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bradleyjl

Last reply Dec 13, 2004 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Recording not in DVR list

Here is the problem:
Timer is set to record a show for my wife m-f, 3:00-4:00. Most of the time it does, Sporadically, (about once a week) it doesn't write the show to the HD, so there is no show to watch. The history log shows the event started and finished, so it did something...or at least tried. There is no entry in the log showing that the event was deleted, so someone didn't accidently delete it.
I bitched to Dish, they sent me a new box, I hooked it up and set up the timer, and the first time it went to record, it did the same thing. So I packed their new one back in the box and sent it back to them. The only real difference between their replacement and my existing was that I had about 20 hrs of recorded movies that I wanted to watch, and wasn't too happy to be told that I had to scrap them or record them off to tape, especially to end up with a unit that did the same thing as the old one. Luckily I saw the problem on replacement before shipping my old one to them.
It seemed to be better with 2.07, but happened yesterday wiith 2.08. It is getting to be a real PIA because it seems (according to my wife) that whenever there is a "real important episode", the show doesn't record. After doing tech support all day, I really don't need a tech support call in my living room when I get home.

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bradleyjl

Dec 3, 2004

Do I gotta baby-sit it... or will it recover on it's own. Basically you just hold the power button in for about 10 seconds and let it do it's thing... correct?

ShadowEKU

Dec 3, 2004

No baby sitting... push and hold till you hear the fan and walk away.

bradleyjl

Dec 3, 2004

Thank you!

I will let you know if it helps.

haertig

Dec 3, 2004

bradleyjl said:
The history log shows the event started and finished, so it did something...or at least tried. There is no entry in the log showing that the event was deleted, so someone didn't accidently delete it.

Make sure you are looking at the correct logs. There is a "Timer History Log" and a "DVR Event History Log" Two seperate things. One is accessed via the "History" button on the Timer Screen, while the other one is accessed by an identically labeled "History" button on the DVR Events Screen. Same button label, two different screens, two different logs. Just need to make sure that's clear.

In the Timer History you should see FOUR listings for a show that was successfully recorded. They will be labeled "Created", "Started", "Recorded", and "Completed" I think. I can't remember the exact words, but these are close. They may not be immediately adjacent to each other and they may not be in any particular order. If you don't find all four of these entries, I'd suppose that means your show was NOT successfully recorded. You will not be able to tell if a show was DELETED from the Timer History screen. That info is not recorded in this log.

To see what shows have been deleted you must go to the DVR Event History screen. This log will have only one type of event present (AFAIK). And that is the deletion event. If you have not deleted a show you should not see anything regarding that show listed in the DVR Event History. Once you delete the show, you will then see an entry in DVR Event History showing when you deleted the show and from which tuner. So if you find a listing for your missing show in DVR Event History, then that means you deleted it, or at least the 522 THINKS you did!

This is the way things are supposed to be logged, AFAIK. It took me a while to figure out that there were two different logs. Maybe I'm just stupid, or maybe others get confused about this as well and are overlooking clues to their missing shows.

The timers on the 522 are not perfect. Never meant to imply that!

bradleyjl

Dec 13, 2004

haertig said:
In the Timer History you should see FOUR listings for a show that was successfully recorded. They will be labeled "Created", "Started", "Recorded", and "Completed" I think. I can't remember the exact words, but these are close.

When this happens, I only see two out of four of the entries. I think I get "Started" and "Completed" without the other two in the timer history. There is no record in the DVR event log for deletion of that show. I have been rebooting it a bit more often and so far it has been behaving itself. I also have been making sure to shut it down at night (as cust support recommends) although that should not be necessary.

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Scott Greczkowski

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reubenray

Last reply Today at 10:36 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Laptop Shutting Off When On Battery?

Lately my eight year old Dell laptop has been shutting off even when I have a full battery. I have had to keep it plugged up all the time to keep this from happening. Any idea what is causing this? I replaced the battery about three years ago.

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arlo

Today at 10:09 AM

A recalibration might be needed. Even if it shows full, the individual cells may have become unbalaced. And the BMS chip in the battery reports false information to the pc.
Try this. Start it up in the bios/uefi and leave it there until the battery dies and it shuts off.
It might just keep running longer than in Windows. Or run for a short while and shut off.
If it's the first case. Probably just needs a balancing. If the latter, the pack might just be dead.
Not throwing stones but perhaps just a cheaply constructed battery with substandard cells. Could be.

Patience. Keep restarting it in bios/uefi until it won't fire up anymore.
Then plug the charger in and let it complete a full charge. And see what happens. If it's better.
Do the same thing one more time. Run it until it dies dead-dead. Then just let it charge, pc shut off.
When charged, it might be better. It might not be.

There are bench jigs that read the actual BMS and override it to let a tech manually monitor and charge the separate packs. They can also reset any "time bombs" in it that cause an otherwise good pack to show bad.
Maybe Santa will be good to me some year.

You might just need a new battery. Maybe the PC power management chip is going. A Dell common thing.
Leaving a laptop plugged in with a full battery is known to reduce the life. Asus for one recommends that you don't leave the charger plugged in all of the time even when shut down. And setting Windows to charge the battery to 85% instead of 100% increases life.
That's all I got.

dishstaller

Today at 10:36 AM

arlo said:
That's all I got.

That was quite enough....I definitely learned something from your post. Thanks

TRG

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Saturday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Saturday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Sunday at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

Sunday at 11:46 AM

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

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Foxbat

Today at 10:27 AM

Now that I've had the v5 kit with the Mini Router, it's not as bad as I first thought. Yes, no DHCP reservations, but you can set up multiple SSIDs that have separate IPv4 subnets, and like the big brother, you can select from 192.168.x.0/24 or 10.x.0.0/16 (where "x" is 1-4).

You can also split a subnet and have different SSIDs for the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels to handle some IoT devices. I haven't discovered what subnet the 2nd NIC on the router assigns, I'm guessing it's the first subnet.

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Last reply Today at 10:27 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

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dishstaller

Today at 10:27 AM

Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

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Last reply Today at 10:17 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

At least 64 dead in Spanish passenger train collision

Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:24 AM

dishstaller said:
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.

dishstaller

Today at 10:17 AM

Thought this article might be of interest to some of you who might travel via train.

The safest seat to sit on in a train

Safety experts have shared top tips on train safety after a fatal railway crash in Spain killed 69 people, including where the safest place is in an emergency.

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