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Last reply Mar 26, 2021 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Hopper 3 H301 Software

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pattykay

Mar 18, 2021

So I came across this little gem on page 7 of the DPH42 instruction pdf (that I downloaded from Solid Signal's website):
"Warning: Do not install a Hopper 3 receiver unless it is preloaded with production software version U337 or later."

I bring this up, because the average user is probably not going to know that H301 is newer software than U337. So, this could cause confusion. Therefore, I suggest that Dish should change the version number for the Hopper 3 software to a number higher than 337 as soon as possible, and/or update that instruction manual to make it clear that we are looking for H software now.

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SandFarmer

Mar 20, 2021

crodrules said:
So I came across this little gem on page 7 of the DPH42 instruction pdf (that I downloaded from Solid Signal's website):
"Warning: Do not install a Hopper 3 receiver unless it is preloaded with production software version U337 or later."

I bring this up, because the average user is probably not going to know that H301 is newer software than U337. So, this could cause confusion. Therefore, I suggest that Dish should change the version number for the Hopper 3 software to a number higher than 337 as soon as possible, and/or update that instruction manual to make it clear that we are looking for H software now.

"Good Catch!"
I saw that when I was getting ready for my Dual H3 install and was told I'd have to have the DPH42. In looking for anything that might be an issue I grabbed the same manual from them. So when I bought my second H3 from Solid Signal I made sure to ask about FW/SW versions to make sure that the unit was loaded properly. It was. But I was hoping that the Installer would swap out the LNB to the new one that didn't need the DPH42. But no. So does this affect the DPH-LNB?

There's a lot in the fine print. But when things get changed without taking things like this into consideration, it can really be a big deal in many ways.

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HipKat

Mar 21, 2021

SandFarmer said:
"Good Catch!"
I saw that when I was getting ready for my Dual H3 install and was told I'd have to have the DPH42. In looking for anything that might be an issue I grabbed the same manual from them. So when I bought my second H3 from Solid Signal I made sure to ask about FW/SW versions to make sure that the unit was loaded properly. It was. But I was hoping that the Installer would swap out the LNB to the new one that didn't need the DPH42. But no. So does this affect the DPH-LNB?

There's a lot in the fine print. But when things get changed without taking things like this into consideration, it can really be a big deal in many ways.

It doesn't matter which SW version is on the Hopper out of the box, it gets updated to the newest versions on install.

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pattykay

Mar 21, 2021

HipKat said:
It doesn't matter which SW version is on the Hopper out of the box, it gets updated to the newest versions on install.

It might not matter now, but at the time those instructions were written it was relevant. If the Hopper 3 has a software version older than the one listed, it is so outdated that it will not even recognize the DPH42 switch. If that is the case, and you hook up a Hopper 3 with the outdated software to a DPH42 switch, it would not be able to get the satellite signal in order to do the update to the latest software. It would need to be hooked up to a DPH LNB first, and then take the software update before it could successfully be hooked up through a DPH42 switch. So, if you have a Hopper 3 that has stayed in its box since 2016 and never had its software updated, this would be an issue.

My point was that with the current version number now being lower than the version number listed in those instructions (and with new customers not necessarily knowing that H software is newer than U software) this instruction could lead to confusion. So, someone could have a brand new Hopper 3 with the latest software already on it, and still think that it will not work with the DPH42 switch, or think that extra steps would be necessary to update its software first. That is the part that the instructions should be updated to clarify, in my opinion.

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SandFarmer

Mar 21, 2021

"SOAK RELEASE?!" :rain

D¡SH has soaked me enough over the years . . .

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SandFarmer

Mar 21, 2021

crodrules said:
. . . (and with new customers not necessarily knowing that H software is newer than U software) . . .

They'll have to learn the d¡sh alphabet.

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pattykay

Mar 21, 2021

SandFarmer said:
"SOAK RELEASE?!"

Yes, that's Dish's actual term for an early software release that goes out to Dish employees and a limited selection of other people, before the full-scale public release. It is basically a Beta version where the release is not limited to only the full-time Beta testers, so it also goes out to a slightly larger group for testing.

SandFarmer

Mar 26, 2021

crodrules said:
Yes, that's Dish's actual term for an early software release that goes out to Dish employees and a limited selection of other people, before the full-scale public release. It is basically a Beta version where the release is not limited to only the full-time Beta testers, so it also goes out to a slightly larger group for testing.

I know all too well. I was being facetious. I was a Beta in the early days. And now for other manufacturers and types of gear. I get "soaked" daily. Sometimes several times a day from many directions. Usually it's from the East. It's hazard of the job.

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No fingernails, no dust, sand, dirt, or other particulate matter

And definitely no medieval chain armor!

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comfortably_numb said:
medieval chain armor

Aka "mail" or "maille".

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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.

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Yespage

Today at 4:48 PM

KAB said:
What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.

If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop!

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I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.

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klang

Oct 11, 2026

klang said:
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.

Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.

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MikeD-C05

Oct 11, 2026

klang said:
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.

Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.

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harshness

Oct 13, 2026

MikeD-C05 said:
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.

Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?

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MikeD-C05

Oct 18, 2026

harshness said:
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?

There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.

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harshness

Oct 18, 2026

MikeD-C05 said:
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.

Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.

MikeD-C05

Monday at 1:35 PM

harshness said:
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.

I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.

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osu1991

Monday at 1:59 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.

Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping

MikeD-C05

Yesterday at 12:25 PM

osu1991 said:
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though

Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 4:30 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin

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long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...

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primestar31

Yesterday at 11:00 PM

MikeD-C05 said:
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.

Just sayin...

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MikeD-C05

Today at 11:17 AM

Jimbo said:
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...

For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.

long_time_Dish

Today at 3:35 PM

harshness said:
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.

Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...

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