COBHAM SAILOR 60 GX, Installation Manual

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Heading input and position system
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6.2 Heading input and position system
Before the SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka can be used you must select the heading input and the
positioning system.
To set the heading input and the position system, do as follows:
1. Go to the page
SETTINGS > Navigation
.
2. Select the desired heading input, see the following table.
3. Click
Apply
.
4. In the section
Position
,
Mode
select
GNSS System
or
Manual
. The
Manual
mode is
used for fixed installations (fixed heading).
5. For
GNSS System
, select from
GPS
,
Beidou
,
GPS and Beidou, GPS and GLONASS
.
The SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka uses GPS by default
6. For
Manual
enter the latitude, longitude and altitude.
Important
Make sure that the modem is switched off at this point. Switch on the
modem after the cable calibration.
Important
You must be logged on as an administrator. See Administration on page 6-35.
Heading input Description
External Heading input from the vessel’s gyro compass (default).
If there is no heading input due to failure, alarms are raised and the
antenna continues in gyro-free mode. When heading input is available
again and a new acquisition is made, alarms are cleared. See also
Operation in gyro-free mode on page 6-15.
Fixed Use this setting for making an azimuth and cable calibration if there is no
input from the vessel’s gyro compass and for permanent installations like
remote areas or oil rigs, or during training and test.
Important: Fixed heading is not allowed for sailing vessels!
Enter the vessel heading in degrees.
None I
mportant: You must make an azimuth and cable calibration
with Fixed before you can use this setting. This is required in
order to be able to use blocking zones. After a successful
azimuth and cable calibration you must change the heading
input setting from Fixed to None.
Select this setting after a successful azimuth calibration with Fixed
heading if the system does not have input from the vessel’s gyro
compass. See also
Operation in gyro-free mode on page 6-15.
Table 6-1: Heading input options
Note
If you change the heading settings from external to fixed or vice versa you must
make a new azimuth calibration.