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Chapter 1
Hughes 9450 mobile
satellite terminals
Figure 1.
Indoor Unit (IDU)
Introduction
The purpose of this guide is to provide assistance to personnel
installing the Hughes 9450 mobile satellite terminal into a
vehicle.
This product must be installed by Authorized Service Personnel.
Note: Damages resulting in the failure to conform to the
instructions found herein, as well as standard installation
practices, will be the responsibility of the installer.
The mobile satellite terminals are composed of four core
component parts: the transceiver or Indoor Unit (IDU), the
antenna or Outdoor Unit (ODU), the power connector/cable, and
an 8 meter RF cable.
Common IDU (left) Class 10 ODU (middle), and Class 11 (right)
The Hughes IDU has multiple interfaces that various Terminal
Equipment (TE) devices such as laptops, PDA's, phones, etc.,
can connect to: four PoE/Ethernet (RJ-45), ISDN, two POTS
(RJ-11) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
The IDU provides all of the TE interfaces, plus the interface for
the antenna (ODU) and manages the communications over the
Inmarsat BGAN network. Communication to the ODU is
provided by the RF cable from the IDU.
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