If you modify flipper so that on off only operates the tv make sure standby is deactovated.
Dish tv standby mode.
Dish tv set top box red light blinking.
The old receivers for the huge dishes used to have to stay on all the time.
You re happily watching tv when it shuts itself off and tells you via a pop up message that your dish network tuner has been turned off due to inactivity.
Many dish stbs are preset to enter standby mode after 4 hours of inactivity.
For example many people sleep with the tv stb on in this case set timer so the channel changes at say 1 am then 4 am.
This will also allow the program.
Att has a built in standby mode that cannot be turned off usually at 4 hours of no activity.
Some dish stbs no longer allow.
Follow the instructions for your specific stb model by clicking here.