TracVision M3 User’s Guide
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Appendix C - Programming User-Defined Satellites
Programming Your User-Defined Satellites
To configure a user-defined satellite, you will need to program into the
antenna the following information about the satellite:
• Satellite name
• Satellite longitudinal position
• Transponder information for all four combinations of
polarization and band (vertical high, vertical low,
horizontal high, and horizontal low):
• Frequency
• Symbol rate
• FEC code
• Network ID
• Decoder type
NOTE:
You can find this information on the web at
(neither website is affiliated with KVH).
To program this information into the antenna, enter the following
commands via Windows HyperTerminal (see
).
1.
Type
HALT
then press Enter.
2.
Type the following
SATCONFIG
command then press
Enter:
SATCONFIG,X,A,B,C,D
3.
Type
@DEBUGON
then press Enter.
Field
Description
X
User-defined satellite stored in antenna library
(
996W
= User A;
997W
= User B)
A
Longitude (0-180)
B
E (East) or W (West)
C
Decoding type (1 = DSS-A, 2 = DSS-B, 3 = DVB)
D
Polarization (L = linear)