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Auto Beam
Switching
value defines the built-in modem Automatic Beam
Switching (ABS) feature behavior:
-
ON
– enables modem
Automatic Beam Switching
(ABS) functionality.
ABS transfers connectivity from the current satellite (beam) to the next in
the
Satellite List
while the V9 OTM45 system passes through multiple
footprints and loses the receiving signal for a period, defined in the modem
parameter "
Out of Network Timer
".
This causes the modem resetting and loading configuration file for
operation via the next satellite (beam) in the
Satellite List
.
-
OFF
– disables modem
Automatic Beam Switching
functionality.
Beam Locking
value defines the behavior of the modem parameter "
Out of
Network Timer
", which starts every time the receiving signal is lost, while the
ABS is turned on.
- ON
- suppresses the "
Out of Network Timer
" activation at the modem while
the ABS is turned on. The modem remains locked on the currently
operational satellite beam until
Beam Locking
is manually swapped to
“
OFF
” or modem will reset. After reset modem starts beam searching with
the lowest numbered Satellite (beam) first.
-
OFF
- the "
Out of Network Timer
" in the modem, starts every time the
receiving signal is lost, while the ABS turned on. If the receiving signal
doesn’t return before the defined by the timer period ends up, the turned on
ABS functionality becomes active.
Figure 6-16: Modem Settings Items Display
IP Address
,
Subnet Mask, Gateway IP and Port Number
define network
parameters of the ACU used for communication with the modem.
These values are relevant only for the built-into ACU modem.
