Keypad and menus of the BDU
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NETWORK Shows the IP addresses and netmasks of the LAN connectors of the
BDU and the management mask.
SATELLITE Current satellite information. This information is entered using the web
interface.
EVENTS View system events. Active events are shown as: X ACTIVE EVENTS in
the MAIN display. Press OK to update the list.
ANTENNA Description
POINTING ANTENNA STATE: Current state of the antenna, e.g. TRACKING
ELEVATION: Current elevation angle of the antenna
AZIMUTH: Current azimuth of the antenna, with reference to
North
POLARISATION
RX POLARISATION: RHC or LHC read from connected VSAT
modem
TX POLARISATION: RHC or LHC read from connected VSAT
modem
GNSS LATITUDE: current latitude, read from GNSS module.
LONGITUDE: current longitude, read from GNSS module.
FIX TYPE: 2D or 3D
HEADING Shipʼs heading in degrees with reference to North, provided by
the shipʼs gyro.
VERSIONS Current software version.
SERIAL
NUMBERS
BDU: BDU serial number
ADU: Serial number of the antenna
LOCAL
ADMINISTRATION
Select LOCAL ADMINISTRATION to get administrator access for 1
hour or until next reboot
Table 4-23: ANTENNA menu of the BDU
MODEM Description
MODEM TYPE Activated modem type.
TX ENABLE On or off, information delivered by the connected VSAT modem.
RX LOCK On or off, information delivered by the connected VSAT modem.
Table 4-24: MODEM menu of the BDU
Top-level Description
Table 4-22: Top-level menus of the BDU (Continued)