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Section I – INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Iridium Pilot Land Station, the NEXT generation solution for broadband voice
and data communications. Leveraging the world's furthest reaching and only truly global communications
network, Iridium Pilot Land Station delivers exceptional performance, reliability and durability anywhere on
the planet. Powered by the Iridium OpenPort® service, and backed by an industry-leading warranty, you can
count on a secure, real-time connection — whenever and wherever you need it.
About This Guide
This is the Installation Guide for the Iridium Pilot Land Station platform. The readers of this manual include
anyone who intends to install this system. Specific skills are required to install the Iridium Pilot Land Station
platform and therefore, it is important that you observe all safety requirements listed in the beginning of this
manual, and operate the system according to this guide's guidelines.
This guide provides you with complete information on the installation and testing of the Iridium Pilot Land
Station Terminal. This includes the following:
• System installation
• System start-up and test
• PC & network configuration
• System Administration
• Troubleshooting
Terms to Know
• ODU
Outdoor Unit (the radiating unit)
• IDU
Indoor Unit (the user interface unit)
• IBSU
Iridium Broadband Subscriber Unit (the ODU and IDU together)
• POTS:
Plain Old Telephony System
• SIM:
Subscriber Identity Module
• PSU:
Power Supply Unit
• Provisioned:
A term used to indicate the SIM card is activated for voice and data connection.
This can only be done by the Service Provider.
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