Getting Started; Required Equipment; When To Use This Guide - iDirect iNFINITI 3000 Installation And Commissioning Manual

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Getting Started

This Quick Reference Guide is intended to help the user quickly install and commission iDirect
iNFINITI series™ 3000, 5000 and 7000 Satellite Routers.
Throughout this manual we will refer to an iDirect iNFINITI series™ 3000, 5000 or 7000 Satellite
Router as, simply, "the Satellite Router."
Your network must be at iDS version 6.0.1 or later to support iDirect iNFINITI series™ Satellite
Routers.
iDirect iNFINITI series™ Satellite Routers have a Linux operating system.
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Required Equipment

You will need the following equipment and software to successfully commission the Satellite
Router in the field:
1. A console cable with DB9 adapter
2. A cross over LAN cable
3. Digital (or Analog) Voltmeter plus adaptor from voltmeter to IFL "F" connector
4. A hand held GPS unit or a map that shows your current geographic location
coordinates
5. A laptop (or PC) with Windows XP or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 loaded. (512
MB RAM recommended; 1 GHz processor or more; and at least 50 MB of free disk
space) iDirect recommends disabling the firewall to ensure complete functionality.
6. The correct options file provided to you by your Service Provider.
7. The correct remote application and firmware images (or correct "package")
provided to you by your Service Provider.
The appendices of this document include additional helpful information.
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When to Use this Guide

Once you have successfully commissioned an iDirect iNFINITI series Satellite Router at a specific
location it can be reset at any time. Resetting the Satellite Router will cause it to perform its self-
test startup sequence and acquire into the network.
However, if you move your iDirect iNFINITI series™ Satellite Router from one established location
to another, it must be re-commissioned by repeating the procedures in this manual.
iDirect iNFINITI series Installation and Commissioning Guide, Release 7.0
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