© 2011 Advantech Wireless INTRAC-305 MANUAL - Issue 3.2 Page 17
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SEARCH
Path HOME - NEW MODE - GOTO (Position) - MENU KEY 4
Description Used to search a specific area of sky for the strongest signal
on the beacon frequency.
The antenna may be driven to the nominal co-ordinates of the
required satellite by either the Goto Position or Goto Satellite
commands or manually. Alternatively the Az & El co-
ordinates can be entered on this screen.
Using Menu Key 6 (Next Field) and the numeric keys the
satellite's position and beacon frequency may be entered.
The search box size and the antenna dwell time are also
entered in the same manner.
The box size parameters are either side of the nominal angle
thus entering 2 will cause a 4 scan.
The dwell time is the time that the antenna will remain at each
step. It is the lock time of the beacon receiver. For the IBR-L
(The Signal Processors supplied Integrated Beacon Receiver)
the default dwell time of 25 seconds is correct.
Once all the co-ordinates are set pressing ENTER will start
the search. The antenna will drive to the nearest corner of
the search box before commencing the search pattern.
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2
3
4
5
6
skips to the Goto Position menu
(not used)
skips to the Goto Satellite menu
Current Mod e Tracking
Con trol State Local
Beac Freq 11.452000 G Hz
Beac Level -10.05 dB
El Ang le 25.37o
Az Angle 210.50o
Pol Angle 27.4
o
M ode
Press EN to begin search
puts the antenna control system into
STANDBY mode and skips to the HOME
menu
skips to the Home (root) menu
moves the highlight box to the next field
in the current menu
Standby
Hom e
Go to
Position
Go to
Satellite
Next
Field
No m . Angle Box Size
El -030.374 2.0
Az 185.123 2.0
Dw ell Time 25secs
Beac Frec 12.120250GHz
SEARCH
Nom. Angle Box Size
El -027.334 2.0
Az 178.550 2.0
Dwell Time 25secs
Beac Freq 12.250500GHz
Press EN to begin search
Mode
Current Mode Tracking
Control State Local
Beac Freq 11.500000GHz
El Angle 25.55
Az Angle 235.45
Pol Angle 25.63
Next
Field
Goto
Satellite
Goto
Position
Standby
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