Sea Tel ST144-21 - Page 8

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3.5.2. Install Antenna/Radome/Baseframe ................................................................................................................................ 3-20
3.6. INSTALLING THE BELOW DECKS EQUIPMENT. ............................................................................................................................................ 3-21
3.6.1. General Cautions & Warnings ............................................................................................................................................... 3-21
3.6.2. Preparing BDE Location ........................................................................................................................................................... 3-21
3.6.3. Installing the Below Deck Equipment ............................................................................................................................. 3-21
3.7. CONNECTING THE BELOW DECKS EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 3-21
3.7.1. Connecting the ADE AC Power Cable ............................................................................................................................. 3-21
3.7.2. Connecting the BDE AC Power Cables ........................................................................................................................... 3-21
3.7.4. Antenna Control Unit Connections ................................................................................................................................... 3-21
3.7.5. 133BURadio Control Serial Cable....................................................................................................................................... 3-22
3.7.6. Terminal Mounting Strip (TMS) Connections ............................................................................................................. 3-22
3.7.7. Other BDE connections ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-23
3.8. FINAL ASSEMBLY ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-23
3.8.1. Remove Stow Braces/Restraints .......................................................................................................................................... 3-23
3.8.2. Verify all assembly and Wiring connections ................................................................................................................ 3-23
3.8.3. Balance Antenna Pedestal ...................................................................................................................................................... 3-23
3.9. CABLE TERMINATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-23
3.9.1. At The Radome .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3-23
3.9.2. ACU & TMS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-24
3.9.3. Other BDE Equipment ............................................................................................................................................................... 3-24
3.10. POWER-UP .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-24
3.11. POWER-UP THE ADE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 3-24
4. BASIC SETUP OF THE ACU .................................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.1. OPERATOR SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2. SETUP PARAMETER DISPLAY AND ENTRY MENUS........................................................................................................................................ 4-1
4.3. TRACK DISP ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4-1
4.4. ACU FACTORY DEFAULT PARAMETER SETTINGS – STXXX-21 SERIES ANTENNAS ......................................................................... 4-2
5. SETUP – SHIPS GYRO COMPASS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.1. GYRO TYPE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2. UPDATING THE GYRO TYPE PARAMETER ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.3. IF THERE IS NO SHIPS GYRO COMPASS ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
6. DETERMINE INTERNAL TRACKING RECEIVER SETTINGS ............................................................................................ 6-1
7. SETUP – HOME FLAG OFFSET ............................................................................................................................................................ 7-1
7.1. ELECTRONIC CALIBRATION OF RELATIVE ANTENNA POSITION (HOME FLAG OFFSET) ...................................................................... 7-1
7.1.1. You Found a Large AZ TRIM value: ...................................................................................................................................... 7-1
7.1.2. You Observe “Home” Pointing is LEFT of the Bow-line: ............................................................................................ 7-2
7.1.3. You Observe “Home” Pointing is RIGHT of the Bow-line: ........................................................................................ 7-2
7.1.4. To Enter the HFO value in the DAC_2202: ...................................................................................................................... 7-3
8. SETUP – TARGETING ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8-1
8.1. AUTO TRIM ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8-1
8.2. MANUALLY OPTIMIZING TARGETING ............................................................................................................................................................. 8-1
8.3. EL TRIM................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8-2
8.4. AZ TRIM ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8-2
8.5. SAVE NEW PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8-2
9. SETUP – SEARCHING................................................................................................................................................................................ 9-1
9.1. SEARCHING OPERATION...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9-1
9.1.1. Default Standard (Box) Search Pattern ............................................................................................................................. 9-1