Attention RV users: The new Dish Wally requires all three satellites be acquired on either the Western or Eastern arcs in order to view programming. If it can't find all three, then it just responds with something like service not available and becomes inoperable. This applies to Wallys that use portable dish antennas such as the Pathway X2, Tailgater, etc.
For example: the portable dish antenna is set up outside and cabled back to the RV, then the receiver is plugged in, it goes through a check-switch process to identify the portable dish antenna, and then locates and self-aligns to the three satellites on the selected or default arc. If during this initial start up process a Dish 211z receiver locates fewer than three satellites, then it gives an error that all satellites were not found, that some programming will not be available, and gives the user a choice to "Rescan" (to try and find all three satellites) or "View" (to watch the programming available on the satellites it did find).
The current Wally software has no option to "Rescan" or "View". The initial start up simply FAILS with NO user options. Therefore, in cases where all three satellites are not available during initial start up the Wally becomes inoperable.
[The only workaround is if the satellite at 72 orbit is available on the Eastern arc, then you can set the Wally for using two receivers (even if you only have one) and it will look for only the one satellite at 72 on the Eastern arc. Many portable dish antennas (such as the Tailgater) use only the Western arc, so this isn't an option.]
So until Dish upgrades the Wally's software, then the Dish 211 series receiver may remain the best option for RVers because when it finds fewer than 3 satellites, the receiver gives the option to "View" the satellites it CAN find. For most RVers, that's important because in many cases some satellites are obstructed!
The software can be considered fixed when someone can post that when all three satellites are not found, the Wally offers the Rescan/View option - as opposed to how it currently becomes inoperable now.
For example: the portable dish antenna is set up outside and cabled back to the RV, then the receiver is plugged in, it goes through a check-switch process to identify the portable dish antenna, and then locates and self-aligns to the three satellites on the selected or default arc. If during this initial start up process a Dish 211z receiver locates fewer than three satellites, then it gives an error that all satellites were not found, that some programming will not be available, and gives the user a choice to "Rescan" (to try and find all three satellites) or "View" (to watch the programming available on the satellites it did find).
The current Wally software has no option to "Rescan" or "View". The initial start up simply FAILS with NO user options. Therefore, in cases where all three satellites are not available during initial start up the Wally becomes inoperable.
[The only workaround is if the satellite at 72 orbit is available on the Eastern arc, then you can set the Wally for using two receivers (even if you only have one) and it will look for only the one satellite at 72 on the Eastern arc. Many portable dish antennas (such as the Tailgater) use only the Western arc, so this isn't an option.]
So until Dish upgrades the Wally's software, then the Dish 211 series receiver may remain the best option for RVers because when it finds fewer than 3 satellites, the receiver gives the option to "View" the satellites it CAN find. For most RVers, that's important because in many cases some satellites are obstructed!
The software can be considered fixed when someone can post that when all three satellites are not found, the Wally offers the Rescan/View option - as opposed to how it currently becomes inoperable now.