Recent content by Tom Speer

As one of the "team of data collectors", I appreciate those comments. The owner of the site was able to promptly restore it when notified of the outage. All of these collaborative computer systems are running unattended. And we all have other interests in life, (or jobs, for those not in...

It's back up.

I think Harshness has the right solution. You have to go through the satellite setup menus to tell the HR24 that you are not using SWM. The user interface on the HR24 is stuck in the past, and so different than what we have on Genie systems that I couldn't begin to walk you through that.

There's a new term in the Notes fields: (VOS Shadow).

That is a standard multiswitch for a DirecTV legacy LNB. You need two coaxes from that to your HR24, and apparently need to use B-Band convertors. I use that WB-68 multiswitch and a legacy LNB with my data monitoring system. I have been using SWM LNBs for DirecTV reception since I got my...

P.S. I use a separate slimline dish with a legacy LNB, but not with a DIRECTV receiver. Mine is connected to Genpix Skywalker-1 receivers for gathering guide and other metadata from the DIRECTV Ku band satellites.

I haven't had a HR24 in many years, but the only thing I can think of is that you will have to have two connections from the HR24 to the multiswitch. One is used for a tuner to tune to the guide channel, and the other to what you are watching. If someone else has better information, please...

You are correct. Thank you for refreshing my memory. My first HR24 was installed 15 years ago. Further research discloses that The HR24 was introduced before DirecTV's shift to Single Wire Multiswitch (SWM) technology. It was designed to work with legacy multiswitch out of the box.

The HR24 should not have the B-Band converter installed. If I remember right, the HR24 requires a SWM system. Hopefully you have no other non-SWM receivers. You will need a SL3S LNB for the sats at 99,101,and 103. SWM LNBs are recognizable by the fact that they have only one F-connector on...

I don't have access to that datasheet. It probably was a proprietary chip made for DirecTV, I suspect it is the heart of the SWM functionality, which under control of the DirecTV receiver, switches one transponder on a specific frequency, LHCP or RHCP on one of the three feedhorns to a...

What Titanium is talking about requires a Legacy DirecTV LNB, not a SWM LNB.

It is worth a try. But DirecTV tends to use proprietary standards for their systems. I am not familiar with Unicable, a European standard, but reading about it online indicates it operates very similar to what DirecTV does. If DirecTV uses DiseqC commands, I am unaware of it. The SWM...

Hi Ben, this is Tom , N2HF. Unfortunately, Copilot misdirected you to a DirecTV Single Wire Multiplex LNB. The SWM system uses out of band signals from the receiver to the LNB to have the LNB place the IF output from a specific band and feedhorn onto one of 21 different frequencies on the...

The HR24 does not have built-in Wi‑Fi capability. It can only connect to the internet via wired Ethernet or coax — depending on your setup. A DECA adapter or the old Cinema Connection kit (CCK) would allow it to connect to a wired connection to your router, communicating through the coax...

I was able to use that screenshot to bring it up for download on my Android 15 phone. It won't install. It says it would install on my old Android phone that I just took to the electronic recycling at our transfer station. Its battery was so swollen that the back was popped off.