Raymarine 45 STV, User Manual

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40 Raymarine Satellite TV Systems
Antenna status
The antenna status information shows monitoring and set up information
for your antenna.
Target satellite selection and monitoring
This section enables you to set up satellite tracking and monitoring.
Satellite pair
This section shows satellites being tracked.
Local frequency and signal strength
This section shows the local satellite frequency and signal strength.
Serial port set up
Having connected the ACU to your PC, communication must be established
between the two., this requires the communication speed and the serial
port to be set up. You can then use the GUI to configure the antenna
settings.
To set up the serial port
1. Connect the ACU and PC as described in “To operate the GUI” on
page 39.
2. From the menu options select ‘Serial Communication. The serial
communication screen is displayed.
3. Click on the drop down menu to select the baudrate setting. It
should be 19200 bps.
4. Click the circle next to the serial port number that you want to use.
The selected port is shown next to the baudrate setting.
5. Click the ‘Connect/ Disconnect’ button to establish communication.
The button label changes as you click to show connection status.
Once communication between the ACU and antenna has been established
you can configure the settings for your antenna.
The GUI control soft keys
The following is an explanation of the operation of the different GUI soft
keys:
Baudrate setting
Serial port setting
D8016_1
Connection status
D8359_1