COBHAM SAILOR 60 GX, Installation Manual

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SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka
Quick guide
Configuration tasks (minimum)
This quick guide aims at experienced service personnel who have installed the SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka
system and connected power. It lists the minimum configuration tasks you have to make before the
system can be used on-air on a satellite.
1. Switch on the Antenna Control Unit only.
2. Connect a PC to LAN2 connector at the rear of the Antenna Control Unit.
3. On the ACU keypad, push and hold the left arrow key for 5 seconds and wait for the very short display
of
Local administration
, followed by the event text:
0807F-0 WARNING Local administration
enable
. This gives you temporary administrator access for 1 hour or until next restart
4. Open an Internet browser to access the web interface of the SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka: IP address:
http://192.168.0.1. (default on LAN Port 3), user name: admin, password: leave empty or type in new
(minimum 8 characters).
5. Switch on the modem and wait for the modem to boot and perform the initial BUC calibration.
6. Verify that the SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka acquires the Ka satellite. Check that the ACU display shows
ACQUISITION
.
7. Verify that the system is operational. Check that the status in the ACU display shows
TRACKING
and
the upper status line
MDM: NETOK
.
98-148248-C
Important
Do not switch on the modem at this point.
Configuration
task
What to do and where to find more information
Heading input
Configure the heading input to
External
under
SETTINGS > Navigation
. For more
information see Select the desired heading input, see the following table. on page 6-4.
Connect the ship’s heading (NMEA0183, RS-422/RS-232) to the NMEA 0183 multi-
connector. For more information see
NET-H (NMEA 0183 connector, for future use) on
page 4-3.
Azimuth
calibration
Make an azimuth calibration under
SERVICE > Calibration
to ensure that the antenna
can point and receive a signal from the satellite. For more information see Calibration on
page 6-7.
Cable
calibration
Make a cable calibration under
SERVICE > Calibration
to ensure that the cable loss is
calculated properly. For more information see Cable calibration on page 6-11.
Satellite profile
Activate the satellite profile with the GX modem selected modem. Activate the satellite
profile under
SETTINGS > Satellite profiles.
For more information see Satellite
profiles on page 6-21.