Installing Your Selected Satellites - KVH Industries Vision C3 Owner's Manual

The satellites listed in TracVision C3's preprogrammed satellite
library will be sufficient for most users. However, if you wish to
install one or two user-defined satellites, proceed to
"Programming User-defined Satellites."
defined satellites, return to the satellite installation process in
Section 2.5.1, "Installing Your Selected Satellites."

2.5.1 Installing Your Selected Satellites

When you first connect to the system, it is programmed with the
factory default satellite assignments:
• Europe: Astra 1 (Sat A) and Hotbird (Sat B)
• N. America (US DIRECTV): DSS_101 (Sat A)
and DSS_119 (Sat B)
• N. America (US DISH Network): Echo_119 (Sat A)
and None (Sat B)
• N. America (ExpressVu): Expressvu (Sat. A)
and None (Sat. B)
Should you wish to track a different satellite (either from the
satellite library or a user-defined satellite), you must instruct the
antenna which satellites will be in the active satellite pair.
Connecting to the TracVision C3 Maintenance Port
To do so, it is necessary to connect a PC to the terminal
maintenance port on the switchplate. The diagnostics procedure
requires terminal emulation software such as PROCOMM or
Windows Terminal or Hyperterminal. Use the settings
appropriate to your application.
1. Connect one end of the PC data cable to the DB9
connector on the switchplate. Connect the other
end to the serial port on the PC (a 9-pin/25-pin
connector adapter may be needed for some PCs).
2. Open the terminal emulation software and
establish the following settings:
• 9600 baud
• no parity
• 8 data bits
• 1 start bit
• 1 stop bit
• no flow control
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Section 2.5.2,
After configuring the user-
The satellite configuration on
your IRD must match the satellite
setting on the TracVision C3
system.
Satellite A on the TracVision C3
must be the same satellite as IRD
Alternative 1 (or A, based on your
IRD) and must be assigned the IRD
DiSEqC 1 setting.*
Satellite B on the TracVision C3
must be the same satellite as IRD
Alternative 2 (or B, based on your
IRD) and must be assigned the IRD
DiSEqC 2 setting.*
Refer to your IRD user manual for
complete instructions for your IRD.
* DiSEqC settings only apply to
European systems.
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