get started on IS-14

Howto get started with AFRI-SAT IS-14 Ku-Band

Further helpful Guides, Manuals and detailed Procedures could be found in Manuals and Documents.

You may further take a look into our Support Area.

1. minimum system requirement

These are the Minimum System Requirements to use AFRI-SAT Broadband Internet by Intelsat 14:

• 1.2m dish (at minimum);
• LNB (10.9 to 11.7 Ghz frequency range);
• 2W BUC minimum;
• 30 m of Viasat cables; and
• Linkstar Viasat RCST (modem) S2A model only!

2. Antenna Pointing

You have to point your antenna to Intelsat 14 @ 45 degrees west using horizontal receive on your Spectrum Analyzer.

• Frequency: 1,542.00 MHz
• Polarity: Horizontal H
• Transponder: T5K
• Symbol rate: 16666666 MSps - FEC AUTO

3. Configuring modem

You need to telnet into the RCST with a cross over cable using the default IP address, and enter the following commands exactly as you see them:

(PLEASE NOTE THE NEW PARAMETER "DVB" THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO POINT THE ANTENNA)

save -f 1542000
save -s 16666666
save -c 0x1029
save -pcr 0x365
save -pop 0x011e0001
save -o 1
save -t -30
save -lnbv 18
save -dvb 1  [NOTE: This will make your modem DVBS2]
hw

After you enter the command "hw", the modem will reboot, and once it comes back on line, the sat "LED" should start blinking (providing you are locked on IntelSat 14).

4. Fill out our Pre-Commissioning form

Fill out our pre-commissioning form with your customer and equipment details as requested there.

5. NOC Support

At this point, give us a call (assuming your bandwidth has been paid for) at NOC:

NOC phone +1 (905) 573-9449 or
email noc@afri-sat.com

6. further configuration

Good luck and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us here at the NOC. Thank you.