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Installation and Commissioning Guide

iDirect iNFINITI series™

3000 5000 7000

Satellite Routers

Release 7.0

June 16, 2006

iDirect iNFINITI series Installation and Commissioning Guide, Release 7.0

in whole, without the permission of iDirect, Inc.

The specifications and information regarding the products in this manual are subject to change

without notice. All statements, information, and recommendations in this manual are believed to

be accurate, but are presented without warranty of any kind, express, or implied. Users must take

full responsibility for their application of any products.

Trademarks, brand names and products mentioned in this manual are the property of their

respective owners. All such references are used strictly in an editorial fashion with no intent to

convey any affiliation with the name or the product’s rightful owner.

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International Headquarters

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Contents

1 Getting Started 1

1.1 Required Equipment 1

1.2 When to Use this Guide 1

2 Install iSite Software and Remote Modem Images on your Laptop 3

2.1 Installing Software Downloaded from the Internet or CD 3

2.2 Components of the iSite Software and Remote Modem Images 3

3 Establish a Console Connection to the Satellite Router 5

3.1 Access your Satellite Router through HyperTerminal 5

3.2 Telnet to the iDirect Application 8

3.3 Discovering the Satellite Router’s IP Address 9

3.4 Modifying Your Laptop’s IP Address and Subnet Mask 10

4 Download the Application and Images Package to the Satellite Router 13

5 Download the Options File to the Satellite Router 19

6 Set Up your Antenna 23

6.1 Select a Site for the Antenna 23

6.2 Assemble the Antenna 23

6.3 Align the Antenna toward the Spacecraft 23

7 Point the Antenna Using a Voltmeter on the Transmit IFL Cable 27

7.1 Prepare the IDU (Indoor Unit) and ODU (Outdoor Unit) for Pointing 27

7.2 Log in to Your Satellite Router 27

7.3 Calculate Polarization, Azimuth, and Elevation 29

7.4 Perform Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Antenna Pointing 30

8 Fine-tune the Antenna Pointing and Cross Polarization 35

8.1 Set up the Satellite Router for Cross Polarization 35

8.2 Set up iSite for Cross Polarization 35

8.3 Preparing for the Cross Polarization Test 36

8.4 Running the Cross Polarization Test 36

8.4.1 Adjusting Azimuth 37

8.4.2 Adjusting Elevation 37

8.4.3 Peaking the Polarization 37

8.4.4 After the Cross Polarization Test 38

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9 Establish the 1 dB Compression Point 39

10 Record the Geo Location - Mobile Secure Remotes Only 41

10.1 Set the Satellite Router’s Geo Location 41

10.2 Verify the Satellite Router’s Geo Location 41

11 Bring the Satellite Router into the Network 43

11.1 Series 3000, 5000 and 7000 Front Panel LEDs 43

12 Post Acquisition Activities 45

12.1 Network Help Desk Duties 45

12.2 Remote Duties 46

13 Adjusting Power Settings and Configuring UCP Parameters 49

13.1 Set the Maximum Tx Power for a Remote 49

13.2 Set the Initial Tx Power for a Remote 51

13.3 Set the Clear Sky C/N Parameters for a Mesh Remote 54

14 iDirect Technical Support and Sales Information 57

Technical Assistance Center (TAC) 57

Sales 57

Appendix A Loading Images using the TFTP Server 59

Appendix B Pointing the Antenna through the Console Port 61

B.1 Performing Console Antenna Pointing 61

B.2 Modifying the Options File to Disable the Transmit PWM Voltage 61

B.3 Starting the Console Pointing 62

B.4 Using the DVM for Console Pointing 62

B.5 Pointing 63

B.6 Final Adjustments 63

Appendix C Disabling the PWM Voltage through iBuilder 65

Appendix D Pinout for RJ-45 to DB-9 Adapter 67

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Figures

Figure 6-1: Antenna Elevation Offset 24

Figure 7-1: Comparing Signal Strength 31

Figure 7-2: Locking into a Carrier Stream 32

Figure 8-1: iSite Cross Polarization 35

Figure 11-1: iDirect 3000 series Satellite Router Front Panel 43

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Tables

Table 7-1: Signal Strength Ranges (PWM) 30

Table 11-1: iDirect 3000/5000/70000 LED Status 43

Table B-1: Signal Strength Ranges (DVM) 62

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1 Getting Started

This Quick Reference Guide is intended to help the user quickly install and commission iDirect

iNFINITI series™ 3000, 5000 and 7000 Satellite Routers.

Throughout this manual we will refer to an iDirect iNFINITI series™ 3000, 5000 or 7000 Satellite

Router as, simply, “the Satellite Router.”

Your network must be at iDS version 6.0.1 or later to support iDirect iNFINITI series™ Satellite

Routers.

iDirect iNFINITI series™ Satellite Routers have a Linux operating system.

1.1 Required Equipment

You will need the following equipment and software to successfully commission the Satellite

Router in the field:

The appendices of this document include additional helpful information.

1.2 When to Use this Guide

Once you have successfully commissioned an iDirect iNFINITI series Satellite Router at a specific

location it can be reset at any time. Resetting the Satellite Router will cause it to perform its self-

test startup sequence and acquire into the network.

However, if you move your iDirect iNFINITI series™ Satellite Router from one established location

to another, it must be re-commissioned by repeating the procedures in this manual.

1. A console cable with DB9 adapter

2. A cross over LAN cable

3. Digital (or Analog) Voltmeter plus adaptor from voltmeter to IFL "F" connector

4. A hand held GPS unit or a map that shows your current geographic location

coordinates

5. A laptop (or PC) with Windows XP or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 loaded. (512

MB RAM recommended; 1 GHz processor or more; and at least 50 MB of free disk

space) iDirect recommends disabling the firewall to ensure complete functionality.

6. The correct options file provided to you by your Service Provider.

7. The correct remote application and firmware images (or correct “package”)

provided to you by your Service Provider.

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2 Install iSite Software and Remote Modem Images on your Laptop

These instructions will guide you through the process of installing iSite software and remote

images onto your laptop (or PC). The software may be downloaded from the Internet or distributed

on a CD.

2.1 Installing Software Downloaded from the Internet or CD

iSite software is usually distributed in a ZIP file format. After receiving the compressed archive file,

remote-<version>.zip, copy it to a directory where you can uncompress the files. Be sure to store

the files some where on your laptop (or PC) that you can locate them later.

Several tools, such as Info-Zip (at http://www.info-zip.org/), WinZip (at http://www.winzip.com/), or

PKZIP (at http://www.pkware.com/), recognize the .zip format.:

2.2 Components of the iSite Software and Remote Modem Images

Currently, the Images for iDirect NetModem and Satellite Router remote modem products are

bundled together, in addition to the iSite software.

•The NMS iSite program and support files

•The NetModem II Remote-Modem application and image files

•The NetModem II Plus Remote-Modem application and image files

•The iNFINITI Remote-Modem application and image files

A directory structure similar to the following will be created when the files are uncompressed:

NetModem-<7_0_X>/

iSite/

Images

Remote_2plus/

Remote_iNFINITI

Remote_NM2/

1. Uncompress the files by using a utility that understands the .zip format.

2. If desired, create a shortcut on the desktop or Windows taskbar to iSite.exe

(located in the iSite folder).

3. Run the iSite program wizard to install the software on your laptop (or PC).

NOTE <version> is the software version number in the form

‘7_X_X’.

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