iDirect Evolution X1 User manual

iDirect Satellite Router Installation and Commissioning Guide i
iDX Release 3.3
Installation and Commissioning Guide
iDirect Satellite Routers
iDX Release 3.3
July 31, 2014

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The following table shows all revisions for this document. To determine if this is the latest
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Contents
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 When to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Required Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 Required Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.5 Extracting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.6 Software Package Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.7 PC Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Site Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Selecting a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.1 Magnetic Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.2 Sighting Antenna Azimuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3.3 Elevation Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Part One: iSite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3 Connecting to the LAN Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1 IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Local Area Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3 Retrieving the IP Address using the Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3.1 Connecting to the Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3.2 Logging In to the iDirect Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.3.3 Retrieving the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4 Loading Packages with iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.1 Logging In to iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2 Loading BSP and Remote Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5 Loading Options Files with iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.1 Options File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6 Configuring TRANSEC ACC Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.1.1 Commissioning without an X.509 Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.2 Loading ACC Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7 Pointing the Antenna with iSite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.2 Initial Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.2.1 Calculating Look Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.2.2 Coarse Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7.3 Peak Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7.3.1 PWM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.3.2 Histogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.4 Peaking the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Part Two: Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8 Connecting with Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.1 Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.2 IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.3 Restoring Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.3.1 X1 Indoor/Outdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.3.2 X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
8.3.3 e150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
8.4 Cold Start: X1 Outdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9 Loading Packages with Web iSite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9.1 Logging In to Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9.2 Loading the Package File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
10 Loading Options Files with Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
10.1 Options File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
10.2 Downstream Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
11 Pointing the Antenna with Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11.2 Initial Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11.2.1 Calculating Look Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11.2.2 Coarse Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
11.3 Peak Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
11.3.1 PWM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
11.3.2 Graphic Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
11.4 Peaking the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
12 Over the Air Download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
12.1 Software Package and Options Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
12.2 Options File Only Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
12.3 Verify the Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Part Three: Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
13 Setting Geo Location for Secure Mobiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
13.1 Secure Mobile Remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
13.2 Setting Geographic Location using the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
13.3 Setting Geographic Location of an X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
14 Cross Polarization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
14.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
14.2 Satellite Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
14.2.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
14.3 Performing Cross-Pol Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
14.4 After Securing the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
15 1 dB Compression Point and Maximum Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
15.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
15.2 Determining the 1 dB Compression Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
15.3 Optional Procedure to Determine PN Max Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
16 Acquiring the Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
16.1 Initial Acquisition: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
16.2 Initial Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
16.3 Front-Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
16.3.1 Evolution e8350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
16.3.2 Evolution X3 and X5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
16.3.3 Evolution X1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
16.3.4 Evolution X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
17 Setting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
17.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
17.1.1 The Reference Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
17.1.2 Maximum Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
17.2 Setting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
17.2.1 Setting TDMA Initial Power and Maximum Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
17.2.2 Setting SCPC Return Initial Power and Maximum Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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18 Post Acquisition Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
18.1 Network Operator Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
18.2 Remote Installer Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
18.2.1 Recording Remote Status Using a Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
18.2.2 Recording Remote Status Using Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
18.3 Initiating Traffic Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Appendix A: Loading Images with TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Appendix B: Disabling the PWM Voltage in iBuilder . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Figure 1. Allowing iSite in Windows Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 2. Example: Magnetic Declination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 3. Antenna Elevation Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 4. Local Area Connection Status Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 5. Local Area Connection Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 6. Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 7. PuTTY Session Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 8. PuTTY Configuration: Serial Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 9. Root Login and Linux Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 10. Telnet and Login to iDirect Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 11. Entering the laninfo Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 12. Welcome Screen and New Element Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 13. Logging In to New Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 14. Selecting the BSP File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 15. Download Package Dialog Box Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 16. Information Window: File Transfer Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 17. Loading the Options File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 18. Open Dialog Box with Remote Options File Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 19. Resetting the Satellite Router After Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 20. ACC Key Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 21. iSite Antenna Pointing Dialog Box: Look Angle Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 22. Starting Antenna Pointing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 23. Antenna Pointing Histogram and Current Signal Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 24. X1 Indoor Rear Panel: Reset Access Hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 25. X1 Outdoor Front Panel: Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 26. Evolution X7 Reset Button: Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 27. Connecting to the Satellite Router using Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 28. Web iSite Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 29. Web iSite Dashboard Example: Evolution X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 30. Web iSite File Management Page: Load Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 31. Selecting Package File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 32. Load Package Status Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 33. File Management: Load Options File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 34. Load Options File Status Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 35. Evolution X7 with Latest Software in Both Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 36. Downstream Template: Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 37. Web iSite Downstream Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 38. Restart Confirmation Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Figure 39. Web iSite Commissioning Dialog Box: Angle Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 40. Web iSite Antenna Pointing Graphic Display: X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 41. Web iSite: Antenna Peak Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 42. Web iSite: Confirming the Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 43. Web iSite: ODU Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 44. View Options File: Frequency Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 45. Setting Geographic Location: Evolution X7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 46. iSite Cross Polarization Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 47. Web iSite Cross Polarization Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 48. iSite: Specify Modulated Carrier Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 49. Sample Transfer Characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 50. Adjusting Transmit Power using iSite and Web iSite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 51. iSite: Transmitting a Modulated Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 52. Web iSite: Transmitting a Modulated Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 53. iMonitor Probe: Changing the Satellite Router Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 54. Initial Power in Probe and iBuilder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 55. iBuilder Transmit Properties: TDMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 56. Setting Modulated Maximum Power Custom Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 57. iBuilder Transmit Properties: SCPC Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Figure 58. iBuilder Transmit Properties: SCPC Initial Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Figure 59. Remote Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Figure 60. Web iSite Modem Status Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 61. iBuilder Remote Information Tab: Disabling Tx PWM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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List of Tables
Table 1. LAN Ports for Ethernet Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 2. iDX Release 3.3 Remote Software Packages by Model Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 3. PWM Voltage Ranges and Signal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 4. Evolution X1 Outdoor Warm-Up Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 5. iDX Release 3.3 Remote Software Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 6. PWM Voltage Ranges and Signal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 7. iDirect Evolution e8350 LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 8. iDirect Evolution X3 and X5 LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 9. iDirect Evolution X1 LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 10. iDirect Evolution X7 LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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About
Purpose
This document provides detailed instructions for installing and commissioning iDirect
Evolution® Satellite Routers at remote sites. The guide supports the following models:
• Evolution X1, X3, X5, X7, e150, and e8350
• iConnex®e800, and e850
Note: iNFINITI®Satellite Routers are not supported in iDX Release 3.2 and later.
Intended Audience
This guide is written for satellite earth station engineers, network operators, and field
technicians tasked with the installation and commissioning of iDirect Evolution Satellite
Routers.
Contents Of This Guide
This document contains the following major sections:
•“Getting Started”
•“Site Considerations”
•“Part One: iSite”
•“Part Two: Web iSite”
•“Part Three: Commissioning”
•AppendixA, “Loading Images with TFTP Server”
•AppendixB, “Disabling the PWM Voltage in iBuilder”

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Document Conventions
This section illustrates and describes the conventions used throughout the manual.
Related Documents
The following iDirect documents are available at http://tac.idirect.net and contain related
information. Please consult these documents for information about installing and using iDirect
satellite network software and equipment.
• Satellite Router Quick Start Guide
• Satellite Router Installation, Support, and Maintenance Manual
•iDX Release Notes
•iDX Software Installation Guide or Network Upgrade Procedure Guide
•iDX iBuilder User Guide
•iDX iMonitor User Guide
•iDX Technical Reference Guide
Convention Description Example
Blue
Courier
font
Used when the user is required to
enter a command at a command
line prompt or in a console.
Enter the command:
cd /etc/snmp/
Courier
font
Used when showing resulting
output from a command that was
entered at a command line or on
a console.
crc report all
3100.3235 : DATA CRC [ 1]
3100.3502 : DATA CRC [5818]
3100.4382 : DATA CRC [ 20]
Bold
Trebuchet
font
Used when referring to text that
appears on the screen on a
windows-type Graphical User
Interface (GUI).
Used when specifying names of
commands, menus, folders, tabs,
dialog boxes, list boxes, and
options.
1. If you are adding a remote to an inroute group,
right-click the Inroute Group and select Add
Remote.
The Remote dialog box has a number of user-
selectable tabs across the top. The Information
tab is visible when the dialog box opens.
Blue
Tre b uchet
font
Used to show all hyperlinked text
within a document.
For instructions on adding a line card, see “Adding
Line Card” on page 108.
Bold italic
Trebuchet
font
Used to emphasize information
for the user, such as in notes.
Note: Several line card model types can
be configured as receive-only line
cards.
Red italic
Trebuchet
font
Used when the user needs to
strictly follow the instructions or
have additional knowledge about
a procedure or action.
WARNING! The following procedure may
cause a network outage.

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• iDX Link Budget Analysis Guide
Getting Help
The iDirect Technical Assistance Center (TAC) is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Software user guides, installation procedures, a FAQ page, and other documentation that
supports our products are available on the TAC Web site. Access the TAC Web site at
http://tac.idirect.net.
Additional ways to reach the TAC are:
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
To purchase iDirect products, contact iDirect Corporate Sales by telephone or email.
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
iDirect strives to produce documentation that is technically accurate, easy to use, and helpful
to our customers. Feedback is welcomed. Send comments to [email protected].

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1 Getting Started
This chapter describes how to use this guide, lists the tools required, and provides procedures
for obtaining the software used to commission the Satellite Router.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•“When to Use This Guide” on page1
•“How to Use This Guide” on page1
•“Required Equipment” on page2
•“Required Software” on page2
•“Extracting Files” on page3
•“Software Package Components” on page3
•“PC Firewall” on page4
1.1 When to Use This Guide
Use this guide when performing initial configuration and commissioning of an iDirect Evolution
Satellite Router. Repeat the procedures if you move the Satellite Router from one fixed
location to another.
1.2 How to Use This Guide
This guide documents the step-by-step procedures required to configure and commission the
Satellite Router. The procedures appear in the order in which they are performed. Perform
the steps in the sequence in which they are presented in the guide.
The document is divided into three parts. Part One describes use of the iVantage®Network
Management System (NMS) iSite client software application. The iSite application is used
when commissioning the Evolution X3, X5, e8350, and e8xx Satellite Routers.
Part Two describes the Web iSite interface, used when commissioning the Evolution X1, X7,
and e150 Satellite Routers.
Part Three describes commissioning operations that are common to all remote sites and
Satellite Router models. Where differences exist between iSite and Web iSite procedures,
they are described in the affected sections.

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1.3 Required Equipment
The following equipment is required to commission the Satellite Router in the field:
• A console cable with DB9 adapter or USB to RS-232 adapter. (Not required for Evolution
X1, X7, or e150)
•A crossover Ethernet cable
Note: In most cases, a straight-through Ethernet cable (rather than a crossover
cable) can be used to connect to the Satellite Router. However, a straight-
through cable may not work when connecting some PCs to Evolution X3, X5
or E8000 Series Satellite Routers.
• A DC voltmeter with female “F” input adapter
• A hand-held GPS unit, or a map with geographic coordinates
• An indelible marker pen
• A PC or laptop with:
• Windows 7, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3
• A minimum of 512 MB RAM
• A minimum processor speed of 1 GHz
• A minimum of 50 MB of free disk space
• Screen resolution of at least 1280 × 1024
• Terminal emulator software (Not required for Evolution X1, X7, or e150)
•A Web browser (Required for Evolution X1, X7, or e150 only)
1.4 Required Software
Installation and commissioning of Evolution X3, X5 and e8000 series satellite routers is
performed using the iSite client, which must be installed on a local laptop or PC. Installation
and commissioning of the Evolution X1, X7, and e150 Satellite Routers is performed using Web
iSite. Web iSite is an embedded Web server that enables configuration and commissioning
using a Web browser.
An “image file” containing remote software (and in some cases a Board Support Package file)
must be installed on the Satellite Router. These files are distributed in a single .zip file and
are usually installed locally using iSite or Web iSite. The installer can load the software locally
or the Network Operator can transmit the remote software to the Satellite Router over the air
when a Downstream Template has been loaded or downstream parameters have been
manually configured on the Satellite Router.
The software packages may be downloaded from the iDirect T
echnical Assistance Center (TAC)
at http://tac.idirect.net.
To download from the TAC Web site:
1. From the Home Page, under Browse Items By Type,click Software Releases.
2. Under Within Software Releases, click iDX.
3. Scroll down the list to iDX Release 3.3. A description of the selection appears below the
hyperlinked headings. Click the link with “iSite” in the description.

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4. Under Description, click Remote Software and iSite.
5. Confirm that the correct release is displayed, then click Download.
In addition to the iSite application and image file packages, commissioning requires an
options file or Downstream Template file to be installed on the Satellite Router during the
commissioning process. Options files are created using the iVantage® NMS iBuilder
application. Downstream Template files are created with a text editor. In either case, these
files are provided to the installer by the Network Operator or Service Provider.
Note: The maximum transmit power in the initial options file loaded on the Satellite
Router should be set to the highest allowable value. The initial transmit power
should be set to the lowest allowable value. The configurable power range for
X1 and e150 Satellite Routers is from -35 dBm to 0 dBm. The configurable
power range for all other model types is from -35 dBm to +5 dBm.
1.5 Extracting Files
The iSite client software is distributed in a .zip file (Remote Packages and iSite iDX
{release#}.zip) which includes the remote image packages and board support packages for all
Satellite Routers.
To extract the files:
1. Copy the .zip file to a separate directory for extracting the compressed files. Store the
files in a directory that is easy to locate later.
2. Extract the files with a .zip file utility application, or right-click the .zip file and select
Extract All.
3. If desired, create a shortcut to iSite.exe on the desktop or in the Windows task bar.
iSite.exe is located in the iSite folder.
The following folders are created when the compressed files are extracted:
Remote Packages and iSite - iDX{release#}
iSite/
Images/
Remote_Evolution_e8series
Remote_Evolution_X3_X5
Remote_Evolution_X1_e150
Remote_Evolution_X7
where: {release#} is the iDX software version number.
1.6 Software Package Components
The iSite software and Satellite Router image files are bundled together in the downloaded
.zip file, and appear in the unzipped folders. This includes:
• The NMS iSite program and support files (iSitefolder)
• The Evolution e8000 Series BSP and remote image files (Remote_Evolution_e8series
folder)
• The Evolution X3 and X5 BSP and remote image files (Remote_Evolution_X3_X5 folder)

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• The Evolution X1 and e150 image files (Remote_Evolution_X1_e150 folder)
• The Evolution X7 image file (Remote_Evolution_X7 folder)
1.7 PC Firewall
When using Windows XP and Windows 7 with iSite version 3.1 and above, it is necessary to
disable or modify the Windows Firewall for full functionality of some features.
For Windows 7, because the Firewall may be selectively applied to separate domains, iDirect
recommends that the Firewall remain enabled, but that the iSite application be granted
access as an allowed application. Refer to Figure 1 for the following procedure:
To Configure Windows 7 Firewall for iSite:
1. Open the Control Panel and click Windows Firewall.
2. In the left-hand viewing pane, select Advanced Settings. A new window opens.
3. In the left-hand pane of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window, click
Inbound Rules.
4. Scroll to iSite in the center viewing pane. Right-click and select Properties.
5. In the Generaltab under Action, select Allow the connection.
6. Click OK.
7. Repeat for other instances of iSite in the scroll-down list.
8. Close Firewall windows.