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Field Service Procedure – Replacement Pol Pot Kit, USAT 

 

Page

 

5

 

of

 

7

 

 

Document No 

135929 Rev A

 

Copyright © Sea Tel, Inc 2012 - The information contained in this document is proprietary to Sea 
Tel, Inc.  This document may not be reproduced or distributed in any form without prior written 

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7.

 

Pol

 

Pot

 

Alignment

 

and

 

Verification:

 

 

*Note:

 

Do

 

not

 

try

 

to

 

drive

 

the

 

polarity

 

of

 

the

 

antenna

 

using

 

the

 

pol

 

window

 

of

 

the

 

DAC,

 

remote

 

commands

 

must

 

be

 

used.

  

 

1.

 

Drive

 

the

 

reflector

 

to

 

zero

 

degrees

 

of

 

elevation

 

to

 

view

 

the

 

orientation

 

of

 

the

 

LNB:

 

Press

 

the

 

 

button

 

to

 

turn

 

the

 

tracking

 

function

 

off

 

(if

 

applicable)

 

to

 

prevent

 

the

 

antenna

 

from

 

going

 

into

 

a

 

search.

 

Push

 

the

 

 

button

 

until

 

the

 

“Antenna”

 

window

 

is

 

displayed

 

(the

 

screen

 

will

 

show

 

the

 

AZ,

 

EL

 

and

 

REL

 

values).

 

Press

 

the

 

 

button

 

twice

 

to

 

isolate

 

the

 

“EL”

 

window

 

and

 

then

 

press

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

to

 

activate

 

it

 

(a

 

cursor

 

will

 

be

 

displayed).

 

Now

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

scroll

 

the

 

cursor

 

along

 

and

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

change

 

the

 

elevation

 

value

 

to

 

“00.0”

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

 

 

button.

 

 

2.

 

Set

 

the

 

Pol

 

Type

 

to

 

manual

 

mode:

 

Enter

 

the

 

“Setup

 

Menu”

 

mode

 

by

 

pressing

 

and

 

holding

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

together

 

until

 

the

 

“EL

 

Trim”

 

or

 

“Auto

 

Trim”

 

window

 

is

 

displayed.

 

Push

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

key

 

until

 

the

 

“Polang

 

Type”

 

window

 

is

 

displayed.

 

Press

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

key

 

to

 

activate

 

the

 

window.

 

Now

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

  

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

scroll

 

the

 

cursor

 

along

 

and

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

change

 

the

 

characters.

 

Set

 

the

 

“Polang

 

Type”

 

to

 

“0009”

 

which

 

is

 

manual

 

mode

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

 

button.

  

 

3.

 

Press

 

the

 

 

button

 

again

 

to

 

display

 

the

 

“Pol

 

Offset”

 

window.

 

Verify

 

the

 

pol

 

offset

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

“0030”,

 

if

 

not

 

press

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

key

 

to

 

activate

 

the

 

window.

 

Now

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

  

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

scroll

 

the

 

cursor

 

along

 

and

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

change

 

the

 

characters

 

to

 

“0030”

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

 

button.

     

4.

 

Now

 

press

 

the

 

 

button

 

again

 

to

 

display

 

the

 

“Pol

 

Scale”

 

window.

 

Verify

 

the

 

pol

 

scale

 

is

 

set

 

to

 

“0090”,

 

if

 

not

 

press

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

key

 

to

 

activate

 

the

 

window.

 

Now

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

  

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

scroll

 

the

 

cursor

 

along

 

and

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

change

 

the

 

characters

 

to

 

“0030”

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

 

button.

    

4

  

*Note:

 

If

 

the

 

pol

 

offset

 

was

 

set

 

to

 

another

 

value

 

other

 

than

 

“0090”

 

the

 

feed

 

won’t

 

have

 

the

 

full

 

180

 

degrees

 

of

 

rotation

 

which

 

would

 

have

 

caused

 

alignment

 

issues.

 

If

 

this

 

was

 

the

 

case

 

set

 

the

 

pol

 

scale

 

to

 

‘0090’

 

and

 

repeat

 

the

 

“verify

 

the

 

range

 

of

 

motion”

 

test

 

at

 

the

 

beginning

 

of

 

this

 

procedure.

   

 

5.

 

Now

 

keep

 

pressing

 

the

 

 

button

 

until

 

the

 

“Remote

 

Command”

 

window

 

is

 

displayed

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

 

arrow

 

key

 

to

 

activate

 

the

 

window.

 

Now

 

use

 

the

 

 

and

 

  

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

scroll

 

along

 

and

 

the

 

 

or

 

 

arrow

 

keys

 

to

 

change

 

the

 

characters

 

to

 

read

 

“g0120”

 

and

 

press

 

the

 

 

button

 

to

 

send

 

the

 

command

 

to

 

drive

 

the

 

feed

 

assembly

 

to

 

the

 

center

 

of

 

its

 

range.

   

*Note:

 

It’s

 

advisable

 

to

 

have

 

someone

 

watching

 

the

 

feed

 

while

 

it’s

 

being

 

driven

 

as

 

if

 

the

 

pot

 

isn’t

 

correctly

 

calibrated

 

there

 

is

 

the

 

possibility

 

to

 

damage

 

the

 

motor

 

if

 

the

 

feed

 

assembly

 

hits

 

its

 

mechanical

 

end

 

stop.

   

 

(

Steps

 

6

11

 

require

 

assistance

 

to

 

observe

 

and

 

operate

 

antenna

 

simultaneously

)

 

 

6.

 

Observe

 

the

 

physical

 

alignment

 

of

 

the

 

LNB:

 

The

 

LNB

 

should

 

be

 

aligned

 

horizontally

 

with

 

the

 

coax

 

cable

 

pointing

 

to

 

the

 

left

 

(as

 

shown

 

below

 

in

 

Fig.

 

1.1).

 

If

 

not

 

continue

 

on

 

to

 

step

 

7,

 

otherwise

 

skip

 

ahead

 

to

 

step11.

 

 

Содержание USAT

Страница 1: ......

Страница 2: ...lookup table in the DAC If the system is unable to drive the pol motor to obtain the correct feedback or if the pot has failed and won t give the correct feedback the antenna can t complete the target process and the antenna will stay in this position Setting the pol type to 0009 will make the antenna target by removing the auto pol function from the targeting process however the miss alignment of...

Страница 3: ...eaches its end stop Now measure the resistance between the slider and the counter clockwise contact grey cable pin 2 and the red cable pin 3 The feedback should be approximately 5k ohms Now slowly rotate the shaft of the pot counter clockwise the reading should count down sequentially After one and a half turns the pot will be in the center of its range giving a resistance of approximately 2 5k oh...

Страница 4: ...eflector harness connector from the pol pot connection and then compress the retaining clips to remove the pol pot connector from its mounting bracket 2 Locate the pol pot on the feed assembly and remove it using a 9 64 Allen wrench The pot is secured via a single screw washer and star washer save the hardware for future use 3 Now using the parts supplied in the kit build up the replacement pol po...

Страница 5: ...ible if there is a large amount of error in the pot alignment 6 Install the replacement pot assembly onto the feed by looping the pulley through the belt Then install the flat washer followed by the star washer onto the retaining screw and apply Loctite 242 to the thread Pull down on the assembly to tension the belt and tighten the retaining screw Note Additional mounting hardware is provided in t...

Страница 6: ...ton again to display the Pol Offset window Verify the pol offset is set to 0030 if not press the arrow key to activate the window Now use the and arrow keys to scroll the cursor along and use the and arrow keys to change the characters to 0030 and press the button 4 Now press the button again to display the Pol Scale window Verify the pol scale is set to 0090 if not press the arrow key to activate...

Страница 7: ...alue Enter g0130 g0135 g0137 and so on into the remote command screen until the LNB is aligned horizontally Should the LNB be over to the right of center and needs to be driven counter clockwise to bring it to horizontal decrease the pol value Enter g0110 g0105 g0103 and so on into the remote command screen until the LNB is aligned horizontally 8 Once the LNB has been aligned horizontally as per F...

Страница 8: ...screen of the DAC This will drive the feed assembly to its upper electronic end stop set by the potentiometer Once the pol motor has finished driving the LNB should be vertical to the right of the OMT with the coax cable pointing upwards as shown below in Fig 1 5 Fig 1 4 Fig 1 5 12 Set the Pol Type to automatic auto pol Press and hold the arrow keys together until the EL Trim or Auto Trim window i...

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