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Last reply Jan 14, 2012 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Signal loss - weather

Have 1k4 and a 722. Dish last peaked in April 11. Software version L722
Since this dish was installed it is rare to experience any signal loss, unless significant build up of snow on dish, occasionally there will ne short losses during very heavy rain or blizzard but again very rare.
To day we have had a very light but very wet snow storm. Accumulation has been negligible. Lost signal around 0430, before I could check on snow the 722 rebooted. It stuck on the aquiring signal screen for 10 min or so. No snow on dish bit it ws snowing. I rebooted ( front pannel) signal came back. I was watching local news in hd on TV1. About an hour later I turn on TV2 and it shows complete signal loss screen, TV1 is still ok. Reboot again, no change. Check sys info, 77 red 72 green 61.5 amber. Signal strength 77 0 72 10 61.5 50.
This has never happened before, no signal on TV 2 but signal on TV 1. Just wondering if this is an indication of possible failure of the 722. Any thoughts
TV2 did finally receive signal about an hour after I first realized the issue
I do understand that the actial weather conditions at my location may not be the issue with signal loss. Heavy clouds full of moisture many miles up maybe the problem
However it just seems odd that TV2 was out when TV1 was ok

Ross

I'm in Ayer, MA 01432

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R0ss

Jan 12, 2012

ZachS@DISH Network said:
Can you check the signal when it clears up? That is really low. I would say that it's probably not the 722 causing the signal loss.

I will.

Ross

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Dishman1978

Jan 13, 2012

R0ss said:
Have 1k4 and a 722. Dish last peaked in April 11. Software version L722
Since this dish was installed it is rare to experience any signal loss, unless significant build up of snow on dish, occasionally there will ne short losses during very heavy rain or blizzard but again very rare.
To day we have had a very light but very wet snow storm. Accumulation has been negligible. Lost signal around 0430, before I could check on snow the 722 rebooted. It stuck on the aquiring signal screen for 10 min or so. No snow on dish bit it ws snowing. I rebooted ( front pannel) signal came back. I was watching local news in hd on TV1. About an hour later I turn on TV2 and it shows complete signal loss screen, TV1 is still ok. Reboot again, no change. Check sys info, 77 red 72 green 61.5 amber. Signal strength 77 0 72 10 61.5 50.
This has never happened before, no signal on TV 2 but signal on TV 1. Just wondering if this is an indication of possible failure of the 722. Any thoughts
TV2 did finally receive signal about an hour after I first realized the issue
I do understand that the actial weather conditions at my location may not be the issue with signal loss. Heavy clouds full of moisture many miles up maybe the problem
However it just seems odd that TV2 was out when TV1 was ok

Ross

I'm in Ayer, MA 01432

Sent from my rooted DROIDX (Liberty Gingerbread) using SatelliteGuys

If one tuner works but the other does not:

Your lnb or seperator may be failing. Possibly the reciever, but pretty doubtful.

Do what ever is cheapest for you first, if a tech visit cost you 15 bucks then go with that, if a reciever shipment is free go with that first.

R0ss

Jan 13, 2012

Dishman1978 said:
If one tuner works but the other does not:

Your lnb or seperator may be failing. Possibly the reciever, but pretty doubtful.

Do what ever is cheapest for you first, if a tech visit cost you 15 bucks then go with that, if a reciever shipment is free go with that first.

So is the lnb/seperator issue exacerbated by signal degradation? Don't have the problem under normal comditions.

Ross

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jawxx

Jan 13, 2012

I think what Dishamn means is that if you can use TV1 but not TV2, or TV2 but not TV1 something responsible for switching is failing. Usually a separator but sometimes an LNB. Make sure if you experiment with that you turn off the tuner with the big red button, not just the TV. But given your signal strengths I think your dish got batted to one side by the weather.

R0ss

Jan 14, 2012

ZachS@DISH Network said:
Can you check the signal when it clears up? That is really low. I would say that it's probably not the 722 causing the signal loss.

As of 0742 1/14:

61.5 52
72.7 60
77 48

72 and 77 have cpnsistent readings mpving up and dpwn the transponder range.
61.5 goes from a low of 14 on spotbeam 1 to a high of 71 on spotbeam 7

Ross

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dfergie

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What's For Lunch?

We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...

Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...

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iPhone Duo's First Concert! Revis!

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New iPad mini Announced... at $699?

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Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply Today at 12:33 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

Get it?

An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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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.

mobilemusthave.com

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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

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJy0WnejlF4

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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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