Airbus
Iridium
SATCOM
System
L
‐
3
Aviation
Recorders
Proprietary
165E5733
‐
01
Rev.
02
7
March
2014
Page
4
SECTION 2 – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
You
configure
the
Airbus
Iridium
SATCOM
System
Satellite
Data
Unit
(SDU)
via
Ethernet
using
a
laptop,
web
browser,
and
the
AFIRS
Maintenance
User
Interface
(MUI).
An
RJ
‐
45
Maintenance
Port
jack
is
located
behind
the
access
door
on
the
front
panel
of
the
SDU.
IMPORTANT:
READ
BEFORE
CONFIGURING
SATCOM
SYSTEM
The
MUI
only
accepts
English
‐
language
characters
and
numbers.
The
aircraft’s
status
must
be
deemed
“On
‐
Ground”
to
access
Maintenance
Mode
and
make
any
system
changes.
If
the
aircraft
is
deemed
“In
‐
Air”,
the
Enter
Maintenance
Mode
button
will
be,
or
will
become,
unavailable.
If
the
aircraft
status
changes
to
“In
‐
Air”
while
in
Maintenance
Mode,
the
system
will
reboot
automatically
and
return
to
Operational
Mode
without
saving
any
changes.
Entering
Maintenance
Mode
disables
all
MCDU
functions.