KVH Industries TracVision R4 Satellite TV System User Manual


 
2. If you are using HyperTerminal, open
HyperTerminal and establish the following
settings:
Bits per second: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
If you are using the KVH Flash Update Wizard,
double-click the “KVH Flash Update Wizard”
shortcut on your computer’s desktop to start the
wizard. Then go to the “Select board to flash”
screen.
You do not need to flash the antenna to
configure the satellites; you will simply enter
commands in the “Command” box.
3. Apply power to the TracV
ision R5/R4 system and
allow the system to complete full initialization.
Data should be scr
olling on the PC display to
identify any system pr
oblems detected. If no data
is seen, r
echeck your connections and the terminal
software setup.
Installing the Satellite of Choice from the Satellite Library
Once the data connection has been made between the PC and the
TracV
ision R5/R4, you must assign the satellites you wish to
have in the satellite pair by typing the following commands.
(If
you ar
e using HyperTerminal, type the commands in the
HyperTerminal window. If you are using the KVH Flash Update
W
izard, type the commands in the “Command” box.)
1.
T
ype
HAL
T
and pr
ess Enter to place the antenna in
Idle Mode.
2. Select which preprogrammed satellites you wish
to assign. Table 2-5 lists the satellite names that are
in the preprogrammed North American and
European satellite library.
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Satellite Install Name
North American Satellites
DSS 101ºW DSS_101
DSS 119ºW DSS_119
EchoStar 61ºW Echo_61
EchoStar 110ºW Echo_110
EchoStar 119ºW Echo_119
EchoStar 148ºW Echo_148
ExpressVu Expressvu
ExpressTV ExpressTV
European Satellites
ASTRA1 19.2ºE ASTRA1
ASTRA2N 28.2ºE
ASTRA2N
ASTRA2S 28.2ºE ASTRA2S
Hispasat 30.0ºW HISPASAT
Hotbird 13.0ºE HOTBIRD
Sirius 5.0ºE SIRIUS
Thor 0.8ºW THOR
Other Installation Designations
User-defined 1 USER1*
User-defined 2 USER2*
None None
* USER1 and USER2 will only be
available if one or two user-defined
satellites have been added to the
library as detailed in
Section 2.5.2,
“Prog
ramming User-defined Satellites.”
Table 2-5
Satellite Installation Names