Research Concepts RC1500 - Manual (Page 2)

Table of Contents
2 RC 1500B Quick Start Guide
Controller Menu Overview ............................................................................................................. 3
Antenna Setup................................................................................................................................. 4
Tools & Supplies Needed to setup Patriot single axis mount:.................................................... 5
Patriot Single Axis Inclined Orbit Tracking Wiring Procedure.................................................. 7
Patriot Single Axis Inclined Orbit Tracking Mount Setup Procedure ...................................... 11
Single Axis Tracker TLE Setup................................................................................................ 13
Figure 14 – SingleAxisTrackerTLESetup.EXE........................................................................ 14
Mount Latitude Angle............................................................................................................... 15
Mount Hour Angle also referred to as the Mount Polar Angle................................................. 17
Down Limit............................................................................................................................... 18
Up Limit................................................................................................................................ 19
Slow Speed............................................................................................................................ 19
Locate Inclined Orbit Satellite .................................................................................................. 20
Set Mount Hour Angle.............................................................................................................. 21
Adjusting the East- West Bearing Angle/Varying Antenna Declination Angle via the Actuator
................................................................................................................................................... 22
AGC Tuning.................................................................................................................................. 23
SET Mode ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Preset Satellite Names............................................................................................................... 26
User-Defined Satellite Names................................................................................................... 27
TRACK MENUS .......................................................................................................................... 28
VIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 28
MODIFY................................................................................................................................... 29
UPDATE CHECK ................................................................................................................ 29
SEARCH RETRY................................................................................................................. 29
BAND ................................................................................................................................... 29
CLEAR TRACK................................................................................................................... 30
RESET UPDATE.................................................................................................................. 30
FORCE UPDATE................................................................................................................. 30
STEP SIZE............................................................................................................................ 30
REPEAK, SEARCH, or ALIGN .......................................................................................... 30
Config Menu Settings ................................................................................................................... 32
Interfacing an iDirect Modem to the RC1500B Tracking Antenna Controller ............................ 33
Interconnect Schematic ................................................................................................................. 34
Appendix A................................................................................................................................... 36
Figure 24 - Mount Latitude Angle Drawing ............................................................................. 36
Figure 25 - Antenna Angles Drawing....................................................................................... 37
Figure 26 - Pivot Points Drawing ............................................................................................. 38
Universal Time vs. Local Time ................................................................................................ 39
Definitions................................................................................................................................. 40
Document Revision History.......................................................................................................... 41