Introduction Iridium Satellite System Your Iridium equipment is a modular system that consists of a Iridium is a global satellite network for telecommunications. It transceiver unit, control handset unit, antenna unit and an optional consists of 66 satellites providing world-wide coverage. analogue PSTN telephone/PABX.
Contents Abbreviations Control unit = handset Handset ................iii Global Positioning System What Is What? ..................iii DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency Introduction ................. iv L-Band Transceiver About this Manual .............. iv PABX Public Automatic Branch Exchange (also called PBX) Iridium Satellite System .............
Handset Basic Operation Enter PIN You can connect up to four handsets to this Iridium equipment. 7/9/1999 A handset can be in one of two states: enabled or disabled. 12:00:48 Handset States Key in the pin code supplied with the SIM card. If the pin code keyed In each of the two states, the handset’s normal display and signalling in is correct, the handset enters ready state: can be described as follows:...
1. Hook on. 2. Hook off. 2. To find the right user name on the list, eg. Commander, use: Volume During a conversation, the speaker and earpiece volume can be adjusted by means of: 3. Confirm: Password for Commander How to make an External Call 4.
How to make an Internal Call If the system is ready to make a call, a dialling tone is heard in the earpiece/speaker, and the display shows: Entering a telephone number on a handset follows the procedure shown with this example: Enter number Enter number 1.
2. Now, key in the extension number to which the call should be Answering a Call transferred. NOTE: When the speaker is off you can see that you are being called, (the display will show “Incoming Call”) but there will be no sound in the speaker.
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4. To select “Enable” or “Disable”, use : and press: The function has now been enabled or disabled depending on your choice. To select to which extension number(s) incoming calls should be transferred, follow the steps described above. In step 4, however, select “Extension”, after which you can key in and confirm the wanted extension number.
Handset Advanced Operation To confirm that you want to select an item, use the OK key: The system features a large number of special functions. For those of the functions that are likely to be used the most, there are special buttons or shifted functions in connection with the numeric keys.
When you have reached the last entry, the phone book starts from Phone Book the top again with the first entry. The phone book offers the following facilities: • Up to 100 entries with names and numbers can be stored. A Alphanumeric Search telephone number may consist of up to 24 digits, and a name You can also search the phone book by means of the alphanumeric...
Changing a Number Stored in the Phone Book Calling a Number from the Phone Book To edit a stored number in the phone book: To call a number stored in the phone book: 1. To enter the phone book, press: 1.
value of the item and the user’s priority value determine Security Lock Function whether the user has access to the item or not. The blocked items The handset can be protected against unauthorized use via the are indicated by a star * in front of the item. security lock function.
and confirming by 5. Find the right user name using: This action can only be carried out if the handset is in ready state. See section “About this Manual” on how to return to ready state. When the lock is enabled, all other control units are automatically locked if they are in ready state (no call in progress and not inside and press: the menu system or phone book).
Editing the Properties of an Existing User: 5. Key in the old password and confirm by pressing 1. To enter the function menu, press: 6. Key in the new password and confirm by pressing 2. To select the “Setup” item, press: 7.
2. Find the item “Call Log” using and confirm by 4. To find the user to be deleted, use: 5. To delete the user, press 3. Find the item “Private” using and confirm by 6. Confirm by Call Log 4. Find the item “Outgoing” using and confirm by Information about all outgoing calls are logged.
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Print Call Log to a Personal Computer Connect a PC/Laptop to the RS232 service interface port with a standard 9 wire serial cable. (RX on pin 2, TX on pin 3 and Ground on pin 5) 3. Find the item “Global” using and confirm by On the PC/Laptop you can use a terminal program (e.g.
Latest calls To read out a list of the latest calls, write “CALLS [number of last and press: calls] on the command line and press enter. Up to 50 calls can be listed. You can now choose between “Status”, “Set”, “System update”, “GPS update”...
Now, move to the desired item – dimmer or contrast – by means of: Via this menu item, it is possible to obtain the geographical position in terms of longitude and latitude if an optional GPS receiver is connected via the transceiver. If this is the case, the position is available by going through the following steps: 1.
SIM Card Handling Your Iridium equipment monitors the SIM card status. The status information is shown in the display of each handset in ready state. 4. Find the “Time/date” item using and press: SIM Card Messages As long as one of the following messages are seen in the display, To see the effect, exit the menu system.
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Entering the PIN Code Each time a valid SIM card with an enabled PIN code is inserted into the SIM card holder, the current value of the associated PIN code must be entered using the alphanumeric keys. The PIN code must be 2.
For internal incoming calls (local calls), the resulting tones are respectively: 6. Enter the new PIN code and press: • Deep dual • High dual • Deep dual • High dual 7. Reenter the new PIN code and press: As mentioned above, choosing a ringing tone affects both the external incoming ringing tone and the internal incoming (local call) ringing tone according to the following table: Unblocking a Blocked SIM Card...
Extension 1. To enter the function menu, press: At any time, each handset is uniquely characterised by an extension number. That is, only one handset at a time may have a given extension number. The extension numbers may be changed, but no two handsets can have the same extension number simultaneously.
Cancel: Call Forwarding Hook off NOTE: This feature is a supplementary service available from the Iridium network. Thrane & Thrane has no influence 2. Enter the following code #21#OK on the availability and cannot guarantee that the service by pressing the keys: is available.
Call Forward When Unavailable (Busy + Not Call Barring Reachable + No Reply/No Answer) NOTE: This feature is a supplementary service available from Activate: the Iridium network. Thrane & Thrane has no influence 1. Hook off on the availability and cannot guarantee that the service is available.
by pressing the keys: [password] Call Barring of Outgoing Calls [old password] Activate: 1. Hook off 2. Before activating, cancel all forwarding #002#OK [new password] [new password] by pressing the keys: Voice Mail NOTE: This feature is a supplementary service available from 3.
Software Version Resetting Primarily for service purposes, it is possible to get information about Primarily for service and test purposes, it is possible to reset your the version of the software for the following pieces of hardware in Iridium equipment to force it into a well-defined state. The following your Iridium equipment: different levels of resetting are available: •...
Auto Restart Using an Analogue Telephone The auto restart menu is used for debugging/maintenance only. When enabled, auto restart will only be carried through when the You can connect an analogue telephone to your Iridium equipment. system is not in use. Many of the system’s more advanced features, like the security lock function, are however not accessible from an analogue telephone.
Factory setup of extension numbers are: Enter PUK code If the SIM card is blocked the PUK code is needed to re-open the PSTN/PABX: 1000 card. The phone will repeat the following tone pulses: CU1: 1001 1000Hz (300ms) – 1000Hz (300ms) – 1000Hz (300ms) – pause 1.5s CU 2: 1002 CU 3:...
Tone signalling on DTMF menu Tone Enter PIN Code Enter PUK Code Time 39628 Billing When a mobile originated call is initiated from the RJ11 port (PSTN/ PABX) and the call is connected to the remote user, the system sends the billing tone to the PSTN/PABX at the RJ11 port. The tone lasts for 500ms.
Appendix A Tone Signalling The system will give you information on its status as well as instructions by means of tone signalling. This is done on four different frequencies: 450, 900, 1440 and 1800 Hz. Appendix A illustrates what the various tone signalling sounds like. 1800 Hz 1440 Hz 900 Hz...
Appendix B Function Menu Overview M enu 1 st submenu 2nd submenu 3nd submenu 4nd submenu Actio n Setup Ringing to ne Deep Sets ringing to ne to deep (see A ppendix A ) High Sets ringing to ne to high (see Appendix A) Slo w alt.
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System Time/date Status Sho ws the time and date Sets the time and date Sys.update Sets the system to update the time and date GPS update Sets the GP S to update the time and date SW versio n Transceiver Displays the so ftware versio n number o f the transceiver LB T Displays the so ftware versio n number o f the LB T...
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