User's Manual

AirbusIridiumSATCOMSystem
L3AviationRecordersProprietary
165E573301Rev.02
7March2014Page4
SECTION2–SYSTEMCONFIGURATION
YouconfiguretheAirbusIridiumSATCOMSystemSatelliteDataUnit(SDU)viaEthernetusingalaptop,
webbrowser,andtheAFIRSMaintenanceUserInterface(MUI).AnRJ45MaintenancePortjackis
locatedbehindtheaccessdooronthefrontpaneloftheSDU.
IMPORTANT:READBEFORECONFIGURINGSATCOMSYSTEM
TheMUIonlyacceptsEnglishlanguagecharactersandnumbers.
Theaircraft’sstatusmustbedeemed“OnGround”toaccessMaintenanceModeandmakeany
systemchanges.Iftheaircraftisdeemed“InAir”,theEnterMaintenanceModebuttonwillbe,
orwillbecome,unavailable.Iftheaircraftstatuschanges
to“InAir”whileinMaintenance
Mode,thesystemwillrebootautomaticallyandreturntoOperationalModewithoutsavingany
changes.
EnteringMaintenanceModedisablesallMCDUfunctions.