Coastal 18 Ku-Band TVRO
Computer Interface
8-1
8. Computer
Interface
A computer can be connected to the antenna control panel to allow you to provide access to ALL the parameter
settings of the query the Coastal Series antenna and view the responses it provides. The commands to set the
parameters in the Coastal Series PCU are summarized below.
Changing the parameters for the primary and secondary satellites may be easily done using the computer
interface
. You may consult the Lyngemark satellite web site at
www.lyngsat.com
for detailed tuning frequencies
and network ID information (Note hold your cursor over the Ku band transponder frequency to show the L-band IF
tuning value in the lower left status bar display based on the most popular Local Oscillator ffrequencies). If you
LNB uses a different Local Oscillator frequency, you will have to calculate the IF to tune to (RF – LO = IF).
8.1. Connecting the computer
1
Connect the computers COM port to the Receiver
Interface port on the rear of the Display Antenna
Control Panel using a computer “DB-9 Serial
Extension Cable” (male-female) available in most
computer stores.
2
Use Hyper Terminal, or another communication
program, to communicate with the Series 98 system.
If you have previously set up Hyper Terminal skip to
step 7 below.
3
COM port settings should be set to 9600 bits per
second, 8 data bits, No parity, 1 stop bit.
4
Assure that the Flow Control is set to “None”.
5
Open Hyper Terminal and select the settings tab.
6
Click on ASCII Setup to configure Hyper Terminal.
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