In my home, I have a TV in the LR that is connected to the Genie HD DVR (it also has the swm device). In the kitchen, we have a second TV; it has the Genie Mini. I bought a new panel that has RVU so I want to move the HD DVR to the kitchen (one less box on the new panel).
Direct TV cust. svs says the SWM device needs to stay on the current line or everything will not work. I agree. Then she says a tech needs to come out to "re-program" the SWM if I want to move it. I told her no way is the SWM "programmable" as its a dumb device.
Here is the Q: if I want to move the DVR to the kitchen, all I need to do is go to the roof and swap around the two cable lines off of the switch? I only have two lines coming in. They both are running on different routes behind the walls.
.The "SWM device" is the power inserter which powers the LNB at the dish. It has to stay connected to the power passing port of the splitter.
There's only one cable from the dish with an SWM LNB. Somewhere in your system that single line must be connected to a splitter. If you swap the two lines at the output from the splitter, you have to move the power inserter along with the DVR.
That is what I was thinking. Last time I was on the roof, I recall the dish w/single line to a splitter (previously referred to as "switch"), then two separate lines out of the splitter into the house.
Beats "re-programming" the SWM and paying the service call fee.
There is no "reprogramming" of the SWM. When you swap the cables and move the Genie and the power inserter, it's just as if you had a power failure and then resumption.
I was being facetious. So I went on the roof and swapped each line. The kitchen was now working fine with the DVR but, the new panel needs a cable connection to utilize RVU: no wifi. I don't have the hard connection in my LR (although I have a great signal and have never had streaming issues). Back up to the roof, reverse all, back to original configure.
Actually, the SWM is the combination splitter/power inserter. It looks like an ordinary splitter except for its labeling and the red insert on the power input port.
The power supply that hooks up to the red port is what powers the LNB.
As I said, those are just splitters, the SWM power inserter is the device I pictured. There is no combination splitter/PI. When they refer to the "SWM", most people are talking about the PI. You can't run an SWM system without it, whereas with only one receiver you don't need a splitter. As bluemoon737 posted, the actual SWM electronics are either in the dish, or in a separate multiswitch (8 or 16 channel).
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