Field Installation & Test Procedure, 4 Sw itch Dual Antenna Arbitrator
Panel Assembly, Sea Tel TV
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Enter the name of the ship in the Ship Name field.
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Enter the name of the antenna (ie Port Side TV Antenna) in the Antenna Name field.
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Click the Save button in the left side bar.
Secondary Antenna – LMXP:
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Connect a computer to the Ethernet LAN port (J4B) on the rear panel of the Secondary LMXP.
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Log into the Secondary LMXP and select the Communication Interfaces page.
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Configure the Addresses fields as is appropriate for the LAN onboard the ship. The IP Address of
this LMXP must be set to one greater than the IP Address of the Primary LMXP (ie, if the Primary
LMXP is set to 10.1.1.100, the Secondary LMXP must be set to 10.1.1.101). All of the other
Addresses are set to the same values as are set in the Primary LMXP.
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Select the Configuration – System page to program up to 4 blockage AZ & EL LIMIT values into the
Secondary LMXP. NOTE: The blockage zones will NOT be the same values for both antennas,
because the antennas are mounted in different locations.
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Click on the compass rose graphic in the banner of the page and press “Shift” + “B”. The blockage
zones are each represented on the compass as a transparent red wedge overlaid on the compass
(using the start and end positions of the programmed blockage zones).
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Select the Configuration - Reflector page and enter a preliminary AZ Trim of 180.0.
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Select the Auto – Satellite Search page and Target the antenna to a desired satellite (both LMXP’s
will be targeted to the same satellite). Refer to the installation manual if the desired satellite has
not been set up yet and must be created now.
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If the desired satellite is found skip to step 27. If the desired satellite is not found,
Select the
Tools –
Position Antenna page.
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Turn Tracking OFF.
Using the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT arrows to manually move the dish to acquire
the desired satellite.
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Turn Tracking ON.
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Positively verify that the satellite found is the satellite that was targeted.
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The AZ trim was preliminarily set to 180.0, Auto Trim button.
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Enter the name of the ship in the Ship Name field.
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Enter the name of the antenna (ie Starboard Side TV Antenna) in the Antenna Name field.
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Click the Save button in the left side bar.
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Verify that both antennas are tracking the same satellite.
