Overview Of Entering Installation Parameters; Installation Screens - Hughes HN9800 Installation Manual

Overview of entering installation parameters

Installation screens

Chapter 3 • Installing the satellite modem
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2. Make sure that neither the satellite modem or the customer's computer are
connected to an Ethernet modem or switch.
3. If you are running firewall software on the laptop computer, disable it until you
complete installation of the modem. The LAN LED on the front of the modem
should now be on.
Successful installation of the satellite modem depends on your tasks, network and
installation software, and interaction between the satellite modem and the Network
Operations Center (NOC). After powering up the modem, enter the required
parameters and then complete the antenna pointing.
The following apply to the screen illustrations in this guide:
• The screen illustrations are examples. Values shown in these illustrations may
not apply to the satellite modem you are installing. Do not use values shown to
install or configure the modem unless the instructions say to do so.
• On some screens and in some messages you may see the word modem or the
abbreviation VSAT. Both refer to the HN9800 satellite modem.
• Screen and page are both used to refer to the information displayed on your
computer monitor.
There are three major screens for the installing the satellite modem:
• Input Params
• Pointing
• Registration
Theses tasks correspond to the tabs across the top of the screen as shown in
Figure 10. The highlighted tap indicates the task in progress.
Figure 10: Installation tabs
Click the question mark in the upper right corner of the tab to see more information
for the task. Figure 11 shows the message for the Input Params screen.