Users Manual Part 2

5. FMA Antenna Alignment Procedure
A. Antenna Assembly Orientation
For the JetWave™ MCS-8562 Terminal to point to the servicing satellite correctly, it is important
to align the antenna assembly after installation or replacement. The FMA assembly has a built in
IMU and its orientation must be aligned with respect to the principal axes of the aircraft which is
determined through aircraft IRS.
(1) To do the automatic antenna alignment calibration, aircraft should have a functional IRS,
interfaced with the KANDU through A429 interface, and should have the required ARINC
429 labels as defined in the APM configuration file.
(2) During the physical installation, the IMU principal axes of the FMA must be aligned with
those of the aircraft within ± 1° on the pitch, roll, and yaw axis. The installation offsets, are
then calculated by the KANDU automatically from data received from the aircraft Inertial
Navigational System, the FMA IMU assembly and the satellite signal.
(3) It is required to do the automatic antenna alignment calibration with the Radome installed.
The antenna alignment process can be initiated through the GUI interface. The JetWave™
MCS-8562 Terminal GUI service is supported on AV1 10/100 Base T Ethernet interfaces
(AV1 being default configuration, ports may vary depending on specific APM configuration).
(4) Automatic Antenna Alignment
The antenna alignment should be performed only after completion of system power up.
The health status of each LRU should be checked on the GUI, and there should be no
display of system muting. Only then should the Initiate button be pressed on the Antenna
Alignment GUI page. The JetWave™ MCS-8562 Terminal GUI service is supported on
AV1 and AG1 10/100 Base T Ethernet interfaces.
(5) On any Internet browser (Internet Explorer 8 compatible), enter 172.29.55.1 in the address
bar. The Login page appears. Figure 5-11 shows the Login page.
Figure 5-11. GUI Login Page
(6) Enter the username and password below to access the maintenance interface.
Username: "Maintenance" and Password: "Earthbound".-
B. Positioning of Aircraft for Antenna Alignment
(1) On the GUI Calibrate Antenna Alignment page, as shown in Figure 5-12. Press the Prepare
button.
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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
JetWave™ MCS-8562 Terminal