Service Restored to 129 Satellite!

[3HaloODST]

Satellite is runnung windows Vista, Microsoft uploaded an update and crashed the system.

Vista never gave me any problems, lol (I beta tested Vista, and it was hell, but RTM was OK and everything was smooth after SP1.) Heck, 7 is just Vista Service Pack 3 plus Superbar! Guess you could say 7 SP1 is really Vista SP4.

Local and many HD's on 110/119 are gone baby gone!

I don't think so... 129 is the problem at hand... It's just that 110/119 never had a whole lot of HD channels in the first place...

 

[HDRoberts]

I dont believe this is true, I have been told by a number of sources who wish to be unnamed that there has been no damage to the satellite.

There are normally redundant gyros, no? Maybe they meant no PERMANENT damage in that service could be restored once the backup gyros were brought online.

However, my money is more along the lines of a software failure, with some passing radiation rewriting a few crucial bits, throwing the whole thing off.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Maybe some good news... I am hearing they expect 129 to be back in service in approximately 4 hours.

Keep your fingers crossed guys!

thanks scott any idea what happened? ty for reply

 

[birkoff]

Maybe the guy from the Power Company who caused Arizona and SoCal to go black got fired and went to work for Dish?

 

[gdarwin]

I'm glad I have stuff on DVR to catch up on...

 

[Jim5506]

Watching Fox News off 61.5.

 

[whitewolf8214]

DirecTV lasers took out the solar panels on Ciel 2. Repairs by Jim and Charlie are underway.

that may be awhile then with charlie and jim trying to fix it

 

[ekilgus]

I am on the WA but have a wing dish pointed at 61.5. if i reboot will I recover at least some of the lost HD channels?

 

[digiblur]

I dont believe this is true, I have been told by a number of sources who wish to be unnamed that there has been no damage to the satellite.

Plus there are redundant gyros anyways. Does make you wonder though as it is been out this long. If it was an uplink center issue all the locals wouldn't be down either as they come from the regional uplinks.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I am on the WA but have a wing dish pointed at 61.5. if i reboot will I recover at least some of the lost HD channels?

Yes, although there are not much HD channel left on 61.5.

 

[isaacmorseMI]

HIFI shot the satellite using his lasers?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Plus there are redundant gyros anyways. Does make you wonder though as it is been out this long. If it was an uplink center issue all the locals wouldn't be down either as they come from the regional uplinks.

No not an uplink issue, its a satellite issue. That I have confirmed from a number of parties.

 

[HDRoberts]

Local and many HD's on 110/119 are gone baby gone!

For the ones on 129, it is just a change in the uplink. Probably so we all stop trying to tune them and getting the 015 message.

But I still have USA, Syfy, TNT, ESPN, and Encore (don't get a few others since I have Dish America) that come off 110. All channels not on 129 should be working.

 

[HIFI]

I am on the WA but have a wing dish pointed at 61.5. if i reboot will I recover at least some of the lost HD channels?

if 61.5 is in the matrix. yes

 

[Darrell S]

It was Windows update Tuesday. I vote for Pigs In space though.

 

[radio]

Oh come on nobody liked my Pigs in Space joke?!

ANYTHING related to Muppetts is funny! Good stuff! Agreed on the "refresh" showing so many (new) posts. Is this topic making it a record for your site, Scott in posts over "X" amount of time in one topic?

 

[3HaloODST]

I am on the WA but have a wing dish pointed at 61.5. if i reboot will I recover at least some of the lost HD channels?

Yes. Might need a Check Switch as well.

 

[whatchel1]

Oh come on nobody liked my Pigs in Space joke?!

It was OK but sending Jim & Charlie up to fix it trumps it for me. I mean heck that would be P in Space to send them. Sorry Charlie.

 

[Khandurian]

Oh come on nobody liked my Pigs in Space joke?!

My wife and I both laughed at it. However, to get the full meaning of the joke, it would require the somewhat older generation to get it...

 

[HIFI]

HIFI shot the satellite using his lasers?

:dev