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Both the administration and installation manuals should be reviewed and understood before installation is
started.
Once the installation and checkout of the equipment is completed, the initialization of the NOMAD MXU
is completed and the unit is operational
3.2 Install NOMAD MXU Console
Refer to the NOMAD MXU Installation Manual for installation of the console, antennas, etc at the users
site.
3.3 Install Admin and Monitors PCs
3.3.1 PC Configuration
The requirements for both the administration and monitor PCs are:
a Pentium class PC
at least 50 MB of free disk space,
Microsoft NT 4.0 installed
NT Service Pack Three
CDROM drive is required for installing the NOMAD MCM
Haynes type modem (if remoted from the NOMAD MXU’s site)
Null Modem cable (if located at the NOMAD MXU Console site)
3.3.2 Windows NT
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Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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This section does not cover the administration or use of the Microsoft Windows NT operating system
or the Microsoft Remote Access System. Please refer to Microsoft documentation and help files for
information on these subjects.
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It is assumed that the user of the NOMAD MXU Configuration Manager software is familiar with the
goals and structure of the Iridium Nomad program.
3.3.3 Remote Access Services
The MCM software requires the Microsoft Remote Access Services package. Microsoft Service Pack 3
must be applied to the PC AFTER the installation of RAS. The Remote Access Services package is
included with NT 4.0. Service Pack 3 can be obtained from Microsoft. If the PC has already had Service
Pack 3 installed, but RAS is not installed, then Service Pack 3 must be re-applied after the RAS installation.
If the PC will not be directly connected to an NOMAD MXU, then it must have a modem installed and the
modem must be configured to be a RAS device.
The RAS configuration must include the NetBEUI protocol in its network configuration. Refer to the
Windows NT online help for guidance.
NT 4.0 comes with a direct cable driver, and this driver should also be configured to be a RAS device. The
serial port that is used for a direct connection must be configured with a baud rate of 115200, and with 8
data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. A direct connect cable must be used to connect the PC serial port to the