On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:21:49 +0100, zii kell
<huj22mlikzq9ez6@temporaryinbox.com> 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?

AFAIK the serial port on this box is for updating the firmware. You
can also make a backup copy of the firmware that is already installed.
You need a small Windows program to do both these tasks, which is (or
used to be) available from the Echostar support website in the
Netherlands.

http://www.echostareurope.com/

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