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A big complaint for the first dish was that the cable was hardwired in, which made snaking it through walls, etc. hard to do. I wonder if this updates that.
by chromaton 5y ago
A big complaint for the first dish was that the cable was hardwired in, which made snaking it through walls, etc. hard to do. I wonder if this updates that.
- jobe_br 5y agoYea, it appears to address that, but the new cable doesn’t seem user replaceable/fixable and it doesn’t appear possible to extend it, as the original cable was (albeit with difficulty).
- nbutyllithium 5y agoUnless I'm misunderstanding their online shop (which annoyingly requires a login to view) shows replacement cables of 75 foot or 150 foot length (for $60 and $85 respectively). The gen 1 dish had a 100 foot cable that wasn't made to be (easily) user replaceable. The ends look like a proprietary connection with a waterproof uh... double o-ring? I'm sure there's a better word for it and I'm blanking on it. (https://api.starlink.com/public-files/StarlinkCable_1100x620.png https://api.starlink.com/public-files/StarlinkCable_1100x620...)
- reportingsjr 5y agoThe word you are looking for is gasket. :)
- joshuamoes 5y agoLooks like it was addressed with different lengths being available, however looks like a proprietary connector. https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Accessories_Guide_Rectangular.pdf https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Accessories_Guide_Rect...
- olyjohn 5y agoYeah I have the first gen dish, and about 60 feet of network cable from the dish spooled up in a closet. It's not very tidy and sort of a pain to deal with. I could probably cut it down and put a new end on it, but I worry that shortening the cable will screw it up, or it'll screw up the PoE since it's not really 100% standard PoE (so I've read) to the dish due to the higher power draw.