[pataphysical]

I am installing a Au9 swm5 dish for a single h25 700 receiver. the previous dish was a pre slimline so removed it and installed new one, Im using the exsisting coax into the house( it was working with the previous dish up until a few days ago) I plugged that into the power inserter and then ran a coax from the power inserter to the receiver and when I turned it on it wasnt working. I ran the system test and it says the swm not detected. Just curious if anyone has advice on this

 

[carl6]

The coax, did it go directly from dish to receiver before, or through a multiswitch of some type? Also, confirm you got the two connections on the PI correct and not reversed.

 

[pataphysical]

it was directly hooked up before, I had 2 wires coming out of the lnb( I was hooking this up at sunset so am going to double check I hooked up the right one today, I am pretty sure I did since one was silver and one bronze) I dont think this would cause this error but I do need to double check my azim and elevation today

 

[jimmie57]

If the receiver was already plugged in when you attached the coax it can cause this problem.
Try unplugging the power to the receiver, wait a minute and then plug the power in again.

 

[studechip]

Are you certain the lnb is a swm type?

 

[pataphysical]

Figured out what was going on- turns out the coax I hooked up was the one that ran to the bedroom originally( for some reason the coax that is the living room has a brass colored end on it), now Im trying to set the azimuth with my compass app on my phone and keep getting a different reading every time I try

 

[jimmie57]

Start about 10 to 15 degrees too far to the east and slowly rotate it to the west until the 101 lights up on the TV screen.
Give it a few seconds each stop to let it pick up the signal.