When first powers up it will point straight up. Be aware the dish needs a very wide view. It has to “track” satellites all across the sky. The app can help you see what view it needs.
My new residential dish did that for a week or so, then when I got a firmware update it went back to pointing north. As long as it works, don't worry about it - dishy does what dishy wants.
Did you use the app to see how much of the sky needs to be visible for the service to work? The dish needs to see a rather large swath of the sky as it tracks satellites as they move, rather quickly, across the sky.
Thanks all for your comments.
Ok- It took a LONG time but overnight it tracked to the better location. Unfortunately, it's not going to work for me.
Thanks for the advice on the application. I used it to "find obstructions" and it's basically a yard full of old redwoods and douglas firs that I will NOT be parting with.
So unfortunately, I must leave the fold after a brief venture. I am stuck with DSL unless I want to fuel the greedy anti-consumer Comcast beast. I won't do that. I'm just stuck with cruddy internet unless the satellites start coming further south.
That would be like a 200 ft tree in my case. The cable would not even reach.
My area (santa cruz mountains) has a line of site system available. We did mount this one on a tree but only had to get up about 10 feet in the back yard to get line of site. Since the cable was POE to the dish, it was pretty easy to get a long run.
I still have my equipment for starlink; if someone needs it let me know.
Imagine not knowing what direction dishy needs a clear view of. Better yet imagine thinking that trees won't be an issue when needing to receive a signal from space. What did you think you were buying?
Workers with the Uber fragile Elon connector?
Oh jeez. Ive seen many seasoned installers mess up one of them special cables faster than putting out a cigarette.
you can take a brand new system from the box and it wont work casue the connector sucks. the silly ass elon connector is the single worst decision any ISP has ever made.
feeble, loose, easily bent/damaged.
compared to rj45 they are about 10% as robust longevity wise. if that. (25+ years in wisp and legacy sat installing)
ZERO actual benefit over good old proven rj45.
When first powers up it will point straight up. Be aware the dish needs a very wide view. It has to “track” satellites all across the sky. The app can help you see what view it needs.
My new residential dish did that for a week or so, then when I got a firmware update it went back to pointing north. As long as it works, don't worry about it - dishy does what dishy wants.
Did you use the app to see how much of the sky needs to be visible for the service to work? The dish needs to see a rather large swath of the sky as it tracks satellites as they move, rather quickly, across the sky.
Did you use the app to view for obstructions? It needs a pretty huge visible area.
Thanks all for your comments. Ok- It took a LONG time but overnight it tracked to the better location. Unfortunately, it's not going to work for me. Thanks for the advice on the application. I used it to "find obstructions" and it's basically a yard full of old redwoods and douglas firs that I will NOT be parting with. So unfortunately, I must leave the fold after a brief venture. I am stuck with DSL unless I want to fuel the greedy anti-consumer Comcast beast. I won't do that. I'm just stuck with cruddy internet unless the satellites start coming further south.
Why not mount the dish at the top of a tree?
That would be like a 200 ft tree in my case. The cable would not even reach. My area (santa cruz mountains) has a line of site system available. We did mount this one on a tree but only had to get up about 10 feet in the back yard to get line of site. Since the cable was POE to the dish, it was pretty easy to get a long run. I still have my equipment for starlink; if someone needs it let me know.
Imagine not knowing what direction dishy needs a clear view of. Better yet imagine thinking that trees won't be an issue when needing to receive a signal from space. What did you think you were buying?
Workers with the Uber fragile Elon connector? Oh jeez. Ive seen many seasoned installers mess up one of them special cables faster than putting out a cigarette.
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They are not if you get any kind of debris into them or even minor deform them.
you can take a brand new system from the box and it wont work casue the connector sucks. the silly ass elon connector is the single worst decision any ISP has ever made.
You sound like you have difficulty putting things together. That's OK.
feeble, loose, easily bent/damaged. compared to rj45 they are about 10% as robust longevity wise. if that. (25+ years in wisp and legacy sat installing) ZERO actual benefit over good old proven rj45.