1 satellite indicator colors – Panasonic 3.0 User Manual

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EchoMap v3.0

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2.5.1

Satellite Indicator Colors

The ORBCOMM status indicator shows whether you have established a

link with the satellites and whether you are transmitting or receiving.

Color

ORBCOMM Satellite Indications (upper left)

Red

No signal is being received on the serial port or the satellite

transceiver has failed its initial check and verification.

Remedy: Confirm that the satellite transceiver is receiving

power and is connected securely to the computer’s serial port

using the provided serial cable.

Yellow

The satellite transceiver is operating correctly and is ready to

receive or transmit data, but no ORBCOMM satellite is in view.

Green

You are currently in view of an ORBCOMM satellite. Dotted

Green and Red bars indicate Signal Strength and Noise.

White

arrow

Arrow pointed up means satellite transceiver is transmitting

data to satellite.

Arrow pointed down means satellite transceiver is receiving

data from satellite.

The GPS indicator shows whether you have established reception of the

GPS constellation.

Color

GPS Lock Indications (lower left)

Red

No signal is being received from the satellite transceiver or it

has failed its initial check and verification.

Remedy: Confirm that the satellite transceiver has power and

is securely connected to the computer’s serial port.

Yellow

GPS signal is being received, but the GPS receiver has not yet

locked on to at least three satellites.

Remedy: If the GPS indicator remains yellow, double-check

the GPS antenna connection and placement.

Note: The first time the system is used, the GPS may take

some time to lock on.

Green

Locked on to at least three satellites with good geometry,

providing real-time position for the moving map. If you are

using a WAAS GPS, a WAAS lock is indicated by “WAAS” black

text on green.

The Weather indicator shows the status of weather requests as well as

the age of weather.

Color

WX Status Indications (upper right)

Red

Current weather is over an hour old, or Demo weather

displayed.

Yellow

A request for weather has been made but not yet received.

Green Weather under an hour old displayed. Shows the age.

The message indicator shows the status of message requests.

Color

Message Status Indications (lower right)

Red

No queue count available from satellite transceiver.

Yellow

Messages are queued to send.

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