Anyone seen this problem? S10 will not power up if its connected to an LNB.
Disconnected the LNB and the receiver booted, reconnected LNB and receiver shut down. Unplugged LNB, turned receiver on, turned off LNB power via menu, connected LNB feedand put LNB power back on and s10 turned off again.
Cheers, K
I have an old craigslist Viewsat receiver I sometimes use for fine tuning (better motor control), but yesterday the receiver was locked despite I using it the day before... go figure.
Kraven,
When you disconnected the LNBF, did you disconnect the cable from the LNBF itself? Or did you disconnect the cable from the rear of the receiver?
If you merely disconnected the cable at the receiver, that really doesn't help you "divide and conquer" the problem as does not identify whether the LNBF, the motor, the cable, the connectors or any switches in line are at fault. It could be any one of these. OR it could be none of these are at fault and it could be that the S10 itself cannot handle the total power consumption, so don't rule that out just yet.
The best practice is to "divide" the circuit and judge the results. For example, disconnect the cable at the motor (the one going to the receiver) and power up the S10. If the S10 won't boot up correctly with just the cable attached and no motor, no LNBF and no switches, then you definitely have a cable or connector problem between the motor and your S10.
If, however, the S10 boots up fine, then possibly the motor or the LNBF or the switch is at fault, so "divide and conquer" at the next simplest point. Reconnect the cable to the motor and disconnect it at the LNBF. If the S10 boots fine, then you know that the switch, motor and all the cabling and connectors back to the receiver are OK and that leaves the LNBF (and the S10). Although, it does not confirm that the LNBF is bad, it just means that when the entire circuit is together the S10 doesn't like it.
If you have another LNBF, attach it with all the other components (switch and motor and original cable) and try to power up the S10 (don't install this spare LNBF on the dish, just let it hang for the moment). If the S10 boots up fine, then the original LNBF is most probably defective. However, if the S10 still won't boot up properly, you will have to begin to be suspicious of the power supply within the S10.
Between the S9 and the S10 receivers, I have been reading and hearing some troubles with a voltage regulator and other components of the power supply. Not sure if one or both of these receivers were being scrutinized on this issue, but it could be a possibility in your case that the combination of the motor, LNBF and any other device have taxed the power supply of the S10 to the point that your S10 finally sat down and cried, so to speak.
It really does bother me that your Viewsat is now also locked up, since you used it recently and it was fine. That may also be an indication for you to work on. Possible evidence of some problem with the equipment "in the field".
HTH (Hope That Helps)
RADAR
