moment. :)

I'm considering getting an iHub for my SV-HD8000 but aren't clear on what the stock, non-hacked version allows. For example, aside from just watching a program over the network, can I simply pull the file off the HD8000 and store it on my laptop? Also, can I SEND/push a file from my laptop...