Winegard 2-WAY SATELLITE INTERNET SYSTEM, Product Manual

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8.8 - Communications
Communications between the IDU and ODU are established using Bluetooth Protocol
over the 48 volt DC power cable.
8.8.1 - Bluetooth (BT) Commands
If the IDU and ODU will not communicate, it is possible that the Bluetooth protocol has
not been properly established.
The Bluetooth initialization is completed from the lower case debug prompt. Type “bt”
and press return from any lower case debug prompt.
Two commands are necessary in order to set up the BT command structure. These are
the inquiry command “inq” and initialization command “i”. The initialization command
must be given after a BT connection has been established.
The following is the correct process for establishing a BT connection.
bt> inq
Releasing Link ... Success
Inquiry (5 Seconds) ... 0 Devices Found
bt>
inq
Inquiry (5 Seconds) ... 1 Devices Found
* 0800172C0D32 WCS (000000) 3111
* Remote Name 0800172C0D32 ... WCS Tracker
* Saving Remote Addr 0800172C0D32 ... Success
bt>
i
* Release Link: BT No Connection
* Req Establish: Success
* Link Indicator
* Success
bt>
8.8.2 - Changing the iDirect Default Password
The iDirect password can be changed in the debug prompt.
1. Enter the debug menus as described in the global procedures section of this manual.
2. At the “trk>” prompt type “cfg” and press enter.
a. This will change the prompt to “cfg>”.
3. Type “modempass <new password>” and press enter. This is case sensitive.
a. A message will be returned that states “Password = <new password>”.
4. Type “save” and press enter. This saves the change to the configuration file. The
system will now use the new password to access the iDirect modem.
5. Cycle power on the IDU.
Note: The “inq” command was given twice
because it failed to establish the proper
connection the first time. Having to do this 2
or 3 times is not unusual.