Hi all; Just a quick one. We went over to Tryabunna ( Tasmania ) and have done for the last 10 odd years. I do not have a standard television antenna on my caravan as i have always had a Vast sat set up for around 13+ years now. But setting up @ Tryabunna and my meter ( i have a little Labgear SQ702 and has worked floorlessly over the years ) was not responding to the sattilite. Most frustrating to say the least. I know the general direction of the sattilite as i have set up countess time in the same area before and never had a problem.
On arriving back home last week and as i also have a sat dish on my roof of the man cave i also connected my meter to that dish and had the same responce as what i had in Tryabunna. Some thing has to be wrong. Connecting the dish from the mancave back into my Vast receiver in the my caravan and all good, i had all of the channels and no problems. I tryed this a couple of time just to make certain that i indeed had a meter that refused to work.
I have since found out the parameters have changed ( as of 01-12-2025 ) for the vast television network and my meter has to be sent back to the manufactures for a firmware upgrade, i was told at no cost, just return postage.
So i would advise that anyone with one of these little Labgear SQ702 meters to do the same and sent your meter back to the place were it was purchased from or Labgear them self.
Corndoggy said
10:53 AM Dec 8, 2025
I would think that if the parameters have changed and you need to have a firmware upgrade on your finder that you would also need an update on your vast box. Have you noticed any recent upgrade on your box?
valiant81 said
11:09 AM Dec 8, 2025
Hi corndoggy; While i have not seen any updates for the Vast receivers, they may have happened in the back ground. With my set up at home i also have a second sat dish on the roof of my mancave for and connect to this dish when we are at home. The sat receiver is left in stand by when at home so if there are up grades thay may happen while we were out of the caravan.
Ineedabiggerboat said
11:22 AM Dec 8, 2025
Ive got an Altech receiver, still working fine and no noticeable upgrades
Corndoggy said
02:12 PM Dec 8, 2025
Anyone know what the new parameters are for vast system? I'm checking my meter now and looks like I'm picking up nothing. Meter is a Satking SK-3200. Was user error fault. Well just had another go and got it to find a satellite.
All is working fine including the vast box.
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Monday 8th of December 2025 03:54:35 PM
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Monday 8th of December 2025 05:35:49 PM
valiant81 said
02:51 PM Dec 8, 2025
Hi Ineedabiggerboat; I too have a Alteck Vast receiver. If and when a up date is needed, Vast them self in incript the update as part of the transmitted signal the main reason why at home my receiver is connected to a dish on my mancave and left in stand by. Never had a problem.
AS for my Labgear SQ702 that is on its way to my supplyer for a firm ware upgrade. I do have a very good fta / sat meter that i use when i was installing antenna equipment, but it is kept at home when we travel. Not worth the chance of it getting damaged or stolen. The cost of replacing that meter , i would have to sell my first born!!
Ineedabiggerboat said
03:20 PM Dec 8, 2025
Apart from being a reasonable sat receiver, its the best thing to warn you that a storm is coming I.e. it loses signal
Ineedabiggerboat said
09:11 PM Dec 9, 2025
I just had a look at info on the box.
DSD:1.53.287
Firmware 1.0
CA SW: 3.6.22
Smart card V6.0
Looks like the software was Aug 2016
Midware SW also 2016
valiant81 said
09:24 AM Dec 10, 2025
Ineedabiggerboat wrote:
I just had a look at info on the box. DSD:1.53.287 Firmware 1.0 CA SW: 3.6.22 Smart card V6.0 Looks like the software was Aug 2016 Midware SW also 2016
Hi; Its not the sat receiver that is the issue. IT is the sat meter , the one you use to alighn the dish with. In my case it is the Labgear SQ702 There may be others ?? that needs a firmware upgrade. Not the Vast receiver, upgrades for these receivers are sent as a package in the normal signal that they receive from the sattilight.
Hi all; Just a quick one.
We went over to Tryabunna ( Tasmania ) and have done for the last 10 odd years. I do not have a standard television antenna on my caravan as i have always had a Vast sat set up for around 13+ years now. But setting up @ Tryabunna and my meter ( i have a little Labgear SQ702 and has worked floorlessly over the years ) was not responding to the sattilite. Most frustrating to say the least. I know the general direction of the sattilite as i have set up countess time in the same area before and never had a problem.
On arriving back home last week and as i also have a sat dish on my roof of the man cave i also connected my meter to that dish and had the same responce as what i had in Tryabunna. Some thing has to be wrong. Connecting the dish from the mancave back into my Vast receiver in the my caravan and all good, i had all of the channels and no problems. I tryed this a couple of time just to make certain that i indeed had a meter that refused to work.
I have since found out the parameters have changed ( as of 01-12-2025 ) for the vast television network and my meter has to be sent back to the manufactures for a firmware upgrade, i was told at no cost, just return postage.
So i would advise that anyone with one of these little Labgear SQ702 meters to do the same and sent your meter back to the place were it was purchased from or Labgear them self.
Anyone know what the new parameters are for vast system? I'm checking my meter now and looks like I'm picking up nothing. Meter is a Satking SK-3200. Was user error fault. Well just had another go and got it to find a satellite.
All is working fine including the vast box.
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Monday 8th of December 2025 03:54:35 PM
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Monday 8th of December 2025 05:35:49 PM
Hi Ineedabiggerboat; I too have a Alteck Vast receiver. If and when a up date is needed, Vast them self in incript the update as part of the transmitted signal the main reason why at home my receiver is connected to a dish on my mancave and left in stand by. Never had a problem.
AS for my Labgear SQ702 that is on its way to my supplyer for a firm ware upgrade. I do have a very good fta / sat meter that i use when i was installing antenna equipment, but it is kept at home when we travel. Not worth the chance of it getting damaged or stolen. The cost of replacing that meter , i would have to sell my first born!!
Hi; Its not the sat receiver that is the issue. IT is the sat meter , the one you use to alighn the dish with. In my case it is the Labgear SQ702 There may be others ?? that needs a firmware upgrade. Not the Vast receiver, upgrades for these receivers are sent as a package in the normal signal that they receive from the sattilight.