Manual Positioning Commands - KVH Industries TracVision S3 Owner's Manual

A Guide to TracVision S3

Manual Positioning Commands

E-2
Find Skew Angle for Currently Selected Satellite
Function:
Command:
Argument:
Response:
* Before this command can function properly, you must perform the GPS
Position command detailed in
latitude and longitude.
Help on Parser Commands
Function:
Command:
Argument:
Response:
E.2
To execute the following commands, first put the Antenna Unit in
idle mode by typing HALT and pressing "ENTER." Positioning
commands may be entered after the antenna comes to rest.
Table E-2
Azimuth Angle
Function:
Command:
Argument:
Response:
Elevation Angle
Function:
Command:
Argument:
Response:
calculates necessary LNB skew based on latitude,
longitude, and selected satellite
SKEWANGLE*
none
displays skew angle
Section E.6
lists parser commands
HELP
none
print a list of all parser commands

Manual Positioning Commands

commands a manual azimuth angle that the
mechanism moves to
AZ,xxxx (range is 0000-3599)
desired azimuth angle of the mechanism relative to
external magnetic reference, or baseplate fwd,
000°-359.9°
echoes the command; mechanism moves at a
fixed velocity
commands a manual elevation angle that the
mechanism moves to
EL,xxx (range is 100-850)
desired elevation angle of the mechanism relative to
up, 10.0°-85.0°
echoes the command; mechanism moves at a
fixed velocity
to provide the system with the proper