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ayelvington
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My H-H motor suddenly quit moving. (So sad) I went outside with my STAB hand-held controller and tried to see what was going on.

I pressed GOTO 0 and the dish traveled east to zero. I pressed the west button and the dish went west. I pressed the east button and the dish did nothing. I pressed GOTO 0 again and the dish traveled east to zero.

Any ideas? We're having something of an ice/snow event, so I'm trying to come up with a plan before I venture out to take it inside for work. Obviously the motor works fine in both directions. It answers some commands, but won't travel east.

Before you ask: No, I don't know the make and model of the H-H since it's "mature". I think that it's an SG2100, but I wouldn't bet on it. The original label on the top has worn off, but I'm attaching a photo of the bottom to see if it looks familiar to anyone.
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Cham
Not clear if this motor has a reset switch or not, but I have a similar motor with a reset switch that I removed, it had become intermittant due to moisture contamination. The reset switch was the problem, removed it and the unit worked fine. If after that if I needed to reset the unit I would drive it to zero and turn off the LNB power and turn it back on a moment later. Seemed to work.

Maybe check the board for evedence of moisture... might be something that can be cleaned up.

Have you been able to get it to work using diseqc positioning?
ayelvington
No reset switch.
Dry as a bone.
Simply will not move in one direction regardless of command source (other than going to zero)

Dead. Kaput. Paperweight. Boat sinker. Flat tire.

I repaired a lot of undocumented equipment as a Coast Guard electronics technician, and this one is not worth it. Yes, I could reverse engineer a schematic around the obsolete parts, but why? It's worth more as scrap metal than me spending hours trying to breath life into a 10+ year old motor. I'm much better off using the time to shovel snow, work on the car, or look up at a blue sky.

However, I do appreciate your recommendations since I know that you're just trying to help :)

Not clear if this motor has a reset switch or not, but I have a similar motor with a reset switch that I removed, it had become intermittant due to moisture contamination. The reset switch was the problem, removed it and the unit worked fine. If after that if I needed to reset the unit I would drive it to zero and turn off the LNB power and turn it back on a moment later. Seemed to work.

Maybe check the board for evedence of moisture... might be something that can be cleaned up.

Have you been able to get it to work using diseqc positioning?
ayelvington
I'm pretty sure that it was an SG-2100, so I ordered a replacement as a birthday present to myself. The upside is that I have a box of usable spare parts (motor, gears, etc) if this one craps out after the warranty is up. Another nice this is that I didn't remove the mount from the pole, or the shaft from the dish, so I can just attach the dish to the new motor, and mount the motor to the old marks. In a perfect world (I WANT A PERFECT WORLD), that should be the end of it and happiness will reign supreme again.
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ayelvington
Installed the replacement motor on the marks on the original mount, and all is as it should be. Life is good.
KE4EST
Glad to hear all is well! :)
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ayelvington
Glad to hear all is well! :)
It was nice to have the old marks to work off of. I just popped the motor in, hung the dish, and called it done!
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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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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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
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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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 ...
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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dfergie
I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Howard Simmons
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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.
Jimbo
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 ...

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.
dishstaller
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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
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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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.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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K
Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


View: https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2111074303185989663?s=20
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dishstaller
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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.


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