
Table of Contents
4.16. SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................................................................4-44
5. BASIC SETUP OF THE ACU ..................................................................................................................................................................5-1
5.1. OPERATOR SETTINGS.....................................................................................................................................................................................5-1
5.2. SETUP PARAMETER DISPLAY AND ENTRY MENUS.................................................................................................................................5-1
5.3. DEFAULT SETUP PARAMETERS FOR YOUR ANTENNA...............................................................................................................................5-1
5.4. TRACK DISP .................................................................................................................................................................................................5-3
6. SETUP – SHIPS GYRO COMPASS...................................................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.1. GYRO TYPE ......................................................................................................................................................................................................6-1
6.2. UPDATING THE GYRO TYPE PARAMETER ................................................................................................................................................6-1
6.3. IF THERE IS NO SHIPS GYRO COMPASS.....................................................................................................................................................6-1
7. SETUP - BAND SELECT .........................................................................................................................................................................7-1
7.1. TRACK DISP .................................................................................................................................................................................................7-1
8. SETUP – TRACKING RECEIVER – VSAT.......................................................................................................................................8-1
8.1. DETERMINING THE IF TRACKING FREQUENCY (MHZ)...........................................................................................................................8-1
8.2. KHZ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................8-1
8.3. FEC...................................................................................................................................................................................................................8-1
8.3.1. L-Band SCPC Receiver.............................................................................................................................................................8-1
8.4. TONE.................................................................................................................................................................................................................8-1
8.4.1. VSAT Application.......................................................................................................................................................................8-1
8.5. VOLT .................................................................................................................................................................................................................8-2
8.5.1. VSAT Application.......................................................................................................................................................................8-2
8.6. SAT SKEW.....................................................................................................................................................................................................8-2
8.7. NID ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................8-2
9. SETUP – HOME FLAG OFFSET.............................................................................................................................................................9-1
9.1. ELECTRONIC CALIBRATION OF RELATIVE ANTENNA POSITION (HOME FLAG OFFSET)....................................................................9-1
9.1.1. You Found a Large AZ TRIM value:..................................................................................................................................9-1
9.1.2. You Observe “Home” Pointing is LEFT of the Bow-line:.........................................................................................9-2
9.1.3. You Observe “Home” Pointing is RIGHT of the Bow-line:.....................................................................................9-2
9.1.4. To Enter the HFO value in the DAC_2202:..................................................................................................................9-3
10. SETUP – TARGETING.............................................................................................................................................................................10-1
10.1. AUTO TRIM ..............................................................................................................................................................................................10-1
10.2. MANUALLY OPTIMIZING TARGETING .....................................................................................................................................................10-1
10.3. EL TRIM.......................................................................................................................................................................................................10-2
10.4. AZ TRIM .....................................................................................................................................................................................................10-2
10.5. SAVE NEW PARAMETERS ...........................................................................................................................................................................10-2
11. SETUP – SEARCHING ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11-1
11.1. SEARCHING OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................................................11-1
11.1.1. Default Standard (Box) Search Pattern...................................................................................................................... 11-1
11.1.2. Inclined Orbit Search Pattern ......................................................................................................................................... 11-2
11.1.3. No Gyro Search Pattern...................................................................................................................................................... 11-3
11.2. CHANGING THE SEARCH PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................11-4
11.2.1. AUTO THRES.............................................................................................................................................................................11-4
11.2.2. EL STEP SIZE............................................................................................................................................................................ 11-4
11.2.3. AZ STEP SIZE...........................................................................................................................................................................11-4
11.2.4. STEP INTEGRAL ......................................................................................................................................................................11-4
11.2.5. SEARCH INC ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11-5
11.2.6. SEARCH LIMIT ........................................................................................................................................................................11-5
11.2.7. SEARCH DELAY........................................................................................................................................................................11-5