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4.2 EchoStar IRD Commissioning

If you have purchased a DISH Network system, there is a

chance that your EchoStar IRD will fail to acquire the satellite

when you first activate it. This has been known to happen in

IRDs that have not been commissioned within several months

of their manufacture. Appendix E provides the manual satellite

acquisition and commissioning procedure.

4.3 Antenna Gyro and LNB Faults

Section 5, “Maintenance,” provides detailed instructions for

authorized service personnel who may be required to replace the

TracVision 4 antenna gyro or the LNB.

4.4 Computer Diagnostics

TracVision 4 has been designed to provide diagnostic readouts

viewed on a personal computer having an RS-232 serial

communication port. If you are unable to isolate a system

problem, set up for computer diagnostics as described below.

System problems will most likely be found somewhere through

the diagnostic readouts.

The diagnostics procedure requires terminal emulation software

such as PROCOMM, Windows Terminal, or Windows 95/98

Hyperterminal. Use the settings appropriate to your application.

1. Connect one end of the PC cable to the DB9

connector on the switchplate. Connect the other

end to the serial port on the PC (a 9-pin/25-pin

connector adapter may be needed for some PCs).

2. Open the terminal emulation software and

establish the following settings:

• 9600 baud

• no parity

• 8 data bits

• 1 start bit

• 1 stop bit

• no flow control

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A Guide to TracVision 4

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