COBHAM SAILOR 900 - Chapter 5 Connecting power; 5.1 Power up

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Chapter 5
Connecting power
Connecting power 5
This chapter is organised in the following section:
• Power up
5.1 Power up
5.1.1 Procedure
1. Connect power to the VMU.
2. Switch on the ACU. The unit starts up and goes through an initialization procedure:
•ACU POST
• ADU Initializing
•ADU POST
•READY
This may take some time (up to a couple of minutes).
3. The SAILOR 900 VSAT High Power is ready to be calibrated (for first time power up) or
receive data from the VSAT modem (when in normal operation). The ACU display shows
the following message:
The LEDs Power and Fail/Pass are steady green, the is off. For further information on
status indicators see Status signalling with LEDs and status messages on page 8-9.
Make sure there are no hardware failures or error codes present, check the display of the
ACU for events. For more information on error codes and events see Troubleshooting
on page 8-78 and System messages on page G-1.
4. Continue to get the SAILOR 900 VSAT High Power system operational, do the following:
• Make an azimuth calibration.
• Create one or more satellite profiles.
For step-by-step instructions, see Introduction to the built-in web interface on page 6-1.
For installation check lists see, Installation check on page 7-1.
5.1.2 Initialisation steps in daily use
Once the system is configured and a satellite profile is active, the startup sequence is as
follows:
•ACU POST
• ADU Initializing
• ADU SW upload (If the software versions in the ADU and ACU are not the same, a
software update is done during startup.)
•ADU POST
•READY
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