Programming User-Defined Satellites - KVH Industries TracVision R5 Owner's Manual

A Guide to TracVision R5/R4
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4. Type ZAP then press Enter to restart the system.
Wait for the antenna to initialize (about 1 minute).
Be sure the receiver's satellite configuration
matches your chosen TracVision R5/R4 settings.
Example:
To assign Astra 2S and Hotbird for your satellite pair, (where
Astra2S is designated as Satellite A and Hotbird is designated as
Satellite B):
Type HALT then press Enter.
Type SATINSTALL,ASTRA2S,HOTBIRD then press Enter.
Type ZAP then press Enter.

2.5.2 Programming User-defined Satellites

The TracVision R5/R4 satellite library has two open slots that
you may use to program two user-defined satellites in case you
want to install/watch a satellite that is not in the KVH
predefined satellite library. To configure a user satellite, you will
need to obtain the following satellite information from your
satellite service provider or from sites on the Internet, such as
www.satcodx.com:
• Satellite name
• Satellite position (longitude)
• Transponder information for each of the following
polarizations/frequencies:
- vertical high & vertical low
- horizontal high & horizontal low
or
- right
- left
• Transponder information includes:
- frequency
- symbol rate
- FEC code, and
- network ID (in hexadecimal format)
• Decoder type