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A commenter identifying as a Comcast employee states the company switched its line technicians from the Viavi ONX meter to the Hitron XM2 meter.

What happened

Post: "Viavi OneExpert 630 tilt"

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RedditSep 23, 2026By u/Sartor27

r/CableTechs

Viavi OneExpert 630 tilt

upvotes
10
comments
15

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  • [comment u/JasperRidley] Curious if this is the meter that linetechs use in most of your areas? I have friends that work for Astound that use it but at Comcast we went to the XM2 (Hitron) from the ONX.

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Comments on the post

5 of 15 comments
  • “Use the 630 everyday, its in catv settings under tilt configuration. Set your high and low. If thats not working then something else going on. I've set up tons of guys meters for exactly this, we use 303 and 711 for our pilots.”

    u/LordCanti263 points · Sep 24, 2026View

  • “It's a setting in CATV settings.”

    u/boxosox1 points · Sep 23, 2026View

  • “Curious if this is the meter that linetechs use in most of your areas? I have friends that work for Astound that use it but at Comcast we went to the XM2 (Hitron) from the ONX.”

    u/JasperRidley1 points · Sep 24, 2026View

  • “I have had that meter for years. I have never figured it out. I just do the math.”

    u/KDM_Racing1 points · Sep 23, 2026View

  • “Go to the CATV settings under the CATV tab on the home screen. Adjust under the Tilt Configuration submenu”

    u/zenroch1 points · Sep 23, 2026View

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Signal
Tech adoption

What this signalsUser posts often show product pain before it reaches reviews or churn.

Subreddit
r/CableTechs
Stage
Switched

Companies

  • HitronAlso named
  • Viavi SolutionsAlso named

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Mentions
4

Details

Timing
Completed
Category
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Link URL
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Topics and mentions

Topics

  • field service
  • test equipment
  • vendor switch
  • telecom

Products named

  • XM2
  • ONX

Extraction

Sentiment
Neutral
Detected
Sep 23, 2026
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signal_subtype
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        "author": "LordCanti26",
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