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How to edit your own maps: Part 1
THE "SIT" LINE :
Editing the maps is not that difficult but you need to have a good set of eyes to view the text file.
Each sat tile that is listed starts out with an "SIT" line.
The "SIT" line is extremely important and you do not want to make a mistake on this line or your sat tile may be out of position or not show up for you if you have it incorrect.
(One big reason we say always work on a copy of the nvram, so if you do make a mistake you still have the original file).
Here is part of the "SIT" Line:
SIT 003-G4,099.0,4678,P6,C,0000,V,0090,H,24,10,e4,00,0016;
This shows the SIT as 003 the number of the satellite and that number is also found on Diagnostic screen A converted to a 4 digit number (4099)
G4 is the name that will appear in the receiver when finished. This can be changed to any 2 digit number or letter or letter/number.
Example: if you wanted to change the G4 to say 99 for the satellite degree it is located at you can change it here. Just remember that if you change this area you must change each channel under that sit line that has the G4 to the new name also.
Only 2 digits will work as that what was set up by Motorola/GI.
The next numbers after the name is the satellite degree the sat it located at. in this case it is 099.0 degrees.
The 4 digit number after the degrees is the sat tile position in the receiver.
If it is UN-programmed in this will be set at 5000.
The P6,C stands for C-band and the "P6 or P2 (for ku)" mean s the satellite is programmed in. If it was UN-programmed in the receiver that would show "U4,C" for c-band or "U0,K" for ku band sat tiles.
After the "C" here are the numbers for the skew settings.
If UN-programmed in the receiver it will show as: -060,V,0030,H
If you have it set up already for your dish this could be a different set of values.
The 0016 at the end of the SIT line above represents the channel the 4D was last on while on this satellite. So in this case it was on G4-16. After that there is some data information that you should not change.
Now that is basically the info on the SIT line.
Below the SIT line are the transponders:
For now we are going to look at only the first transponder or in this case G4-01.
003-G4,00001,0,1,1,0,06074,001,00000,0,80,H,1430000,0,1,1,0,1,6.20,6.80,NTSC
The 003 flows back to the SIT number on the sit line as does the G4 for the name.
So if you decide to change the name on the SIT line of G4 to say G6, you need to change the G4 on each transponder under the sit line from G4 to G6 as well.
The 00001 is the channel number.
After the , (comma) there you have 4 more sets of 0's and 1's.... This can change for analog (NTSC) or digital. As digital there is a specific way to input the numbers here properly so a DC2 channel can show up.
Right now lets deal with NTSC only. For Analog this needs to be 0,1,1,0,
The next 5 digit set of number is the GUIDE DATA AREA. In this case it shows as 06074. This is the area that if you have the guide turned on you can create your own guide if you want on any satellite except X4 to anything you want.
All 0's here just means it is empty. If the number is put in incorrect and it does not correspond to anything then it will just show up as blank no guide info on that channel.
Any number beyond the NTSC on the text file is created by the map restoration program and this needs to show the same as the sat number at the beginning of the line
In the case of G4 after the NTSC it shows as: ,10,003
The 10 is from the Map Restoration program and the 003 represents the number of the satellite tile.
Now when you use the map restoration program you load in your nvram (bin file) and go to MAPS.... DISPLAY COMBINED MAPS... and save the file as a text file.
This gives you something similar to the #9 maps found on the website where the map files are located at. Since most of this is already set up for you (in the #9 maps) any tweaking can be done by copying and pasting and then just a little editing is necessary.
Any new satellite should be added as unprogrammed.
For C-band here is G4:
SIT 003-G4,099.0,5000,U4,C,-060,V,0030,H,24,10,c0,00,0001;
For KU it should appear like this:
SIT 007-L1,063.0,5000,U0,K,-060,V,0030,H,2,10,80,00,0001;
The ku line here is for L1 at 63.0 degrees West and the satellite number is 007.
The transponders under the SIT line for the most part you can copy and paste from the maps.
Now if you pulled out your nvram and wanted to keep your settings for many satellites then you can edit the SIT line for the sat position number to reflect your numbers.
If I lost you on this take a look at the very first SIT line at the top of this post.
G4 was programmed in at 4678 The UN-programmed SIT line shows it at 5000 because the sat tile is UN-programmed.
Explaining this makes it seem more difficult then it really is but in reality it is not difficult once you understand what the line mean.
Always remember that the commas( , ) are there to separate what the set of numbers are for. And in the text file anything commented out is always started out on a line with a semicolon ( ; ).
So if you see a line starting out like this;
;this is for a totally UN-programmed in sat tile list
It would not be seen by the map restoration program since it starts out with it being commented out with that semi-colon mark.
Notice how the SIT lines above here do not have that mark in front so the program would see this and read it.
Ok so this is mostly just the info for the SIT line.
Later I will put up another post on the transponder/channel lines.
(It is not yet written out).
The channels/transponders lines is where you can input guide data and add DC2 channels.
Just remember there are some active satellites which will send down information and X4 is one of the main ones. If you try changing anything on X4 it will be overwritten when you go to X4 from that satellite.
There may be 1 or 2 others but lately I have not seen this occur.
If it does, do not be alarmed it is that some satellites are more difficult to change then others.
(now you can begin to see why it took so long to get everything out to the public as first we had to understand what each area did and where it corresponded to. And this was just the SIT line being explained here.)
THE "SIT" LINE :
Editing the maps is not that difficult but you need to have a good set of eyes to view the text file.
Each sat tile that is listed starts out with an "SIT" line.
The "SIT" line is extremely important and you do not want to make a mistake on this line or your sat tile may be out of position or not show up for you if you have it incorrect.
(One big reason we say always work on a copy of the nvram, so if you do make a mistake you still have the original file).
Here is part of the "SIT" Line:
SIT 003-G4,099.0,4678,P6,C,0000,V,0090,H,24,10,e4,00,0016;
This shows the SIT as 003 the number of the satellite and that number is also found on Diagnostic screen A converted to a 4 digit number (4099)
G4 is the name that will appear in the receiver when finished. This can be changed to any 2 digit number or letter or letter/number.
Example: if you wanted to change the G4 to say 99 for the satellite degree it is located at you can change it here. Just remember that if you change this area you must change each channel under that sit line that has the G4 to the new name also.
Only 2 digits will work as that what was set up by Motorola/GI.
The next numbers after the name is the satellite degree the sat it located at. in this case it is 099.0 degrees.
The 4 digit number after the degrees is the sat tile position in the receiver.
If it is UN-programmed in this will be set at 5000.
The P6,C stands for C-band and the "P6 or P2 (for ku)" mean s the satellite is programmed in. If it was UN-programmed in the receiver that would show "U4,C" for c-band or "U0,K" for ku band sat tiles.
After the "C" here are the numbers for the skew settings.
If UN-programmed in the receiver it will show as: -060,V,0030,H
If you have it set up already for your dish this could be a different set of values.
The 0016 at the end of the SIT line above represents the channel the 4D was last on while on this satellite. So in this case it was on G4-16. After that there is some data information that you should not change.
Now that is basically the info on the SIT line.
Below the SIT line are the transponders:
For now we are going to look at only the first transponder or in this case G4-01.
003-G4,00001,0,1,1,0,06074,001,00000,0,80,H,1430000,0,1,1,0,1,6.20,6.80,NTSC
The 003 flows back to the SIT number on the sit line as does the G4 for the name.
So if you decide to change the name on the SIT line of G4 to say G6, you need to change the G4 on each transponder under the sit line from G4 to G6 as well.
The 00001 is the channel number.
After the , (comma) there you have 4 more sets of 0's and 1's.... This can change for analog (NTSC) or digital. As digital there is a specific way to input the numbers here properly so a DC2 channel can show up.
Right now lets deal with NTSC only. For Analog this needs to be 0,1,1,0,
The next 5 digit set of number is the GUIDE DATA AREA. In this case it shows as 06074. This is the area that if you have the guide turned on you can create your own guide if you want on any satellite except X4 to anything you want.
All 0's here just means it is empty. If the number is put in incorrect and it does not correspond to anything then it will just show up as blank no guide info on that channel.
Any number beyond the NTSC on the text file is created by the map restoration program and this needs to show the same as the sat number at the beginning of the line
In the case of G4 after the NTSC it shows as: ,10,003
The 10 is from the Map Restoration program and the 003 represents the number of the satellite tile.
Now when you use the map restoration program you load in your nvram (bin file) and go to MAPS.... DISPLAY COMBINED MAPS... and save the file as a text file.
This gives you something similar to the #9 maps found on the website where the map files are located at. Since most of this is already set up for you (in the #9 maps) any tweaking can be done by copying and pasting and then just a little editing is necessary.
Any new satellite should be added as unprogrammed.
For C-band here is G4:
SIT 003-G4,099.0,5000,U4,C,-060,V,0030,H,24,10,c0,00,0001;
For KU it should appear like this:
SIT 007-L1,063.0,5000,U0,K,-060,V,0030,H,2,10,80,00,0001;
The ku line here is for L1 at 63.0 degrees West and the satellite number is 007.
The transponders under the SIT line for the most part you can copy and paste from the maps.
Now if you pulled out your nvram and wanted to keep your settings for many satellites then you can edit the SIT line for the sat position number to reflect your numbers.
If I lost you on this take a look at the very first SIT line at the top of this post.
G4 was programmed in at 4678 The UN-programmed SIT line shows it at 5000 because the sat tile is UN-programmed.
Explaining this makes it seem more difficult then it really is but in reality it is not difficult once you understand what the line mean.
Always remember that the commas( , ) are there to separate what the set of numbers are for. And in the text file anything commented out is always started out on a line with a semicolon ( ; ).
So if you see a line starting out like this;
;this is for a totally UN-programmed in sat tile list
It would not be seen by the map restoration program since it starts out with it being commented out with that semi-colon mark.
Notice how the SIT lines above here do not have that mark in front so the program would see this and read it.
Ok so this is mostly just the info for the SIT line.
Later I will put up another post on the transponder/channel lines.
(It is not yet written out).
The channels/transponders lines is where you can input guide data and add DC2 channels.
Just remember there are some active satellites which will send down information and X4 is one of the main ones. If you try changing anything on X4 it will be overwritten when you go to X4 from that satellite.
There may be 1 or 2 others but lately I have not seen this occur.
If it does, do not be alarmed it is that some satellites are more difficult to change then others.
(now you can begin to see why it took so long to get everything out to the public as first we had to understand what each area did and where it corresponded to. And this was just the SIT line being explained here.)
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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?
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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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.
Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!
Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!
Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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'It Is Time Go!' — Project Hail Mary Is Officially Coming to Prime Video
Amazon has confirmed that Project Hail Mary will be coming to Prime Video.
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That's what I will be watching this weekend."Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
'It Is Time Go!' — Project Hail Mary Is Officially Coming to Prime Video
Amazon has confirmed that Project Hail Mary will be coming to Prime Video.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.
Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.
I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhZm0qkz0o
I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhZm0qkz0o
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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....
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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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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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.
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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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
