Configuring Antenna

IRIS utilities and menus let you control the antenna's position and velocity from a remote workstation. For these utilities and menus to work, you must first configure the antenna using the Setup utility.

Some of the information you supply in the Setup utility comes from the manufacturer's specifications, such as:

• Minimum and maximum elevation that the antenna can reach.
• Maximum azimuth and elevation velocities.
• Warm-up and settle times.
• RCP serial line format.

The Setup utility must also know information about the antenna's location, such as:

• Height of the ground in meters.
• Height of the antenna in meters.
• Latitude and longitude of the antenna site.

To save time during configuration, gather this information before running Setup.

After the antenna is configured, run the Antenna utility to test the connection between the antenna and IRIS.

You should also use the Antenna utility to test the antenna's built-in safeguards. These safeguards ensure that the antenna does not exceed its elevation limits. It may require 2 people: 1 to run the utility, and 1 to watch the antenna.