User guide

SATELLINE-3AS NMS / NMS Epic / NMS 869 / VHF

User Guide, Version 1.0

LCD & PUSH BUTTONS

SATELLINE-3ASd NMS includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that indicates the status and

basic settings of the radio modem. LCD and the four push buttons enable easy access to the

radio modem settings without a need for an external terminal program. This feature is

especially handy on the field conditions.

10.1

LCD after power-up

The picture on the right shows the outlook of the LCD

after the power-up i.e. the idle state of the radio

modem.

The RSSI meter on the upper left corner indicates the

received signal strength (RSSI) in dBm units. The value

will be shown for 5 seconds after the last message

has been received. The reading "---dBm" means that

no signal from any other SATELLINE-3AS NMS radio

modem is detected.

The voltage meter on the upper right corner indicates

the supply voltage of the radio modem in Volts.

There are two options to proceed from this view:

• Info pages - Press the 

button to view the info pages.

• Main menu - Press the

SETUP

-button to enter to the main menu in order to modify the

settings.

10.2

Info pages

Scrolling between the info pages is done by pressing 

and 

-buttons. The info pages show

the following settings:

1. Transmitter: frequency and power

2. Receiver: frequency and RSSI threshold

3. Serial port 1 function, type, speed and character

4. Serial port 2 function, type, speed and character

5. SW (software) version number

6. RF (radio) version info

7. HW (hardware) version info

8. Serial number