Update: I have found the echostar2.exe Software Downloader, and tried
to connect this. I got the error:

Invalid Protocol: M3000_FUNC

zii kell wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I have just picked up an old Echostar unit (AD-3000IP) and, for the
> moment, don't have a dish or television set to test it with (Don't ask).
>
> However, I have connected the unit to my pc via the serial port.
>
> Ther serial port settings are 115200 8/N/1 hardware flow control and I
> get output. There is a prompt > and this is all.
>
> I have tried to search for information about what useful stuff I can
> pull out of the unit, but to no avail.
>
> Would someone know what one could do with the serial port on this unit?
>
> Cheers, z.