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APPENDIX B – HANDHELD OPERATION

1. Press <enter> to start handheld.

2. Handheld displays “enter address”

3. Enter address and press <enter>.

4. If ODU responds, asterisk goes on and message “link available” displays.

5. If ODU does not respond, message “no response. <enter> again.” Asterisk is off. The <enter>

button can be pressed again without going back to entering the address. This allows the user

to move around until a good link is established.

6. If link is available, pressing <menu> gets the “status” menu. Up/down arrows allow scrolling

from “status” to “control”, etc.

7. Pressing <enter> will bring up the first data item within the sub-menus. Up/down arrows allow

item scrolling.

8. At each sub-menu item, pressing <enter> will interrogate ODU for a new data item update. If

data was not successfully received, the asterisk will extinguish. Asterisk will go on if data is

received. Asterisk should be constant.

9. Data will not be automatically updated. New data is received only after each press of the

<enter> button. This includes RSSI and BER.

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APPENDIX B – HANDHELD OPERATION 1. Press to start handheld. 2. Handheld displays “enter address” 3. Enter address and press . 4. If ODU responds, asterisk goes on and message “link available” displays. 5. If ODU does not respond, message “no response. again.” Asterisk is off. The button can be pressed again without going back to entering the address. This allows the user to move around until a good link is established. 6.
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APPENDIX C – HANDHELD TRANSMISSION DATA FORMAT MENU COMMAND Tx Freq Rx Freq Tx Power FAW Capacity Cable Length Line Code Trib on/off Mute on/off Local loopback RF Loopback Remote Loopback Tx Freq Range Rx Freq Range RSSI Temperature Block Error Count Summary Alarms S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
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Notes: S1 through S4 vary according to binary value of serial number entered at handheld. VD indicates data that varies according to data entered at handheld keypad. CS indicates checksum value. All Byte values in hex Each byte includes one start bit, 8 data bits, one parity bit, one stop bit.
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CS = packet checksum All Byte values in hex. Each byte includes one start bit, 8 data bits, one parity bit, one stop bit. Data is transmitted only after receiving a request from handheld.