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Chapter 1
Introduction
The purpose of this guide is to provide assistance to personnel
installing the Hughes 9450 mobile satellite terminal into a
vehicle.
This product must be installed by Authorized Service Personnel.
Note: Damages resulting in the failure to conform to the
instructions found herein, as well as standard installation
practices, will be the responsibility of the installer.
Hughes 9450 mobile
satellite terminals
The mobile satellite terminals are composed of four parts: the
transceiver or Indoor Unit (IDU), the antenna or Outdoor Unit
(ODU), the power connector/cable, and an RF cable.
Figure 1-1 9450 IDU (left) and Class 10 antenna (middle) Class 11 antenna (right)
The Hughes IDU has multiple interfaces that various Terminal
Equipment (TE) devices such as laptops, phones, etc., can
connect to: four PoE/Ethernet (RJ-45), ISDN, two POTS
(RJ-11) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
There are multiple versions of the 9450. The IDU housing is
common but the different versions have different user interfaces.
Table 1. 9450 Variants
9450 Version
Interfaces
9450
Ethernet (with PoE), POTS, ISDN, WLAN
9450E
Ethernet (with PoE), POTS, ISDN
9450L
Ethernet
9450LW
Ethernet, WLAN
9450TW
Ethernet (with PoE), POTS, WLAN
