Research Concepts RC1500 - Manual (Page 29)

Track Menus
29 RC1500B Quick Start Guide
the entry. The value 412 is shown as the declination position value at the current
entry. To the right of the position one of the following characters will display:
• The character ‘F’ which indicates the state of an update flag
• A period ‘.’ Which indicates that the update flag has been set
• A blank which indicates that the update flag is reset
After the 47
th
entry has been displayed, the first screen will appear again and the
entire process will repeat. To exit this option, press ENTER to return to the
MENU screen.
MODIFY
From the main MENU display hit the 2 key to select the MODIFY system. There
are 8 data items that the user is allowed to modify with this option. Each is
successively accessed by pressing the SCROLL UP/DN keys and advancing
through the list. Each entry is shown below.
POS SS
UPDATE CHECK:33
0-999 HRS
MNU
MODE
UPDATE CHECK 0-999 hours: The period of time between track table
basepoint update checks. The default is 72 hours.
POS SS
SEARCH RETRY:33
0-999 MIN
MNU
MODE
SEARCH RETRY 0-999 minutes: The period of time between successive
SEARCH attempts when no signal is present and track table data is not
available. The default value is 10 minutes.
POS SS
BAND: 0
1-C, 2-KU MNU
MODE
BAND : select 1 for C or 2 for Ku: For dual band inclined orbit satellites, this
prompt allows the user to change the frequency band.