Dishpointer app

[Buzzdar]

Does this app work well enough to set up a 1000+ dish

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Its not a satellite meter, it lets you see if you have a clear view of the sky to see the satellites you need to receive.

I showed this program off to a number of DISH execs and they were really really impressed.

 

[Buzzdar]

So if I set of a spot of my old dish and the put up a new dish at same spot will it work that way as a way to mark the spot

 

[Buzzdar]

Just wish I knew an installer in southern Illinois that could help me

 

[hawker152]

It's easy for some but not always easy for a novice. Good luck finding a installer to come out for free. Just call Dish

 

[Buzzdar]

They will install a dish I have bought

 

[Dishman1978]

Its not a satellite meter, it lets you see if you have a clear view of the sky to see the satellites you need to receive.

I showed this program off to a number of DISH execs and they were really really impressed.

Our general manager at our DNS location is trying to get iphones for all the techs in our office thru dish paying for them since it makes confirming line of sight a breeze. Some of us in the office have been using DP app for sometime on our own. What used to take 45 minutes to prove a So-so line of sight to be bad, ( by setting up a temp mount), now takes less than 5.

Extra time to get more jobs in the ground faster.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

One of the things DISH told me the would want to do is possibly get DISHPOINTER built into their new DISH Installer/Retailer App which they introduced at Team Summit.

The ability to instantly see where the best place to put the dish, without trying to guess is a BIG time and money saver!

 

[Jimmerinwi]

Our general manager at our DNS location is trying to get iphones for all the techs in our office thru dish paying for them since it makes confirming line of sight a breeze. Some of us in the office have been using DP app for sometime on our own. What used to take 45 minutes to prove a So-so line of sight to be bad, ( by setting up a temp mount), now takes less than 5.

Extra time to get more jobs in the ground faster.

Yeah, good luck with that one.

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[Dishman1978]

Yeah, good luck with that one.

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Hey, didnt say i was trying, he's pushin for it. Likely hood, very unlikely.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Hey, didnt say i was trying, he's pushin for it. Likely hood, very unlikely.

Actually it may happen in some form.

They showed a new app which lets an installer, sell, install, activate and do all the paperwork electronicly, with no paper needed.

 

[bweiteka]

Fwiw, I'm not a big fan of this app. It seems very dependent on the accuracy of the compass in the phone. When I first got it I was excited, but over time I have noticed it is off by 5 or more degrees. Most of my fellow installer feel the same. I have put in jobs the app said wouldn't work and I have not put in jobs it said would work. Nothing beats testing the dish on your knee first.

 

[Dishman1978]

Fwiw, I'm not a big fan of this app. It seems very dependent on the accuracy of the compass in the phone. When I first got it I was excited, but over time I have noticed it is off by 5 or more degrees. Most of my fellow installer feel the same. I have put in jobs the app said wouldn't work and I have not put in jobs it said would work. Nothing beats testing the dish on your knee first.

Don't those lag bolts hurt being screwed into your knee? You are one tough cookie!!!

 

[skyviewmark]

Actually it may happen in some form.

They showed a new app which lets an installer, sell, install, activate and do all the paperwork electronicly, with no paper needed.

Right... They can't even get their retailer site to work with Smart phones..