Installation manual

6009-33 Installation Manual Table of Contents
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3.6.
CONNECTING THE BELOW DECKS EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 3-6
3.6.1. Connecting the ADE AC Power Cable ............................................................................................................................ 3-6
3.6.2. Connecting the BDE AC Power Cables .......................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.6.3. Connecting the ADE IF Coaxes ......................................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.6.4. Connect the Modem TXIF Coax ....................................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.6.5. Antenna Control Unit Connections ................................................................................................................................. 3-6
3.6.6. Radio Control Serial Cable .................................................................................................................................................... 3-7
3.6.7. Terminal Mounting Strip (TMS) Connections ............................................................................................................ 3-7
3.6.8. Other BDE connections ......................................................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.7. FINAL CHECKS................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3-9
3.7.1. Visual/Electrical inspection .................................................................................................................................................. 3-9
3.7.2. Electrical - Double check wiring connections ............................................................................................................ 3-9
3.8. POWER-UP ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.8.1. Balancing the Antenna ........................................................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.8.2. Fine Balance and Monitoring Motor Drive Torque .............................................................................................. 3-10
4. BASIC SETUP OF THE ACU .................................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.1. OPERATOR SETTINGS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2. SETUP PARAMETER DISPLAY AND ENTRY MENUS. .................................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.3. DEFAULT SETUP PARAMETERS FOR YOUR ANTENNA ............................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.4. SAVE NEW PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
5. SETUP – SHIPS GYRO COMPASS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.1. GYRO TYPE ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2. UPDATING THE GYRO TYPE PARAMETER ................................................................................................................................................ 5-1
5.3. IF THERE IS NO SHIPS GYRO COMPASS .................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
6. SETUP – BAND SELECTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 6-1
6.1. CROSS-POL AND CO-POL QUAD-BAND LNBS ....................................................................................................................................... 6-1
7. SETUP – TARGETING ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7-1
7.1. AUTO TRIM ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7-1
7.2. MANUALLY OPTIMIZING TARGETING ........................................................................................................................................................ 7-1
7.3. EL TRIM .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.4. AZ TRIM ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7-2
7.5. SAVE NEW PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7-2
8. SETUP – HOME FLAG OFFSET............................................................................................................................................................. 8-1
8.1. ELECTRONIC CALIBRATION OF RELATIVE ANTENNA POSITION (HOME FLAG OFFSET).................................................................... 8-1
8.1.1. You Found a Large AZ TRIM value:.................................................................................................................................. 8-1
8.1.2. You Observe “Home” Pointing is LEFT of the Bow-line: ......................................................................................... 8-2
8.1.3. You Observe “Home” Pointing is RIGHT of the Bow-line: ..................................................................................... 8-2
8.1.4. To Enter the HFO value in the DAC_2202: .................................................................................................................. 8-3
8.2. MECHANICAL CALIBRATION OF RELATIVE ANTENNA POSITION (HOME FLAG OFFSET) ................................................................. 8-4
9. SETUP – SEARCHING ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9-1
9.1. SEARCHING OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9-1
9.1.1. Default Standard (Box) Search Pattern ......................................................................................................................... 9-1
9.1.2. Inclined Orbit Search Pattern ............................................................................................................................................ 9-2
9.1.3. No Gyro Search Pattern ......................................................................................................................................................... 9-2
9.2. CHANGING THE SEARCH PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 9-3
9.2.1. AUTO THRES ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9-4
9.2.2. EL STEP SIZE ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9-4
9.2.3. AZ STEP SIZE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9-4