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Introduction Your Iridium equipment is a modular system that consists of a transceiver unit, control handset unit, antenna unit and an optional analogue PSTN telephone/PABX. You can make and receive voice calls on the control handset and the analogue PSTN telephone. You can connect up to four handsets and one analogue PSTN telephone or PBX switchboard to the system.
IRIDIUM Installation Contents Technical Specifications ........................... 2 Installation ................................4 Version Overview ..............................4 Configuration of Single-Channel Unit ........................4 Cable Overview ..............................5 2.3.1 Scanbus Termination ............................6 Where to Place the Satellite Transceiver Box ..................... 7 How to Mount the Satellite Transceiver Box ......................7 How to Put on the Finishing Cover ........................
Installation IRIDIUM 1 Technical Specifications Space Segment Satellites 66 (Plus 6 in-Orbit backup satellites) Orbital planes Orbit height 780 kilometres Inclination of the orbital planes 86.4 degrees Orbital period 100 minutes, 28 seconds Spot beams 48 per satellite Radio module Frequency Range 1616 MHz to 1626.5 MHz (L-Band) Duplexing Method...
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IRIDIUM Installation Power supply 10 – 32V DC AC (Optional) 110-230V AC (External adaptor) Consumption 25 W during communication 8 W Stand by Environmental Conditions Transceiver Operating temperature -10° C to +55° C Storage temperature -30° C to +70° C Antenna Temperature EME -35°...
Installation IRIDIUM 2 Installation 2.1 Version Overview This manual covers the Transceiver Unit versions Mk2, Mk3 and Mk4. The version can easily be determined by looking at the area around the SIM card reader. 2.2 Configuration of Single-Channel Unit Iridium Antenna Unit Transceiver Unit...
Installation IRIDIUM Cable 5 2.3.1 Scanbus Termination Description of connections to T-connection H4196 The scanbus connecting the transceiver and the control (optional accessory) units, has to be terminated. Only the first and last unit on The wire terminal blocks are connected in parallel. the bus shall have the termination in ON position.
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IRIDIUM Installation When configuring a system only including a transceiver one control unit, it is needed to remove some of the default unit and one control unit, no changes in the default terminations. Below two examples of scanbus termination termination is needed. If the system includes more than is given, when the system includes several control units.
Installation IRIDIUM First tighten three of the screws. The wall surface should 2.4 Where to Place the Satellite be plane. If there is a discrepancy in planeness exceeding Transceiver Box 1 mm, level the discrepancy up by shims or washers Mount the satellite transceiver box in a place where it is under the fourth screw before this is tightened.
IRIDIUM Installation Lift the SIM card holder so that the slot points upwards. Press hard on the spots shown in the picture below until a loud click is heard. Insert the SIM card in the slot. Make sure that the cut-off corner of the card is placed as shown in the picture.
Installation IRIDIUM 2.8 Optional SIM card Reader How to Remove the Finishing Cover Only direct accessible on Mk3 units produced from August You may need to dismount the satellite transceiver box 16, 2003. On older units the L-Band transceiver must be from the wall, e.g.
IRIDIUM Installation The fitting in fig. 2 can be used at the top of a tube. Please 2.10 Installation of the Antenna note that it is necessary to mount the cable, and seal this One of the advantages of this equipment is the easy-to- connection securely before the antenna and fitting are handle, lightweight and rugged antenna.
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Installation IRIDIUM Precautions Inmarsat equipment In order to avoid interference or any other kind of The operating frequency bands of the iridium and Inmarsat disturbances from other systems on board, there are a systems are neighbours, and it is not in any way by any few precautions to take note of: technical solution possible to completely separate these bands.
IRIDIUM Installation The table below shows the distance to other Inmarsat equipment, with and without use of filter. Main Lobe Side Lobe Back-Lobe 9505 ISU Protection Distance (Metres) (Metres) (Metres) No Filter Inmarsat (Mini-M) No Filter Inmarsat (Std-M) No Filter Inmarsat A No Filter Inmarsat B...
Installation IRIDIUM Note: Some analogue phone line impedance may differ 2.13 External Ringer Interface from the commonly used standards. If the ringing volume The external ringer output pin in the Service/NMEA port is too low, the ringing voltage can be changed to gain can control an optional ringer or a lamp.
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