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mTenna Plus and mTenna Select Installation Guide
Appendix B: Network setup
Network and cabling diagram.
Page 1: ...mTennaTM Plus and mTennaTM Select Installation Guide Document number 700 00043 000 rev03 Compatible with ASM software release 1 2 0 3845 25 October 2018...
Page 2: ...DU 5 4 3 1 Install the rack unit 5 4 3 2 Connect the cables 6 5 Set up mTenna Plus modem side Ethernet 7 6 Adjust ASM software and IP address 8 6 1 Configure a descriptive name for each ASM optional 9...
Page 3: ...egal information 18 Appendix A Administrative user commands to force transmit during P1dB testing 19 Appendix B Network setup 20 Appendix C mTenna Plus dimensions 21 Appendix D mTenna Select dimension...
Page 4: ...need to upgrade ASM to software version 1 2 0 3845 for mTenna Plus and mTenna Select to operate correctly Contact Kymeta customer support to get the mTenna Plus and mTenna Select upgrade kit 2 Package...
Page 5: ...copy client SSH secure shell client and mTenna Plus SSH key 3 1 2 Files required for installation Ensure you have the following files from Kymeta 700 00043 000 mTenna Plus and mTenna Select Installati...
Page 6: ...abit ethernet switch minimum number of ports is equal to number of ASMs one port for the mTenna Plus one port for administration laptop mTenna Plus 1 unit mTenna Select 1 unit Modem 1 unit Power strip...
Page 7: ...commends that you label all components of each KyWay ODU This recommendation includes labeling the ODU IDU and cabling from the ASM to its corresponding mTenna I O The following table is a list of cab...
Page 8: ...000 Kymeta KyWay Terminal Installation Guide 2 Mount the modem 3 Mount the mTenna Plus 4 Mount the mTenna Select 5 Mount the network switch The mTenna Plus and mTenna Select vents are on the top of e...
Page 9: ...er strip 5 Repeat the above steps for each ASM being installed Install mTenna Plus and mTenna Select cables 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to the modem LAN port on the mTenna Plus and into the administra...
Page 10: ...with a SSH key unique to the mTenna Plus units On a modem running Velocity software run the following command sudo qdnetconf sh reset On a modem running Evolution software do the following 1 Replace...
Page 11: ...e and complete a reboot Reboot takes approximately 60 seconds 8 Return to the ASM s web user interface and navigate to Settings Adjust the ASM s reboot time to an appropriate local time and day of the...
Page 12: ...e name for each ODU to aid in relating the displayed metrics to the physical installation To configure an alias for an ASM do the following 1 connect to the mTenna Plus via SSH 10 0 0 1 username kymet...
Page 13: ...Tenna Plus Power LED displays green mTenna Plus RX IN LED displays orange mTenna Plus RX OUT LED displays red mTenna Select Power LED displays green mTenna Select TX IN LEDs display red One mTenna Sel...
Page 14: ...rgument asm1 true asm2 true asm3 true asm4 false Reboot the KyWay IDU for this change to take effect 9 Verify cables After the full system has booted and you have been able to ping and connect to the...
Page 15: ...ts a failed test Use the following REST API request to obtain the results of the power on self test curl user admin 2Cfg Ant X GET http mTennaPlus_ip v1 mast post where mTennaPlus_ip is the IP address...
Page 16: ...Example test failure classname OscCtrl max 250025000 message Expected value min actual 246281109 vs 249975000 min 249975000 name Frequency_JESD_RX1_ REC0 status 1 time 0 001 value 246281109 Note that...
Page 17: ...umentation for the relevant commands A crontab file has five fields for specifying the date and time followed by the command to be run at that interval Modify the first field to change the minute 0 59...
Page 18: ...ll the ODUs so that each BUC reaches P1dB compression at the same output power by the modem Before beginning P1dB testing on any ASMs ensure that no BUC attenuation is set on any ASM by navigating to...
Page 19: ...the ASM under measurement has line of sight of the satellite and achieves PL sync b Physically cover the ASMs with boxes or other RF blocking material so that the ASM under measurement has the best SN...
Page 20: ...rage tmp c Run the script tx_cal py in a Python interpreter with arguments as follows arguments number of ASMs ASM1 p1dB ASM2 p1dB ASM3 p1dB ASM4 p1dB examples python tx_cal py 4 25 24 24 26 python tx...
Page 21: ...evisions to instructions in sections 7 8 9 and 12 14 Legal information 2018 Kymeta Corporation and its affiliates KYMETA CONNECTED BY KYMETA MTENNA KYWAY K LO image and K LO are trademarks of Kymeta C...
Page 22: ...ufficient SNR greater than 0 and reasonable scan angle theta 65 3 Force transmit from the desired ASM in the example below this is ASM 1 opt kymeta bin libkymetaservice set setting py s ccp service id...
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