The solution is available for the ultra, ultra lite, 9000 hd and the max hd. If you’ve got one of those receivers its time to take them out of the closet and get your hands on the weather forecaster. The Viewsat weather forecaster is a serial to Ethernet adapter that comes with its own 5 Volt power adapter and RS-232 cable.

Installation of the device is relatively simple assuming your receiver is already hooked up to TV and satellite dish and ready to go.

1. Flash receiver via USB with your specific receiver software.
2. Remove WF from box, attach serial cable to serial side of main body, then connect the other side to serial on receiver.
3. Connect your WF to internet via Ethernet RJ45 cable.
4. Attach Power cable to main body and then plug into outlet.
5. Click menu on receiver remote.
6. For static IP:

Go to installation => Serial Setup => Network Setup => Network setting => put your IP

For non-static IP

Go to installation => Serial Setup => Network Setup => Network S/W upgrade => Start Upgrade. Software for WF is upgraded automatically.

Once upgrade is done, exit from menu system, it is now functional!

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