Hughes 9201 User manual

Hughes 9201 BGAN Quick Guide
When usi ng the Bgan for RADIO, before you do anything else, plug the Bgan into an
ISDN COOBE which is turned on. Then swi t c h t h e B G A N o n . The top of the unit has
only 2 buttons -power and audio. Press the right hand button for 2 sec onds, and lay it
flat on the ground so it can get a GPS. The BGAN networkrequiresa valid GPS fix to
su c c e ssfu l l y re g i ste r t h e B G A N te rm i n a l . You need fairly open sky to obtain acquire the
GPS.The GPS LED will start to flash green indicating the terminal is acquiring a GPS
fix. Once a GPS fix is acquired, the flashing light will go solid. This may take a few
minutes.
Turn the knobs on the sides to loosen and unfold the legs. Note that they both loosen in
the same direction, unlike normal screws.
Position the flat panel facing the sky as you would an M4. There are currently three
sa t e l l i t e s t h a t c a n b e u se d . They are over the Eastern Pacific, the Western Pacific and
Kenya. There is a compass built into the back of the unit. Start at about a 30 degree
angle.
There are two ways to achieve the best signal on the Hughes 9201 BGAN. The first way
is by using the LED display. To the left of the audio button, there are 8 LED’s.
You need to follow the scale below:-

The se c o n d wa y i s to u se t h e a u dio buzzer. Press the audio button to turn on the buzzer,
the better the signal, the higher the pitch of the buzzer.
Adjust the angle and direction of the panel for the best signal. Press the audio button
again to turn off the buzzer.
If you are just using a Glensound with the BGAN, you can simply register onto the
network by pressing the audio button again for three seconds. The signal lights will go
out and the two LED’s, either side of the power button will blink. The BGAN is now ready
to make ISDN calls.
From behind the BGAN open the plastic covering on the left. Inside you will find
connectionsfor a laptop and ISDN.
Connec t your Glensound or other ISDN unit to the port marked ISDN. The illustration
sh o wsa USB connection. The ISDN socket is on the left. Note when using a Glensound
with a BGAN i t is no longer nec essary to dial 902 in front of the number your are calling.
So to dial traffic, you would dial 00-44-208-735-5555.
If you are going to use a laptop, you must have the "BGAN Launch Pad" software
already installed or it will not work.
Open the application on your laptop.

Once it has made contact with the BGAN terminal, press the ‘Register with Network
now’
button
The terminal will attempt to register with the network. When it is successful it will
automatically open a standard connection. This can be turned off if required. Once this
has been done, the terminal is ready for use.
To Connect to the Internet via Laptop
Once you have a connection through the Bgan, open up an internet site (proxy toggle
OFF). Then you will have to TYPE IN the web address eg www.filetotraffic.co.uk or
www.google.co.uk (if you don’t the BBC address on your laptop won’t allow you to
connect).

Launch Bar
Click on any icon to display the associated tab, where you can perform BGAN
Launch Pad functions.
The launch bar options include:-
Data connections – connecting to Internet to browse Web sites and send and receive
emails, and also using advanced applications such as video and FTP.
Text message options – sending and receiving text messages.
Phone options – monitoring call records.
Usage information – providing data usage and call duration information.
Service information – listing Service Provider support options.
Support information – listing Launch Pad help and Service Provider contact details.
Registration S tatus and Coverage Map
This area displays the connection date and time, location information and other
registration information, and shows the expected coverage zone.
Status Bar
The Connected to status, terminal S tatus and Signal strength are all show on the
status bar, as show below.

At the end of the session, disconnect the service you are using and close down the
application.
TO SHUT DOWN, PRESS AND HOLD THE POWER BUTTON 3 SECONDS. It will take
se ve ra l se c o n d s f o r a l l L E Ds t o g o o f f.
If you need to charge the battery or run the terminal off mains, pug into the
power adaptor connector into the DC power input jack.