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location change plus a variation of 2 degrees or more on Elevation. Overriding GPS will omit this feature
and antenna stowing due to movement will not occur.
8.2.2.7 Compass (Maintenance)
These buttons provide the operator the ability to validate the compass functionality and as well
the correct values at the four locations. The operator also can restore the compass to the
factory calibrated defaults.
Calibrate Compass (Only Applicable on 1201 & 1801)
Automatically calibrates compass, this button will be greyed out for all Flyaway antennas.
i. The mount and or Mobile Platform Vehicle must be pointed North (Vehicle
front windshield). The software will Pop-up a dialog window to confirm this
orientation prior to proceeding with the calibration. Refer to Fig. 66
i. Ensure that there are no metallic objects that could interfere with the
Compass, and that the Mobile Platform is on level surroundings.
ii. Orient the Mobile Platform as depicted in figure 66. It is recommended that
you use an external compass to be as accurate with the orientation as
possible.
iii. The Antenna will now rotate in 90 intervals and attempt to calibrate the
compass.
iv. A message prompt will appear to notify you that the Compass Calibration
has been completed successfully or not.
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