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BEV to Dish and back again

Preparation:	Read the section on WinVU emulation.
	BACKUP YOUR TSOP before starting!!!!

2700 IRD

Steps:

1)	With one person at TV and another at the dish, move your dish to the 119 bird. You will get unknown satellite message on your screen, but pay no mind and go for the highest signal strength you can.
2)	Power off IRD, but do not unplug from the wall. Wait 15 to 30 minutes.
3)	Power on IRD. When you get the Dish guide, dump your memory and unplug for 10 seconds or so.
4)	Change your WinVU SID to 0101 and start it up
5)	Plug in IRD, fire up and watch TV!
6)	Wanna go back? Re-point the dish back to Nimiq 91, dump your memory, unplug. Stop WinVU and change SID back to 0901. Start up WinVU, fire up IRD and you have bev (with dish logo)

3100 IRD

Courtesy of dooper at id-discussions

Just figured I'd spread this around...

I started with an original style BEV 3100 IRD – the one with the cutout on the bottom for JTAG access. This procedure is NOT for the new revision 013 receivers – you have been warned! My thanks go out to dave2, x-15, omega-EFA, satFTA, broer and countless others who post here and on other forums. I have not included instructions on aiming a dish at 119, or on using JKeys or jeepers – the information is all out there, so read, read and read some more!

Before I started, I programmed my omega-EFA black 18 MHz Atmega card with jeepers 210, using the June 8 fix version of nawapom0.0f. I used the ‘Both’ setting under network to accommodate BEV and D!sh. I also aimed a second dish at the Echo bird at 119 degrees west, and ran RG6 cable from the dish into the house. On to the procedure…

1. Unplug the IRD – everything – AC, inputs, and outputs.

2. Connect your JTAG to the proper pads on the IRD. In my case, this involved tinning the ends of the five resistors and tack-soldering them to the board, one at a time. I used a medium size alligator clip fastened to one of the coax connectors for the ground connection.

3. Connect the other end of the JTAG to the parallel port on your PC. In my case, the PC was on at this point.

4. Plug the IRD into an AC outlet – no need to touch the power switch.

5. Start JKeys (I used version 2.0.1) – your box keys, etc. should appear on the screen.

6. (Optional, but recommended) Do at least two backups each of your U22, U23 and eeprom. Specify a file length of &h 1f0000 for U22 and &h 200000 for U23 (thanks to rustybluebird for this info!) Use a utility like examdiff to verify the bin files. Store the bin files in a cool, dry place.

7. In JKeys, check ‘Flash Programming’ and erase the U22 chip completely – address &h 1fe00000, length &h 200000. If you wish, back up U22 and use a hex editor (I used frhed) to confirm that U22 has been erased. The flashed bin file should contain nothing but f’s and 0’s, or at least that’s what mine looked like.

8. Disconnect AC power from the IRD and disconnect the JTAG from the PC. I chose to leave the JTAG connected to the IRD just in case – your call.

9. Put the Atmega into the slot on the IRD, connect the dish (the one that’s pointed at 119 degrees west), connect the IRD’s outputs to your TV and lastly, connect the IRD to the AC outlet. Note: the jumper on the Atmega should be in place when you power up the IRD.

10. IMPORTANT: Grab a cold forty of Colt 45 and take a big haul off that sucker!

11. While you wait for that well-deserved buzz to kick in and the D!sh firmware to download, observe the screen on your TV and the green pilot light on your IRD. Sooner or later, the pilot light will flash and then the ‘Acquiring satellite signal’ message will appear.

12. When the SCNIC message appears on the TV, remove the jumper from the Atmega. Wait for the card to grab the keys, and friend, you’re watching TV!

Note: there will be channels in the guide that you won’t get because they are locals spot-beamed to specific markets.

So there you have it – maybe this will become my first sticky – any troubles, just add to this thread, and I (or someone who has been at this a lot longer than I have) will try to help!

Cheers,

dooper

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