Toughsat
Users Manual
Ground Control
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Advanced Operation
Gateway Agnostic Setup
The Toughsat is capable of finding the satellite and locking on without the presence of a modem. While this will not allow
you to get online or access any web services, it can be convenient for certain classes of users. The procedure for
deploying the Toughsat is the same in this case as in the basic operation mode, with only a few differences. The Toughsat
Controller is turned on first, and in this case some care must be taken to avoid pressing the One Step buttons before the
controller is fully online. Doing so may cause the Controller to enter a special installation mode, and will not operate
normally. Allow 90 seconds for the Controller to come fully online.
When the Controller is online, the same process is used to deploy the dish. When using the Controller web interface,
instead of saying “Passed Test, System Online” it will display “System Pointed” on the status line. When using the Remote
Keypad, the LED’s will still indicate “On Signal”, but not “Tx Enabled”.
Web Interface Password Protection
Customers who forward the interface, often like to enable password protection on the interface. This prevents those who
are unauthorized from doing stuff to the system (both locally and remotely). To enable this, go to
http://192.168.1.2/password.htm - username is admin and leave the password field blank. From here, you can set an
admin, user and limited password. The page explains the different levels of access to the interface - various levels of
access can be given to the appropriate people who have access to the system. If you do not want to have a password on
a certain access level, then just leave the password field blank, but they'll still have to enter the appropriate user name to
access the interface (so if you only wanted to have admin access to have a password, then put an admin password in and
leave the others alone, but they would still need to enter user as the username when they go to the main interface page
before they could see anything).
Configuring Your Toughsat for Remote Control
Under certain circumstances, you may wish to allow your Toughsat to be controlled remotely. Doing so is possible, but
requires a little bit of set up.
NOTICE: The following instructions are provided for use only with the default hardware configuration. If you are using a
3rd party router, gateway, firewall, or any other 3rd party device these steps may not work for you. Ground Control
recommends that you use your Toughsat with the factory hardware.
First, you’ll need to make sure that Remote Management is enabled on the built-in linksys wireless router. To do so, log
in to the Linksys router at 192.168.1.1; Username field should be left blank, and the default password is “admin”. Click on
the Administration button, and make sure that “Remote Management” is enabled. The default port is set to 8080; if you
are using the default linksys password, you should use a different port (and be sure to write it down). Click on the save
settings button, and then the continue button when prompted.
While still logged into the router, go to the Applications and Gaming tab. Creat
e a new entry with “Toughsat” in the
application line. The Start and End ports should both be 80, and the IP address should be 2. Check the Enable box, then
click on save settings, and continue when prompted.
If you wish to allow remote control of the Toughsat, you may want to increase the refresh rate of the control page. Since
the control page uses Javascript and AJAX elements, they will change their information too fast for a remotely-connected
user to see. To fix this, go to 192.168.1.2/setflash.htm.
The user name is “admin” and the password is “skynet2029”.
WARNING: It is very important that you do not change any of the settings on this screen without either confirming them
with Ground Control support or following the direct instructions of this manual. Permanent damage to your system may
result.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for the “Javascript Refresh Rate (ms)” option. It should be set to 500 by
default; change it to 2000 and click on Update. This will reboot your Toughsat and take you back to the main control
page. NOTE: from this point forward, your control page will always take 2 full seconds for information to display, change,
