Iridium 9801 - 9 Troubleshooting; Troubleshooting with LED Indicators

9.1
LED Off Green Green
Flashing
Amber Red Red Flashing
power No power
supplied to
BDE
Power
supplied to
BDE and BDE
switched on.
Power is being
passed to ADE.
Not Used Power supplied
to BDE, BDE
switched off
Not Used Not Used
status Idle:
connected to
the Iridium
network but
no trafc
Active: Voice or
data is being
transferred to/
from the
Iridium
network
Not Used Standby: not
connected to
the Iridium
network.
Not Used BDE cannot
communicate
with ADE –
check
connections.
signal Not Used Strong
network signal
detected
Not Used Weak network
signal detected
No
network
signal
detected.
Not Used
gps Not Used GPS signal
available to
ADE
Not Used Not Used No GPS
signal
Not Used
data Data port not
provisioned.
Data port
provisioned for
use.
Flashing
when data
call in
progress
Access to
network
denied - see
Web Page for
details.
Not Used Not Used
voice 1 Voice port 1
not
provisioned. *
Voice port 1
provisioned for
use.
Incoming
call (ringing)
or call in
progress.
Access to
network
denied - see
Web Page for
details.
Not Used Not Used
voice 2 Voice port 2
not
provisioned. *
Voice port 2
provisioned for
use.
Incoming
call (ringing)
or call in
progress.
Access to
network
denied - see
Web Page for
details.
Not Used Not Used
voice 3
Voice port 
not
provisioned. *
Voice port 
provisioned for
use.
Incoming
call (ringing)
or call in
progress.
Access to
network
denied - see
Web Page for
details.
Not Used Not Used
Iridium Openport Terminal I 9 Troubleshooting
9 I Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting may be conducted through the ISU Web Pages or BDE LEDs:
9 Troubleshooting
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The BDE does not know what services are provisioned until it has connected to the network so this
LED will be off at initial power up.