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Iridium Pilot Land Station Installation Guide
Installer/Customer Furnished Equipment
• Mounting Pole/Location: Used to establish vertical position of ODU. Must have additional support if
exposed to high winds.
• Ethernet Cable: Use if data connection to a computer is provisioned. The total maximum length from the
ODU to the computer cannot exceed 100 meters.
•
Fasteners:
User must supply fasteners necessary to mount the ODU mounting bracket as well as the IDU at
their specific installation locations.
• Strap wire with electrical clips: To be used for grounding the ODU/IDU cable prior to installation. Prevents
static discharge that may have built up on the cable during installation process.
Recommended Practices/Supplies
Iridium recommends that a surge suppressor or universal power supply (UPS) unit is installed along with the
Iridium Pilot Land Station product.
5. Interconnection Diagram
Figure 6.
Iridium Pilot Land Station
Interconnection Diagram
Interconnect
Cable
(up to 50 meters)
Power Module
Mains
Power Cord 2 m
User Supplied
Computer and
Ethernet Cable
Optional
Handset
Outdoor Unit
Indoor Unit
power
status
signal
sim
off / on
data voice 1 voice 2 voice 3
GPS
1 2 3
6
5 4
7 8 9
0 #
*
ABC DEF
MNO JKL GHI
PQRS
TUV
MUTE VOL
SPKR
Iridium Pilot
Crew Phone
Iridium
Go Chat
Optional
Handset
1 2 3
6
5 4
7 8 9
0 #
*
ABC DEF
MNO JKL GHI
PQRS
TUV
MUTE VOL
SPKR
Iridium Pilot
Crew Phone
Iridium
Go Chat
Optional
Handset
1 2 3
6
5 4
7 8 9
0 #
*
ABC DEF
MNO JKL GHI
PQRS
TUV
MUTE VOL
SPKR
Iridium Pilot
Crew Phone
Iridium
Go Chat
Note: Maximum distance
between the ODU and the
user computer is 100 meters.
Ground Cable
IDU Ground
Understanding the Interface Between ODU and IDU
The IDU provides isolated 48 volts to operate the transceiver and digital base-band processor in the ODU. There
is an E1 interface that carries voice information from the IDU to the ODU. The E1 also provides communications
for housekeeping between the two devices, for SIM interfacing and “reset to factory defaults” commands. Lastly
there is an Ethernet connection thru the IDU connecting directly to the ODU base-band processor.