9. SatLink VSAT Configuration and Line-up Using the
Command Line Interface
Follow all the procedures below when installing the SatLink VSAT and lining up the ODU using the
command line interface of the SatLink VSAT.
9.1 Power On and Log On
1) To view the boot processes of the SatLink VSAT, connect a PC to the serial interface and launch a
Terminal Emulator as described in Appendix A. Otherwise, go to step 2.
2) Turn on the power of the SatLink VSAT.
When turning on the SatLink VSAT, the Boot SW is loaded first. A message such as the one below is
displayed on the CLI serial console when the boot SW starts. Telnet is not available until the application
has been started.
Boot-loader
- SW ID 120511, Revision 14.1.0 Build 5
File system initialised
Ethernet Mode (eth0): 100Mbps/Full
Press CTRL+A to abort and enter boot loader
Under normal circumstances, the user should not need to enter the boot-loader and should ignore the
―press return to enter boot-loader‖ message. The DVB-RCS application will load automatically once the
boot SW load has completed. See Appendix J for further details concerning the boot SW. If access to the
boot-loader is required, press return within 10 seconds to display the login-prompt for entering the boot-
load. After the timer has expired, the DVB-RCS application will be loaded. The message Loading
application will be shown when the application starts to load.
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