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At this point though does he have “installers” at his house. His last two trips were service calls which would leave more towards a service technician is on site

 

Usually no difference in ATT's eyes from a general dispatch position. Would be up to local management. Or local dispatch if it's passed on to 3rd Party Contractors.

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b4pjoe I know it works because I have the very same setup, 1 HR54, 4 HR24's 1 H24 & 1C61k. Everything works fine and has for years now. Good luck getting D* to fix it.

 

If you are one tuner off, have the installer switch one of the HR24s to single tuner, and install the reverse band LNB. Assuming it comes up showing 22 tuners like WestDC's does then you can switch it back. If not you'll have to start the HR54 last. It wants to grab 7 tuners but actually only uses 5 for the foreseeable future.

Another alternative would be to buy a DSWM30 off eBay and swap it for your SWM16. Assuming it is the SWM16 that is dead, and not the PI29 or the LNB, that will work perfectly for you at a cost of around $50.

 

Exactly! Tell the installer you will disable tuners. When I did my 4K upgrade several years ago the installer had no Idea what he was doing. He also made the statement that he had no idea how anything worked in my setup. He started by telling me that the RB LNB only supported 13 tuners so I was over with my existing ten tuners and adding seven with the HR54. His solution was to use the RB LNB in conjunction with my existing SWM-16. I asked him to explain how he would do that and he could not because it was not possible. I ended up telling him that I knew it would support 22 tuners. He said he could not install it because they were only allowed to install it with 13 tuners maximum. I told him that we could switch all of the HR's to one tuner to get me under 13. He understood that logic and agreed. He also said that he would need to note it on the order before I signed it to show it was my idea.

In the end, I had him so annoyed with my instant quality control that he only verified that the HR54 and two clients were working and ran out. I started everything else up and all receivers worked, with all tuners, and all reported 22 channels from the SWM. One note that may be helpful is that I did have some strange things happening until I installed band stop filters on everything but the HR54 and clients. I have a complex setup though because I still run whole home over wired ethernet and have two HR20-100's, two HR20-700's and an HR21-100 in the mix. I mainly had issues with the HR24 and HR54 not using the ethernet for whole home and the other HR's were acting strange also. Band stop filters fixed everything. System has worked flawlessly since with 19 tuners in use.

 

A SWM16 Gives 8 Channels on each leg - - What I suggest till you can get a Tech on Site - is Disconnect all receivers That are NOT needed and only Connect the ones needed. --First -Unplug the PI-29 --Hook One TV (needed) first - Let that come up and then add any others you need -(REMINDER) 8 tuners per leg-only Example-Hr44 =5 Hr24 = C61K or any mini=0 --HR54=5 or with 4K =7 --any Hr receiver =1

You can test the oputput of a PI29 with a Volt meter -it should read 29v --Harbor freight for the volt meter

 

Yes-the center lead of the rg6 is damaged -- so at night it cools off and shrinks and when it warms it expands

 

The "techs" are Foder -meaning the are paid little per job and if a call is repeated they are Dinged 50% of their pay for that job --Turn over is so Bad and often -That's why you only get a Tech "BODY" no often a real tech as they are few and far between --Because of the abuse of the job

Because your Swm 16 is under the house all the more reason to get rid of it and replace it with a rg6 all the ay to the inside of your home

What state are you located in? if your Close to me -I have a LNB and will come to your home and fix it

 

50%? Maybe. In my general area. Tje local contractor pays $30 for a service call. And charges back 55 for repeats. But only 1 per week. So techs automatically assume they will get a charge back and fix what they can. And blame the rest on equipment

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I would be willing to bet money, that the P1 and switch are fine. Most likely loose or bad connections.

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I'm in VA so maybe someone else is -

 

Yup, those are exactly the kind of "techs" we see in my area. "Techs" that a few weeks ago were working for pest control companies.

About your offer to go to his home and fix the problem? Make me that offer when I'm in a situation like his and I'll do damn near anything to get you to my home. DC's not that far away, I'd be most appreciative.

Rich

 

Yeah, I've never had one of them fail. I've had my SWM16s for a long time and never had a problem. Same thing with the power inserters. I used to have problems with one of my PIs but we found out one of our housekeepers kept vacuuming beneath the bed the PI lived under and she kept hitting it with the power head of the vacuum cleaner. All I had to do was pull the power cord of the PI off the receptacle and plug it back in to get everything working again.

Rich

 

Should you ever need it and I'm able --Just let me know

 

I've always been able to fix any problems I've had but if it happens I will contact you. Thanks.

Rich