Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION
- CHAPTER 3 TROUBLESHOOTING
- CHAPTER 4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- CHAPTER 5 ACRONYMS / GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- Appendix A Antenna Mounting Plate Template (PN 3900014-1)
- Appendix B BDU Mounting Plate Template (PN 3900011-1)
- Appendix C Certus 350 Antenna Pole Mounting (Optional)
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Acronym
Description
SV
Satellite Vehicle
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TU
Terminal Unit
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UL/DL
Uplink/Downlink
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
VOIP
Voice of Internet Protocol
WAN
Wide Area Network
WI-FI
Wireless Network
WPA2-PSK
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 – Pre-Shared Key
Table 5-2 List of Definitions
Acronym Description
API
Application Programming
Interface
The Management Portal provides API to allow for the
connection to the terminal remotely.
BAA
Broadband Active
Antenna
The antenna and supporting electronics that interface an
Iridium satellite terminal with the Iridium constellation
BAE
Broadband Application
Electronics
Hardware and software platform resident in the BDU
that interfaces with the BCX, BAA and user devices
BCX
Broadband Core
Transceiver
Hardware designed for an Iridium satellite terminal to
interface end-user equipment with an Iridium BAA
BIT
Built In Test
Diagnostic testing for system integrity check and error
reporting
DTMF
Dual Tone Multi-
Frequency
Signals generated from phone keypad
EBB
Enhanced Broadband
EBB Mode is Iridium NEXT phase 1 EBBS (Enhanced
Broadband Service)
ETSI
European
Telecommunications
Standards Institute
Organization that maintains standards for Information
and Communications applicable to fixed and mobile
radio platforms
GPIO
General Purpose
Inputs/Outputs
General use pins
HGA
High Gain Antenna
External antenna that connects to the BDU via a coaxial
cable. The HGA2 (also called BAA-H2) provides 352
kbps uplink and 704 kbps downlink capability
HRLP
High Speed Radio Link
Protocol
Management of In-band signaling on broadband
channels
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer
Protocol
Protocol to exchange or transfer hypertext
ICMP
Internet Control Message
Protocol
Protocol by network devices that typically send error
messages and is used for diagnostics
ITU
International
Telecommunications
Union
Agency of the United Nations responsible for issues
concerning information and communications
technologies
LED
Light Emitting Diode
Semiconductor that emits colored light