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Last reply · posted in DIRECTV General Forum
Hi everyone, I searched for a solution for this but to no avail. I moved into a new home a few months ago and installer told me the dish that was already installed was their newest or latest model. I assumed it was the same because it looked to be identical. I am attempting to verify what my current setup is, capabilities etc. I listed below my equipment and various things I noted while surveying the install.

Note: My house is only 2 years old and was prewired for cable with junction box outside. The installer utilized this and each receiver is just plugged into the existing cable jack connection in each respective room. These cable connections run to outside preexisting junction box where the installer put in a SWM multi-switch, then it runs to the dish. Also interesting is that the H24 in bedroom can see SWM setup but not HR21 in living room with Ethernet connected or not.

Setup:

> HR21-100 ( Living Room )
> H24-100 ( Bedroom )
> MSPLIT4R0-03 SWM MS ( Junc. Box )
> PI-21 R03 with single coax out labeled to SWM and SWM ODU ONLY label on top
> Dish Slimline-5

I have a wireless network established with NetGear WNR2000 router and only connected an Ethernet Cat 5 from HR21 to router LAN port. I tried to verify before hooking in Ethernet as I know it disables DECA.

That's all I can think of right now, if you need anything else to verify, let me know and I'll provide. Thanks.
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The Dish has 2 cables fused as one running to outside cable wire junction. The house is wired already with cable/phone jacks in all rooms that link to a central box outside the house. The installer hooked into this and utilized it by installing a SWM multiswitch where 4 coax or total of 8 are coming out of it hooked into excisting wiring. He then installed the PI-21 in a separate room with no tv or receivers where it's plugged the PI-21 is plugged in power strip and from the single port labeled "to swm" rg6 is connected and hooked into the cable wall jack in room. Each receiver is simply connected to the cable/phone jack near the receiver.

The HR24 has all the MRV etc showing in the setup/info but the HR21 even when no cat 5 was running to receivers Ethernet port does not show this. I'm confused more now than when I first posted.
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The H24 receiver in bedroom has the following info listed under system info.

SWM Firmware Version - 1.0.11
SWM Library Version - 1.0.8

IP - 169.254.4.xxx ? ( not really sure where or why this has an IP )
Subnet - 255.255.0.0
STB Port - N/A (100)
Network - Coax Not Connected (9)
Internet - Not Connected (9)

The HR24 under this section is fully populated, the info for the HR24 is posted in another post that I made after this one named "Tvapps"

The H24 also from menu has option to manage autotune and HR24 does not, even when Cat 5 unplugged it still won't list same info.
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The H24 receiver in bedroom has the following info listed under system info.

SWM Firmware Version - 1.0.11
SWM Library Version - 1.0.8

IP - 169.254.4.xxx ? ( not really sure where or why this has an IP )
Subnet - 255.255.0.0
STB Port - N/A (100)
Network - Coax Not Connected (9)
Internet - Not Connected (9)

The HR24 under this section is fully populated, the info for the HR24 is posted in another post that I made after this one named "Tvapps"

The H24 also from menu has option to manage autotune and HR24 does not, even when Cat 5 unplugged it still won't list same info
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The H series has the Autotune, the HR series does not.

If you're seeking MRV capability, there's only two recommended solutions:

1) If I understand, you have a wired ETHERNET cable ran from HR21 to router LAN but the H24 is not connected. If so, one solution w/b to run another ETHERNET cable from the H24 in B/R to router. You would need authorization for unsupported MRV using home network (or ETHERNET). I would not recommend wireless or powerline adapters for MRV.

2) Upgrade to DECA for supported MRV over coax. Since you only need two DECA modules (one standard DECA and one BB DECA... see posts #2 & 5), coax and maybe another splitter, you may get DECA cheaper DIY or negotiating a discount on DECA upgrade.

If you're not interested in MRV, a wireless adapter may be easier to install but may not be as cost effective as upgrading to DECA.

BTW, Davedirectv was right, they're not seeing other because they're technically not connected to each other. Connecting via SWiM only does not provide all the connections that DECA provides but plugging both to ETHERNET does but may impact HD MRV streams. Removing all ETHERNET and upgrading to DECA will also allow them to see other and have the recommended MRV over coax capability.

I'm not sure but I think the DVR is not showing the MRV tab for one or more reasons; not authorized for MRV, and/or not seeing a compatible connected device.
Davedirectv
It is my recommendation that you stop trying to figure this, you are all over the map on this one. You didn't even mention that you have an HR-24 until post 6.
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I don't have an HR24 must have been typo, only the H24 & HR21. I see in that post I mistakenly referred to my HR21 as HR24.
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum
Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Foxbat
Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…
dishstaller
Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.
navychop
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

🙄
Foxbat
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

🙄
Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…😉
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

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Jimbo
Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.
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navychop
I would not be caught Dead on one of them

Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.
dishstaller
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
Jimbo
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system :)
I'm glad to see ...
dishstaller
with a Seat belt as last resort.
According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.
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Last reply · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Scott Greczkowski
Ok the update is complete. :)
Foxbat
Scott, I was having major issues getting connected around noon ET. Looks fine now. I captured a Safari session that was showing high CPU utilization in the Rendering of the page, like 90+%. I have a JSON file I created that I could share.
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Scott Greczkowski
Been using the site at that time and saw no issues. A quick look at the logs shows nothing strange.
Foxbat
Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.
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Scott Greczkowski
I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. :) We are rocking now!

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Last reply · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support
I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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Titanium
Have you tested using external power? Over the years, have found unpowered polarity switching to be unreliable. Especially problematic when used with DiSEqC motors or switch stacking.
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No I have not. I just got it the other day and it is connected to six receivers working just fine. What I do is non power mini multi-switches work best with LNBF's and with LNB's
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TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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TheRatPatrol
Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.
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Jimbo
Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.
Was Gibbs still there when you quit watching ?
If so, A Lot has happened ....

It's been pretty good all along , once you get use to Gibbs being gone.
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard Simmons
Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
I bought the fixed color version of these bulbs for my store several years ago...work great and no more replacing ballast. Finally had one go out and when I went back to Amazon I saw that now they come in selectable versions so no more guess work as to what color light would do best in a certain area. They are now double OR single ended...used to be strictly one way or the other. If any of you are looking at replacing the old style 4 or 8 ft bulbs, you might want to give these a try. The 8 footers are BRIGHT. I put 5 in my shooting/target shed and you can get a decent tan if you are in there long enough.

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Foxbat
When we re-lamped my in-Laws' house for sale last year, we were able to get all the Edison bulbs and a few fixtures with switch-selectable Color Temperature. We tried a few and settled on 3000°K as the best fit for the house. Matching the lighting in all the rooms made for an inviting experience. The Shop was the only place that we went with 4000°K for the LED 4' fixtures.

The house was sold within a month of going on the market, so we must have done something right.

The other advantage is if the new owners decide that they prefer a warmer light, they can unscrew the bulbs (I think it was close to 70 bulbs) and set them to the 2500K/2700K settings.

I'll have to check these out. Thanks!
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