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- Page 1 BGan Help Guide...
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Page 2: Installing The Sim Card And Battery
Installing the SIM card and battery To prepare the terminal for connection: a. Position the terminal so that the battery door is facing you. b. Open the battery door. (If you have already installed the battery, release and then remove it.) ... - Page 3 To obtain a GPS fix: a. Take the Hughes 9201 outside and place the terminal on a flat surface, facing upwards and with an open view of the sky. Ensure that the GPS antenna in the terminal is pointing in the direction of the satellite.
- Page 4 Use this information to further adjust the antenna position to obtain maximum signal strength. In addition, you can use the terminal’s indicator lights and audio buzzer to assist in pointing the terminal: • Note the Pointing indicator lights as you adjust the compass and graduated scale. The light on ...
- Page 5 Connecting the terminal to your computer When you first connect the terminal to your computer, Inmarsat recommends that you use either Ethernet or USB. Note USB can operate over a distance of up to 5m with standard cables. Ethernet can operate over a ...
- Page 7 Register with the BGAN network. Open and close data connections using a simple point and click interface. Monitor the logs of received, dialed and missed calls. Send and receive text messages (SMS). Manage your contacts list. ...
- Page 8 Double-click on the desktop icon: If this is the first time you have connected to the terminal, the following screen displays: ...
- Page 9 Select the correct terminal type and interface from the drop down lists, and click on Search. When LaunchPad finds the terminal, the following panel displays on the main screen: •Ensure to set your IP settings before attempting your first connection: •At the top of the Launchpad application click on Terminal and then select IP configuration.
- Page 10 Establishing a connection and registering successfully with the network requires the careful orientation of the BGAN terminal towards the satellite, a process called pointing. Accurate and precise pointing is important, because a badly-pointed antenna can reduce the data rate achievable over the network. If you have not yet registered the terminal with the network, you can use BGAN LaunchPad to help you ...
- Page 11 When you have obtained the maximum possible signal strength, click on Register with network now. The BGAN terminal now tries to register with the BGAN network. When the terminal has registered successfully, the following screen displays:...
- Page 12 By default, LaunchPad does not automatically open a standard IP data connection. Therefore, you must manually open a connection before you can use data services. Click on the Data icon in LaunchPad: A screen similar to the below displays: ...
- Page 13 Streaming IP data connections are optimized for use with time-critical applications such as audio and video. Note: The streaming IP data connections are normally charged by the length of time they are open rather than the amount of data transferred. Therefore only use this connection type when needed for audio or video data transfer.
- Page 14 To open a streaming connection: From the Connection control window, simply click on the required streaming IP data connection. For example, click on Connect 64 Streaming to open the 64kbps streaming connection. A message displays, informing you that the connection will be charged by time rather than...
- Page 15 From the LaunchPad main menu, select BGAN services > LaunchPad Automatic Connection. The BGAN LaunchPad automatic connection dialog box displays: Check the Automatically open a standard Data connection after network registration check box to enable automatic connection (or uncheck the check box to enable automatic connection). Click on OK to save the settings, or Cancel to exit without saving.
- Page 16 To close an individual connection, simply click on the individual data icon that you want to close. There are a number of ways to close all open IP data connections. The simplest is to click on the BGAN services > Close all data connections ...
- Page 17 To close BGAN LaunchPad, select File > Exit BGAN LaunchPad from the BGAN LaunchPad main menu. You are prompted to confirm the close down. If you have any data connections open when you try to exit LaunchPad, a screen similar to the following ...
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