Enter Your Latitude & Longitude - KVH Industries M5 Installation Manual

Enter Your Latitude & Longitude
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Follow these steps to enter your vessel's latitude
and longitude into the antenna. If you are
installing a linear system, this step is required. If
you are installing a circular system, this step is
highly recommended, especially for DISH
Network and ExpressVu configurations.
NOTE: The antenna will use your position data to
speed up satellite acquisition. If the antenna knows
where you are, it knows where it should start looking
for the satellite (see Figure 32). In addition, for a
linear system, the antenna will use your position
information to calculate the correct LNB skew angle.
TIP: You can determine your approximate latitude
and longitude in Europe or North America from the
position grids provided in Appendix C on page 28.
To enter your position information into the
antenna, enter the following commands via
Windows HyperTerminal or KVH Flash Update
Wizard:
a. Type HALT then press Enter.
b. Type DEBUGON then press Enter.
c. Type the following command then press
Enter. Italics indicate a variable.
GPS,XX,A,YYY,B
XX = Latitude (0-90)
A = S (South) or N (North)
YYY = Longitude (0-180)
B = E (East) or W (West)
Do not enter decimals. Simply round your
latitude and longitude to the nearest whole
numbers.
d. Type ZAP then press Enter. The antenna
restarts. Wait one minute for system startup.
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Figure 32: Direction to Satellite Depends on Your Location
EXAMPLE
Entering a vessel position of 57°N, 22°E:
HALT
DEBUGON
GPS,57,N,22,E
ZAP