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Hughes 9201 BGAN Quick Guide
When using the Bgan for RADIO, before you do anything else, plug the Bgan into an
ISDN COOBE whic h is turned on. T hen switc h the BGAN on. T he top of the unit has
only 2 buttons - power and audio. Press the right hand button for 2 sec onds, and lay it
flat on the ground so it c an get a GPS. T he BGAN network requires a valid GPS fix to
suc c essfully register the BGAN terminal. You need fairly open sky to obtain ac quire the
GPS. T he GPS LED will start to flash green indic ating the terminal is ac quiring a GPS
fix. Onc e a GPS fix is ac quired, the flashing light will go solid. T his may take a few
minutes.
T urn the knobs on the sides to loosen and unfold the legs. Note that they both loosen in
the same direc tion, unlike normal sc rews.
Position the flat panel fac ing the sky as you would an M4. T here are c urrently three
satellites that c an be used. T hey are over the Eastern Pac ific , the Western Pac ific and
Kenya. T here is a c ompass built into the bac k of the unit. Start at about a 30 degree
angle.
T here are two ways to ac hieve the best signal on the Hughes 9201 BGAN. T he first way
is by using the LED display. T o the left of the audio button, there are 8 LED's.
You need to follow the sc ale below:-
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- Page 1 Kenya. T here is a c ompass built into the bac k of the unit. Start at about a 30 degree angle. T here are two ways to ac hieve the best signal on the Hughes 9201 BGAN. T he first way is by using the LED display. T o the left of the audio button, there are 8 LED’s.
- Page 2 T he sec ond way is to use the audio buzzer. Press the audio button to turn on the buzzer, the better the signal, the higher the pitc h of the buzzer. Adjust the angle and direc tion of the panel for the best signal . Press the audio button again to turn off the buzzer.
- Page 3 Once it has made contact with the BGAN terminal, press the ‘Register with Network now’ button The terminal will attempt to register with the network. When it is successful it will automatically open a standard connection. This can be turned off if required. Once this has been done, the terminal is ready for use.
- Page 4 Launch Bar Click on any icon to display the associated tab, where you can perform BGAN Launch Pad functions. The launch bar options include:- Data connections – connecting to Internet to browse Web sites and send and receive emails, and also using advanced applications such as video and FTP. Text message options –...
- Page 5 At the end of the session, disconnect the service you are using and close down the application. T O SHUT DOWN, PRESS AND HOLD T HE POWER BUT T ON 3 SECONDS. It will take several sec onds for all LEDs to go off. If you need to charge the battery or run the terminal off mains, pug into the power adaptor connector into the DC power input jack.
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