I am sure a lot of our members wondered what the new WF files for Viewsat are for so here is a little info about Viewsat Weather Forecaster.

While the Viewsat V-Link has been rumoured to be coming for many months, it is the Viewsat Weather Forecaster that has first shipped any units into the market. Some are confused by the two rumoured devices. We have tested the Weather Forecaster with the V-Link loader and were unable to get the weather forecaster and V-Link loader to communicate, signalling in fact that they have absolutely nothing to do with eachother.

The "Viewsat Weather Forecaster" as it is called is a serial to ethernet adapter that comes with its own 5 Volt power adapter and RS-232 cable. If you think it looks a bit familiar you are correct. At first glance you may think this dongle resembles the Sonicview iHub, but you would be wrong. In fact the Viewsat Weather Forecaster is an IX-X00 Dongle, that's right, just like what is currently used for the CNX Nano 1, Mini, Duo and Trio!

While it remains to be seen what server the Viewsat Weather Forecaster solution will run on, many might be of the opinion that this will run on the same servers supporting the CNX, I-Link, Satzen and Topsat FTA receivers. Of course, this will all be known in time, should the files which are expected to be released this week get in the hands of those testers who have taken the premature leap in acquiring this new device.

As we have suggested in the past you should probably wait until the solution is tested and confirmed working before making any purchases.

Some are wondering since the Viewsat Weather Forecaster is currently selling for $109 USD if they could instead just get the CNX IX-X00 dongle.

Well the Viewsat Weather Forecaster has a serial number on it, just like the Sonicview iHub. I would think that this is not just for show. It is most likely going to be required to receive service on your Viewsats. So at this time I can not suggest anyone attempt to bypass the requirement by obtaining the CNX variation rather than the VS branded device.


For those wondering where the Viewsat Weather Forecaster can be bought here is the link for the site >>> but i would wait a bit longer and see how it performs before buying it.

Weather Forecaster - Images

The attached file shows each step in the serial setup on how to use the Weather Forecaster and final results.

Attached Files

Weather Forecaster.zip (2.46 MB, 82 views)

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i want to know if WF is working good or it's same as i hub or it's more stable

WF is a lot more stable then i-hub used to be.

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I have Just recieved the wf for viewsat ultra loaded everything and I get the weather , however I cannot get sat programs. When I go to the sat channels it says no video and audio. What am I doing wrong????? Please help.

VS servers are down at the moment as are most other brands.Wait until server goes back online and if you still have no channels we'll look into it further.

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Are the viewsat servers up? I am still trying to install the wf. ur help is appreciated.

VS servers are still down, looks like we might need a new file this time around.

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I have just loaded the new file on 4/30/2011. I was getting a no video and audio message, and now I get a scrambled channel message. on some chanels and a no video/audio on others. 1 or 2 channels do come in, What do I have to do to fix, should I start from scratch? clean, load files , etc? Thank you for ur help.

No just load the file, then do an update for the WF, put on channel and should come up some after.

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Hi, Last night everry thing worked oerfectly, I turned off the ultra via remote and today I turn it on and only get message no audio/ video. I unpluged thewf and pluged back in aand I got the same mess. I reloade the 02 and 03 files and nothing, what am I doing wrong. Is there a new file I should load???