Research Concepts RC2500 - Manual (Page 54)

RC2500 Antenna Controller Chapter 5 Modes 47
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If the satellite name was not user defined, a value will be present in the longitude field. The longitude is
specified in <degrees>.<tenths_of_degrees>.
If the satellite being set up is an inclined orbit satellite, the user will next be presented with the following
prompt for the satellite band.
SELECT: SBS 6 SETUP
SELECT BAND 0-C,1-K,2-C&K,3-L: ENT,BKSP
The response to this prompt will be either the 0, 1, 2, or 3 key.
For an inclined orbit satellite, the user will receive the following prompt for the satellite inclination.
SELECT: SBS 6 SETUP
SAT INCLINATION (2-16): 5 ENT,BKSP
At this prompt, the user should enter the inclination angle of the satellite's orbital plane to the earth's
equatorial plane. A default value of 5 degrees is offered.
For both geostationary and inclined orbit satellites, the user is next prompted to specify the horizontal and
vertical polarizations if the POL EQUIPMENT CODE item is set to 1, or just a single polarization in the
POL EQUIPMENT CODE item is set to 2. (The user is prompted to hit enter rather than H or V). If POL
EQUIPMENT CODE is set to 0 the will be no prompt for polarizaiton.
SELECT:SBS 6 P: 75.6 SETUP
USE CW, CCW TO ADJUST - H, V KEYS TO SET
When this screen is displayed the CW and CCW keys may be used to adjust the polarization, and the H
and V keys may be used to set each polarization.
If the satellite being set up is in an inclined orbit, and both H and V polarizations were stored, the
controller will prompt the user to specify the initial track polarization with the following message.
INITIAL TRACK POL (H OR V)?
At this point the user should select either H or V as the polarization to use for tracking when control
switches to TRACK mode. When the user has selected the initial polarization, the 'DATA ACCEPTED'
message will appear for a few seconds, and control will switch to TRACK mode.
If the satellite just entered was not an inclined orbit satellite, after the 'DATA ACCEPTED' message
appears the controller remains in SETUP mode. Control transfers to the initial screen, and the process
may be repeated. Note that the MODE key may be pressed at any time to exit the mode that is currently
active.
User-Defined Satellite Names
If the desired satellite name is not in memory, you can assign a new name of up to ten (10) alphanumeric
characters (A-Z, 0-9, hyphen (-), or space) by accessing the USER entry mode as follows.
From the screen which allows the user to jog the antenna in azimuth and elevation to peak up on the
desired satellite, use the SCROLL UP/DOWN keys to bring up the 'USER' entry in the list, and press
ENTER. The following screen will be displayed:
SELECT:* KEY IN SAT NAME SETUP
USE SCROLL UP/DOWN, BKSP & ENTER KEYS
Note that the cursor will be displayed under the '*' character. The SCROLL UP and SCROLL DOWN
keys may be used to select alpha-numeric characters (A-Z, 0-9, hyphen (-), and space). A space can be
entered in the name by depressing SCROLL UP key once, and SCROLL DOWN key once, and then
ENTER (from the ‘*’ prompt). The BKSP key may be used to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
During alpha-numeric data entry, the ENTER key has two functions. If the ENTER key is depressed