How To Power-Up A Winegard WiFi On A Jayco RV

I discovered how to do this after seeing a lot of people searching for how to do it. Winegard makes a type of aerial mounted on the roof of RV's and campervans. They look like this.

Above. There is an LED under the cover to the right of the SIM slot. If this is not lit any color then the 'Connect 2.0' is not getting 12V power. On earlier Jayco caravans there was a 'WiFi' switch in the van. Later campervans have no wifi switch.

Above. The control panel. 'Light 3' is on and we gave it a radio telescope icon. It also enables lights in the camper. This is because the Winegard draws little power and these light switches really enable physical light switches. I found light switch 1 or 3 will power-up the Winegard on my RV.

You Don't Need to Take One Apart But We Did

Above. This is what's inside a Winegard dome. 2 cell phone antennas and 2 wifi antennas connected to a main board and a break-out board. A single +12V and ground goes into the unit. All data is handled by wifi. I bought a cheap, second-hand unit on Ebay just to activate it on the bench.

Setting-Up a Winegard Cell Phone to Wifi Network

In Australia I used a Telstra pre-paid 4G/5G SIM card. I followed the manual that comes with this unit. You can use a mobile or a laptop - they both work. I found the web browser method easier. Once it's powered-on you can detect and log-in to the wifi network but use the correct password. There is a unique password for each unit. The LED changes color from solid red, yellow, blinking green and finally solid green.

Once the wifi is detected turn off and install the SIM card. Reboot and enable the cell phone network as it's internet source. The manual has some out dated pages here but I used a 'single internet source'. After the cellular network is working I downloaded and installed the software update. There was nothing special about detecting the Telstra SIM card.

Why Do This?

Good question. Once 5G has been rolled-out across Australia the mobile or cell phone network will compete with satellite-based internet. The mobile network has broad use and acceptance in Australia. That means more money is available for further development. Many people like using laptops in their camper rather than mobiles and these units simplify wifi internet in your camper.

In Memory Of Andrew The Desert Drifter

I started watching Andrew's YouTube channel in 2024. He explored and filmed the vast deserts and empty canyons of the US South West. He had a strong focus on anthropology and archaeology which is why I liked his videos. There was also the landscape itself. I don't think his channel was old, just a year or so.

Then in January this year (2025) his videos stopped forever. Andrew was killed in a car accident.

 

I removed the link to Andrew's channel from this site after awhile because it would never be updated. Andrew's wife and family found his cameras in his wrecked car. There was video on them and they made 2 more clips. The first has been uploaded and I'm watching it now.

Into the Unknown: The Desert Drifter's Final Voyage (Part 1)

 

How Russia Got The Atom Bomb

 

 

 

I Test Covid Positive A Week Before Xmas

Around the longest day of the year I go shopping to a major town to buy stuff not available in a small town. I haven't been wearing a mask for quite awhile although I carry one in my pocket. A few days later and I'm feeling like a case of the flu with some weird neurological effects. Sure enough:-

At this point isolating is pretty obvious because I don't feel like doing anything or going anywhere. A friend says he got over it 'in a couple of days' except he's a lot younger than me. I decide to phone the health department to see how long it takes to get over it. They tell me to have a phone consultation with a doctor within 2 hours. This seems a bit extreme but I am in my 70's so I ring the next day. I keep waiting to self recover but it's not happening.

A local doctor phones back and tells me he will prescribe anti-virals that can be picked-up from a local chemist but not by me. My partner picks them-up for me but now she is not in a good way with covid symptoms. The next day she tests positive.

The anti-virals take a couple of days to make me feel better. They work by making the virus produce faulty copies of itself. It feels like the pro-covid and anti-covid forces are having a battle in my body. I keep doing a bit of work but my brain really is not up to complex tasks.

About a week later I test negative:-

Now it's time for me to pick-up anti-virals for her. I feel bad I spread covid to my partner because we have avoided it for 4 years. I was also a vaccination behind the recommended dose because all my covid shots were in my left arm. My left arm seized-up and it took over a year to get it working again. Thanks bat munchers.

The Verdict?

I'm pissed-off humans have colonized this planet to the point they are either eating bats or developing bat bio-weapons. How much of what is actually happening do we even know about? Russia, North Korea and China are not going to announce what bio weapons they have developed. I'm pissed-off at dictators that hide behind the smokescreen of communism to oppress and control their populations.

Internal Xmas Decorations

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Animation Using Ofnuts Processing Graphic

 

Above. This is the graphic coded by ofnuts using the  Processing app.

 

Above. The same image animated with G'MIC Continuous Droste coded by souphead. I made a gmic batch script to automate Droste animations.

Marquee Moon by Television 4d Fractal Render

The track was recorded in 1977. They were better times than now. Remember when people had time? Now all of their time is sucked-in to a debt vortex created by the f*cktards they voted for.

climate change

 hasn't rained here for awhile now huh?

When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

Your B450M AORUS Elite Will Not Boot-Up - The Simple Fix

UPDATE. The last bios for this motherboard F67 March 2024 is simpler but continues the same problem. Don't buy this motherboard. Gigabyte knows there is a problem with this mobo because bios versions appear and disappear from their site.

A new motherboard, a new build and yet the Gigabyte AORUS B450M will not boot or POST if the power supply switch or power cable had been turned off at any time.

I spent a lot of time investigating this. The only way to get it to start was to remove the lithium battery and jumper the CMOS reset pins.

I found this is a common problem and tried people's solutions but none worked. I thought it was power-related.

What Did Work

In the bios settings go to 'Power' and look at 'AC BACK'. The options are:

Memory  - This didn't help

Always On - Select this one.

Always Off - What I always use but not here.

This assumes the many other bios settings are workable

I've been building computers for a long time and 'Always Off' had become automatic. It's for a power outage and having a machine re-start itself can scramble the file system. 

Gigabyte is based in Taiwan and the boards are made in China. Is this a political problem? These boards are designed for gamers and over-clockers and have far too many bios settings and options that could destroy components 😀 

Maybe 'shutting-down' and 'power outage' got lost in translation? I have not seen this problem before and the solution works but now the computer is started from the power supply switch not the front panel. I'm guessing if the power supply had no switch then plugging-in a mains cable would start the computer. It's obvious these boards have a bios problem.

If you have new info on the AORUS no boot issue drop a comment below.