Installing Satellites To Track - KVH Industries TracVision 4 Installation & Maintenance Manual

TracVision 4 Technical Manual
Available Satellite Pairs
– North America
(North American LNB required)
DSS_101
DSS_119
Echo_61
Echo_110
Echo_119
Echo_148
Expressvu
ExpressTV
Available Satellite Pairs – Europe
(European LNB required)
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2.7
TracVision 4 can track a variety of DVB-compatible and DSS
(DIRECTV) satellites. The system contains a preprogrammed
library of North American and European satellites. It also has
Table 2-6
two open slots that you may use to program two additional
satellites of your choice. Tables 2-6 and 2-7 provide a grid of
possible satellite pairs. Two of these satellites may be selected to
reside in the system's active memory as Satellites A and B.
DSS_101 DSS_119
✓
✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
Table 2-7
Astra 1
Astra 1
✓
Astra 2N
✓
Astra 2S
Hispasat
✓
Hotbird
✓
Sirius
Thor
At the factory, the system is programmed to track the following
default satellites:
• Europe: Astra 1 (Sat. A) and Hotbird (Sat. B)
• N. America (US DIRECTV): DSS_101 (Sat. A)
and DSS_119 (Sat. B)
If you wish to track the default satellites, skip to Section 2.8 on
page 36 (European systems only) or Section 2.9 on page 37.
If you wish to track a different satellite (either from the satellite
library or a user-defined satellite), connect to the switchplate's
maintenance port and enter the appropriate antenna commands,
as described on the following pages.

Installing Satellites to Track

Echo_61 Echo_110 Echo_119
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
Astra 2N Astra 2S Hispasat
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
Echo_148 Expressvu ExpressTV
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
Hotbird Sirius Thor
✓ ✓
✓
✓
✓
✓ ✓
✓
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