Appendix A

Lat/Long Decimals to Minutes Table

Use the following procedure to determine your latitude and longitude decimal to minutes conversion when entering those items manually during commissioning.

1.Enter the whole number part of the site's longitude into the

VSAT Longitude in degrees field in the Configure Boot Parameters screen.

2.Take the two digits immediately to the right of the longitude decimal point (without doing any rounding) and use the chart below to translate these two digits into the number of minutes.

3.Enter the minutes number into the VSAT Longitude in minutes field in the Configure Boot Parameters screen.

4.Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 for the VSAT Latitude in degrees and

VSAT Latitude in minutes fields.

For example, if the site's coordinates are:

Longitude: 77.2395 deg. West

Latitude: 38.8351 deg. North

You should enter:

VSAT Longitude in degrees: 77

VSAT Longitude in minutes: 14

VSAT Longitude Hemisphere (0 = East, 1 = West) <1>: 1

VSAT Latitude in degrees: 38

VSAT Latitude in minutes: 50

VSAT Latitude Hemisphere (2 = North, 3 = South) <2>: 2

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DW6000 specifications

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